Wheaton Academy's march to the state championship game hit an early snag on Thursday night.
Wheaton Academy had rarely experienced a deficit in a dominant regular season and playoff run, losing its lone game to powerhouse IMG Academy Black from Florida. Since then, the Warriors have won 16 games in a row to put themselves in position to win the program's first state championship.
Wheaton Academy coach Geoff Weisenborn called the first few minutes of Thursday's game an eye-opener for his players. by signing up you agree to our terms of service The Warriors, who finished in third place last season, seek their first state title in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. title game against the winner of St. Viator-Lake Forest semifinal. The state championship game will be played at Hinsdale Central High School.
"We trust our game and our team," Aiden Weisenborn said."We didn't get possession early in the game. We knew we could still put it out. We scheduled a lot of hard teams to learn to fight back, especially in a game like this. We didn't panic after being down 3-1 because we knew we could pull through."
Benet senior Erik Lorenzl had a big game with 5 goals, while Thom Bartenhagen tallied 3 goals and Grant Randolph handed out 2 assists. Lorenzl said the Redwings took a big step in reaching the state semifinal for the first time in program history.
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