Caed Curran and Mick Smith each ran for a pair of touchdowns and quarterback Brady Varner ran for a score and threw for another as Morris beat up Kaneland , 42-21, during Friday night’s Interstate 8 Conference game in Maple Park.
It was the sixth straight time Morris has beaten Kaneland.
“We fully expected this to potentially be for the conference championship,” Morris coach Alan Thorson said. “There are some really good teams left to play obviously, but when you have two undefeated (teams) and playing on the road and Kaneland is always tough to play.”
Morris (5-0, 2-0) set the tone early, forcing Kaneland (4-1, 1-1) to punt after failing to convert a first down on the game’s opening possession.
That punt ended up hitting most of one of Owen Wilson’s elbows as the Morris senior blo