Class 5A

No. 7 Kaneland (8-2) at No. 2 Belvidere North (10-0)

When: 7 p.m. Friday

About the Knights: They’re back in the second round for the third time in four years and the seventh time since 2017. They haven’t won a second-round game since 2011, when they reached the semifinals before losing 35-31 to eventual state champ Montini in Class 5A. Coach Michael Thorgesen said the team has run into some second-round buzzsaws in the past, finalists or runners-up like Montini, Prairie Ridge, Cary-Grove and Fenwick. “We want to get to a round with a title. Quarterfinals. We feel like we’ve been close and had some nice teams. ... We want to get past that hump, and we hope Friday night is the night we can do that.” Standing in their way of a quarterfinal berth this year is Belvidere North,

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