Yorkville High School is being awarded a $5,000 prize to its football program through the T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights program.

The school was only one of 10 high school’s awarded a prize in the state. T-Mobile awarded 450 schools across the country, according to a news release by T-Mobile.

In receiving the award, Yorkville High School now is entered into the $1 million grand prize sweepstakes.

“[The prize] would transform the school’s football experience and ultimately benefit the entire community,” T-Mobile said in the release.

The grand prize money is intended for a complete field tech upgrade, a renovated weight room from Gronk Fitness, and an all-expense-paid trip to the SEC Championship.

The Yorkville Foxes Sports Boosters were excited to post about the news.

“Reach out to your Yorkville Sports Boosters if you are a parent, student, photographer/videographer, business, community member or school personnel that would like to further assist helping make this happen,” the organization posted on its Instagram account.

Yorkville High School also is in the running for a $25,000 prize for the top 25 finalist schools. The finalists are being announced on Sept. 25.

You can learn more by visiting fridaynight5Glights.com.