Jet sweep specialist Dajhir Gordon gained 49 yards on the ground and caught a 22-yard TD pass. On offense, Donovan McNeal rushed for 106 yards on 15 carries and sophomore Aaron Stewart had 93 yards on 17 carries. Hixson and Royce Lopez collected 2 sacks each, while Porreca had one.

They didn't understand the intensity of it until they were put in the situation.' The first two games, the other six guys were going into it blind. 'We had five returning starters on the defense as a whole. 'We had a lot of sophomores playing up, a lot of juniors that had never played in a varsity game,' senior DL Aidan Porreca said. Warren started the season with nonconference losses to Barrington and Maine South, but have now won eight in a row. Our ends were shutting down the pass game, our inside guys were shutting down the run game. 'Our physicality was just up there today.

'We got told we were slacking last game, so we had to make up for that,' senior defensive lineman Jeremija Hixson said. They'll face the winner of Lane Tech and South Elgin on the road in Round 2. Warren's defense piled up 5 sacks and limited the Panthers to 130 yards of total offense. The host Blue Devils dominated both side of the line of scrimmage on the way to a 39-3 victory. Oswego's first rushing play that gained more than 2 yards happened late in the third quarter and not until Warren had a comfortable lead. One minor fact summed up Friday's 8A playoff game in Gurnee.

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