With his Kankakee football team on the ropes during its Class 5A second-round playoff game against Providence , Cedric Terrell III willed the Kays back from an early three-score deficit to make it just a three-point game by halftime with brilliant plays on offense, defense and special teams.

But anytime the Kays appeared poised to take a second-half lead, the Celtics defense had an answer. Their bruising ground game was able to find the end zone once more in the closing moments to give Providence a 35-25 win and send the Celtics to the quarterfinals for the 24th time in program history.

“I think it took all of us. We had to play Providence football from start to finish,” said Providence sophomore running back Brayden McKay, whose 12-yard touchdown with 4:14 remaining provided the Cel

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