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John Whitelaw, David Lutz lift Hinsdale Central past Brother Rice in Class 8A quarterfinal

By Steve Reaven | Special to the Tribune
12:27 AM CST, November 16, 2008

Hinsdale Central quarterback John Whitelaw got redemption Saturday night, but junior kicker David Lutz stole the spotlight with his last-minute heroics.

Lutz's 25-yard field goal that bounced on and over the crossbar with 17.8 seconds remaining gave the Red Devils a 17-14 Class 8A quarterfinal victory at Brother Rice. It helped erase the memory of Whitelaw's late fumble in last year's second-round playoff loss to the Crusaders.

"I knew I didn't get a great piece of it," Lutz said of his first field goal of the year. "Usually that's a chip shot for me, but the whole situation made me kind of nervous."

The victory earns the Red Devils (10-2) their third state semifinal berth since 2002 and a home date with Mt. Carmel next weekend.

Whitelaw (25 carries, 155 yards) orchestrated a 14-play, 65-yard drive that took more than seven minutes to get Lutz into range. He and halfback Rick Zajeski (18 carries, 102 yards) converted four third-down attempts on the drive, which left Brother Rice (9-3) only enough time to position Sean Noble for a 55-yard field-goal try on the game's final play. It came up well short.

"It came down to me fumbling last year, so I wanted revenge badly," Whitelaw said. "We could have been [driving down the field] the whole game. It just took bearing down and making plays when we had to."

Brother Rice broke a 7-7 halftime deadlock midway through the third on freshman Martez Walker's 12-yard scamper. Hinsdale answered on the next drive to forge another tie on Zajeski's second 3-yard touchdown run.

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