Aug. 24—TOLONO — Sitting in a first-floor classroom on the back side of Unity High School, Scott Hamilton gazes out one of the multiple windows and can see Hicks Field on this overcast Friday ...

The two Illini Prairie teams played last season amid rainy and muddy conditions at Zimmerman Field at I-57 Stadium in Paxton, with Unity slogging its way to a 26-12 win.

But this upcoming game, these upcoming moments the entire Unity football program will experience this fall, was years and decades in the making.