The Willowbrook football team improved to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in West Suburban Gold Conference play with Friday's (Oct. 9) 35-0 victory over Proviso East in Villa Park. The Warriors scored four touchdowns in the first half of the contest to take a 28-0 halftime lead over the visiting Pirates, who dropped to 1-7 overall and 0-6 in the conference with the loss.
Junior running back Kamron Greenhow scored Willowbrook’s first three touchdowns in Friday’s win. The Warriors drove 62 yards for a touchdown on their opening possession. Junior Jax Chavez began the drive with a 31-yard run. Greenhow finished the drive with a 17-yard touchdown run. Senior Ben Swanson made the extra-point kick to give the Warriors a 7-0 lead with 7:54 left in the first quarter.
Greenhow broke a 25-yard touchdown run with 27.3 seconds remaining in the first quarter. Swanson’s extra-point kick pushed the lead to 14-0.
Swanson recovered his own onside kick on the ensuing kickoff. Willowbrook boosted its lead after Greenhow ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 8:25 remaining in the second quarter. Swanson made the extra-point kick to raise the lead to 21-0.
Late in the first half, after Proviso East couldn’t handle a snap on an attempted punt, the Warriors started a drive at the Pirates’ 34-yard line. Chavez closed out the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run with 13.5 seconds to play in the half. Swanson tacked on the extra-point kick to help Willowbrook to a 28-0 halftime lead.
The Warriors scored their fifth and final touchdown of the evening on a 20-yard pass from junior quarterback Niko Vourlos to senior JJ Miulli with 2:58 left in the third quarter. Swanson made his fifth extra-point kick of the game to give the Warriors their 35-0 advantage.
Sophomore Lucas Stringini and senior Christopher Allen made interceptions in the fourth quarter to help Willowbrook earn its first shutout victory of the season.
The Warriors will close out the regular season with this Thursday’s conference home game against Addison Trail. Both teams enter the contest at 5-3 overall and 3-2 in conference action. The Warriors, Blazers, and the state’s other playoff-bound teams will learn of this year’s post-season pairings when the IHSA releases the brackets on Saturday night, Oct. 17.
