The Joliet West flag football team had already clinched the Southwest Prairie East title entering Thursday’s rivalry game against Joliet Central .

But that didn’t stop the Tigers from putting an emphatic cap on their regular season, defeating the Steelmen 46-0.

West quarterback Maya Zanzola took center stage, distributing the ball to several different receivers with the Central defense focused on running back Londyn Clemons. Clemons entered the game with nearly 2,800 rushing yards on the year, and according to maxpreps.com’s statistics was the leading rusher in the nation.

Zanzola threw four touchdown passes, one each to Gabriela Popova (11 yards), Mallory Crisafulli (8 yards), Tamia Saunders (8 yards) and Madeline Kinzler (6 yards). Saunders also ran for an 18-yard touchdown and re

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