The homecoming dance is Saturday night for Kankakee , but the party started a day early for the Kays’ football team.

Kankakee scored 28 points off of four Bloom mistakes en route to a 48-0 shutout Friday night at Jess C. Gathing Track and Field. The win was the Kays’ first home win of the season in their first home game since Week 1 (5-2, 3-0), while Bloom dropped its third straight game (3-4, 1-2).

“It’s always good when you can come home and get a W,” Kankakee head coach Ed Hazelett said. “Last time we were home, we didn’t have that outcome, so it was just great to come home and get that W against a good team.”

Phillip Turner found a wide open streaking Zayden Henley for a 37-yard touchdown to put the Kays in front early, and the Kays wouldn’t look back from there. Later in the firs

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