At the most important position on the football field, Marian Catholic’s Owen Askren upends all of the traditional thinking about linear growth.

The senior quarterback’s high school career has been marked by change and disruption — the opposite of what usually happens for those going behind center, where continuity reigns supreme.

“It’s definitely helped me adapt to change for sure, just being able to create connections with new people constantly,” said Askren, who spent part of his trek as a sophomore at Lincoln-Way East. “I think that’s been a real positive, having been in three different schools in four years.

“It’s helped me deal with adversity, coming into new places, fighting for a starting job and now stepping into this season. I think it’s made me better at bringing people toge

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