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Playoffs: LT's Season Ends With 20-16 Loss to Simeon

The Lions ended the 2013 season with a 5-5 record.

Lyons Township led much of the way Saturday afternoon but could not hold off Simeon in the second half as the Wolverines came from behind to beat the Lions, 20-16, in a first-round 8A playoff game at Gately Stadium in Chicago, according to HighSchoolCube News.

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Two first-half touchdowns by LT running back Leonard Ross put the Lions up 14-6, HighSchoolCube reports. That lead would hold up until Simeon's Christopher Jones ran in a 1-yard touchdown with 9:42 left in the fourth quarter.

Wolverines quarterback Timon Watkins completed 11 of 14 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns, according to HighSchoolCube. 

No. 6 seed Simeon (7-3) avoided being upset by the No. 11 seed Lions, who ended their season with a 5-5 record.

See the full 8A bracket here on the IHSA website.

Ross finished with 77 yards on 17 carries, HighSchoolCube reports.


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