Senior Jim Ralph, center defender at Lincoln-Way East High School, has been named the Herald-News boys soccer player of the year as seen Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Senior Jim Ralph, center defender at Lincoln-Way East High School, has been named the Herald-News boys soccer player of the year as seen Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Senior Jim Ralph, center defender at Lincoln-Way East High School, has been named the Herald-News boys soccer player of the year as seen Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Senior Jim Ralph, center defender at Lincoln-Way East High School, has been named the Herald-News boys soccer player of the year as seen Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in Frankfort. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Flash back to the middle of the 2011 season, when things weren’t going well for Jim Ralph and his Lincoln-Way East teammates. As the Griffins struggled through a disappointing regular season, longtime coach Brian Papa was fired amid a controversy over an alleged comment about …
