Rushing attack powers Morton over Metamora for first outright Mid-Illini crown in team history
PEORIA — It’s not often you get to see a high school football game being played at a baseball stadium.
But the Week 9 magic made its way over to Dozer Park, home of the St. Louis Cardinals High-A affiliate Peoria Chiefs, as Morton hit a home run and clinched the Mid-Illini title outright for the first time in program history with a 35-7 win over Metamora.
After sharing the conference with Pekin in 2021, the Potters were determined to take that trophy home going into 2026, which they did, because they had plenty of belief in themselves.
“The number one thing we talk about is belief,” Morton head coach Adam O’Neill said. “Belief comes before action and the way they prepared, not just this week, but over the last six months, I think it reinforces all the hard work that they do.”
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