Dorian Patterson remembers being a freshman depth piece in the Crete-Monee football program when the Warriors bested Kankakee by a field goal to win their 2022 regular-season finale and Southland Athletic Conference championship, a feeling he and the Warriors hadn’t felt since then.

Friday night at Kankakee, that changed.

Patterson caught one of three touchdown passes from Derrin Couch while the Crete-Monee defense shut down a high-powered Kays offense that saw some injury woes along the way, scoring the first four touchdowns of the game before holding off a late Kankakee rally for a 27-14 win.

“Coming in my freshman year we had a big win over them, sophomore year, junior year, we had a bit of an upset, but this year it meant a lot because I love these boys,” Patterson said. " ... W

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