Emily Pavlik, co-editor-in-chief November 10, 2022
Football players lined the field as they tookon Homewood-Flossmoor High School for their first playoff game on Oct. 28. As the scoreboard counted down to the end of the third quarter,senior running back...
The day of an average high schooler can be filled with a thousand different stressors, but for a student-athlete, this stress is often compounded by a pressure to succeed during sports, senior Ashi Chikani,...
Tennis
Sophomore Sarina Harjani started her varsity tennis season strong, maintaining a winning streak for her first few doubles matches.
“In our [first two] dual matches, we won both [of] them,”...
With the willingness to excel and a complex skill set, freshman defender Adyson Clemen and freshman forward Lauren Koopersmith have flourished on this year’s girls’ varsity soccer team, Mark Daniels,...
I was the worst player on my middle school soccer team.
In fact, whenever our team was winning by enough points, our coach made a rule: nobody was allowed to score except for me.
From my own impressions,...
On warm, Saturday afternoons my dad and I would play badminton together. Although the wind would carry the birdie away from my racket, I still enjoyed playing and laughing when the birdie got stuck in...
Graduating high school can be a major life transition, and for some seniors, graduating from their athletic careers can be just as difficult, senior Grace Hastings, varsity distance runner for track and...
Only a month into their season, South’s baseball teams have already faced the cancellation of over 35 freshman, JV, and varsity games. Rainy weather has affected the baseball season, causing frustration...
Meet the sport that unites swimming, basketball, and soccer: water polo. The boys’ water polo season is underway and with a challenging season thus far, they have won six games and lost fourteen, senior...
During her junior year, senior Molly Durow, varsity track and field runner, had to make a choice between continuing to play soccer, or switching to track and field. Although she loved her childhood sport,...
Senior Captain Spencer Vandenberg, trapped in the corner of the field, passes the ball to junior teammate Drew Duffy while senior Captain James Sennott maneuvers his way across the opponent. After Sennott...
Freshly cut grass, retying the laces on a pair of cleats, and competing on a warm spring day are some of the girls’ soccer team’s favorite moments during the season, Coach Mark Daniels said. The girls’...
