Josh Puleo didn’t just kick Sycamore past Cahokia. He booted the Spartans right into the postseason.

The Spartans qualified for their seventh straight postseason and will open the Class 5A playoffs at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cary-Grove.

And they picked up win No. 5 in dramatic fashion, coming from 14 back to win 30-28 over the Comanches in Week 9 .

In July, coach Joe Ryan said this would be his last season coaching the Spartans.

“I told them they aren’t getting rid of me yet,” Ryan said. “That’s awesome, but I want to keep coaching as long as I can this year with this group, then go from there. All the credit to these kids. They did a great job.”

On that final fourth-quarter drive, the ball was downed all the way back on the Sycamore 14-yard line with 5:30 remaining on the clock. The t

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