SHORELINE — Shorewood football was humming late in the first quarter against Monroe at Shoreline Stadium on Friday, and quarterback Kyson Vanee was in control.

Having already thrown a 15-yard touchdown pass to give his side a 7-0 lead, the 6-foot-2 junior ripped off a 37-yard run to set up 1st-and-goal on Monroe’s six-yard line. But as the two sides rose from the turf to reset for the next play, Vanee remained down. He had been hit underneath his helmet and sustained a concussion.

In stepped sophomore Julien Woodruff, tasked with carrying the offense the rest of the way. The two signal-callers had rotated series throughout the season, but now it would be Woodruff’s show for the rest of the night, at minimum.

“You always got to prepare for it,” Woodruff said. “I take my practice reps lik

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