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Friday Night Drive’s Rob Oesterle has live coverage from Saturday’s Morton vs. Morris football game here

Morris limited the Cavaliers to 171 total yards, and advances to play Morton in the second round

The La Salle-Peru football team had five turnovers and 17 penalties in a loss to Morris in Week 8. The Cavaliers hope limiting mistakes leads to a different result in their rematch in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday.

It is the first outright conference title for Morris coach Alan Thorson

Friday Night Drive’s Rob Oesterle has live coverage from Friday night’s Sycamore vs. Morris football game here

Morris forced five turnovers and capitalized on the miscues to pull away from La Salle-Peru for a 31-7 victory Friday to improve to 8-0.

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Morris beats L-P 31-7 to improve to 8-0 on the season. L-P falls to 5-3.