Lincoln-Way East falls to Sandburg, as Williams and others sit with injuries – Shaw Local

Resiliency. That was the key word for Thursday’s football game between Sandburg and Lincoln-Way East.

Sandburg had started the year off 5-0 for the first time since 1998 only to drop two in a row. They were also dealing with an injury to QB Sean Ruisz last week in a win over Neuqua Valley. The Griffins, too, were dealing with their own QB injury with USC commit Jonas Williams sitting out his second consecutive game.

The Griffins had even more adversity thrown their way and nearly overcame it all. Instead, it was the Eagles’ resiliency that triumphed.

Ruisz connected with Quinn Durkin midway through the fourth quarter for a 38-yard touchdown pass to give Sandburg a one-point lead after trailing all night. Lincoln-Way East got a golden opportunity late, but were unable to pull ahead and