Landon Knigge just loves contact. Whether he’s got the ball on offense or an opposing ballcarrier has it when he’s on defense, the Dixon senior just loves to hear and feel the pads popping.

Usually he’s the one delivering the blow instead of absorbing it, and he did more of the same Friday night in the Dukes’ Class 4A first-round playoff game against Woodstock North.

Knigge surpassed the 2,000-yard mark for the season with another huge effort in Dixon’s 45-0 win over the Thunder at A.C. Bowers Field.

“They’re tackling pretty good out there,” he was overheard saying at halftime about the Woodstock North defense. “I love that. It makes it fun.”

A week after setting a school record with 447 yards, the reigning Friday Night Drive Team of the Week MVP ran 30 times for 238 yards and three to

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