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Throwing money around

Minutes away from kickoff, the toss of the coin decides who will kickoff on Friday between Monticello and St. Joseph-Ogden.
Long-time area football official Grant Nohren
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Monticello - Monticello captains Zeke Young, Jake Motsegood, and Will Osbourne (left to right) watch as head referee Grant Nohren flips a coin at the start of their Illini Prairie football against St. Joseph-Ogden on Friday. Monticello (4-2) would go on to lose their homecoming game 34-20 to the undefeated Spartans.

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TAGS: Football referee, coin toss at the start of a game, Villa Grove football referee, Monticello football game, Illini Prairie football between SJO and Monticello
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