With the season on the line in Thursday’s IHSA Kankakee Regional title game against Oswego , Yorkville found itself having to fill a vital gap at the quarterback position.

After two-year starter and senior Brooke Ewkinski went down with an apparent knee injury in the first quarter, the Foxes began to cycle through possible replacements while looking for answers against a stout Oswego defense.

The Yorkville defense was also holding down the fort while the offense stabilized, and when the game headed to overtime in a scoreless tie, it was freshman Mackenna Fousek who had started to settle in at quarterback.

After both teams were successful on their first conversion attempts of overtime and Yorkville stopped Oswego’s second attempt, Fousek found Kalya Kersting for the game-winning conv

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