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Morris football vs. Sycamore score, news, our pick, live coverage

By Eddie Carifio
Carter York of Sycamore and Raphael Helming of L-P fist bump during game on Friday, October 11, 2024 at Howard Fellows Stadium in LaSalle.

Carter York of Sycamore and Raphael Helming of L-P fist bump during game at Howard Fellows Stadium in LaSalle. (MaKade Rios for Shaw Local)

Morris faces Sycamore in Week 8 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Eddie Carifio will have live updates, scores and news from the game.

What to know

Morris vs. Sycamore kickoff: 7 p.m.

Where: Sycamore High School

Morris-Sycamore preview

About Morris: And the pendulum that is the Morris football team swung back violently in the positive direction in Week 7 as it rolled to a victory over Ottawa. Morris struggled mightily in a Week 6 loss to Rochelle, but put things together rather quickly with a new player under center guiding the offense. Sophomore RJ Kennedy, filling in for the injured Brady Varner, engineered five first-half scoring drives to spark the runaway win.

About the Spartans: Sycamore just keeps doing Sycamore things. The Spartans are stacking wins once again, the most recent one netting the 200th career victory for long-time coach Joe Ryan. Sycamore has been involved in multiple close games this season but each time it has found a way to earn victory. Defensively, the Spartans are staunch only surrendering more than two touchdowns twice this season and have an explosive QB in Burke Gautcher who is more than capable of engineering scoring drives. He’s completed 64% of his passes for 1,115 yards, 10 touchdowns and an interception and ran for 158 yards on 31 carries and five scores.

FND pick: Sycamore

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