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Name: Helene Friedman Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing softball? I started playing when I was in kindergarten for Burr Ridge-Willowbrook. My sisters actually played. What do you enjoy most about the sport? Not a lot of people play it because it’s pretty unique. You play with the same girls for a really long period of time and you get to know people really well, and I like that. What is the most challenging part of being an outfielder? You’re the las...
Name: Lucas Schiavitti Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing basketball? Probably preschool or kindergarten. My dad played in high school and I have two older brothers and he coached them, and I would always go and watch their games. That kind of got me into basketball. What do you enjoy most about the sport? Probably the bond that I have with my team and the relationships it creates. Are you better on offense or defense? I preferred playing offense up...
Name: Kendall Butler Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What do you like about playing basketball? I enjoy the team because you see where everybody's strengths are and develop relationships with each other on and off the court. When did you start playing? The first time was in elementary school playing in the Jodie Harrison program. My dad was the coach. How has your game improved since freshman year? My shot is better, and I realize the importance of practicing outside of our sc...
Name: Michael Benington Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start swimming competitively and why? I started club swimming in fourth grade. I think it was my mom having me try different sports. Swimming is the one that stuck with me. What is your favorite event? The 200 individual medley is my favorite event. You get to be a lot more of a versatile swimmer because you get to swim every stroke. It's just a really fun swim to race. I think during the off-season (with FMC...
Name: Karen Guerra Year: senior Hometown: Willowbrook What do you enjoy about the sport of bowling? It's fun. It's a relaxed game, and I'm not a naturally competitive person. I joined the team as a junior because I was looking to have some light competition and do something fun without it having to be extremely competitive. I also get to be with the other girls on the team and enjoy good companionship. How has your bowling game improved over the last two seasons? I think I've...
Name: Caroline Kloblach Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When was your first gymnastics class? I started doing gymnastics when I was 2 years old, but I only started high school last year. Third grade I started competing in club, but I was doing younger classes before then. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I just really enjoy the tumbling aspect of it and just being able to flip around. What is your favorite event? Either floor or bars. What is your most challenging...
Name: Jack Ferrino Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing hockey? I started skating when I was 2. I have two older brothers who also played hockey, so once I started I never stopped. What do you enjoy about the sport? You get to play with a good group of guys, and you stick with them and come together to get that competitive edge. How would your teammates describe you? Positive, hardworking and fun to be around. I always try to keep the room light-hearted....
Name: Max Fellows Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start bowling? Eighth grade. My friends and I just decided it would be fun to go to the bowling alley, and I just started going bowling a lot since. What is the biggest misconception about bowling? It takes a lot more mental strength than people think. It’s also not just an individual sport. It very heavily revolves around a team, and there are so many opportunities to help newer bowlers and just learn from o...
Name: Ron Kruse Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did wrestling become a sport you wanted to pursue? I started wrestling in first grade, but I started taking it pretty seriously in fourth and fifth grade. What do you enjoy about it? I just like that no matter how small or how big you are, you can do well in the sport. It's a lot different than (my other sport) football. Is it hard to transition from football season right into wrestling? The last couple of years it...
Name: Phillip Mathew Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What's your earliest memory of playing soccer? It all started in Hinsdale with AYSO. I think back to all those many weekend mornings, and my dad was my coach. I started developing my skills and built that love for the game. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I've just always loved the technical side of it, the movement of the ball and being able to take people on one on one. I also love how soccer builds a lot of...
Name: Anna Gruvberger Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What was your vision heading into senior year? This year I'm team captain, and a big goal for me is that I really want the whole team to just be as close as possible. I really want everyone to be super close and help make all of us have a super season. When did you make swimming a serious pursuit? I've been swimming since I was 4 or 5. When I was a freshman I knew I wanted to swim in college just because high school...
Name: Nick Franko Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills Why do you prefer football to individual sports? I think it's the camaraderie on the team. With football, you can't win a game without everyone working as a unit. Are you better at playing offense or defense? Maybe defense just because I've been playing it longer. This year I started playing both ways. Do you have a preference? I really don't. I'll do whatever my coach tells me to do. Do you have any pre-game rituals or...
Name: Sarah Badawi Year: senior Hometown: Burr Ridge When did you start playing tennis? I started playing tennis when I was 7. My older sisters were playing, and so my parents just put me in a class. I became better at it, so I started playing competitively (at age 11). What do you enjoy most about the sport? I'm a very competitive person. I feel like because tennis is an individual sport, the competitiveness can really come out. I also really enjoy the people I've met over...
Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start running? I started running in junior high. I did the track team. My family runs, so that's how I got involved in that. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I really like the team aspect of cross country, ho we all kind of rely on each other. What is most difficult? It's a long season, so probably keeping our focus and being ready to race every weekend. How many days a week do your train? Five. Every day it's a different...
Name: Jack Bartuch Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills What's it like playing for such a successful golf program? It's special. It's nice to be in a winning culture. There's a little pressure, but that also helps. We just have to know how to channel it. What's your goal this season? My goal is to win state title individually. For the team, I want to keep the state championship streak alive. I also want to win three invites personally. What's the coolest course you've...
Chinmay Amin Year: senior Hometown: Westmont What do you remember about your first cross country running experience? I started running when I was in sixth grade. I played tennis, too, but I found that I was enjoying running a lot more that tennis. Once I got to high school I was fully committed to it year-round. What makes it so enjoyable? There's just something about running a lot of miles with a group of guys. You develop a bond that you don't get in other sports. It's reall...
Name: Jessica Joy Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start golfing? I picked up golf a few weeks before freshman year tryouts. What do you enjoy most about the sport? I like the fact that you can see improvement. Your score itself is pretty direct feedback of all the work you put into it, so you can see the improvement pretty quickly. What is your greatest strength? I approach the game of golf as an athlete having played different sports growing up other than golf...
Name: Lauren Ridgway Year: senior Hometown: Burr Ridge What are you most excited about this volleyball season? Probably being a captain of varsity because I get to have such a big impact on the younger players. I'm captain for community outreach, so my job is to reach out to the feeder schools to encourage them to come to our games and encourage the younger players to be the best version of ourselves on and off the court. It's great being able to represent the program in that...
