Reaching the state final is the highest honor a high school sports team can receive. This weekend, the Cary-Grove football team will again get its shot at reaching the pinnacle of high school football in Illinois.

Being Thanksgiving weekend, it will be a time for families in Cary and Fox River Grove to gather together and then travel together to Champaign to support their team. It is a team, like so many others from the Fox Valley, that deserves your support.

The Trojans have gone 13-0 this season, and they’ve done it with a disciplined approach on both offense and defense. They haven’t always been the biggest team or the fastest team, but they’ve almost always been the best organized team on the field.