Warren senior safety Zion Vines-Peterson was all over the field on Friday night.

A former running back, the 5-foot-9, 170-pound Vines-Peterson spent time covering Lake Zurich’s slot receivers, drifted back in the secondary and even defended out wide.

“He kind of manages our back end with our other safety, Mason Durst, and in our system, our safeties are like everything,” Warren coach Bryan McNulty. “By far, safety for us is the hardest position to play, so he does a really good job over there.”

Indeed, Vines-Peterson was one of the headline players on the defensive side of the ball for the Blue Devils, who beat Lake Zurich 27-17 on the road to take sole possession of first place in the North Suburban Conference and clinch at least a share of the title with one game left in the regular s

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