The Griffins participated in a parade and ceremony after competing in the Class 7A state championship game.
Every game has a winner and a loser. It's a part of football, and it's a part of life. While the Lincoln-Way East High School Griffins did not win the Class 7A state championship title, they can hardly be called losers. They stepped out on that Memorial Stadium field as conference champions. They stepped out on that field 13-0. They gave all they had to give and then some more. They are definitely champions. After such a difficult loss, a parade may have been the last thing on the Griffins' minds. But the Lincoln-Way community was not going to let them hang their heads and sit at home. Local residents lined the streets with signs and cheered, giving their team a reason to smile. The team paraded down the streets of both Mokena and …
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Lincoln-Way East senior wide receiver and running back Justin Corbett made big plays in the second half as the Griffins rallied in a 10-8 loss to Glenbard West on Saturday night in the Class 7A state championship game.
Lincoln-Way East’s Justin Corbett felt like he left it all on the field. “No regrets,” was how he summed up his final high school football game. Corbett, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior wide receiver and running back, came up big in the second half of Lincoln-Way East’s 10-8 loss to Glenbard West in Saturday’s Class 7A state championship football game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. He scored East’s only touchdown on a 35-yard run. Two plays earlier, he snared a 22-yard sideline pass from Tom Fuessel that pumped life into a Griffins’ offense that was bottled up by Glenbard West up to that point. Corbett finished with 82 yards rushing on 15 carries and 104 yards total offense. “We all put in our best effort,” he said. “We left it all on the …
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2:28 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
LWE had a great season again. The players and coaches did their best to win but ran into an excellent opponent. They work hard and are fortunate to have a great coaching staff lead by Coach Z. Keep up the good work and best of luck in the future. All is good. more ›