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Name: Ammar Hussain Year: senior Hometown: Oak Brook When did you start throwing discus? In seventh grade, a bunch of my friends were doing track, and my wanted me to run. I started running, and (the...

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...

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...

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 oth...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...