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Homecoming at South

Lisa Calenda

Ellen Crawford

Emily Hughes

Who will reign over the Winning of the West?

Young Song

Laura Paine

Homecoming weekend is now in full swing.

Saturday is the big day for Homecoming festivities. The day begins with the Homecoming Parade that leaves Maine South parking lot at 10:00 am.

Following the parade are the football games against the Maine West Warriors. Homecoming Queen will be announced between the sophomore and varsity games.

During half-time of the varsity game, the inaugural class of Maine South's Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted.

Concluding the day will be the

Homecoming Dance. This year's theme is "In Your Eyes." The dance begins at 7:30 p.m. and concludes at 10:30 p.m..

Homecoming week began when students dressed up according to the different themes for each day this week. This year's themes included pajama day, toga day, dress up day and Hawk colors day. The Hawk pride could be seen throughout the school.

This week was promoted by the numerous clubs at Maine South participating in the Window Contest.

Every club and activity at Maine South was given the opportunity to

paint a window that corresponded to this year's theme, "How the West was Won." The windows along the front glass hallway display the artistic abilities that many Maine South students possess.

Also in spirit of the Homecoming festivities was the Fall Assembly. At the Assembly, Maine South fall student-athletes were recognized.

Homecoming nominations were also announced at the Assembly yesterday, along with the narroweddown Homecoming Court.

The court contains six Maine South senior girls who will be voted on today for Homecoming Queen.

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by Anne Edison-Swift "They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty." -Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray I love Homecoming Week. There are hair appointments and reservations to be made, flowers to be ordered. I'll admit it: I get a kick out of the dress up days. And peering across the spec gym in search of familiar faces never loses its appeal, even when so many of those faces are conspicuously absent (due to graduation.)

It's been three years since I could look across the gym and see Lisa Brodsky, usually writing in her notebook, either poetry or a letter or a story. She was a senior when I was a freshman, and I think about her often, but especially during Homecoming Week.

Lisa walked down the many-windowed hall to the A-wing one year and was struck (boom) by an epiphany. The sun was shining through the brightly painted windows, giving the hallway a holy feel, seeming for all the world like a cathedral adorned with stained glass. The light cast warm, colorful patterns on the students passing on either side, and to Lisa these students appeared part of something very beautiful.

"And that," said Lisa, "Is about as close as I'll ever come to 'Hawk Pride.'"

I can't walk down that hallway during Homecoming Week without thinking about Lisa and the way she looks at the world.

Lisa was, and is, always on the look-out for miracles. She has a gift for finding the awe-inspiring in the common-place, and for recognizing the importance of these "little things." When we talk I find it uplifting to share the small wonders I've observed, because I know she appreciates that sort of thing.

It seems very sappy and sentimental, I know. I tend to see it as a practical matter, however; the ability to notice and appreciate the beauty around us can only lead to good things, like inspiration, joy and hope.

Oscar Wilde writes that the best art serves no other purpose than being beautiful. The fact that the light shining through the windows is lovely is substantial enough on its own. It's not too late for you to get a glimpse of what Lisa saw in the hallway, and I hopie you do, because it's really something.

And this little piggy got none Once upon a time there was a forest, and the day walking oddly, carrying things two thousand little piggies came to the for- against their chests, hanging objects arou^ est everyday at sunrise and stayed until sun- their necks that looked like talismans, ana" set. They were very good little piggies, and all manners of creative tricks. the forest was a world-class forest. At least Most made it through the day without that is what everybody always said. notice, but a few were caught and met with But of course, where there are piggies great harm. But they took consolation that there are wolves. It is difficult to say whether their harm was no worse than that which these wolves were good or bad, for good and bad are such slippery concepts; so much depends on your perspective. The wolves, of course, claimed to be very good, as they were only concerned with the welfare of the piggies.

"There is great danger in the forest," they told the little piggies, and they gave each little piggy a magical talisman to wear around its neck to protect it from harm. "You must never be caught without your talisman while you are in the forest, or great harm will come to you."

"But I see no danger in the forest," said one brave little piggy.

"Oh, there is danger, baby," snarled the wolf, "Just try not wearing your talisman, and you'll find out."

And indeed, many little piggies tried to test the wolf's theory, and they found came to Responsible Piggy. And besides, that great harm did come to them if they did their game had been sort of fun, while it not wear their talisman. The wolves saw to lasted. that. And the piggies learned that, in a quirky "Still there must be a better way," said sort of way, the wolves were right; the for- Crafty Piggy, and he took off at a leisurely est was a very dangerous place indeed with- pace toward home. There he retrieved his out a talisman. And the piggies came to love talisman and strolled back towards the fortheir talismans very much. est. He stopped along the way for breakfastOne day, several little piggies were about scrambled eggs, but no pork sausage-and to enter the forest shortly before daybreak he entered the forest an hour after sunrise. when they discovered that they had forgot"Where have you been?" snarled the ten their talismans at home. wolf.

"Not to worry," said Responsible Piggy, "I overslept," said Crafty Piggy. "But do "I shall see the wolves about getting a new you like the picture on my talisman?" he talisman. It is the responsible thing to do." asked, holding it up for the wolf to admire.

Nonetheless, great harm still came to Re"It's very becoming," said the wolf, his sponsible Piggy, even though the sun had mood already improving. "But you must get not yet risen. Besides being charged for his here by sunrise in the future. If this happens new talisman, he was locked in a box for two more times, great harm will come to two days. To protect him from the dangers you." of the forest, no doubt.

"Yes, of course," said Crafty Piggy.

"Gripes!" cried the other little piggies. "Thank you for your concern." And th^ "There must be a better way!" embraced warmly, for the forest had beco: "I shall simply try not to get caught with- a friendlier place indeed. out my talisman," reasoned Sneaky Piggy, The moral of this story? There is nothing and several other piggies agreed. They spent moral about this story. It's just the way it is.

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In search of the perfect homecoming

by Katie Thompson Somehow it seems different this year. I have been at every dance that I could go to over the last three years, but as my senior year began, I came to the starthng realization that this will be my last homecoming.

These will be my last days decorating floats for the parade and my final hours spent painting homecoming windows.

For these reasons, the pressure rose as I vowed to make this last homecoming the best one ever.

I would need the most stunning dress yet, the perfect date and some exotic restaurant that my friends and I could dash off to after our wonderful evening.

Maybe we could get to the restaurant via private helicopter. Somewhere out of state would suit me just fine. No price would be to high and no idea to extravagant. On second thought, forget the restaurant altogether. I would need to do something even more extraordinary. Homecoming could

consume the entire weekend. I could take my friends and my date to go camping at a state park or we could all rent a hotel room and go swimming. I tried to think of my most memorable homecoming experience so that I would be sure to top it.

d l Y YOUi Southwords wants to hear what you have to say! Talk to Katie or Dan about writing a cominentary or stop by the Southwords roooL I suddenly recalled that my favorite homecoming was the one that I didn't even have a date for. My best friend and I decided to go anyway. We were thrilled simply by shopping for dresses and buying our tickets. The evening was far from perfectly

planned. My dad ended up driving a car full of us all over town when we reahzed that the restaurant we wanted to go to was too crowded. Eventually we ended up eating pizza at Giordanos. It wasn't exactly an elegant night on the town, but the entire time was spent laughing and having fun.

I was baffled by this realization until I recalled some words of wisdom from my most sage friend. "You don't look for fun," he said, "You have fun. It just happens." In other words, no amount of perfect intentions or planning will guarantee that you will have the most fun this weekend. No matter how much money you spend or how far you drive out of Park Ridge, your weekend will probably be the most memorable if you approach it being flexible and optimistic.

Rather than insist on the most extravagant plan, be yourself and have fun. Besides, I'm not sure my parents would endorse the hotel room idea.

Jest your Springfield knowledge Most of us have spent over 20,000 hours in school over the past nine to twelve years.

All of us have undoubtedly written research reports, read newspapers and listened to lectures that were intended to increase our general knowledge. We have shuffled through encyclopedias and watched documentaries. So, by now we all feel pretty confident in our knowledge. All of those hours have probably paid off, right? The National Constitution Center in Washington presented the following questions to a group of American teenagers, between

the ages of thirteen and seventeen, not unlike yourself. Take a look at the samples below and see if you honestly know all the answers.

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln bom?

2. Who is our vice president?

3. Who is the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court?

4. What are the three branches of the American government?

How did you do? Living in Illinois may have helped you with number one, but could you really answer number three? Don't feel too discouraged just yet. The publishers of this quiz also included the following questions. See if these are any easier for you.

1. Where was Bart Simpson bom?

2. Who was the male movie star in Titanic?

3. Which actor played the Fresh Price of Bel Air on television?

4. Who are the three stooges?

If you had a surprisingly easier time on the second section of the quiz, you're not alone. The survey done by the National Constitution Center showed that while 59 percent of the teenagers surveyed could name the three stooges, only 41 percent could name the three branches of our own gov-

enmient. A startling 74 percent could site Springfield as the home of Bart Simpson, but only 12 percent realized that Abraham Lincoln was also a native of Springfield.

While 74 percent of the students did know who our vice president is, he didn't quite have the popularity of Leonardo Dicaprio who was acknowledged as the male star in the movie Titanic by nearly 90 percent of the students surveyed.

By far the least know question was that about the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Only 2 percent were able to provide the correct answer, William Rehnquist. On the other hand, about 94 percent could easily state that Will Smith is the Fresh Price of Bel Air. What does this say about America's young adults? Are we really a generation that knows more about pop culture than about our own country? If so, does that really matter? Will we be hurt by our lack of govemment knowledge? While some of you are shaking your heads, a Philedelphia mayor argues that the success of the Constitution "depends on active, informed citizens."

Those of you who really did know all the answers, great job. Maybe there was a point to all of those history essays after all.

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Aliens: do you know who you are?

by Anna Mieszaniec Aliens. They're everywhere. You may not realize it, but one of your friends may be one. NO, I'm not talking about little green creatures that want to destroy Earth. What I'm talking about is immigrants, people like myself. So why are we called Aliens? Well, stick around while I tell you my story... you may even be surprised at some of the stuff I had to go through just to file an application for citizenship.

I guess it all started about 11 years and 7 months ago. I was only seven years old and I came to the United States from Poland in 1987. My mother was with me and my father followed us two months later. To enter, the entire family had to undergo medical tests. For instance, I had my blood work done to see if I was HIV positive, or if I had any other blood diseases. Luckily, I didn't, and I don't know what happens if you do have such medical problems.

Hash forward: five years pass by quickly.

You're not allowed to apply for a Green Card until you've been residing in the United States for at least five years. This is a law.

Why? I don't know... maybe to prove our seriousness in staying here. So, where do you go to apply? Downtown Chicago, where the office of the Immigration and Naturalization Services is found. It's supposed to be easy, right? Come in, get a form and maybe wait an hour or two at the most. Wrong. What you do is come early in the morning, preferably 7 A.M. or even earlier, and get in line

outside of the immigration office. Reminder: there are hundreds of people in line behind you and ahead of you. So, you think, no big deal. I waste a few hours but I still get in.

Wrong again. There is a certain limit of people allowed daily, about 600. An arrogant officer passes out tickets and if you don't receive one, you're out of luck. Come back the next day and maybe you'll get in.

That isn't a problem since potential citizens don't work or go to school. On my latest visit downtown, one firiendly officer told me, "So you miss one day of school. It's not like you're going to be stupid or something."

My parents and I have been downtown at least five or six times. I finally received (after about two years) my Alien Card, or Green Card. That's why we're called Aliens.

The government managed to mess up my name. It was just too hard to spell correctly.

We can overlook that one error since I now was the proud owner of an Alien Card. Next, both of my parents became U.S. Citizens.

In order to do that, they needed to either go downtown again or call and order a form.

They chose the latter. They filled out applications, had pictures taken and were fingerprinted, just in case they turned out to be murderers.

What about me? I decided to apply for citizenship through my parents. I wanted to obtain a certificate of naturalization without having to go through all the trouble my parents did. If both of your parents are U.S. citizens and you are under 18, you can ap-

ply for the N-600 form and avoid taking the U.S. history test and English proficiency test.

That's what I tried to do.

After a few months, I decided to check if everything was all right. So I went d o w n ^ ^ town, stood in line, actually got in and f o u i ^ B out my file was retired. What!? The government managed to screw up again. Now I am a proud 41 year old Pakistani who never bothered to show up for his interview. The government had switched our files. My information was under this guy's Alien number and his information was under mine. The ever-courteous INS agent told me that she would get in touch with the director, but she didn't know how long it would take. At least she tried. A month later I realized I was getting nowhere.

I found out about, "Ask INS Cable Show," where you can call in and talk to the district director himself. I called up and told him what the problem was. The man was nice enough to give me his personal address at INS and told me to write a letter to him; he would take care of the matter personally.

He kept his word. About two weeks later, a lady from INS called me and I actually got help. But I had to fill out my paperwork again because everything was lost, or rather retired. Now, I have her personal number and I will be checking up with her periodicalk to make sure nothing else happens. I won^ get an interview until the year 2000. The government is still working on the applications from 1996.

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Skates made of fry ATafie Marcucci Precision is hard to come by, but not for this talented group of young ladies. The Chicago Jazz, a precision skating team, have turned their skates of silver into skates of gold. After long hours of practice, this talented group won the U.S. Nationals Novice Division in the precision category. Competing against teams from around the country, the Jazz executed a great program last March in San Diego, California. This victory secured them a trip to the World Championships this February in Bordeaux. France.

Comprised of skaters from the Chicagoland area, the Chicago Jazz is host to the talents of the area's top precision skaters. With about six hours of practice a week, they perfect their skills on the ice of Oakton and Rolling Meadows ice arenas. Practices consist of power skating and practicing the routines, both on and off the ice. Maine South is lucky to have four skaters who achieved such great heights. These students are Kara Delaski, Vanessa Kosloski, Kristie Trenkle and Stephanie Potakis.

Senior

Krista Piestel Focus on Student Excellence

Activities:

Teacher's Comments:

•President of Orchesis Dance Company •Vice-President of German Club •Participated in YFU Student Exchange to Germany •Alternate to Congress Bundestag Scholarship •National Honor Society •Hawk Honor Card •Amnesty International •TOFYS

"Krista is a four year member of the Orchesis Dance Company. Her junior year she was elected President, and her senior year she was re-elected. She has proven herself to be a true D.A.N.C.E.R.- dedicated, able, nuturing, committed, enthusiastic and responsible.

These qualities have enhanced the dance company's performance."

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Fresh New Faces Michael Guccione

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^ , There must be hidden perks or benefits of teaching.

Why else w o u l d someone want to leave such a lively city as New Orleans, Mr. Guccione's hometown? Why would he leave a lucritive career such as a business consultant downtown?

After his college years at Loyola University and DePaul for graduate school, Mr. Guccione "ventured into the business world," where he would stay for 4 years.

At some point, he felt a vacancy in his life and realized he needed a career change. He began to work on a degree in education.

Soon after, Mr. Guccione received a position teaching math.

He settled in Chicago quickly making new acquaintances. This year he settled into Maine South where he teaches Algebra, Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, and Advanced Placement Computer Science. He says of Maine South, "Great school with a friendly and well-behaved student body...A quality high school."

Sheila Miller

by Jennifer Barrett Do you find yourself in need of help with the mechanics of writing the perfect English paper? Frantically you wander into the writing lab after school and find Mrs. Miller.

Mrs. Miller is in the writing lab after school everyday until 3:30 p.m., and she is willing to answer any questions one might have.

Not only is Mrs. Sheila Miller an expert on computers, she is an outstanding English teacher. She teaches English I and English

in. Mrs. Miller loves the atmosphere created by high school students. When asked about the students, Mrs. Miller said, "They have great discussions, and they have new ideas."

Growing up in Wnnetka, Mrs. Miller attended New Trier High School. There she participated in cross-country and track. After New Trier, Mrs. Miller went to Santa Clara University and continued her education with graduate work at the University of Chicago. She accredits her decision to pursue a career in education to all of the teachers who've played a role in her education.

Outside of school M r s .

Miller enjoys leisurely activities such as tennis and golf. "I hope to become involved in track and cross-country here at Maine South," said Mrs. Miller.

So this spring you might find a familiar face firom the Writing Lab on the track.

attend Augustana University in Rock Island, IlUnois. Once out of college, Ms. Neumann spent a year and a half in Japan teaching the English language.

Currently she is teaching Sophomore Algerbra, Geometry and Advanced Algebra/Trigonometry.

However, the classroom is not the only place you can find Ms. Neumann. In her spare time she likes to play soccer, go backpacking and travel.When it comes to South's extracurricular activities, Ms. Neumann plans to help out with fi^eshmen girls' soccer and girls' gymnastics. Her passion for teaching at the high school level is rooted in her enjoyment of "getting to know the studenj and talking to them about real things."

Ms. Neumann especially likes Maine South because of the energy and friendliness of the student and the staff. She says, "If I could teach someone only one thing, I would teach them to love learning no matter what it is they like to learn."

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by Katie Dwyer For those of you who continue to think that math teachers are a rather bland dull bunch, feel free to stop by A109. Just ask for Ms. Neumann and sterotypes are sure to be proven false.

Ms. Kimberley Neumann is one of the latest additions to the Maine South Math Department. While this year is her first full year here, this bright interesting young woman is no stranger to South's hallways. She actually began teaching at the start of fourth quarter last year.

Ms. Neumann spent her childhood years in Buffalo Grove. After graduating from Buffalo Grove High School, she went on to

A new teacher has arrived to M a i n e South with an extreme amount of hawk pride and energy.

This new resident of M a i n e South is James Gowan. He has proudly been initiated into the English Department and is currently teaching English I and 11. .

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Mr. McGowan is from Des Plaines and he attended Maine West, this years Homecoming rival. After high school he attended Butler University in Indianapolis. He chose teaching because both of his parents were teachers. His mom taught social studies and his dad taught English. He stated very proudly, "I wanted to follow in the footsteps of my father."

In school his favorite subjects were English and math. He actually wanted to become a math teacher, but he didn't excel in the subject enough to pursue it as a career.

Mr. Mc Gowan student taught in Indianapolis public schools and at Zionsville High School. He chose Maine South because he was very familiar with the district, he had heard of the great people here and he knew that he would enjoy the wonderful facilities.

Outside of school Mr. Mc Gowan can be found watching sporting events. He has a great passion for watching baseball, and he played soccer in high school. He has a wide range of athletic interests. He is a very aproachable person with a great sense of direction. He has goals and knows how to accomplish them. Maine South can be sure that he will do everything to make this year a success and help the school shine.

James Spevacek

by Lindsey Krukowski Would you want to be in the army during an invasion of three small countries? That happened to M r Spevacek, a new teacher in the applied arts and technology department, when he joined the army at age 17.

The army isn't the only interesting thing in Mr. Spevacek's past. His past careers in-

clude teaching auto shop in Rochester, Minnesota; field superintendent of residential construction; and teaching auto shop, woods and drafting while a production tech director in high school district 211 in Palatine.

Mr. Spevacek is from Chicago. He went to Naperville North High School where he spent most of his time in the auto shop. Every day after school he worked on high-end European cars with his father. He said, "I hadn't even heard of Chevrolet until high school". He chose to come to here, turning down three other offers, because Maine South has a "world class reputation."

Jonathan Scorza

by Lindsey Krukowski What would you think if you got a new job, only to discover that you would be working with your college roommate?

That's what happened to Mr. Scorza. He works with his roommate from the University of Illinois, Mr. Marsicano.

Before attending the University of Illinois, where he graduated in January, he went to Co n a n t H i g h School.

While in college, he did his student teaching at Rolling Meadows High School. When one of the teachers left due to a pregnancy, Mr. Scorza took over as a permanent sub teaching for the rest of the year. He also coached baseball at Rolling Meadows last year.

This year at Maine South, Mr. Scorza is teaching mostly sophomores and a class of seniors. He also has a junior homeroom and coaches freshman football. He thinks this is great because he gets an idea of what all levels of students are like. Mr. Scorza chose teaching as a career because he wants to be a writer and thought that teaching English

would be a good job. Mr. Scorza says that if he could teach someone one thing, it would be to think critically for themselves.

He says, "Too often people hear or read something that is different from what they were thinking and just assume that they are wrong." The reason he chose Maine South was because he heard what a great school it is. Mr. Marsicano told him that there were some openings and that he should apply because it's a great place to work. When asked his opinion, Mr. Scorza says, "I love Maine South. The kids are great, and the faculty has been very supportive."

Jeff Hamann

by Katie Marcucci Knowing how to perfectly balance a math equation is just one of the components that balance Mr. Hamann's teaching equation.

Mr. Hamann attended Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, and received his education degree from IlUnois State University in Normal. Mr. Hamann said his love for math is only second to his love for teaching.

For the past two years he taught at Driscoll Catholic High School. There he coached three sports: basketball, baseball and golf.

Now at Maine South Mr. Hamann hopes to continue his involvement with high schoU athletics with one, or all, of those sports.

This year Mr Hamann is teaching Introduction to Algebra, Sophomore Algebra and Geometry.

Mr. Hamann said, "If I could teach my students one thing it would have to be to have respect for themselves as well as others."

Welcome to Mr. Hamann! He will add much to the Math Department.

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Maine South honors former coaches

by Kathleen Dunne

Tomorrow many great former members of the Maine South staff will be honored by being inducted into Maine South's very own Athletics Hall of Fame.

The eight former employees of Maine South will participate in the 35th Homecoming parade. During the half time of the Varsity football game, the members will be officially inducted as the inaugural class of the first Maine South Athletic Hall of Fame.

The inductees include some names that should be familiar to Maine South students and present staff. For example, Olan K. Wilson for whom our stadium is named after and Jack Tilley who has been coaching badminton, swimming and soccer since 1964.

Another coach that has been providing Maine South with his services is Carl

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J.F.I.G.: a new option for seniors

by Brian Price Started last year, Maine South's "Jobs for Illinois Graduates" class is a relatively new option for seniors.

The class allows them to learn career skills important in the real world including resume writing, leadership and group cooperation.

Taught by Mr. J.J. Crawford, it is currently offered at sixty-three high schools. The class also performs various community service projects an extension of the classroom activities. These include the Special Olympics, a clothing drive for the homeless and a visit to a children's hospital.

Leaders of the career association are President Sarah Kabat, vice-president Barrett Kalinowski, Treasurer Cara Cordaro, Secretary Stephanie Murphy, Reporter Kari Liebich and Historian Drew Moffat.

Other class members include Katie Biala, Susan Battista, Mike Blohm, Liz Cardenas, Melissa Derec, Phil Elsesser, Jason Gioverco, Dan Gomez, Carolyn Kamin, Mike Kavka, Gina Kremer, Annie Lubrich, Carla Mochoruk, Angie Plewa, Shayna Robinson, Litsa Tsrapalis and Daniela Vitale.

What did Southwords forget?

If there is any news that we have failed to cover or any upcoming newsworthy events, let us know. Talk to Maura Collins or Kathleen Dunne or send a note to the Southwords office. Thanks!

Magsamen who has been coaching football and track since 1965. Other Maine South greats include Bemie Brady (basketball and Director of Athletics, 1964 - 1989), Dawn Butler (swimming, 1964 - 1989), John Kilcullen (cross country and track, 1964 1988), Katherine Pierce (Director of Girls' Athletics, 1964 - 1989) and Bob Schmidt (baseball, basketball, football and tennis, 1964 - 1998).

A reception is being held for the inaugural class of coaches and athletic directors to show the appreciation that Maine South feels towards the services that every one of the coaches contributed to the success of Maine South and the wonderful reputation that South now upholds..

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Color guard, band win at parade

by Maura Collins The past weekend was a busy one for the Maine South Marching Band. As well as their usual half-time performance at the varsity home football game, the band ventured out to Dwight, IL on Sunday to participate in the Dwight Harvest Days Parade.

In addition to entertaining the spectators at the parade, the twenty-five Marching Bands present competed against each other.

Judges watched each band during a specific point in the parade. Prizes were awarded to the best brass section, the best horn section, the best drumhne, the best drum majors, the best color guard and the best all-around band.

The performance was exhausting, but the band and color guard did well. Maine South's Marching Band came in second place in the catagory for the best all-around band. They marched to the song Boogie Down, which the crowd loved.

The marching Hawks are composed of the Color Guard, Percussion Ensemble, Flute â&#x20AC;˘ Choir, Concert Band and Symphony Band.

They are lead by Mr. Pressler, Mr. Gohr, Mr. Hall and student drum majors Alex Uzemack, Jon Dee and Katie Hagerty. Mr.

Mrs. Dziedzic gives some last minute instructions to the guard. Photo courtesy of Eyrie.

color guard squad with their routine to Boogie Down. They are lead by student officers. Captain Beth Humbert, Co-Captain Sara Rybak, First Leiutenant Monalee Shah, Second Leiutenant Robin Humbert and Third Leiutenant Jodie Kupsco. When recalling the performance Dziedzic said, "They did a really nice job. I had a great feeling watching them perform." She went on to explain how each time she turned around, everyone was smiling and looked good.

Pressler had many positive comments regaurding Sunday's parade. "I was happy with the overall results," he said, "and the guard was tremendous."

Although the guard and band have been practicing every Thursday night in addition to class, they have never focused on being a competitive marching band. However, they will appear in other parades, so experience is necessary.

Future parades that the band will march in include Maine South's Homecoming Parade on Oct. 3 and the Brach's Children's Parade in downtown Chicago in late november.

Come and see the award-winning band at The marching band standsfast, proudly playing their instruments. Photo courtesy of Erie. half-time of the remaining home football games and Band-O-Rama on Nov. 6.

Scorza leads the drumline and Mrs. Dziedzic heads the Color Gaurd.

The Guard won the catagory for the best

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Hawks vs. Saints: The War of Word^

by Eric Schmidt You might not have read Thursday's Preps Plus section of the Chicago Tribune, but it was a shock to all who did. Maine South coach Gus Pappas guaranteed a victory over St. Charles, a team ranked at the top of the area and a dynasty in Illinois High School Soccer. It may have seemed like the Hawks were becoming cocky, but Pappas and his team were determined not to have their feet surgically removed from their mouths. The Hawks assumed that St. Charles would become angry at the quote and that it would give the Saints added incentive to beat Maine South. The Saints reacted in the opposite manner; they simply laughed at Pappas and the Hawks. Well, the Hawk soccer team can

guarantee you that the Saints aren't laughing anymore.

Storming into the Saint Charles tournament Monday night, the Hawks had all of the elements to overcome. With home field advantage and a number five ranking, the Saints may have seemed hke definite winners but the Hawks had other plans. Maine South came out with a 0-0 draw and sent a message to St. Charles and the rest of the state.

In other recent action, the Hawks took on three ranked teams in Evanston, Liberty ville and Glenbrook South. Although they came out with one win and two losses, the team faced the challenge and will use the tough week as a learning experience. Senior for-

Pick and Hawks continue hot streak on the links

by Bret Olson Last week the Hawks traveled to the Deerfield Park District golf course to play the fourth ranked Warriors. The Hawk golfers posted 38's from Peter Krol, Eric Pick and Mike Kyzinski, and a 39 from Bret Olson for a total of 153. Even with this low score, the hawks were defeated for their second loss of the season. After a rather easy defeat of Elmwood Park where Pick was medalist with a 38, the Hawks traveled to Peter Jans to play Evanston. Despite medalist Bret Olson's 32, the Hawks were defeated by three shots. The loss dropped the Golf record to six and three.

Since the loss to Evanston, the Hawks have been playing better and better each match. Agianst a respectable Schuamburg team, the hawks were led by Pat Terreta and Eric Pick. Their 38's were good enough for medalist honors. The Hawks demohshed Schuamburg with a score of 154. One day later the Hawks had a match agianst cross town rivals Maine East and Maine West at Glenview Naval Air. Eric Pick took medalist honors and also tied a thirty-year old record with a two-under par 34. The Hawks had a good team score of 154 and captured the battle of the Maines' easily.

The CSL has always been arguably the

best conference in the state, and on Thursday the hawks had a match agianst Glenbrook North. The Spartans, always a state tide contender, had the avantage of playing on their home course. The Hawks, however, had a hot Eric Pick. That day Pick did not just break the record he had just tied, but he assulted it. He shot a 32 to beat the record by two shots. The hawks were able to beat the Spartans 152 to 154 for a big conference victory. Talking to Coach Ross, he said "We may have to go back to the days of disco to find a time when we (Maine South) beat those guys (Glenbrook North) on their home course."

After a three-day holiday, the Hawks got back into action agianst Maine East and Maine West. The Hawks beat Maine West by twenty, and Maine East by thirty, for a total embarrassment ofthe two schools. Pat Terretta led the Hawks with a one-over 36.

The double hawk victory brought the Maine South Golf Team record to 12-3, including a current streak of six in a row. Coming up, the Hawks have an important meet agianst Highland Park. This Saturday, Maine South goes to the twenty-team Conant Invitational. The Hawks are very excited about the rest of thier season, and they expect success.

ward Justin Eatherton had two goals and Chris Storer managed to put one in off of his backside.

Solid performances by the Hawk defense have been turned in game after game this season. The defense includes goalie Eric Schmidt and defenders Brian Price, Mario DiLorenzo, Ted Uliassi, John Jacobsen and Jordan Wipf The midfielders have also been doing their jobs well on both ends of the field. Paul Johnson, Barrett Kalinowski, Charlie Zei, Drew Moffat and Joe Fahrenbach have all been solid. These Hawks have developed a talented lineup that should carry them deep into the state playoffs. Thanks for all the support you have shown this year.

Football

by John Moron The Maine South football team continued its successful season wifli a 35-6 victory over the Niles West Indians. The win pushed d | | ^ Hawks record to a perfect 3-0. A solid ^^m fense and flashes of offensive wizardry have been the keys to Maine South's success.

The Hawks raced out to a 7-0 lead on junior running back Eric Nowak's first touchdown of the year. The score remained lockol at 7-0 until Mike Kavka found the endzone on a three yard run with 1:11 left in the first half Smelling another victory in the making, the team refiised to settle for a 14-0 halftime lead Bucky Barrett intercepted a pass and returned it to the Niles West 35-yard line.

On the next play, Barrett found himself on the receiving end of a Matt Reardon touchdown pass. This gave the Hawks their second touchdown in 34 seconds, slashing the Indians hopes of a second half comeback.

The Hawk defense reftised to let the Indians back in the game. Led by defensive end Kevin Geist and jimior defensive linemen Steve Chung and Sean StCTy, the Hawks shut down the Niles West offensive attack. Mike Kavka scored his second touchdown of the day in the third quarter and the sccaing was capped off by anotter Matt Reardon touci down pass. This time he found senior Ti. End John Moran in the end zone for a nine yard completion. Reardon finished the day an impressive 10 for 16 passing with two touchdowns.

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Volleyball ready for another win

by Kathleen Dunne The Maine South girls'volleyball team has come a long way since their first week of play. The team has encountered many challenging teams and has held up fairly well against most of them.

Since their first victory against Waukegan, the Hawks played against Tribune ranked Glenbrook South on Sept. 8th.

Glenbrook South took Maine South in two games. The Hawks were experimenting with a new defense which seemed to help against the Titans. However, it was not enough to hold diem off.

The Hawks then competed against two teams in our conference, Niles North and Highland Park on Sept. 14th and 16th. In both of these games the Hawks put up a good ^ight but failed in their determined attempts "to bring the victory home. The team was inspired by many great plays firom senior Amy Angarone, who stuffed several hits, as well as junior Linda Lazar, who brought the Hawks back into the game with her consistent serving.

The Hawks also participated in the Resurrection tournament on Saturday Sept. 19th.

In this invitational they faced Loyola, Trinity and Lane. The Hawks did not come home with a win from that particular tourney.

However, the Hawks were happy with their play and the overall effort from each member of the team. Senior Mary Megan Anderson was a huge asset to the team that weekend.

When the Hawks were put up against their cross-town rivals, Maine West, the Hawks pulled all their efforts together and came away with the win. The Hawks defeated the Warriors in both games with final scores of 15 - 12 and 15 - 9. The Hawks were pleased with their play and are ready to take off with this victory. Monday afteraoon the freshman-a, sophomore and varsity teams go up against Nazareth on their home courts at 5:00. Be there in the stands to cheer them on to victory for all three levels.

Girls' tennis defeats conference rivals

by Lauren Stanton The Maine South girls' varsity tennis team has started off the season with success.

With only three returning varsity members, the team has faced that challenge by finding new talent. In dual meets, varsity has defeated Niles West, Regina, York and Maine East. In their first conference meet they swept away Niles North 7-0. They have also reached their annual goal of taking first in the Hawk Invite. In singles, freshman Liz Bondi stole 2nd place for 1st singles, senior Emily Hughes got 2nd place for 2nd singles, senior Lauren Stanton took 1st place at 3rd singles while sophomore Chrissy Kipta finished in 1 St place for 4th singles. In doubles, juniors Joanna Doerfler and Angela Ganas took 5th place at 1st doubles, the team of Krissy KruU and Laura Paine took 4th in 2nd doubles, Becky Bjelopetrovich and Katie Cimoch stole 2nd place at 3rd doubles, while Adrianne Pontarelli and Katherine Skuza took 2nd place at 4th doubles.

The JV squad is also having a great season, winning their first conference meet against Niles North. They hope to defeat Deerfield in order to rank high in the CSL north division. Come on out to the courts and watch junior varsity take on Rolling Meadows on Monday and the varsity team vs. Deerfield on Tuesday.

X- country boys take first at DGS

by Craig Stankiewicz Two weeks after finishing a disappointing sixth out of eleven teams at the Lyons Township Invitational, the boys' varsity cross country team placed first out of eight teams at the Downers Grove Invitational.

The Hawks looked very impressive as they placed six of their runners in the top ten at the meet. They also had an outstanding split of 13 seconds between the first and fifdi runner. In the junior varsity race junior Jim Sullivan (9th) led the Hawks, and in the frosh/soph race sophomores Mike Begich (1st) and Scott Larsen (5th) ran very well.

In their second dual meet of the season the boys' varsity team beat Fenwick; the following week they easily defeated Glenbrook North for a strong start in the conference division. Despite these wins the Hawks fell to 1-1 in conference as they lost to the conference favorite, Maine West. The team now looks to rebound and focus on another conference rival, going up against Niles North on Tuesday the 26th.

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Girls' swim team successfui

by Chris Deger The Maine South girls' swim team continues to move along at a great pace for the '98 season. On Sept. 11th, the Hawks handily defeated the Demons of Maine East 10680. Firsts were taken by Meghan Sarran in the 200M and 100 fly with season best times (2:26.72 & 1:04.41,) Bridget James in Diving (145.40,) Emily Smythe in the 500 free (5:50.81, a personal best,) Amy Goodwin in the 100 back (1:09.23 season best,) and the 2(X) yard medley relay of Goodwin, Smythe, SaiTan,& Erin Tyrell took first with 2:01.89.

On Saturday the 12th, Maine South took a close second to Buffalo Grove in the Hoffman Estates Hawk Invitational—a six team invite. Further down the pack were Maine East, Elgin, Rolling Meadows, & Host, Hoffman Estates. Medals were awarded for the top three finishers overall and the following won for Maine South: Emily Smythe (1st, 100 yd. breaststroke,) Meghan Sarran (3rd, 100 yard fly,) Amy Goodwin (3rd, 200 yard freestyle.) The 200 yard medley relay of Amy Goodwin, Emily

Smythe, Meghan Sarran and Erin Tyrell took 2nd (2:03.09.) The 200 yard freestyle relay of Emily Smythe, Beth Spitelli, Margie House and Erin Tyrell took 2nd with 1:54.24.

Ribbons were awarded for 4th-6th place.

Those winning included Margie House (6th, 200 free,) Beth Spitelli (5th, 50 yard freestyle,) Christina Wrobel (4th, diving,) Amy Goodwin (4th, 100 yard freestyle,) Katy Miller (5th, 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke,) Amanda Fallico (5th, 100 yard breaststroke.) Maine South also ribboned a 200 medley relay and two 400 yard freestyle relay teams.

Maine South now turns to CSL action with meets against Glenbrook South and Niles North before the Homecoming weekend as well as a tough invite at Downers Grove North which should test the mettle of the squad. The meet hiatus is over and the season is in full swing at this time. The varsity squad is 2-0 as well as the JV squad which has taken two impressive victories from Prospect and rival Maine East as their quest for conference gold continues.

Senior Christina Wrobel executes a dive.

Photo courtesy of Eyrie

X-country undefeated in conference

by Anna Kurtz Tuesday the 22nd of September saw the girls' x-country team ran the last dual meet on their home course. The team's goal for the varsity race against Maine West was a perfect score of 15, capturing the first 5 places. Although the girls did not achieve the shut out, the team won 18-45 with the top seven letting only one Maine West girl break their pack to take third.

Having previously raced Maine West, varsity was excited about the vast improvement the team showed overall. Both senior

Cara Cordaro (1st place, 16:14) and junior Maura Collins (2nd, 16:32) maintained an impressive lead throughout the 2.4 mile run.

Megan Markanik of Maine West only managed to divide the top 5 in the last half mile of the race, passing up the 3rd and 4th runners practically in the chute. Seniors Gina Kremer and Anna Kurtz finished within 6 seconds of Markanik with times of 16:44 and 16:48 respectively. Maine South also took the next 4 places with sophomore Nicole Penn, 17:08; sophomore Claire Sharkey,

17:20; freshman Kelly Haas, 17:21, and freshman Chrissy Berke, 17:22.

The Hawks are undefeated in the dual meets they have run so far on both the varsity and junior varsity levels. Since the beginning of the season the girls have become determined to work together to achieve their goals. By working as a pack they feel t h e ^ ^ ^ will be successful. The conference meet WITI^F be at home on Sat. Oct. 17th. Hopefully with an appreciative crowd girls' x-country will win the title once more.