Dick Goss

This time, he allowed a sacrifice fly to losing pitcher Dylan Suca but escaped further trouble on a strikeout and foulout as Central held on to complete the sweep, 3-2.

Coach Joe Gura’s Hilltoppers got back in it and stayed within striking distance until early in the fourth quarter, when Minooka pulled away to secure a 50-36 victory.

This is a difficult time in the football season for teams saddled with a fifth loss last week, in Week 7. They have two more games to play knowing the playoffs no longer are possible.

How about Morris in Class 4A, Lemont in 5A and Lincoln-Way West in 6A?

After University of St. Francis led its nonconference homecoming foe Missouri S&T 30-28 after a wild first half Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, the second half was a different game.

When Minooka lost its season opener to Oswego, 31-13, on Aug. 25, the tendency was to say there will be nothing special about this Indians football team.

When the Joliet Catholic Academy football game against Benet Academy that was scheduled Friday night at Memorial Stadium was postponed until 9 a.m. Saturday because of a power outage, plans changed.

A power outage caused by a car crash forced the postponement of Joliet Catholic Academy’s varsity football matchup with Benet Academy, said Head Coach Jake Jaworski.

Plainfield Central senior receiver Matthews Morganfield received 4,449 of the 9,407 votes cast (47.29 percent) in the Herald-News online poll for our top Performer of the Week in football.

From this vantage point, with three weeks remaining in the regular season, seven definitely are in and another five will be. Then there are a few that are long shots but mathematically still alive.

The University of St. Francis record for passing yardage in a game is 429 by E.J. White against Olivet Nazarene in 2013. Make that, was.

If Wilmington graduate Tanner Roark can pitch well the last couple of months to earn a spot in Washington’s playoff rotation, it likely would not be one of the top two spots. That would mean he possibly could start a game at Wrigley Field.

As a high school football coach, Joliet West’s Jason Aubry is in an enviable position.

Young Joseph Awinongya, nicknamed Jo Jo, won all three of his bouts last week to claim the 8-9-year-old, 80-pound division title at the Silver Gloves Nationals in Independence, Missouri, outside Kansas City.

Joseph “Jo Jo” Awinongya is only 9 years old, yet he has a chance to be an Olympic boxer some day. If that’s what he wants.