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46 | August 24, 2017 | The Mokena Messenger football preview guide<br />
mokenamessenger.com<br />
LW Central looks to experience,<br />
leadership to guide state-bound hopes<br />
Jason Maholy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The Lincoln Way Swim Association Gators (LWSA) offers year<br />
round competitive age-group swimming opportunities where<br />
every swimmer, can strive to reach their full potential. For over<br />
16 years, LWSA has been building champions at the<br />
conference, state, and national levels.<br />
SWIM<br />
TRYOUTS<br />
LINCOLN WAY<br />
CENTRAL<br />
August 28th & 29th<br />
• Ages 5-8 6:00pm<br />
• 9 and older 7:00pm<br />
All swimmers should be at Race<br />
night August 30th 6:00pm<br />
Please visit our website for registration<br />
forms, tryout times, and more information<br />
about the LWSA Gators<br />
www.lwsagators.org<br />
Find Us online<br />
<br />
By most standards, the<br />
Lincoln-Way Central football<br />
program had an outstanding<br />
season in 2016.<br />
The Knights finished 7-4,<br />
scored a season-defining<br />
victory over perennial Class<br />
8A powerhouse Bolingbrook<br />
and advanced to the second<br />
round of the playoffs for the<br />
first time in 12 years.<br />
But to the guys in the<br />
locker room, the campaign<br />
ended not only prematurely<br />
but also unexpectedly. No<br />
one would call the season<br />
disappointing, but in the<br />
end the youths who shed<br />
their blood, sweat and tears<br />
to bring Central back to relevance<br />
failed to live up to<br />
their own expectations.<br />
They knew the program’s<br />
recent history had been average,<br />
at best, and their goal<br />
was not merely to rise above<br />
Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media<br />
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Lincoln-Way Central quarterback Sam Pipiras rears back to<br />
launch a pass during a practice. Jason Maholy/22nd Century<br />
Media<br />
The road ahead<br />
• Week 1 — hosts Lake Central, 7 p.m. Aug. 25<br />
• Week 2 — at Lincoln-Way West, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1<br />
• Week 3 — at Thornwood, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 8<br />
• Week 4 — hosts Lockport, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15<br />
• Week 5 — hosts Lincoln-Way East, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22<br />
• Week 6 — at Stagg, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 29<br />
• Week 7 — at Waubonsie Valley, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6<br />
• Week 8 — hosts Sandburg, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13<br />
• Week 9 — at Thornton, 7 p.m. Oct. 20<br />
Jeremy Cordell<br />
Team: Lincoln-Way Central High School<br />
Years coaching the team: 2<br />
2016 regular season record: 6-3<br />
What is your favorite play to run?<br />
Just to run the ball. We like running the<br />
ball. Just run the ball.<br />
Which phase of football is your<br />
specialty?<br />
I was a varsity defensive coordinator<br />
for 11 years. I love the game planning<br />
behind it. I love just the nature of it, the<br />
attack style of it.<br />
What is one team you are you looking<br />
forward to playing?<br />
I know this is going to sound very cliché,<br />
but we’re going to take one game at<br />
a time. Our whole program motto is being<br />
1-0, so we’re just going to approach<br />
Week 1, and we’re looking at Week 1.<br />
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