With every goal, Lincoln-Way Central’s Connor Pate remembers his grandfather. ‘Helped me through everything.’

With every goal, Lincoln-Way Central’s Connor Pate remembers his grandfather. ‘Helped me through everything.’

When Lincoln-Way Central’s Connor Pate needs an extra push, he just looks down at the tattoo on his arm that honors his late grandfather, Robert Burklow. Pate is dedicating this season to his grandpa, who died last November. “The tattoo has the day he died and it’s his handwriting,” Pate said. “This cross I wear is his, too. I do everything for him. That’s almost the biggest thing for me this season. “It’s my first season without him, and it mea…