| Hinsdale Central 42, Oak Park 22 Hinsdale Central pounds Oak Park By Phil English Special to the Tribune Five starts into his high school football career, Hinsdale Central sophomore quarterback John Whitelaw is the first to admit he has quite a bit more to learn. But judging from his performance in Saturday afternoon's 42-22 pounding of Oak Park, it appears his education is nearly complete. Whitelaw rushed 20 times for 221 yards and three touchdowns and passed for two more in a breakout performance to lift the Red Devils to their fourth straight victory and a place atop the West Suburban Silver Conference standings. "We saw that last night York beat Lyons, so we're at the top of the conference," said Whitelaw, who completed 10 of 17 passes for 136 yards and an interception. "That means we need to step it up to stay on top. "I've learned a lot in the past four weeks. I'm starting to feel confident and finally feeling like I'm caught up. Everything seems to be clicking now." Never more so than in the second half. Hinsdale led 7-3 at intermission before the Red Devils exploded for 35 points. Oak Park stayed close, trailing 14-10 with 8:33 left in the third before Jon Duffy's interception of a Clarke Cuthbert pass turned the tide for the Devils. The interception, at the Oak Park 27, set up a four-play drive that resulted in a fourth-down touchdown completion between Whitelaw and Davis Kalsbeek with 4:21 remaining. Whitelaw added a 13-yard strike to Mac Lagor early in the fourth to stake Hinsdale to a 28-10 lead. Cuthbert finished the day 17-for-28 for 180 yards with three TDs and the interception. Copyright © 2007, ChicagoSports.com http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-070922hinsdale,0,3473652.story?track=rss |
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