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Junior defensive back Cullen Winters couldn’t get one play out of his head for Mount Carmel. And that was a good thing, too, because he ended up putting it to good use Wednesday night.

The special teams standout worked his second chance to perfection.

“Earlier in the game, I faked the move outside and I went inside,” Winter said, recalling the sequence of events. “I saw the chance at a block was there, so I did it again and I got it.”

It also got the Caravan going in the third quarter.

Winters blocked a punt that Gavin Conjar returned for a touchdown as Mount Carmel iced a 20-3 win over Oswego in the Class 8A state championship game at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Senior quarterback Emmett Dowling ran for a TD and also threw a TD pass a

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