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Smoliga smokes competition on way to title

Ethan Spalding, co-Sports Editor
December 21, 2012

As of Nov. 15, senior swimmer Olivia Smoliga owned three state records. She had won four individual state championships and had come in fourth in the 100 meter backstroke at Olympic Trials. Since then,...

XC stumbles in Sectional meet

XC stumbles in Sectional meet

John Adkisson, co-Sports Editor
November 9, 2012

After capping off the 2012 season at the Sectional meet Oct. 24, the South men’s Cross Country team finished the season 5-2. According to head coach Kurt Hasenstein, it was an overall good season for...

Swimmers succeed despite missing star

Swimmers succeed despite missing star

Ethan Spalding, co-sports editor
October 5, 2012

At last year’s state meet, the South women’s swim team took fifth place and claimed two individual titles, both IHSA records. The Titans are undefeated so far in dual meets and have placed in third...

After further review…stop the madness

John Adkisson, co-sports editor
May 25, 2012

A monthly column written by the sports editors, making the call on a selected sports topics in the school or nation The month of May perennially offers sports fans some of the most exciting sports of...

After further review…it is TURFection

John Adkisson, co-sports editor
February 3, 2012

A monthly column written by the sports editors, making the call on a selected sports topic in the school or nation   Becoming a varsity athlete came with a lot of perks: nice uniforms, stronger...

Improving hockey team heads into playoffs

Ethan Spalding, staff reporter
February 3, 2012

Lead by senior captains, left wing Jimmy Philbin and Billy Savino, a returning all-state center, the Glenbrook South men’s varsity hockey team has battled its way to a 17-13-3 record this year. According...

Lady Titans 3-0 in touch CSL South

Ethan Spalding, staff reporter
December 16, 2011

Midway into the 2011-2012 women’s varsity basketball season, the Lady Titans have amassed a record of 9-1. According to head coach Steve Weissenstein, the team’s early success is largely due to...

Sunny’s humor takes a twist

John Adkisson, co-sports editor
November 4, 2011

As It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia entered its sixth season, it had already proven to be one of television’s leaders in off-the-wall, crass, unacceptable humor. And that was before the sixth season...

4-1 football team has tools to win

John Adkisson, co-sports editor
September 30, 2011

Early in the 2011 season, the men’s varsity football team is off to a 4-1 start. With wins over Prospect, GBN, Maine East, and Evanston, head coach Mike Noll believes South is poised for a good season. According...

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