With just 15 minutes left in the second half of Tuesday’s IHSA Kankakee Regional semifinal, Yorkville trailed host Kankakee by seven and had not scored since the opening possession of the game.

But the Foxes mounted a lightning-fast drive, spanning 86 yards in a little over 90 seconds, that resulted in a 32-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brooke Ekwinski to Kayla Kersting. That touchdown started a run of 20 unanswered points scored by the Foxes in a 26-13 win, a win that put them in a regional championship game for the second straight season.

Ekwinski connected with her fellow senior Kersting seven times for 183 yards and three touchdowns on Thursday. The pair also found each other on a two-point conversion that put the Foxes up 20-13 following a 24-yard touchdown between them t

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