By Eddie Burns For Sun-Times Media October 29, 2011 10:14PM Oswego’s Elliot McGaughey breaks free for a touchdown after catching a pass from quarterback Ryan West during Saturday’s Class 7A playoff game. | Larry Kane~For Sun-Times Media Article Extras Updated: October 29, 2011 10:28PM Football is a game of adjustments and Oswego made plenty, which is a big reason the Panthers won for the eighth straight time and why they are advancing in the Class 7A playoffs.The Panthers made a series of changes and it helped Oswego turn a seven-point deficit into a 35-13 victory against Thornton in a first-round postseason game played Saturday night in Oswego.“We figured out that our spread offense wasn’t working, so we gave them a different look and it really worked out for us,” Oswego quarterback Ryan West said. “The change really helped us out and got us going.”Oswego (8-2) had a difficult time blocking Thornton’s defensive front in the early going, and it led to the Panthers going three-and-out on two of their first three possessions. Meanwhile, the Wildcats (6-4) grabbed an early 7-0 lead thanks to a 31-yard scoring pass from sophomore quarterback Jowahn Brown to receiver Juan Wesley.  The Panthers went to a maximum protection, and they began to run plays out of the power-I formation. The move provided more blocking for West and it opened things up for the offense. Oswego pulled even when West found Elliot McGaughey for a 73-yard strike.“That touchdown to Elliot got us going for the rest of the night,” said West, who completed 12 of 30 passes for 246 yards with four touchdowns and one interception.It really did as the Panthers scored on their next two possession — both drives ended in West touchdown passes to Jack Kwiatkowski — one covering 10 yards and the other covering 13.“When Ryan has time to throw, he will get the ball to us,” Kwiatkowski said. “Give credit to the offensive line, which picked up their blitz and gave time for Ryan to do what he does.”Thornton coach Bill Mosel agreed that Oswego’s coaching moves made the difference. “They made an adjustment to the power-I game and by the time we adjusted back — they had scored 20 points,” Mosel said. “It was a bad second quarter for us.” Oswego extended its lead to 28-7 when it took the opening drive of the second half and marched 60 yards with West finding Alain Dixon for a 34-yard touchdown on a fourth-and-10 play.Thornton did cut its deficit to 28-13 early in the fourth quarter, but the Panthers sealed their win with a 1-yard scoring run from Brett Wainwright, who started at running back in place of injured Mickeel Stewart.Wainwright finished with 19 rushes for 117 yards.The Panthers will host East St. Louis next weekend in the second round with the date and time to be set on Monday.“I grew up watching East St. Louis and Oswego playing against each other,” Kwiatkowski said. “When I was little and that game always seemed to be in East St. Louis, so it will be nice to see them come up here. They are a very good team and we’ll have our hands full.”