Just like they Drew it up

MORRIS -- It's a fact of life on the football field. Coaches and quarterbacks are going to disagree. But when they finally get on the same page, good things tend to happen.

Case in point, Morris High School's 32-27 win over Belvidere in the 5A quarterfinals Saturday night.

Trailing 27-26 with just over 2 minutes left, Morris faced 3rd-and-7 from the Belvidere 35.

Decision time.

"I was telling Coach (George) Dergo, 'Watch out for that bootlleg, watch out for that bootleg,' " Morris quarterback Drew Hanson said. "When he finally called it, my eyes got real big."

Hanson faked a handoff to Adam Tondini and hid the ball. He rolled to his right and got great seal blocks from tackle Ben Olson and tight end Mike Henry. Near the first-down marker, he made a nifty cut to the outside, slipped a tackle and took off. He was finally pushed out of bounds at the Bucs' 8.

"If you take it in that context, then yeah, he called the play," Dergo said. "But do you know how many times he tells me the bootleg's open? Every play.

"But he did a great job when we called it. He's a big weapon for us, and he put on his shoulders tonight and carried us."

A run by Tondini got the ball