Photos: Lemont routs Thornton Fractional South to finish regular season unbeaten

Payton Salomon throws for three touchdown passes in big win

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports | Oct 22, 2022

Payton Salomon threw three touchdown passes and Nate Wrublik ran for two scores as Lemont defeated host Thornton Fractional South 49-6 on Thursday night.

The No. 6 team in the SBLive Illinois Power 25 rankings, Lemont (9-0) capped an undefeated regular season after going 11-1 a year ago.

Here is a look at the game from photographer Gary Duncan:

Lemont at Thornton Fractional South football

Photos from Gary Duncan

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Published Oct 22, 2022

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.