SAN JOSE – Gripping the trophy that every Lincoln-San Jose football player dreams of winning, Kyan Phillips certainly grasped the significance of his team’s 48-24 victory over archrival San Jose.

His older brother, Tayden, had quarterbacked the Lions to two of the team’s now-27 consecutive victories over the Bulldogs in the annual slugfest of the oldest public schools in San Jose.

So possibly being part of a Lions team that lost to San Jose for the first time since 1997?

Not an option.

“I would’ve never heard the end of it,” Phillips said. “Keeping the streak alive, it’s that big of a deal. I’m glad I got to win all four years I played here.”

The Bulldogs had no answer for an uber-motivated Phillips at San Jose City College, one where Lincoln packed out the home bleachers with fans an

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