Facing one of the top offenses in the Illinois 8-Man Football Association, the Polo defense put together a dominant performance in a 38-0 win at South Fork on Saturday.

The Marcos (11-1) were constantly in the Ponies’ backfield and had three interceptions en route to their first shutout of the season.

Polo advances to face 11-1 Amboy at 7 p.m. Friday at Monmouth College in the I8FA state championship. The Clippers beat Milledgeville 18-8 in Saturday’s other semifinal.

Polo set the tone right out of the gate, going 50 yards on its opening drive, which was capped by a Mercer Mumford touchdown. Mumford finished with 197 yards and two scores before dealing with some cramping.

Defensively, Polo held South Fork (11-1) to less than 80 yards rushing. George Bailey came into the game with o

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