Trevs revved up
Emma Weaver, with a soccer ball at her feet, stopped abruptly in a home match last weekend in chilly Northfield. The New Trier High School junior forward/midfielder then cut sharply,…
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Sports
V for Victory, and Vyshyvanyuk
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk knows exactly what to say when a teacher looks at his surname on the first day of classes and stammers while attempting to pronounce it during roll call….
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Full Course Load
A golf ball resting in a favorable position on a golf course is deemed a good lie. Jamie Fischer could relate to the ball. She sat near driving ranges and…
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Clip and rave
Colin Heath’s holiday gift to his grandmother Mary last winter did not need to be wrapped. A card from the New Trier High School junior volleyball player did not accompany…
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Noah’s Mark
One of the sharpest shooters in men’s basketball history at the University of Chicago helped an organization deter a different kind of shooter two summers ago. Noah Karras—a University of…
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Dripping with talent
MaryGrace King had just won a 25-yard back- stroke race when she started to sprint toward her orange beach towel. Mom Sandi was holding it for her six-year-old daughter. Mom…
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Warbling Rambler
Could you blame Jack Howard’s club volleyball teammates for their disruptive behavior in a theater during a musical last fall? The Vernon Hills-based Adversity Adidas 18 spikers had clustered themselves…
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Fun & Names
A man named Lake Speed raced stock cars for a living. Gene Tenace (rhymes with “tennis”) played baseball for four Major League Baseball teams from 1969-1983, and Pete Rose (not…
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