After averaging 33 points a game over their first four contests, the Schaumburg offense had been held to just 21 total points over consecutive defeats to Hoffman Estates and Palatine.

That left the Saxons at 3-3 on the season and in serious jeopardy of missing out on a second straight postseason berth. That made their senior night game at home versus rival Conant even more important.

Unfortunately for Schaumburg, it ran into a Conant squad that had back-to-back losses and was also trying to stop the hemorrhaging on its fall campaign.

Thanks to its ability to grind down and eventually run through the home team’s defense, the visiting Cougars would have a happy three-mile ride back to their campus as 43-28 winners at Gary Scholz Stadium in the 55th meeting of the two schools which fir

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