West Aurora would have liked the chance to show what it could do in the second round of the Class 8A playoffs against top-seeded Mount Carmel.

But Belleville East also wanted that bite at the apple, and it will be the team to have it after a 48-34 win over the Blackhawks on Saturday at Ormond Field in Aurora.

“It would have been an honor to play (Mount Carmel),” said West Aurora coach Nate Eimer. “That’s what you get. That’s where you’re going to be at, and you want to go play the best.”

The Blackhawks (7-3) scored on their second offensive play from scrimmage on a 75-yard run by Bryce Riley (124 yards on 12 carries).

But even the Lancers (8-2) likely didn’t consider the possibility of one of their own killing that early momentum on both sides of the ball, which was exactly what happe

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