Aside from a late-season setback to Bradley-Bourbonnais, Lincoln-Way West has had little trouble winning this season. Only two of their nine victories entering Saturday were within one possession.

So when the Warriors found themselves trailing late in the first quarter Saturday against Kenwood, it was unfamiliar territory. Still, quarterback Grant Tustin and company didn’t panic.

“We believed in ourselves the whole time,” he said. “There was never a point in that game in which we thought we were going to lose.”

And they didn’t.

Tustin ended the first quarter with a 53-yard pass and the Warriors scored 21 straight points in the second quarter, including 14 in the final 11 seconds. They didn’t let up in the second half as they beat the Broncos 43-20.

The victory advances Lincoln-Way W

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