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Photos: Billups-Williams leads Crete-Monee to playoff win over Centennial

Billups-Williams catches three TD passes in the first half

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports

The Crete-Monee Warriors are still streaking. 

Crete-Monee defeated visiting Champaign-Centennial 53-13 in an Illinois Class 6A first-round playoff game on Saturday afternoon for the Warriors' eighth straight victory. 

Standout wide receiver Lynel Billups-Williams caught three first-half touchdown passes to help the Warriors take a 33-6 lead into the intermission. 

The No. 7 seed in Class 6A, Crete-Monee (8-2) will face off against undefeated No. 2 seed Simeon (10-0) on Saturday at Gately Stadium in Chicago.

Centennial, the No. 10 seed, finishes its season at 7-3.

Here's a look at the game from photographer Dean Reid: 

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Photos from Dean Reid

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Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports
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. 

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