Bear Facts Student Media October 2014

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bear facts

letter from the editor Dear Readers,

print editor-in-chief: lexi fye

print managing editors:

We are all surrounded by colors. You walk outside in the morning, and you see the bright blue sky as the sun rises for the day. You see the grass around you, the cars passing beside you as you make your way to school, the clothes of those passing you in the hallway, and even the colors in your classrooms. Everything around us has a color, but we never think twice about it. So the theme for this issue is colors.

Colors have connections to feelings, and Bear Facts is going to explore the idea of colors used in idioms and how those with English as their second language may have a hard time understanding them. Colors can even express a personality, especially if it is portrayed through the color of your hair. Colors also affect a person’s emotions just by someone being in a room with colored walls. Furthermore, multiple social media sites have a blue app, and Bear Facts explores the business-psychological reasons behind it. Even the colors of art can change one’s opinion about it.

In this issue, Bear Facts will have you explore the ideas beyond the visual aspect of colors. Enjoy as we dive into the world of colors.

genna danial meagan bens

web editor-in-chief: lexi miranda

web managing editor: emmy schwerdt

staff writers: hannah bostrom allie brandl michael gallagher madison hart julia ketcham jemma kim stephanie pavin amanda pflaumer brianne saab jenny steinberg katie szarkowicz danna tabachnik natalie ullman

Sincerely,

adviser: carolyn wagner

Lexi Fye Editor-in-Chief

Bear Facts Student Media Lake Zurich High School 300 Church Street Lake Zurich, IL 60047 TopWeb Printing 5450 N Northwest Highway Chicago, IL 60630

cover art by lexi fye

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What’s inside?

6 Stepping into our colorful world

Explore the accuracy and descriptions behind color psychology

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60sec story:

The purpose of choosing color See how artists choose between black-and-white photos versus color

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Connecting different languages Discovering the similarities of idioms between different languages

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Highlights for coloring your hair Uncovering the reasons behind dying hair and making it look professional

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Exploring the blue hues of website colors Read about the behind reasons why most social media apps are blue

photo used with permission of amy kudron

Bending the rules of flexibility by jemma kim Some people can fit their whole body into a small box, but reaching for their toes can be a daily struggle for many. In the middle is sophomore Amy Kudron, who can put both of her legs behind her head.

It all started when she was in second grade, according to Kudron.

She was enrolled in gymnastics when she was younger and was also a Flames cheerleader for one year.

“I started when I saw someone on Jimmy Neutron do it, and I wanted to try it,” Kudron said.

The request for Kudron to put her legs behind her head has grown in popularity since she has been in high school.

“People are interested in me doing it and they want to do it themselves,” Kudron, the only flexible member of her family, said. Even her friends are limbering up to compete with her abilities.

“Bridget Tuckey [sophomore] was really close. That makes sense since she’s a cheerleader and very flexible,” Kudron added.

While her fellow peers try to do this skill themselves, teachers often give her funny looks and laugh as she does it, according to Kudron.

Besides school classrooms, she has put her legs behind her head in many different places.

“I’ve definitely tried putting my legs behind my head in the car, train, and even a plane,”Kudron said.

Being flexible has opened Kudron up to many opportunities such as meeting new people.

“It’s very beneficial because it’s a good conversation starter. I’ve never gotten any negative feedback,” Kudron said. But she wants to take her talent further. “I wish I could do the middle splits while juggling.”

But for now, Kudron isn’t tying herself in knots over her limitations.

“If you believe you can do something, you can,” Kudron said. “You just have to believe you can do it.” @LZBearFacts | october 2014

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“Black. If you spill food on yourself, no one will notice.

Also, black matches everything.”

-Marin Lilly, soph.

“Blue. Blue symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, and truth. Blue is also considered beneficial to the mind and body.”

-Sebastian Miranda, jr.

one color

If you could only wear what would it be?

“Blue. I love to show off my Bear pride. There are many different types of blue to chose from, and it was the name of my pet fish.”

-Jessie Schimt, sr.

“Orange. It is my favorite color, and it makes me look more tan in the summer.”

- Chase Lehman, fr. photos by katie szarkowicz and meagan bens

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Around the

Town

Looking for something to do?

The Lake Zurich community, as well surrounding areas, feature activities and events

Battle of the Bands: October 15 at 7pm Bands made up of students from the high school compete and are scored by judges who then choose which band will win first place and get to headline the talent show. long grove The Long Grove Oktoberfest is a familyfriendly festival held in downtown Long Grove on October 11 and 12. The festival has live music and activities, along with a farmers’ market that takes place on Sunday.

Our

TOP picks

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Dove milk chocolate (1) was very creamy and thick. It is recommended if you enjoy a milky and smooth taste. This chocolate was picked as the best out of the five chocolates tested.

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Bear Facts Student Media taste-tested milk chocolate this month in honor of Halloween.

Our top picks each month are ranked by members of the BF Media staff.

Hershey’s milk chocolate (2) was extremely sweet and does not melt in your mouth as much as the other chocolates. The chocolate had a poor aftertaste.

Lindt milk chocolate (3) was sour and has a bitter aftertaste. Upon melting, it had a slightly sharp taste.

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Godiva chocolate (4) was sweet, but not very smooth.

This chocolate was the “hardest to swallow” out of all the chocolates.

Cadbury milk chocolate (5) was not very sweet and could be described as bland.

It was ranked last out of all the chocolates.

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Ongoing

coverage

Online

Follow the continuation of this month’s theme on our website, where a theme-related story will be uploaded each day.

Monday: The Blue Man Group is coming to Chicago. Read more about their colorful performance.

Tuesday: Find out how using genderspecific colors can paint a child’s perspective of himself or herself.

Wednesday: Blue and green colored eyes are more sensitive to light. Learn how to protect your vision.

Thursday: Ever wonder why some people have two different eye colors?

Find out the causes for this imperfect pigmentation.

Friday: Certain colors can keep athletes safe when running at night.

Educate yourself on how to brighten your visibility to drivers.

Visit www.LZBearFacts.com for more coverage.

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How accurate is color psychology? by hannah bostrom

Stop and look around. You are surrounded by color. Do the pasty hallways have you feeling blue?

Or are you seeing red because you are bombarded with inspirational posters in your classroom?

“There are [color] combinations that affect our everyday lives,” Maria Washer, Interior Designer at LRS Interiors, said. “I think when something is in your everyday life, the more we know about it, the better off we are.”

And while you may not have ever considered the impact color has on your personality, businesses use color research to do everything from enticing you to buy products to defining how you feel in your own home.

Interior design is one of these businesses that have utilized this idea of color psychology to influence the feel of a room.

“Part of design is making a house have a great feel for a client to come home to at the end of the day,” Washer said. “There [has] to be color psychology with people that live in the suburbs versus in the city. There’s a different kind of feel that they’re use to [in the city].

There are more contemporary,

brighter colors with more contrast.

People in the suburbs generally like warmer tones. We find that with our clients, color depends on the area and the room because each room has a different energy level. A bedroom may not have any neon, but you might want that as an accent in the living room, which is a room that has more activity and conversation in it.”

Assumptions like how location affects color pallets of rooms can get even more defined, such as specific colors. The color red encourages eating, which is why a lot of dining rooms are the color red.

Another opinion is that blue is the most accepted color between nationalities because it can connect to either the sky or the sea, according to Washer.

Even though designers think they understand how a certain color can affect a person’s mood, not all people are so convinced color psychology is valid.

George McNalis, AP Psychology teacher, does not believe it is a logical mode of understanding how humans feel.

“I think a lot of times people are using what they think or what

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colorful world

Coloring in Personalities RED

lines

Red is a bold, attention seeking color. People who like to wear red do so with confidence.

ORANGE People are more enthusiastic when wearing orange and they are excited to try new things.

they ’ve heard,” McNalis said. “When it comes down to it, there is very little scientific research to back up almost anything with color psychology. What they use is sometimes what’s considered more practical. If you look at street signs, they’re always in a bright color to stand out. That’s practical and not scientific based. Something like white is considered very clean, and it’s because when something shows up on it, you can clean it off. That’s a practical use and not scientific. I think … that sometimes a company will overextend that with something, that they think it’s proof, but it’s actually not.”

These practical-based beliefs can be found all over the internet, and people who visit these sites automatically assume the information provided is correct without any factual proof to back it up, according to McNalis.

Washer advises anyone who wants to learn more about color psychology to get information from

BLUE Blue promotes relaxation. People who wear blue are content and will have an easier time communicating with others.

YELLOW Yellow can be an uplifting color. People who wear yellow are caring towards others, since yellow often brings happiness.

official home magazines and not random internet sources.

Even though there are more reputable sources to get information from, McNalis believes that money should not be spent to further research information on color psychology to add to these sources.

“I think, when it comes down to it, there’s a lot of stuff that needs more research than [color psychology]. Companies might do market research on it and say, ‘Will potential customers like our logo in blue versus yellow or white or whatever?’, and that’s market research. I don’t know why they would need to research color psychology scientifi-

PURPLE Purple represents imagination, which is why people who like purple are very creative and artistic.

GREEN People who associate with green prefer to be alone, but won’t object to settling disputes among friends because of the balance and harmony.

cally. If it would serve a purpose, then I think someone would have,” McNalis said.

But Washer thinks understanding colors on a deeper level of thinking can have more benefits than just for major corporations.

“I absolutely wish that Harper would have a class just on color,” Washer said. “There’s so much about how colors play on emotions and different combinations of colors. I definitely think there should be more information on it. Also, I think with any profession, there’s always a learning curve. The more you can learn about the subject, the better you can be because you’re more knowledgeable.” bf @LZBearFacts | october 2014

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choosing color

Colors tell us how to feel and what to think.

Colors symbolize life and love, fear and danger. But sometimes black and white can tell a story more thoroughly and create a mood quite opposite of what color does. Black and white freeze time and can exaggerate an idea.

Artists face tough choices: work in color or black and white? above photos by Kasia Konsor, senior

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ARTof COLOR by michael gallagher

Using color for artists creates an emphasis on the idea that is being conveyed.

“Artists would use color in art to symbolize something else, I think to reinforce an idea, to set a mood, and create some expression,” Kristen LaJeunesse, art teacher, said. “I think student artists gravitate towards color.”

Theodora Pavlou, senior, uses color in her art to make it stand out more and to express her inner emotions. “[Art] makes me feel better, and I love to work with colors,” Pavlou said. “If I’m stressed out I’ll paint.”

The colors, according to Pavlou express her mood. When she is happy or bored she will paint sunsets or flowers.

To find new forms of expression, Pavlou mixes colors together to create something completely unique.

“I love mixing colors together, and making cool [colors],” Pavlou said. “[Colors] make the painting come together.”

Different art medias to help pinpoint whether a student would or would not use color in their art pieces.

“When the students are working in painting [they are] working with color. In drawing certain media would be colored based, so I would say that class would be [half color, half black and white]” LaJeunesse said. “In ceramics and sculpture you’re adding color to match [what] you’re creating.” color oil paintings by Theodora Pavlou, senior

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&white

Black and white images take on a different tone and meaning than a color piece would. Black and white can help show time period, place, or memory.

“I think we as artists or citizens in this community have an association with black and white,” LaJeunesse said. “It gives an [impression] of a time period.”

LaJeunesse gravitates towards black and white because she finds it to have a more vintage look.

“There is something very classic about a black and white image whether it’s a photograph or it’s a painting, it imbues this idea of a memory or a historical setting,” LaJeunesse said. “Even though it could be something highly digital.”

The use of black and white is common with senior student photographer, Kasia Konsor. Konsor photographs black and white images along with color from time to time. However she prefers to use black and white.

“Because of black and white you’re not

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so much focused on the hues (a gradation or variety of a color, according to Dictionary.com), you’re focused on the composition of the photo and a lot of different things can pop out where color could interfere,” Konsor, said.

While color can bring a certain character to art, Konsor uses black and white images for a more dramatic approach to create a particular mood in the image.

“I tend to gravitate towards black and white,” Konsor said. “The mood can be more dramatic and it’s sometimes more interesting to look at.”

Artists use their projects to identify an idea that they want to give to their viewers; specifc colors and images create this idea and mood.

“There’s a different mood, there’s a different message that black and white sends that [color can’t],” Lajeunesse said.

“It’s really about the viewer looking at the work and extracting info based on the colors or lack of.” bf

connecting

different languages photo illustration by genna danial

IDIOMS

have you feeling

blue?

Understanding idioms Connecting languages in ways you’d never imagine by genna danial We aren’t endorsing animal abuse when we say “to kill two birds with one stone,” and we aren’t really comparing our math test to dessert when we say it was “a piece of cake.” If we took these odd sayings, known as idioms, literally, we would be living in a very crazy world. As native English speakers, we know they are just expressions, but for non-native speakers, idioms present a challenge.

“A lot of students, when learning a language, are looking for the ability to transfer that information into their first language,” Kelly Pinard, Spanish teacher, said. “Idioms are characterized by not being directly translatable. If you do, they tend to have a meaning that doesn’t make sense to a non-native speaker, which causes a lot of confusion.

The student may not have the background knowledge of a culture so they don’t know the reason why that idiomatic phrase is being used. It’s just a memorized phrase. It doesn’t have the same feel as it does for a native speaker.”

Senior Amira Serour knows this first hand. She moved to Lake Zurich from Egypt two and a half years ago. Although she has been learning English since she was about five years old and German since she was in sixth grade, she knows the obstacles of learning idioms well.

“It’s challenging because you have to know not only the literal meaning of the word, you have to know the deeper

What’s an idiom anyway?

An idiom is a “word or phrase that has a meaning different from what it sounds like,” according to Andrew Ziarnak, German teacher.

The problem with learning idioms is when they are directly translated to other languages, word for word, they do not make sense.

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photo illustration by genna danial

Arabic

Playing hard to get

et2al 3al roz yestewee.

Play hard until rice is well cooked/boils.

Arabic Hatgawez.

You’ll meet your groom.

To tie the knot

Crossing my fingers

German Ich drücke dir den Daumen.

I am pressing my thumbs.

To be loaded

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German Geld wie Heu haben To have money like hay

meaning,” Serour said. “It’s double effort for one word. It’s like [analyzing in English] class, if you are a clock, you present time, but at the same time, you can represent death because time goes by so fast. These sayings are like symbols.”

Most people do not know exactly where or when idioms developed, but if you look through different works of literature, you can find evidence of them everywhere.

William Shakespeare, for example, uses the idea of being “green with envy” in multiple different works.

“Idioms develop over time, like if their grandparents said something and it sticks, it continues into something bigger,” Pinard said. “[Idioms] are often regional, even different in the south compared to the north, so they have a lot to do with the regional culture and things that are common or important there. It can reflect familiarity within a culture.”

Even though idioms can be difficult to understand at first, once you look closer at them, in some instances you can find many similarities between languages. Not all sayings will have exact parallels in other languages, though. The following Arabic is written in a style called FrancoArab, which is a relatively modern way of typing Arabic with English letters and symbols as opposed to the traditional way of writing it, according to Serour.

“There’s a saying: ‘Elle 5arag men daroo, et2al me2daro.’ It’s hard to say in English. I’ll try to explain it: if you go to Egypt, is anyone going to know you? Is anyone going to treat you as you were treated here? No. He’s not treated the same way as he was in his

Green with envy

country,” Serour said. “It basically means, ‘WhoArabic Down to the ever got out of his home is treated like a strangel 2atr hayfolak. er,’ and his home is Egypt, or any other country. wire You’ll miss the It’s where the heart, where the family, where the friends, where your childhood, where your every train. single thing is. You just came here by your body.

Everything else is over there.”

Even though there are not always direct sayings in other languages that correlate with ones in English, many languages share the core values expressed in German idioms.

My hair stood Mir standen die Haare zu “Similar languages have similar on end.

Berge. meanings,” Ziarnak said. “Like, for My hair stood on example, ‘to bite the dust’ in English would translate to ‘bite into the grass’ mountains. in German. So the English version is going a little lower [in the earth].”

When you get down to it, one must understand the real concepts behind idioms to understand how German they are used and why.

Make a Er macht einen Elefanten “I think similar concepts are used for idioms mountain out aus einer Mücke. and similar ideas,” Pinard said. “For ‘it’s raining of a molehill cats and dogs,’ you can find similarities in other Make an elephant out of a languages where they may say it is raining really mosquito hard. They just say it in a different way.”

Pinard says even after speaking Spanish for so many years and living in Mexico, some Spanish idioms are still confusing to her at first. She is not alone.

Arabic “Raining cats and dogs always To be green confused me,” Serour said. “Like, why Hawala3 fecha be with envy cats and dogs? What does that have gas. to do with the rain?” bf

I’ll burn you up.

To find common (confusing) sayings in English and their Arabic or German translations, check out the sidebars.

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highlights for

coloring your hair

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photo used with permission of ollie zachwieja

Ollie Zachwieja, junior, is getting parts of his hair recolored with a vibrant blue. A student hairdresser at CLC applies dye to different parts of Zachwieja’s hair to make sure everything is colored.

by amanda pflaumer From crimson obsession to deep emerald to aquamarine, the spectrum of colors available to students who want a new look for their locks is endless.

The number of colors available for hair dye is never-ending. Products such as Pravana and Splat!, and many other, have been frequently used for bright colors such as blue and pink. For a more natural or subtle effect, brands such as Féria and Nutrisse have a selection of more common colors.

“I know everyone loves Manic Panic, although it’s not very good. I like this brand called Adore. It’s really cheap and really good, but colors are limited,” Jonah Kauffman, senior, said.

With such a diverse selection of colors and products, one may have a difficult time with deciding on the shade and brand of dye that they use. Certain hair colors may compliment different skin tones.

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HOW get a TO new look

photos by amanda pflamer

Make sure to start the dyeing process with dry and untangled hair.

The hair shouldn’t be extremely clean either.

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Thoroughly coat the hair with the dye of choice. Hair can be sectioned off to ensure that no spots are missed.

Wash out hair after the required time. Use any leave-in treatments that encourage healthy hair.

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Dry hair and look for the desired results. Take note of the results so you know what to do next time. Follow directions for protecting your new hair color.

“A fair skinned person would look a lot different with pastel pink hair than someone with an olive skin tone, but a plum red would look a lot less natural on an ivory skin tone as opposed to an olive tone,” Shelby Rigsby, senior, said.

As for picking the product to use, someone’s hair type can best determine what brand to use. Whether someone has curly hair or oily hair can affect how well a product will work with their hair. A professional hairdresser can quickly determine which products to use for a person’s hair depending on texture and color, says Kauffman, whereas dyeing hair at home becomes something like a “guess and check” process to see what works best.

“Keeping hair healthy after dyeing it is not hard at all,” said Kim Waschbusch, owner of Synergy Salon and Spa. Using hot water to wash dyed hair makes the hair dye bleed, causing the color to fade rapidly after a few days. Also, hot water leaves the hair cuticle open, causing easier damage to hair. Using cold water is a great way to keep the color looking bright and new, Waschbusch said, along with products such as Moroccan Argan Oil and Keratin treatments that feed hair the nutrients it needs to remain lustrous.

There is no official way to say which hair colors people like the best, but anyone can take a risk with their hair color. Hair dye is an easy and fun way to stand out. bf @LZBearFacts | october 2014

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exploring the blue hues of

website colors

Social Media is

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by julia ketcham

While thoughts might occur to you out of the blue, social media sites are using the color of communication, loyalty, and trus t to create a blueprint for a successful site.

Different colors trigger different feelings in the human brain, which changes how the person reacts.

“Blue is a trigger in our brain that makes us feel comfortable,” John Madden, web design teacher of five years, said. “Blue is a calming color that symbolizes communication in our brains and also shows trustworthiness. For example, if you’re doing things online, a lot of people feel safe with wha t they are doing with cyber security.”

“Usually I have my students look things up online, and there is a psychology to colors. I’ll usually have one group pick a moo d or a theme, and from that theme, they have to choose what color goes with that specific mood,” Madden said.

When a business wants to create their website, the business would look at othe r websites and do some research. From that , the business would choose the colors that it wants to have on its theme.

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Blue’s Extra Meanings •Blue makes eating very unappealing, so it’s a great dieting color for plates.

•Blue is a color shown to help you solve creative problems.

While green stimulates creativity, blue is suggested for creative problem solving.

•Blue can help you stay physically calmer, regulating heartbeat and breathing in studies of video gamers.

•Blue pigment was so rare in nature that historically, it was prized in a lavish way.

•Sick children prefer to be taken care of by people wearing blue.

•Other colors in nature tend to be a function of pigment, blue color tends to be created by an object’s actual structure. source: hƩp:// www.fengshuidana.com

“Businesses host surveys to find what shade of color to use for their logo and theme. In one situation, they had the same information but typed in different colors and whichever was chosen more was the more successful color,” Michael Anderson, business teacher, said. “From these surveys they found that the color blue is the world’s favorite color.”

“The color theory is basically different colors trigger different emotions,” Madden said.

The color theory is the interaction of colors in a design through three key words: complementation, contrast, and vibrancy.

“Blue is the most pleasing color associated with white and gray and it send calming chemicals through the brain,” Briana Green, junior, said.

Calming chemicals in the brain are caused by hormones and how the eyes take in the color. When the eyes take in the color, it clams the mind.

“Most business’ websites get away from the really dark colors like black, and these websites try to use different shades [of common colors]. For example, twitter is a lighter shade of blue than Facebook, which

is a much darker blue,” Madden said.

The color red is used mainly for cooking websites, along with some orange, yellow, and sometimes black.

Restaurants like McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Wendy’s use the darker colors like red, yellow, orange, and black for both their logo and website. These colors are the colors that represent fire, which is incorporated into cooking.

“Information is what people are really more attracted to when they go to Google. They are not persuaded by flashy colors and images of the design,” Darren Rothermel, marketing teacher, said. “But I think that blue is appropriate for a social media site.”

According to Blueleadz.com, blue is used as a marketing color because blue follows the patterns and designs that attract people to bring in customers. Design patterns ois a way of capturing ideas and communication ideas to share with the audience. The color blue is welcoming to the eyes of customers. The color blue portrays safety and reliability, and the color blue can disappear into the background and not be to distracting like a hot pink would. bf

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What’s your favorite pre-game snack?

“Nara protein bar, because [its] just the right amount.”

haley eder cheerleading

“Hot fudge sundae poptart.”

freshman

“Jimmy johns sandwich with ham, chips, gatorade, and a cookie.”

“Regular snack sized goldfish”

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brandon klett sophomore soccer

junior

jordan juarez football

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Athlete of the Month

Each varsity coach was asked to nominate an “athlete of the month.� These athletes have shown hard work and determination throughout the season so far.

page wallace hannah sweetwood

matt gadomski

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jack abry

stephanie johnson

Girls’ Golf- Page has worked very hard all summer to improve her game. She is always willing to help and always does it with a smile.

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Boys’ XC - We chose Zac as our athlete of the month because of his dedication to our program as well as his most recent accomplishment. At the last meet soph. in Peoria, Zac received a triple crown. This means that Zac PR’d at the one, two, and three mile marks – an extremely difficult feat.

Girls’ XC - Throughout her 4 years on the team, she has dealt sr. with severe shin splits which have prevented her from competing and training to her maximum potensr. tial. This year, and even during the summer months, Christina has been very focused and has been training very smart so that her shins are in good health. Her smart and focused training has paid off and she has been racing very well for us so far this year.

Despite her shin splints, she has still earned a spot with the top 14 runners on the team (of 60 girls) who have the privilege of competing in Peoria.

Girls’ Volleyball - I am nominating both because they have both stepped up as sophomores to play lead roles on our varsity team. Both are extremely talented, humble, and hard working. They are the first 2 sophomores in program history to be named captains.

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Boys’ Soccer – I nominate Jack Abry because he is one of the captains and hardest workers on this team. He takes his responsibilities seriously on and off the field and supports the team as a strong midfielder.

Football - He is the starting punter and he’s done a great job in that area the first four weeks.

He is one of our starting running back. He not only blocks well but runs the ball when called upon. He moved to defense because of injuries. He does everything for the good of the team.

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Boys’ Golf - I would like to nominate Matt Gadomski. Since being a freshman golfer, Matt has worked incredibly hard to improve jr. his game, and it shows in his first year on the varsity team. So far this year, Matt is one of the most consistent players on the team and is one of our leaders on the team, choosing to lead by example. If he continues to put the effort in as he has the last three years, the sky is the limit for him in his senior year.

Girls’ Tennis - Steph is the athlete of the month because no matter where I put her in the starting line-up she always gives her best effort and is able to compete at singles and doubles.

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To vote for the fan picked Athlete of the Month, visit our website at http://LZBearFacts.com and vote on our poll. Voting closes on Friday, and the winner will be posted online.

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boys’ soccer The boys’ soccer team has a record of 9-5 (as of press time), but Collin Foreman, senior soccer player, says they are doing better than their record shows.

“We’ve been working on consistently playing with high intensity. Whatever the result, we just want to play hard and string together great overall efforts and we know the work we put in will reward us in the end,” Foreman said. “I think this season we have been most successful at being selfless. Games can’t be won by one player,” Foreman said. “We have a lot of guys scoring goals and a lot of guys getting assists. The distribution of the ball is great which is really contributing to our overall success.”

The team continues to work on improving their play together as playoffs approach.

“We have some pretty tough conference games coming up soon,” Foreman said. “Our goal is to finish the season with a streak of wins and have that momentum carry us deep into the playoffs this season.”

girls’ cross country Great leadership carries the team to the start of their competitive season at the Richard Springs Invitational at Peoria, Illinois on Saturday, September 20.

“I think we have a great attitude, and despite their initial anxiety, the captains (seniors Nicole Syverson, Laura McNair, and Ruthie Rosenkranz) have done a fabulous job of taking up the mantle,” Noel Brindise, senior, said.

The team has been working

together since the summer to focus on the long term goals rather than peaking at the beginning of the season and dying out by the end, according to McNair.

Everyone on the team is putting in a one hundred and ten percent effort, according to Rosenkranz.

“I can’t wait to see the results of all of our hard work at the end of the season during the state series,” Caitlin Shepard, junior, said.

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girls’ volleyball The girls’ volleyball team has been working on specific skills to apply and hopefully improve their performance during the matches.

“We are really working hard on our defense, so that we can cover more court and working on getting the ball up,” Mckenna Zobel, freshman, said.

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This season, each member of the team can individually shoot low scores, but the team as a whole has been working towards having everybody shoot low scores at the same match, according to Teddy Noll, senior.

With regionals and sectionals in October, the team remains optimistic and believes several varsity players will advance forward.

“As the season is winding down, I think it would be great if some of us made it to sectionals,” Noll said. “I hope that our team grows in spirit and skill level by the end of the year.”

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Although the football team is currently 2-2 (as of press time), they are still optimistic and are taking the season on a game-by-game basis in order to make it to the Playoffs. “[The season is] not going the way we thought it would; we hoped to start out as a stronger [team],” Nick McCoy, senior and football player, said. “I think we’re [going to] do bet-

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ter as the as the year goes on.”

As the season continues, McCoy says the team is getting more comfortable with one another and are beginning to understand how they can play better together. “[We are] working hard in practice and not taking any days off, coming together, [and] building up our chemistry,” McCoy said.

The girls’ tennis team keeps their players on top of their game by changing the line up frequently.

“Players have the opportunity to test their strengths at different levels of competition,” Paige Savarese, junior, said. “I think that has helped with building a solid team.”

Even though all the efforts to keep the players on their feet are important, the team chemistry is what really motivates the girls to play the best tennis they possibly can. Savarese say her teammates help her the most because tennis is a mind game as much as it is a physical game.

As As the season seaso progresses, new players are adjusting to the team.

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Led by a younger team this season, the boys’ cross country team is working to stay goal-orientated throughout the season.

“We have two goals, and that’s to compete in the state meet and keep our dual streak alive,” Ryan Obsuszt, senior, said.

At State last year, the team placed 20th out of 26. The State series this year starts on October 18 with the North Suburban Conference Championships.

“We’re trying to make a mark at the state meet this year because we feel we have a good chance to,” Nick Mandal, senior, said.

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