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We’re two weeks away from championship weekend.

“I was kind of upset ... but the guys said to me ‘keep your head up we’ve got plenty of game left.’”

“I love proving people wrong,” he said.

“ ... we definitely wanted to get a win and we were due on this field,” coach Warnecke said.

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“He was really a difference maker for us on the offensive side of the ball,” says Highland coach.

“It’s really the first time I can recall someone taking away our run (game) since 2019 against Mascoutah,” Highland coach Jimmy Warnecke said.

“It feels good to get (my first start) out of the way. It really does. Now it’s just (going) up and up from here really,” he said.

On Friday night Effingham hung tough with state ranked Highland and gave the Bulldogs everything they could ha...