Glenbard North upsets Jacobs in first round of Class 7A playoffs
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There were shock waves in the vicinity of the Jacobs High School football field Friday night as 38th-seeded Glenbard North upset the sixth-seeded Golden Eagles 35-13 in a first-round game of the Class 7A playoffs in Algonquin.The Panthers (5-6) advance to play the winner of Richards-Niles North next week in the second round. Jacobs ends the season with an 8-2 record.“We get to play one more week together,” Panthers coach Justin Kerwin said. “This is a tough place to play, and Jacobs is a phenomenal team. Coach Zim (Brian Zimmerman) does a great job. We play in the best public school conference (DuKane) in the state and that gets us ready for the playoffs. The kids did a great job of preparing for this game.”The Panthers were propelled by junior Logan Kramer, who accounted for four touchdowns.Kramer completed 8 of 12 passes for 200 yards and three TD passes. The junior signal caller tossed a 45-yard scoring pass to Michael Barnes, a 52-yard TD pass to Jamari Jenkins and a 36-yard scorin