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LW East celebrates with parade a year in the making
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Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
The slogan for the Lincoln-Way
East football
team in 2019 was “redefined,”
but the postscript
can read “champions.”
The Griffins celebrated
winning the Illinois High
School Association Class
8A state championship
Sunday, Dec. 1, with a parade
around the communities
that make up East. It
all culminated with a midday
rally at the school in
Frankfort.
“This really started last
November … after we
lost to Loyola,” East Athletic
Director Mark Vander
Kooi said during the rally.
“This team and these
coaches were determined
to make sure that we were
going to finish the deal this
year.”
East Principal Sharon
Michalak also praised the
team for the work it put
into preparing for the season.
“You redefined having
spirit and it shines brightly,”
she said. “You redefined
teamwork, which resulted
in a championship.
Lincoln-Way East football
team: We are so proud of
you.”
East coach Rob Zvonar
also thanked the team’s
fans for braving the elements
to watch the game
in DeKalb.
“You were loud, and you
were awesome,” he said.
During his speech,
Zvonar said he found it
fitting that the state title
Four busses full of Lincoln-Way East High School
football players parade their way around the Lincoln-
Way community Sunday, Dec. 1. The Griffins wrapped
up a perfect season with an ISHA Class 8 State
Championship over Warren the previous night. Julie
McMann/22nd Century Media
games took place on the
weekend after Thanksgiving
because it allowed him
to think about for what he
is grateful – such as the
support from the school
district and administration,
the families of the players
and coaches, the youth
football feeder programs,
the athletic boosters, and
the communities that make
up East.
“And then these guys
here – we are blessed
to have these players,”
Zvonar said. “Thank you
for showing an uncommon
commitment. Thank
you for setting aside individualism
and believing in
team first. Thank you for
redefining yourselves on a
daily basis in all that you
do. It is because of that
redefining that today you
sit here as the very best
in what you do. Not very
many people get to wake
up in the morning and be
the very best at what you
do, but that is exactly what
you guys are today.
“... This is not some normal
group of young men.
They are going to change
the world for the good. But
for now, they’ve earned
the right to celebrate. The
trophy will be in the case,
and you are going to get
the ring, but the legacy
will last a generation and
all the memories that go
with it.”
After the rally concluded,
and while the families
and students took to the
court to celebrate with the
football team, East standout
senior defensive linemen
Adrian Wilson and
Sean McLaughlin reflected
on the season and the
parade.
“Getting on the bus and
going around with the
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