
Freshman Samuel Jackson started at quarterback against Warren, and the 12th-seeded Raiders didn't resemble the same team that scored 306 points during the regular season. That meant the Blue Devils had to make an hourlong drive south to Bolingbrook, where on Friday night they found a Raiders team that also was dealing with a costly loss.īolingbrook not only fell to undefeated Lincoln-Way East (the top seed in Class 8A) last week but saw three-year varsity quarterback Anthony Vespo suffer a broken leg.

I feel like we're rejuvenated."ĭespite winning on the road at Stevenson last week, Warren, which had won 5 of 6 before stumbling in Zion, drew a No. "He said (the loss) was the best thing that ever happened to us.

"After the Zion game, all of us seniors got in the lecture hall (that same night) with Coach and talked about what we needed to do going forward," said Blue Devils senior safety Caden Fox, alluding to head coach Bryan McNulty.
