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Showing my gratitude

Anya Azara, guest columnist
April 21, 2023

I started playing travel softball when I was seven years old. Even before that, I played t-ball and park district softball. When you have played the same sport for most of your life, you experience all...

Play ball: Chicago style

Danielle Joseph, sports editor
April 21, 2023

Now that spring has sprung, the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) season is in full swing. However, this season will look much different from prior years due to the addition of various new rules, specifically...

Saying goodbye

Charlie Bickel, staff writer
April 21, 2023

I’ve known some of my baseball teammates at South for as long as I can remember. From first grade to my senior year gym class, they have always been a part of my baseball journey. There are others I’m...

We run this

We run this

Everyday after school, the boys’ and girls’ track and field teams pack nearly 300 athletes into the fieldhouse for practice. In high school track, running events range from the 50-meter dash to the...

Ping-pong club: easygoing and enjoyable

Ellory Moran, Staff Writer
December 16, 2022

Tryouts, cuts, and competition excluded. South’s Ping-Pong Club offers a relaxed environment where students can play ping pong while still maintaining a competitive spirit, Steven Berkley, Ping-Pong...

Legacy enshrined

Hunter Kreske, guest columnist
December 16, 2022

Ever since I was young, I have been an avid football fan. I grew up in a football family rooting for the Green Bay Packers and watched Aaron Rodgers dominate in the National Football League. I have always...

Sports Spotlight

Angelina Stratakos, guest columnist
November 10, 2022

Motivation. Discipline. Perseverance. These have all been prevalent skills for me during my experiences as a GBS athlete.  Although I play two very different sports, basketball and golf, they both have...

Dual roles: teachers to coaches

Stella Ivanov and Peyton Knorr
November 10, 2022

When thinking of the role of teachers and coaches, many think the jobs are separate. However, some teachers at South are coaches after school hours end, Philip Ralston, varsity boys’ basketball Head...

Spirit sparks big wins

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...

Measuring up: handling sports expectations

Tara Wirtschoreck, asst. sports editor
September 30, 2022

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,...

Fall sports preview

Fall sports preview

Madeline Hussey, co-sports editor
September 30, 2022

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,”...

Frosh girls kick it off on varsity

Danielle Joseph, staff writer
May 20, 2022

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,...

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