There is nothing black or white about Marengo ’s decision to wear its road uniforms for Friday’s home-opening football game.

It’s white, says senior two-way lineman Brady Kentgen.

“We’re 2-0 in the white jerseys, so we may as well keep wearing them,” Kentgen said at practice Monday, as the Indians prepared to face Woodstock North in a Kishwaukee River Conference opener.

“I’d prefer to wear something other than white, but if it works, it works,” senior linebacker/running back Connor Sacco said. “It doesn’t bother me.”

Marengo is off to its first 2-0 start since 2016, when it won its first three games en route to five wins and a state playoff berth under coach Matt Lynch. The Indians opened the season by beating Stillman Valley 42-7 and then made it two road victories in as many game

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