DeKALB – Northern Illinois University isn’t the only DeKalb school going to a bowl game this year.

The DeKalb High School Marching Band will be playing in the halftime show of the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Wednesday in New Orleans. Misty Haji-Sheikh, who will be joining her son Merrick on the trip as a chaperone, said DeKalb’s ability to be represented in two bowl games is a nice accomplishment.

“It’s so unique to see us represented in two bowl games,” Haji-Sheikh said. “We might be the only city in the U.S. who can say that.”