The Morris football team has quite a rivalry with Peoria High School over the last decade or so. Morris and the Lions have met four times since 2013, three in the playoffs, before Saturday’s nonconference matchup. All four of the previous matchups have been both high-scoring and close. Unfortunately for Morris, all four of them ended with Peoria as the winner.

That changed Saturday.

It was still a back-and-forth affair with offenses taking center stage. But, this time, it was the Morris defense that came up big when it needed to and set the stage for a thrilling final drive. Morris quarterback Brady Varner fired a 12-yard laser to tight end Logan Sparrow with 29 seconds left to break a 28-28 tie. Grant Sparrow, Logan’s younger brother, kicked the extra point, for a 35-28 win.

With Peo

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