Zakaria Sajjad’s goal midway through the second half allowed Naperville Central to break a tie with Oswego , lifting the Redhawks to a 2-1 victory in Saturday’s Class 3A Naperville Central Regional final.

The Redhawks (15-2-1) won their sixth consecutive regional title while the Panthers (15-8) saw their season come to an end.

“We tried to come back and it was a great game,” Oswego coach Gaspar Arias said. “I’m really proud of these guys, how they played, how we fought in the game. It was amazing. It was a good game. It could’ve gone either way and it went their way and that’s all we can say. We were expecting a good game and it was a good game.”

Sajjad’s sixth goal of the season was easily his biggest.

“I don’t remember that much, I just remember a cross coming in (from Riley Hull)

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