Heading into the postseason without star junior quarterback Phillip Turner and one of their trusted running backs, senior Zayden Henley, the Kankakee football team knew that it would have to get creative on offense and rely a little bit more on its stingy defense if the Kays want to make a deep run through the IHSA Class 5A field as the south bracket’s No. 4 seed.

In Saturday’s first-round home game against No. 13 Lemont , they did just that.

Thanks to sparks from four big plays – a second-quarter Zyon Thomas interception inside the 10-yard line followed by a Dayshawn Brown 83-yard reception and explosive fourth-quarter touchdowns from Kymani Billings and Ezekiel Sherrod on 3rd-and-longs – and a dazzling defensive effort, the Kays pulled away for a 19-3 win.

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