Head coach Alan Thorson gets a hug and fist pump from daughter Brooke, 4, as Assistant Coach Bill Laver carries the State Runner Up Trophy into Morris High School as the football team returns home after 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Members of the Morris High School football team wave to fans from a flatbed trailer as they head south down Liberty Street as they return home from the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Members of the Morris High School football team wave to fans from a flatbed trailer as they head south down Liberty Street as they return home from the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

The Miracle family, Jordan, 14, his parents Denise and Scott wave and take pictures as the Morris High School football team passes by them on Liberty Street returning home from the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. Preston Miracle is a senior on the team. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Fans pulled over with their cars still decorated to see the parade of firetrucks leading the Morris High School football team home after 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Fans cheer the Morris High School football team as they pull into the school parking lot atop a flatbed trailer after the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Football team captains Nick Country (back to camera), Jeff Perry (left), Craig Claire (center) and Danny Friend (right) practice holding the 5A State Runner Up trophy for their walk into the pep rally at the gym at Morris High School in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Parents, family and friends cheer the Morris High School football team returning home after 5A state final game in a pep rally at the school in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Ryan Shannon, 25, gives his younger brother Jeremy Shannon, 17, a junior, and member of the Morris High School football team a big brother well done head rub as the team returned home after 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. Ryan is a United State Navy electronics technician, second class who flew in just for the game. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Head coach Alan Thorson introduces his players as the Morris High School football team returns home for a pep rally after the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Football team captains Nick Country, Jeff Perry, Craig Claire, Danny Friend and Craig Claire carry the 5A State Runner Up trophy into the pep rally at the gym at Morris High School in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Head football coach Alan Thorson thanks all the supporters of the team and his players at a pep rally for the team after the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Parents, family and friends gather to take photos of players and the runner up trophy following a pep rally for the Morris High School football team returning home after the 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Principal Kelly Hussey and football coach Alan Thorson talk during pep rally for the Morris High School football team returning home after 5A state final game in Morris, Illinois, Saturday, November 24, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media