During the summer, joint practices with two high school football teams were fairly common. DeKalb had three such days throughout summer workouts, while Morris had one, pairing up with Minooka .

The week before the regular season begins has traditionally been for teams to scrimmage against each other in front of fans. This year, though, Morris hosted DeKalb. The teams played on the freshman and JV levels first before the varsity squads took the field.

Each team ran 20 offensive plays. First, DeKalb ran 12 plays, then Morris ran 12 plays. Each team ran eight plays in their second time with the ball, mostly with the second-string units on both offense and defense.

DeKalb was playing without some key players, most notably University of Illinois-bound receiver Devon Grant. The Morris d

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