Win or lose, the seniors on the Wilmington football team knew that when the Wildcats took their home field at Jeff Reents Stadium for Saturday’s IHSA Class 2A state semifinal against El Paso-Gridley, it would be their last time doing many of the football-related things that have come as second nature.

Their last run through the woods and parade of revved up motorcycles. Their last time celebrating touchdowns in the purple and white-checkered end zones. Their last time regrouping in their locker room at halftime.

But it won’t be the last time this group plays a football game together.

Thanks to yet another dominant effort on both sides of the ball, putting together five touchdown drives of two plays or less for the second straight week, the Wildcats (12-1) are headed to their third Cla

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