When Thanksgiving weekend’s winter storm forced postponement of the Illinois High School Association’s Class 5A to 8A football state championship games at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium in Normal, Northern Illinois University Athletics administrators contacted the IHSA and offered to host the 7A and 8A state title games at Huskie Stadium.

With only a few short days to prepare for the championship games, which were rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 3, the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau team stepped up to assist NIU with promotion of the event, snow removal in the Huskie Stadium stands, and recruitment of community volunteers to assist in event management.

The DCCVB and NIU are no strangers to hosting state championship events. They partnered in hosting the IHSA fo

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