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Illinois transfer Thor Stepina navigates Prairie halls as well as football field

Senior had big debut with Falcons in win over Washougal

By Tim Martinez, Columbian Assistant Sports Editor
Published: September 9, 2021, 10:49pm
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Sun reflects off Prairie senior running back Thor Stepina?s visor as he poses for a portrait during a practice Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at Prairie High School.
Sun reflects off Prairie senior running back Thor Stepina?s visor as he poses for a portrait during a practice Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at Prairie High School. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Casey is a small town in rural Illinois. It boasts of having the world’s largest golf tee, the world’s largest rocking chair and the world’s largest mailbox.

But the town of 2,600 people 200 miles south of Chicago didn’t have the world’s largest high school.

And that made Thor Stepina’s move this summer from Casey-Westfield High to Prairie High School a bit of an adjustment.

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