Maine South ‘s defense put the clamps on Palatine Friday in Park Ridge.

The Hawks defense forced 10 three-and-outs for Palatine, which had come into the game averaging 37 points per game. Meanwhile the Mine South offense put together five long scoring drives as the Hawks flew past Palatine 52-6.

“Our defense is getting mature,” Maine South coach Dave Inserra said. “We had just one broken play where we had a guy coming up to cover the short guy. Besides that, I was really happy with the packages we brought in.”

The Maine South defense, led by Jake Cantal, Dean Arvanitis, David Piotrowski, Tommy Leach, Matt Schlenhardt, Marty Greif, Nick Hachigan, and Gavin Smith, were flying to the ball all game. They held Palatine to just 28 yards rushing and 112 yards of total offense until the Pira

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