Maine South swamps Niles West, 52-0

In its final tune-up before the IHSA state playoffs, the undefeated Maine South Hawks once again performed like a well-oiled machine.

The Maine South offense was virtually unstoppable and the defense was impenetrable as the Hawks (9-0) wrapped up its regular season with a 52-0 pounding of Niles West (3-6).

A mushy Wilson Field in Park Ridge had little effect on the host Hawks, but appeared to cause some problems for the Wolves on both offense and defense.

The Wolves couldn't get much of anything going offensively while the Hawks scored at will, leading 32-0 after the first quarter and 46-0 at halftime.

Unofficially, quarterback Charlie Goro completed 14-of-20 passes for 259 yards and five touchdowns during the two quarters he played. Sam Chwarzynski hauled in three passes for 89 yards and two scores to lead the Hawk receivers.

-- Rick Behren, Contributor