Joliet West coach Chris Lincoln couldn’t help but laugh when asked to evaluate his team at the early portion of the season. It wasn’t intended as dismissive, it just wasn’t accurate to say it’s the early portion of the season anymore.

Not for the Tigers, anyway.

“This is our 20th game of the season,” Lincoln said.

In one sense, it wasn’t apparent Monday as the energy was high. In another sense, the experience was evident as they got the sweep over Lincoln-Way West 25-17, 25-13.

After early battles in both sets, Joliet West (17-3) ultimately pulled away in each. Each set also saw late rally attempts by the Warriors, but each time the Tigers ended the comeback attempts.

“We did a great job of putting service pressure on them,” Lincoln said. “If we can run our offense and get a free b

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