<body><div>The Kahoks become playoff eligible with a big win on the road in Troy against a Triad Knights team that came into the game with only 1 loss on the year.The final regular season game didn't start off all that well when Collinsville fumbled the opening kickoff giving the Knights the ball at Collinsville's 10 yard line. It took Triad 4 plays to capitalize as the Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead 2 minutes into the game.Collinsville responded with a nice drive that ended with a Chase Reynolds 6 yard run for a touchdown, but the snap on the extra point try sailed over Will Swip's head and the Kahoks trailed 7-6 after the 1st quarter.Triad added a 35 yard field goal early in the 2nd quarter and extended their lead to 10-7 in what would be a wild 2nd quarter. Reynolds gave Collinsville their first lead on a 32 yard touchdown run and the Kahoks had a 13-10 lead.The Knights answered that drive with one of their own and hit the endzone on a 15 yard pass as Triad went back up 17-13. It would turn out to be the last time Triad would score as the Kahok defense played lights out for the rest of the game.Collinsville would retake the lead for good with 1:57 left in the 2nd on a 2 yard run by Rome Richardson to give the Kahoks a 20-17 lead.Triad got the ball back to try to and answer that score, but linebacker Montray Crume forced a fumble on Triad's first play that the Kahoks recovered, and on the first play from scrimmage after the fumble recovery, Reynolds took off and scored on a 42 yard run to give Collinsville 2 touchdowns in a :20 second span and the Kahoks had themselves a 27-17 lead as the teams hit the halftime break.The 2nd half was a total opposite from the 1st half. The Kahok defense turned it up a notch and held the Knights to no points and very little yardage in the final 2 quarters. Neither team scored in the 3rd.It looked like their would be no more scoring in the 4th as well, but the Kahoks had other ideas as they chewed up valuable time and scored on 6 yard run by Rome Richardson with just over 2 minutes left to put the game away with a 34-17 lead that ended up accounting for the final score.Collinsville becomes playoff eligible for the 4th straight year and will find who and where they will play tomorrow night during the IHSA Playoff Pairing Show.</div></body>

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Kahok Football Final at Triad; Collinsville 34 Triad 17

The Kahoks become playoff eligible with a big win on the road in Troy against a Triad Knights team that came into the game with only 1 loss on the year. The final regular season game didn't start off all that well when Collinsville fumbled the opening kickoff giving the Knights the ball at Collinsville's 10 yard line. It took Triad 4 plays to capitalize as the Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead 2 minutes into the game.