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Hinsdale Central runners Braxton Bokos and Aaron Doorhy compete in a dual meet Sept. 30 against Downers Grove North at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. The Red Devils are preparing for the conference meet and state post-season events in the coming weeks. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Name: Kayla Teuscher Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start diving? I started diving about 6 years ago, but I didn't really become competitive until a few years ago. I decided that it was something that I really wanted to be good at and make a big part of my life. How have you improved since freshman year? Freshman year I was average. I started lifting a couple years ago, so that helped. I averaged about 150 points freshman year but now I average 230 points every...
The Hinsdale Central boys and girls golf teams will represent Red Devil Nation at their respective IHSA state final tournaments tomorrow and Saturday, Oct. 8-9. Competing for the boys at The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in Bloomington will be seniors Jack Inabnit and Michael Spitzer, junior Emil Riegger, sophomores Jack Mulligan and Alex Rasmussen and freshman Kevin Wesolowski. Competing for the girls at Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur will be seniors Nadia Burt and Libby Larson, junior Sarah Thornton, sophomore...
Golf, boys Oct 4 @ IHSA sectional V places 2nd with 306 strokes Riegger, 1st, 70 Spitzer, 78 Inabnit, 79 Mulligan, 79 Sept. 29 @ IHSA regional V places 2nd with 292 strokes Golf, girls Oct. 4 @ IHSA sectional V places 1st with 302 strokes Abdullah, 1st, 72 Owens, 73 Thornton, 78 Burt, 79 Bhatt, 79 Sept. 30 @ IHSA regional V places first with 298 strokes Soccer, boys Oct. 5 vs. Glenbard West V wins 2-1 Oct. 4 @ Downers North V wins 7-0 Sept. 30 vs. Hinsdale South V wins 3-2 Swimming, girls Oct. 2 @ St. Charles North Invite V...
The first year junior Tessa Barber swam at Hinsdale Central High School, she wasn't sure how to address her coach. After all, he was her dad. "My freshman year, I used to avoid calling anything," she said. "I used to raise my hand in the pool my freshmen year. We call him 'Pop' at home, so I just started calling him that at practice." Other than that glitch, Tessa and her sister, Vija, generally appreciate the opportunity to have their dad, Bob, at practice and their coach at...
Carol Cratin Zidek, 67, of Clarendon Hills passed away Sept. 27, 2021, at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital. She was born in 1954 in Detroit and was a graduate of Hinsdale Central High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, William S. Cratin and Barbara (Paul) Cratin Watters. She is survived by her brothers, Robert (Frannie) Cratin and Thomas (Christy) Cratin; her step-brother, Jeff (Lynn) Watters; her stepsister, Jennie (Tim) Keith; her nieces and nephews, Caycee...
Robert "Bob" Charles Ptak, 75, of Oak Brook died Oct. 1, 2021. Bob was the president of Pepe's Mexican Restaurants, a member of the Fenwick Academy Class of 1964 and a former Fenwick trustee, and a member of the University of Notre Dame Class of 1968. He is survived by his wife, Donna Ptak, nee Sotir; his children, Michelle (Pat) O'Connor, Bryan (Michelle) Ptak, and Keith (Megan) Ptak; his grandchildren, Caeley, Patrick, Rory and Teagan O'Connor, Evissa and Valencia Ptak, and...
W. Rex Whitlatch, 84, of Grand Junction, Colo., passed away Oct. 2, 2021, from complications of the coronavirus. Rex was born in 1937 to Harold and Pauline Whitlatch at Burnham City Hospital in Champaign. He attended Urbana High School, where he was a four-year contender and two-time Illinois State Wrestling Champion. After high school Rex attended the University of Illinois, where he received a master’s degree in physical education. He also continued his wrestling career there, becoming captain of the wrestling team and a c...
Shirley Lucille McCormick Moravec, 95, a former Hinsdale resident, died Sept. 29, 2021. Born in 1926 to Hampton and Lucille McCormick, Shirley grew up in Hollywood with her sister, Diane, who was four years younger. Growing up, she learned how to play the piano and guitar and sang in school choirs and the annual high school musical. Part of each summer was spent at the family cottage on Fish Lake near Hancock, Wis. She graduated from Riverside-Brookfield High School and was fortunate enough to attend one year of college at...
