They finished as the state runner-up in 2019 and wanted to break through in 2020. In 2020, before COVID-19 twisted up the season, the Blue Devils were looking forward to taking that final step. Motivation shouldn't be a problem either. "We have the fastest team we've had in years, on both sides," Wilson said. Speed might be one area that differentiates this group of Blue Devils from the most recent teams of the past. There's no difference with how we're looking at this season." That will be our standard again this season, nothing short of a state championship. "Last year, I think we truly believed that we were a state-championship caliber team and we just didn't get that chance (to find out, since there were no playoffs). "Talent-wise, there is no drop-off," Lucero said. The Blue Devils graduated two unusually talented senior classes over the last two years, but the cupboard is hardly bare. (Due to the abbreviated schedule, Warren and Lake Forest did not have the opportunity to play each other and settle the battle for the league championship on the field.) The Blue Devils went the to Class 8A state championship game in 2019 and then finished last spring's season sharing the North Suburban Conference championship with Lake Forest. Warren will again be one of the top teams in Lake County. Especially after that short spring season." "We're full speed ahead right now," Warren senior safety Benjamin Wilson added. I don't think I've been more excited to play football in my life." "We're kind of getting the feel again of how it was pre-COVID," Warren senior quarterback Aidan Lucero said after the Blue Devils wrapped their first practice session late Monday afternoon. After having the 2020 season canceled last fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then moved to this past spring for an abbreviated, no playoffs season, players and coaches across the state are thrilled to have things looking more "normal" again.
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