Oswego wideout Mariano Velasco looked at his quarterback, Drew Kleinhans, with the Panthers trailing by four halfway through the fourth quarter.

Kleinhans identified zone coverage and checked Velasco to a go route. Velasco found the soft spot between the corner and the high safety and hauled in a perfect ball from his quarterback.

The senior wideout went to work from there and took it to the end zone.

“I made a move to get open,” said Velasco, who finished with two receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown. “He threw a good ball, and I took care of the rest.”

Oswego used Velasco’s long touchdown and a stout defensive effort to outlast Naperville North 17-7 in the first round of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs.

Naperville North (6-4) took the ball over with three minutes to play down by th

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