One guy was on everyone’s mind on Friday night in Maple Park.

And one point proved to be the difference between Kaneland and Rochelle .

Roman Villalobos rushed for three touchdowns and the Hubs earned an emotional 21-20 win playing for junior running back Dylan Manning, who remains hospitalized after suffering a head injury last Friday at Morris.

“I had a lot of emotions this week along with the team,” Villalobos said. “We knew we just had to stay together. And, you know, we weren’t even focused on the outcome, it was more about playing for Dylan, a tribute to him. Like our shirts say, ‘Play like Dyl’ and that’s exactly what we did and came out with the win.”

Rochelle (4-3, 2-2) had the ball for nearly 35 of the 48 minutes, eating away clock with a pair of lengthy scoring drives of

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