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Kendall County high school football: Week 2 results; recaps for every game

Oswego’s Ayden Villa (24) celebrates his second touchdown of the game against Joliet Catholic during a football game at Oswego High School on Friday, Sep 6, 2024.

Oswego 17, Joliet Catholic 0: Ayden Villa rushed for 110 yards and a 64-yard touchdown, and Oswego’s defense led by elite linebacker play held Joliet Catholic to 148 total yards in a 17-0 shutout.

Sycamore 15, Oswego East 9: Twice this year the Sycamore football team has been losing entering the fourth quarter. The Spartans are now 2-0 after another comeback, this time a 15-9 victory in a defensive struggle against Oswego East

New Trier 24, Yorkville 8: New Trier scored 17 second quarter points to open up a 17-0 halftime lead and went on beat the visiting Foxes. Yorkville (0-2) scored its only points on Jack Beetham’s TD pass to Dyllan Malone.

Beetham was 11-for-31 passing for 179 yards and Malone had six catches for 123 yards, but Yorkville was held to minus 3 rushing yards.

Wilmington 40, Sandwich 15: Visiting Wilmington rolled up a 40-0 halftime lead and went on to the nonconference win. Sandwich (0-2) scored TDs on Kai Pon’s 53-yard TD run and Simeion Harris’ 1-yard TD run.

Manteno 27, Plano 6: Visiting Manteno jumped out to a 14-0 lead after a quarter and went on to the nonconference win. Kaiden Schimandle threw a 34-yard TD pass to Tim Young for Plano’s lone score. Young ran for 53 yards and Amari Bryant 51 for Plano (1-1). Niko Akiyama ran for 149 yards and two TDs for Manteno (2-0).

Joshua  Welge

Joshua Welge

I am the Sports Editor for Kendall County Newspapers, the Kane County Chronicle and Suburban Life Media, covering primarily sports in Kendall, Kane, DuPage and western Cook counties. I've been covering high school sports for 24 years. I also assist with our news coverage.