Rochelle returned home for the first time since junior running back/defensive back Dylan Manning suffered a head injury against Morris two weeks ago and with hundreds of fans wearing purple and white “Play Like Dyl #10” shirts, the Hubs beat Ottawa 42-3.

“We were relentless. That’s Rochelle football,” said former starting quarterback Van Gerber, who has been out since week 2 with a broken collarbone. “It was a huge win against Kaneland last week and that was 100 percent for Dylan.”

Since the Manning injury, it has been Roman Villalobos picking up the slack and for the second week in a row, the 195-pound senior fullback ran roughshod over a defense. This time, it was 125 yards on 21 carries and four touchdowns.

And, that was with Ottawa’s (2-6, 0-5) defense geared to stop him, as coac

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