As the late Tom Petty said, the waiting is the hardest part.

Lincoln-Way Central ’s boys golf team found that out Monday in the Class 3A Lockport Sectional at Wedgewood.

The Knights were one of the first teams to complete their round and had a score of 295. They sat in the clubhouse chatting and eating, went to the putting green for a few practice strokes and waited for the other teams to finish.

Both O’Fallon and Lincoln-Way East were slightly ahead of Lincoln-Way Central entering the final few holes. They were tied after 16 holes and Lincoln-Way East took a one-shot lead over O’Fallon after 17. At that point, both Lincoln-Way schools were tied at 11 over, and the tie-breaker would have gone to East via the Griffins having the better score by the fifth golfer. However, Lincoln-Way E

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