LAST CHANCE: Win Lunch At Enrico's To Celebrate L-W East's Title

FRANKFORT, IL — Before this past weekend's 2017 Class 8A state football championship between Lincoln-Way East High School and Loyola Academy, Frankfort Patch editor Joe Vince and Wilmette Patch editor Tim Moran held with sports tradition and made a friendly wager on the game's outcome. They called it Patch's Put Up and Eat Up High School Football Challenge.

The bet's terms were simple and centered on food: If the Griffins won, then Tim would buy lunch for Joe at Enrico's in Frankfort. If the Ramblers were victorious, then Joe would pony up for a meal at the Chuck Wagon in Wilmette.

In case you missed it, L-W East beat Loyola on Saturday, 23-14, capturing its second state football title in school history. And the Griffins's victory means a victory for Joe and his appetite.

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But he isn't the only one who benefits from L-W East's historic win. One lucky Patch reader now has the chance to sit down and join Joe and Tim for a free lunch at Enrico's. To enter, send an email message to Joe Vince at joe.vince@patch.com with the following information:

• Name
• Town you live in
• Phone number you can be reached at during the day
• "Go Griffins" in the subject line

The email must be received by noon Friday, Dec. 1 the new deadline of noon Monday, Dec. 4. An entry will then be randomly chosen from those received, and the winner will be contacted to work out the logistics. (Entries must include all the above information — including "Go Griffins" in the subject line — in order to qualify for the drawing. One entry per email address.)

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Some other details about the Put Up and Eat Up High School Football Challenge:

• Parts of the lunch will be recorded and posted online at Frankfort Patch and Frankfort Patch's Facebook page. The winner eating with Joe and Tim will be expected to appear in any videos, photos and stories documenting the lunch. If you're camera shy, you probably shouldn't enter the challenge.
• The winner will need to have a flexible schedule, and if the first reader chosen can't make it, another winner will be drawn from the remaining entries.

Patch also would like to thank Enrico's owner Harry D'Ercole Jr. for reaching out after hearing about the Put Up and Eat Up Challenge and offering to help make this winning bet even more of a winner. It's yet another example of what makes Frankfort such a great community.

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And finally, congratulations to L-W East for capping off a fantastic undefeated season with a tremendous championship performance. Is it too early to start planning for next year's Put Up and Eat Up High School Football Challenge?

Images via Enrico's Italian Dining and Lincoln-Way East High School