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Students Earn National Merit Awards

NEWS-

Keeping South drug-free Red Ribbon Week winds up (p. 9)

Recognizing excellence Top musicians (p. 8) Students of the month (p. 9)

COMMENTARY

Food, food everywhere...

The New Dominick's (p. 3)

...but not in Russia Responsible consumerism? (p. 2)

Maine South vs. the World How well-coached are we? (p. 4)

FEATURES

Focus on Faculty Mr. Craig Fallico (p. 7)

Too much money... and what to do with it? (p. 5)

Kids in the Hall What to do with the Prez? (p. 7)

Halloween Chicagoland ghost stories (p. 6)

SPORTS

Going for the cup State dreams hang on rim (p. 12)

Gearing up for playoffs Soccer (p. 11) and Football (p. 10) toughen up for postseason

Tennis窶馬et results Three qualify for state (p. 11)

Strong conference run Cross country finishes strong (p. 12)

Standing from left to right are Dr Cachur, Ms. Kelly and National Merit Semifinalists: Brian Pick, John Bang, Don Walsh, Carl Hughes and Anne Edison-Swift.

Photo courtesy of Ms. Glunz

by Maura Collins Over one milUon high school juniors tional Merit Commended Students. To earn took the PSAT/NMSQT last year. Earlier the honorable status of Commended Student, this month, a select few became National students must place in the top five percent Merit Semifinalists. These finalists repre- of the more than one million juniors who sent the top one half of one percent of the took the test in 1997. students tested in Illinois. The five seniors Only about 35,000 students in the from Maine South who qualified are John United States receive this honor each year.

Bang, Anne Edison-Swift, Carl Hughes, The ten students who became National Merit Brian Pick and Don Walsh.

Commended Students are Brian Dema, The next step for these National Merit Siobhan Dolan, Brooke Fillippo, Katherine Semifinalists is to apply for National Merit Greenslade, Jonathan Hilyard, Scott Finalist status. In order to become a final- Kronenfeld, Anna Kurtz, Jeff Lazzaro, Jane ist, the students must maintain superb stu- Optie and Dan Schwartz. dent records throughout high school, be recAs a result of the Commended Stuommended and endorsed by Dr. Cachur and dents' achievement. Dr. Cachur presented submit their SAT scores to confirm their them with letters of commendation from both PSAT/NMSQT performance and complete Maine South and the National Merit Schola scholarship application. arship Corporation.

In addition to the five seniors who are Another student at Maine South, continued on page 8 Semifinalists, ten students were named Na-

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by Anne Edison-Swift By the cafeteria, in the girl's bathroom, in the middle stall, on the left partition, there is a poem: "Loving's a phase Sex is a shame Boys have all the fun girls get all the blame one nite of wooing 9 months of pain 3 months in the hospital w/a baby to name Guys say You're sweet You're fine when you say you're pregnant they say it's not mine."

I noticed this poem during my sophomore year, and each year since I've noticed that it's still there. The other graffiti comes and goes; "I luv Matt" is painted over and replaced with "I luv Ryan." These are transient messages, etched hastily and easily blotted out by another coat of orangish paintâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;about as permanent as the average high school relationship. But the poem remains. Someone chooses, year after year, to withhold the brush treatment and preserve it. It makes me think about the things I've written: poems, stories, English papers, Southwords articles, etc. Have I ever written anything relevant enough to write on a bathroom wall? Is any of my poetry clear enough, real enough, that a brush-wielding custodian would allow it to remain there?

Many things make this poem wall-worthy; it is poetry for the masses, simply stated, on a topic that means something to its audience. I wonder about the girl who wrote it. What was her intent? I doubt that anyone reading this poem will change his or her lifestyle because of it. But maybe I'll remember it on the day my bubble bursts and all of a sudden I'm not invincible anymore. Maybe you'll think back and wonder why it is that we have to learn the hard way, even when we're warned by the writing on the wall.

Just consumption

by Anne Edison-Swift If the most we North Americans (lack of a better word, sorry Canada!) can complain about is a presidential sex scandal, we must be doing very well. Recent comparisons between the difficulties faced by comrades Clinton and Yeltsin are insulting, considering that Russia is on the brink of total economic and political collapse, and that people are suffering there in ways Monicawatchers can hardly imagine.

My recent trip to the new Dominick's with my Southwords colleague Katie Thompson made me give special thought to the world's food shortage problem. In many places, the shelves are bare.

In Dominick's, I turned to Katie and said, "Wait a second, I've got to get a picture of this aisle full of Gatorade." Yes, Gatorade.

Rows upon rows of gleaming plastic jugs, all the many colors of the synthetic rainbow. It was beautiful; it is America.

Here in North America we enjoy a culture of consumption. The ideal is to be able to buy as much as you want, without thought to monetary resources. Most of us don't quite reach this ideal, but we like to know that, if we had the money, we could buy whatever we want.

Everything we could ever desire is there, on the shelves, next to the Gatorade. Not only do these products exist, they exist in mass quantities. The shelves groan with the weight of stuff. Our senses are buffeted by the sheer number oi things. This makes the U.S. consumer feel safe, hopeful and proud.

During my two week visit to El Salvador I found myself confronted by an unfortunate lack of things, especially when I left San Salvador. "All I want is a big, widetooth hair pick," I moaned, "Is that so much to ask?" In a place where most people don't have the stuff to fill their stomachs, much less take care of their hair, yes, that was

probably an inappropriate request. I longed for a place where, if I had any need or want, it could be fulfilled almost instantly- where the stuff is there, waiting for me.

Our consumer culture is not likely to

Courtesy of the Funny Times change as a result of this, or any other, com-__ mentary. My challenge to you, Southwort^^^ reader, is to find something we, as students^^ can do to use our role as consumers in a responsible way. What exactly would it take to be a smart, globally-minded consumer in Park Ridge? Can we buy fairly-traded coffee at Dominick's? Or must we go elsewhere to find items that aren't produced by systems of oppression and inequality? How much more would we have to spend to make our consumption work for justice?

Southwords invites all Maine South students and faculty to respond to this challenge.

Students enrolled in second quarter Consumer Education classes will receive extra credit for articles that are thoughtfully researched and written, and sujjer-extra credit for any article published in Southwords. Submissions may be turned in to the Southwords office, Southwords staff members, or Consumer Ed. teachers. Thank you!

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Is all of this really necessary?

by Katie Thompson As I turned into a brightly-lit parking lot, several security personnel wearing brightly colored vests and waving orange flags immediately guided me. Their directions led me to a ramp that slowly led me underground along with a sea of other traffic. Daylight gave way to the orange glow of an underground parking garage. The cement pillars that held up the ceiling were festively identified by decals of pineapples and bananas.

I was surrounded by children in carts, anxious drivers looking for parking spaces and even a policeman who had come to investigate the whole affair.

Nearly ten minutes after I initially arrived, after circling the parking garage several times, I was able to squeeze my car into one of the narrow spaces. A friend and I followed yet another uniformed attendant's flags to a small elevator that we rode back up to sea level. The doors opened and we were there.

The sparkling interior of the new 'ominick's on Cumberland stretched lumi# >nously before us. The store was packed with excited shoppers sipping free Starbucks coffee, eating at the Comer Cafe and surveying the florescent glory of it all.

As I walked though the store, I was surrounded by institutional-size black refrigerator cases and more varieties of juices than I knew existed. Aisles upon aisles of every imaginable edible item surrounded me on all sides.

However, the initial eye-catching splendor of the massive supermarket quickly wore off. There were so many people that some of the aisles were too crowded to walk down.

I observed one employee who was attempting to clean up spilled coffee, but was unable to complete the task because there were simply so many people swarming around her. In spite of a large picture that hung in the cafe and depicted a small town grocery store, the new Dominick's was anything but.

Certainly there are advantages to being able to buy fresh sushi and choose from a seemingly endless supply of magazines.

I do not doubt that customers will find almost any product that they are looking for at this store. However, there is something to say for the smaller independent stores that these industrial warehouses are forcing into extinction. By shopping at a huge supermarket such as Dominick's, people de-personalize the whole experience. You can walk in, get what you need, walk out and never have to communicate with a single person there.

You never know the butcher who handled your meat. You never see the chef who baked your bread. As a result, that butcher and that chef are not acknowledged. They never see their product being enjoyed, so how can they enjoy producing it. The link between the producer and the consumer vanishes.

While the sterile plexiglass cases full of neatly boxed pastries at Dominick's look tasty, they certainly do not compare with the fresh donuts messily topped with frosting from the old Thompson's bakery. And although the bright white, fully-equipped pharmacy in the supermarket will certainly

fill your prescription, there is nothing quite as comfortable as having Scharinghausen's Pharmacy dehver that same prescription to your front door.

The smaller stores of the past give each of us some practice at talking with the people that we live with everyday. They give us a chance to build relationships with the people who offer us services and goods. These are things that even the cart escalator at Dominick's cannot offer.

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Who will lead the Hawks?

In spite of a talented and enthusiastic group of coaciies, Maine South's athletic department falls well below the average number of paid coaches for comparable schools.

by Kathleen Dunne For four years now I have been a student athlete at Maine South. I am also a huge supporter of others sports around this school.

Every day during my seasons, I have walked into a gym to be greeted by my coach. That's right, my coach. Notice that I did not say coaches.

Recently I was told that the Maine South girls' soccer program requested another coach. At the present time, the staff only has three paid coaches. However, the program has five volunteers who are giving up their time and energy to spend two to three hours five to six days a week.

Surrounding schools employ a minimum of five coaches. For example, Evanston, Stevenson, Hoffman Estates, Conant, Palatine and Liberty ville all have five coaches on their soccer program staff, not to mention New Trier and Lake Forest who both have six.

Another example is wrestling. Maine South has only three coaches on staff for wrestling. This is in comparison to other schools whose trend is to have four. While some may think that one coach may not make a difference, in certain sports one per-

son can make a world of difference.

The program with the greatest number of coaches, ten, is football. However, there is no school in the area with as few football coaches as Maine South has. New Trier, for example, has sixteen.

When looking at the overall number of coaches on staff (meaning being paid) the Maine Township schools are lacking. All three schools add up to a coaching staff in the low 70s while other nearby schools are all in the 80s, 90s and 100s. For example, while Maine South only has a total of 74 coaches. New Trier has 130 and Stevenson has 102.

Now, it is true that Stevenson, New Trier

and Lake Forest have a lot of money to put into their schools and their sports programs,but Maine South is not poverty stricken. Maine South also has a good athletic reputation.

What is the reason for this discrepency?

I would think that the school would want to uphold the tradition it has established, and one good way of doing so would be to pay more of the volunteer coaches. This would be an excellent way for the administration and the district to show support for the athletic programs at Maine South, and the students in the programs would no doubt appreciate the gesture, as would the newly paid coaches.

No Cubs? Then we're not watching!

As the end of the baseball season rolled around with the World Series, TV ratings showed that Chicago viewers simply were not watching. Instead of the high-stakes games, Chicagoans logged in hours of viewing the following shows.

Home Improvement (14.5 points) The Hughleys (Il.l points)

Spin City (12.4 points) NYPD Blue (11A points) Dateline (11.7 points) In comparison, the average point to-^ tal for each day of the World Series among Chicago viewers was only ten points. The rest of the nation averaged out at about 14 points for the games.

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Community Beat Surplus causes commotion

by Dave Smith This week in Park Ridge there is a positive problem facing the school board of District 64.

There is money left over from the construction of Emerson Middle School; however, the school board does not know where the money should go.

The surplus is turning out to be more of a problem than one would expect.

This past Tuesday the School Board held a meeting to discuss some of the possibili-

ties for the extra money. The extra money is not just pocket change, rather it is about $1.5 milUon. Another reason why the School Board is being careful with the money is because it is not its own, it is the money of the taxpayers.

Kris Brunst, staff writer for the Herald Advocate, quoted some of the School Board members' responses during the meeting on Tuesday. Member Steve Lieber had the idea that the Board should use the money, ". . .for something special."

He gave a plethora of possibilities, one being the idea of using the money to provide, ".. .substantial air-conditioning at Lin-

coln."

Even though that sounds Uke a good use for the money, some other members also have good suggestions.

Member Dean Krone had the ethical idea that, "It costs $1.5 milUon less to accomphsh those purposes and we have to honor that trust and return it to the community."

No doubt this approach has a strong backing firom the taxpayers, and it is also a more practical use of the money.

The problem of having too much money has received many good solutions; however, the plan of returning the money back to the taxpayers seems to be the right choice for Park Ridge.

Did you know.

In Chicago, each day Chicagoans drive 144 million miles. This is equivalent to 300 round trips to the moon, which is also like driving to the sun and half-way back.

--Courtesy The Chicago Area Trasportation Study Senior

Jane Optie Focus on Student Excellence

Activities:

Teacher's Comments:

•Varsity Volleyball Manager •Footiigfaters •Class Council •Brotherhood •Equinox staff •Reaching staff •Health Unlimited Secretary •Pep Council •National Honors Society

"For the past three years, Jane has unselfishly dedicated her time and energy to "behind the scenes" duties as manager of the girls' volleyball team. Her presence has allowed the VB program to function smoothly and efficiently during what is often a hetic and fastpaced season. While the team members receive applause and attention on the court. Jane is always on the sidelines during practices, evening matches and weekend tournaments."

—Mr. Jim Lonergan

Ghosts of the Windy City<

by Katie Marcucci "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether ooky."

No this is not the beginning of another episode of "The Addams Family," but it is the beginning of the "mysterious and spooky" inhabitants of the Windy City. Halloween heightens apprehensions about weird noises heard when one is home alone.

This is the time of year when even the sound of the icemaker dropping its frozen cubes is enough to make anyone jump at night. This is also the time of year when the haunting stories chill one's bones to sub-zero temperatures.

Chicago's cemeteries, houses and landmarks have been reported to hold some visiting spirits. Belief in the supernatural is left to one's own evaluation, however, many "urban legends" have lived on.

One such legend that makes her presence known is Resurrection Mary. Supposed to be Mary Bregovy, a young woman who was killed in a car accident in 1934, she is reported to haunt the dance halls of the Southwest-side of Chicago. Appearing in a white party dress with matching party shoes, she dances with a young man and then persuades him to take her home-Resurrection Cemetery. While heading down Archer Avenue, she instructs the young man to stop right at the Cemetery gates, exits the car and then vanishes into the blackness or disappears when the driver passes the cemetery.

There have been many meetings with Mary and even evidence of blackened sections of cemetery gate where she has vanished.

Resurrection Cemetery is not the only sacred ground that is host to visitors from beyond. On the North side a man is seen drowning in Lake Michigan. After drowning the man drags his body across the jagged rocks of the shore. Mangled and bloody he then crawls across Sheridan Road, avoiding traffic, and disappears into Calvary Cemetery. This apparition appeared quite frequently and was known as "The Aviator"

because pilots of World War n would practice landing on ships converted into aircraft carriers, misjudge the deck, and plunge into Lake Michigan. "The Aviator" has not appeared since the gates of Calvary were accidentally left open one night. Apparently the flying ace found peace.

Houses are not only a place where people live but also where the spirits who are seeking peace inhabit. In the Prairie Avenue Historical District there have been reports of an uninvited guest at 1800 S. Prairie. The former Glessner house was designed by the architect Henry Richarson. The house was said to be the epitome of his career. Understandably he would have some attachment to the living quarter, and Richardson could be the uninvited guest. For the sake of the Glessner's it is a good thing that their house is a historical landmark because the value of a house is severely decreased if it is haunted. The U.S. Supreme Court is responsible for the devaluation of haunted houses.

In the case of Stanbovsky v. Ackley in 1991,

the court ruled that the homeowner of a Nyack, New York, house was forced to void a $650,000 contract for the house since he failed to reveal that the house was haunted.

If spirits do not bother the house-hunters, it is a great deal!

Not only has the judicial branch of government made its presence known in the world of haunted houses but also in the world of Chicago landmarks. The backyard of the Museum of Science and Industry is the reported haunting ground of the lawyer Clarence Darrow. In 1924, he defended Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard A. Lock, who were charged with the premeditated murder of Bobby Franks. 4 f l ^ strict opponent of the d e a ^ ^ ^ penalty, he was able to reduce his clients' punishment to a prison sentence.

After Darrow was cremated and his ashes were scattered across the Osaka Garden and Wooden Island of the Jackson Park Lagoon, he was seen walking the back steps of the Museum of Science and Industry.

Wearing a suit, topcoat and fedora, Clarence Darrow is still wandering today.

These hauntings are only a few of the many reported instances of paranormal activity in the city. Whether or not one chooses to believe the accounts of the people whom the spirits contacted, it is clear that there are inexplicable events in our lives. Somehow these events seem to downplay Linus' fear of waiting for The Great Pumpkin. The element that makes these particular stories creepy is that the places involved are in the vicinity of one's own town Being hon| alone on a cold night when the lights go oui^ Halloween heightens the fears of the unknown. All of the myths of the Windy City add to the eerie air of Halloween.

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Kids in the Hal Do you think President Clinton should be impeached?

"I don't think President Clinton should be impeached for an affair; he won't be the first or last to do this. However, he did lie when confronted about it, which makes us wonder if he's honest. He is a good President, and his affair is his business. This can't be held against his good work for the United States."

-Erin Krukowski 'T think that Bill Clinton should not be impeached for the reason of having an affair with Monica Lewinski. It should matter more what he does in office and not what be does in his sex life."

-Vicky Jagielka

Focus on faculty You've probably seen him walking through the halls practically radiating energy. This energy is what helps keep Mr. Fallico going. For the past 18 years, Mr. Fallico has been a teacher and a coach. This will be his second year as head wrestling coach, replacing Mr. McCann. He is also a real estate broker. Masters student at Lake Forest University with five out of nine credits completed, father of five children ages 4 through 14, and husband to Jennie for 16 years in March.

'Teaching and coaching are my passions, and my third job is helping take care of my family," says Fallico. Proof of his love for coaching is that he also coaches Park Ridge teams every year. He has coached thousands of kids, in everything from boys' football to girls' soccer. He says, "Being a teacher and a coach, you are guaranteed rewards every day. Every day you teach kids something and motivate them, you learn from them, too." Working with high school students is one of his passions; he loves that it is a part of his hfe.

When people ask him why he's so pumped up, he has several reasons. He has five healthy children, a wonderful wife and what he says is the best career in the world.

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he's so fortunate. The way he puts it is, "How could I not be pumped up?"

This energy has benefited him throughout his life. He has always been in leadership roles because he "has the energy people need and enjoy." In high school he was a three-sport athlete. He was on the baseball team and was captain of the football and wresding teams. He was also a thespian and

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In his spare time, and he doesn't have much, he enjoys spending time with his fam-

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Craig Fallico ily, reading and working out. He runs, wresdes, plays basketball and lifts weights.

He also enjoys writing and has had some personal writings published in thought books. Some of his expertise on this is due to his minor in philosophy from Marquette.

His college major was in Spanish education. As part of his masters study, he spent three weeks in Spain in 1996. His whole family went, and he said it was a great opportunity to spend time together. They had no television, no radio and no car there They ate all their meals together, went for walks together and played games together.

He says that in America, we need more time together with family.

He enjoyed his experience in Spain and has been there twice. He has also been to Costa Rica, Mexico and all over the United States. He says, "I love to go where there are mountains or oceans. My ultimate goal is to live where the ocean meets the mountains."

Mr. Fallico has a very important belief that we should each think about. His basic philosophy on life is, "Work hard, and love others. Expect nothing in return, and give everything you have." This, he says, will guarantee happiness.

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Maine South's musicians participate in IIVIEA

by Ted Kocher Every year, musicians from high schools around the state come together and audition for a selective state-wide organization. The lUinois Music Educator's Association listens to hundreds of auditions on a wide variety of musical instruments. After much anticipation, results are released.

Sixteen students from Maine South tried out for the IMEA band and jazz band.

Most students were happy with their place-

ment. Some students may also be selected to play with the all-state band downstate.

The all-state group consists of the best players from Illinois.

Maine South students who auditioned and made the EMEA band and jazz band groups are: Kathy Ballard, Kristen Church, Katie Dwyer, Bill Heerman, Jon Hilyard, Jaclyn Itaha, Ted Kocher, Lisa Maillie, Jeff Percak, Anne Wlezein and Pete Wojowitz.

National IVIerit Awards cont.

Maggie Prieto, also received an award for her achievement on the PSAT/NMSQT. She received a special award from the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Congratulations to each of the sixteen students who received awards for their outstanding achievement on the PSAT/ NMSQT. Best of luck to the Semifmalists in their quest to become finalists!

Right, Dr. Cachur and Maggie Prieto stand in front of the hawk in the courtyard.

Maggie won an award from the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Photo courtesy of Ms. Glunz

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Maine South Hig6 School 1111 South Dee Road . P a r k Ridge, IL 60068; Letters to ihe editorshonld be defivered to room V-131 oir^veii'to a member of the editorial sta^^r^WTHWORDj reserves the right to edit material for clarity and brevity and to re^ctrohscene or/libelous submisaons. // Anne Edison-Swift Anna Mieszaniec News Editors Kathleen Dunne Maura Collins Commentary Editors Dan Schwartz Katie Thompson Features Editors Lindsey Krukowski Katie Marcucci Sports Editors Brian Price Anna Kurtz Production Editors Chris Buckely Som Dalai Ted Kocher Core Cartoonist Julie Motala Core Photographer Nora Bum5 Core Staff Artist Ho-Chen Liu Staff Heads Margaret Byrne Susan Wilson T R. Kerth Advisor Editors-in-Chief

Above, Top row Left to right: Jon Hilyard, Jane Optie, JefflMzzaro, Brooke Fillippo, Scott Kronenfeld. Right: Ms. Kelly, Brian Dema, Anna Kurtz, Dan Schwartz and Dr Cachur These students are National Merit Commended Students.

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Painting l\/laine South red with ribbons

by Kathleen Dunne Saturday, October 24 was the beginning of Maine South's Red Ribbon Week. The week devoted to making students, falculty and staff more aware of drug problems and to promote a drug free environment.

Maine South was not alone in participation in Red Ribbon Week. Businesses, communities and other schools across the nation participated in the federally funded campaign.

The Red Ribbon Campaign began when Federal Agent Enrique Camerana was tortured and murdered by drug dealers in February of 1985. The Red Ribbon is now seen as a symbol to reduce the demand for drugs.

Maine South supported this campaign by participating in certain activities. Beginning October 22, balloons were available for a ten cent donation. The purchaser then signed his or her name to the balloon and therefore made a pledge to stay drug free. On Saturday the 24, the balloons were displayed along the fence at the football games and continued to be sold throughout the game.

During the week the school also made available stickers that promoted a drug free message for a donation of 25 cents.

On Monday the teachers received Ucorice to hand out when they caught someone in the act of caring. On Tuesday, Marcus

Newman, a motivational speaker, spoke to the freshman at an assembly. Tuesday also marked "Sponsor-A-Tree" day. Red ribbons with names, clubs and organizations were tied to trees on Maine South's campus to display the commitment of students, faculty and staff to promoting a drug free environment.

As usual, red ribbons were passed out and worn throughout the week in honor of Red Ribbon Week.

This year's theme is "Emphasizing the Power of Choice." All the monetary donations are being presented to the Maine Township Center on Addiction today.

September Students of the Month English: Bishoy Abo-Saif, Jennifer Anderson, Kathryn Bailey, Justin Cisko, Tanya Daum, Patricia Diduch, Paul Drazba, Robin Humbert, Juliette Jurczyk, Doug Kisielius, Kira Lee Ho, Dan Miller, Lauren Paez, Mandy Payne, Chrystal Peterson, Johnathan Urbamski History: Lindsay Annunzio, Mary De Marchi, Anne Edison-Swift, Gwen Fisher,Robert Kiepura, John Liss, Garifalia Tsapralis, Apasara Warapanyaseni Foreign Language: Predrag Barac, Tatjana Kecman, Laura LaCerra, Elizabeth Maratea, Michael Zuhr Science: John Bang, Rebecca Bousdos, Danilo Elddine, Phil Elsesser, Natalie Kruk, SOME LITTLE

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1^^ Sports Girls' cross country clinches conference title runners to divide the pack led by senior Car; Cordaro, who took fourth place with a time of 16:22. Not far behind were junior Maura Collins, 5th, senior Gina Kremer, 9th, freshman Kelly Haas, 10th, freshman Chrissy Berke, 11th, sophomore Erin Maasen, 12th, and senior Anna Kurtz, 15th.

These seven continued on to the Regionals meet last Saturday and will be running tomorrow. The junior varsity squad ended their season with a record of 5-1, winning the conference meet by a wide margin. The team earned excellent scores on the freshmen level as well, proving success is a prospect for future seasons. The JV team had one last invite the Tuesday after conference, taking home a first place freshman and a second place junior varsity trophy from Niles West.

The cross country team has realized that this season has been the last opportunity for various things. For some it is their last year on the team; for everyone it is the only year where each runner started the season not having previously run the course; it is tthjh ^ ^ final year Maine South is in the CSL No: division. For such a unique year the Hawks have performed like never before. The 1998 season is one that will not be forgotten.

by Anna Kurtz For cross country's varsity top seven girls Halloween night will hopefully be made a Uttle sweeter by events that will take place during the day. Tomorrow morning these runners face the biggest challenge of their season. In order to qualify for state they need to finish as one of the top five teams at the sectionals meet in Aurora. This is the goal they have worked for all season and they hope to finish as successfully as the team that went to the state finals a decade ago, finishing tenth.

Regardless of the final standings after tomorrow's race, the team definitely has reason to be proud of their accomplishments throughout the season. The varsity finished with a perfect record of 6-0 in conference, ending with victory at the conference meet on the 17th.

Despite horrible weather conditions the Hawks took on the other five schools and came away with six of the top fourteen places. These runners earned all conference honors. The entire team finished with a difference of less than thirty seconds between the first and seventh runners, placing everyone in the first fifteen spots. By staying so close together they allowed very few rival

Football keeps on rolling with wins over Glenbrook North and Niles North

by John Moran The Maine South football team continues to have a great deal of success. With key conference victories over Glenbrook North and Niles North, the Hawks remain the only unbeaten team in the CSL North.

Brandishing an excellent record of 7-1, the Hawks are playoff bound once again. Despite their personal displeasure in the last two victories, the squad has shown a lot of character by overcoming adversity.

Against Glenbrook North the Hawks offense moved the ball well, but could not capitilize on numerous scoring opportunities. The defense dominated throughout the game, keeping the score at halftime tied at 0-0.

The Spartans drew first blood in the third

quarter. They jumped out to a 6-0 lead on a halfback pass for a touchdown. The Hawks refused to give in. They fought back to take a 7-6 lead after Matt Reardon threw a touchdown pass to Mike Kavka. With less than four minutes remaining the Hawk defense shut down the Glenbrook North attack, forcing a punt. The Hawks took the ball and drove fifty yards for another touchdown.

This time Reardon hit John Moran in the back of the endzone on a fourth and goal situation. The Spartans' chances for a late rally were ruined when Kavka picked off a pass to halt their final drive.

Against Niles North, the Hawks major opponent was not the Vikings, but rather themselves. In a game played in extremely sloppy conditions due to rain before and during the

game, possession of the football became the key to victory. Both the Hawks and the Vikings fumbled the football on numerous occassions.

With the weather conditions halting the Hawks' dominant passing attack, it was up to the running backs to do the scoring. After falling behind 3-0 on a Viking field goal, the Hawk running attack put some points on the board. Junior fullback Eric Novak struck first, going 35 yards for a touchdown. The Hawks' next touchdown came when they fumbled the ball into the endzone and alert junior lineman Steve Natali jumped on thl ball for his first touchdown of the year. Nicf Norman then went 65 yards on a fake punt for the last score. The touchdown brought the final score to 18-3.

Soccer

by Eric Schmidt As the Hawks continue kicking soccer balls into the month of November, one can sense the excitement of the IHSA playoffs in the air. The 1998 Hawks capped off their season with a record of 14-4-4 (8-2-1 CSL North Conference), but are now looking to dominate the Palatine Sectional on their way downstate. In order to get downstate, the Hawks will need to take advantage of their strong senior leadership and experience.

Seniors Brian Price, Paul Johnson, Mario DiLorenzo, Barrett Kalinowski, Drew MoSat, Sam Porras, Erich Totsch, Szymon Kryznowski, Jordan Wipf and Eric Schmidt have shed a lot of sweat and energy during itheir four years of Maine South soccer TTieir dedication and hard work has paid off in the form of 50 career wins and a .750 winning percentage. These 10 seniors are not satisfied until they have led the te^n into the state's Ehte Eight. Top ten teams like Fremd and Rolling Meadows are in their way but the Hawks have consistently proved that they are at their best when the pressure is pn. Watch the Hawks as they begin their ufist to return downstate for the first time since 1994. The Hawks compete at the Palatine sectional this week.

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by Lauren Stanton The girls' varsity tennis team did as well as they hoped for at the Central Suburban League North division on October 9th and 10th. They received fourth place with 28 1/ 2 points behind three exceptionally strong schools, including Highland Park, Deerfield and Glenbrook North. In singles freshman Liz Bondi received third at fu-st singles, defeating Niles North players 6-0 and 6-1.

Senior Emily Hughes finished in fourth place at second singles while Lauren Stanton received third place over Deerfield (6-3,46,6-2) and sophomore Chrissy Kipta earned third place at fourth singles over Glenbrook North (6-3, 6-0).

The doubles teams fared equally well.

Angela Ganas and Joanna Doerfler captured third place at first doubles over Glenbrook North (6-3, 6-2), the team of Laura Paine

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It turned out to be a rewarding day because a few of the Maine South girls defeated opponents that they had lost to earlier in the season. The day was also a successful one for the junior varsity team coached by Greg Young. They reached their goal of third place in conference for the second consecutive year.

At the sectionals meet the team performed just as well, finishing in fourth place. One singles player, Liz Bondi, and the doubles team of Joanna Doerfler and Angela Ganas qualified for the state tournament. Overall the team had a successful season and wishes the state qualifiers luck.

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Nakamura, Pick advance Downstate

by Bret Olson The Maine South golf team went into Sectionals at Buffalo Grove looking to advance despite a difficult set of teams. The Hawks hoped to continue their season-long hot streak. Other than the twenty-six team Conant invite, it had been over month since the team lost. The streak included twelve victories in dual meets, and first places finishes at the six team conference meet and the sixteen team regional. The first place at conference was quite astounding since three other teams in the CSL North are ranked in the Chicago Tribune's top ten rankings.

The Hawks knew that Sectionals would be tough with three top 5 teams in the state.

Since only three advance, a trip to state was going to be difficult to achieve. However, the Hawks had come to play. After nine holes, the Hawks were in a four way tie for first place with #1 Lake Forest, #3 New Trier

and #4 Deerfield. The Hawks were led by Pick's two-under 34.

On the back side, the Hawks remained steady. Senior Bret Olson was first in with a solid score of 78. Next in was freshman Norman Olsen who, with a 43 on the fi-ont nine, picked it up with a 38 on the way home for an excellent 81. Watching Pick from the eighteenth fairway was a sight as after he hit his approach, he began to jump up and down. He had good reason to, as his par on eighteen secured his one over 73. The 73 gave the Hawks a big boost, as well as advancing Pick downstate as an individual. At that moment, the Hawks had visions of winning the sectional, especially after Sophomore Pat Dillion played the back side at even to give him a score of 80. That left the Hawks team total at 312. In the midst of that. Lake Forest and New Trier edged out the Hawks with scores of 311, but the Hawks were able

to edge out Deerfield by six shots. However, the Hawks' hopes of going down state were looking perfect until the last foursome came in. Buffalo Grove, on their home course, received a four-under 68 from Brian Cassidy to edge out everyone for the title.

The Hawks were therefore put down to fourth, denying them a trip to state by one shot.

The Hawks were represented downstate by both junior Eric Pick and sophomore Meg Nakamura. In the girls state finals, Meg cruised through regionals and sectionals to the state meet. At state, Meg finished in eighth place, giving Maine South its second All-State golfer. In the boys' State Meet, Pick had an 82 the first day, putting him ii^ 28"' place. He shot 86 in the tornado on St~ urday as winds reached 45 miles per houJf The Hawks had a successful season with a conference and regional title.

Boys' cross country finishes second in Conference

by Craig Stankiewicz ence honors by placing ninth. With Seiwert Wet is a word that the boys' varsity cross not feehng so well, Brian Dickey led the country team could use to describe the CSL Hawks by coming in fourth out of the fourNorth conference meet that they hosted here teen All Conference runners. He ran a 15:42, at Maine South on Saturday, October 17th. the eleventh fastest time in course history.

The first cause of wetness was the consis- Matt Madura and Brian Wells also received tendy hard rain throughout the entire meet. All Conference recognition by placing However, the main wetness was the wet feel- twelfth and fourteenth, respectively. ing the varsity boys felt after being defeated The JV team fared better than varsity at

by Maine West for the third time this sea- conference by earning the CSL North conson. Maine West, a potential state qualifier, won the conference meet with 25 points over second place Maine South who had a team total of 55 points. The Hawks were upset by the loss because they had been determined to defeat Maine West after numerous intense practices.

When their best runner, Tim Seiwert, injured his knee earlier in the week the varsity thought they would be in for an even greater challenge than usual against The boys' cross country team begins a Maine West. However, Seiwert was very recent dual meet.

Photo by Katie Morgan courageous and ran, earning All Confer-

ference championship. Jim Sullivan (2nd), Mike Santoro (5th) and Paul McGuire (7th) led five top ten finishers for the Hawks. In the frosh/soph race, the Hawks placed second while being led by Scott Larsen.

On Tuesday, October 20th, everyone but the top seven varsity runners ran their last meet of the season. The varsity placed second at the Niles West Invitational by only four points with an impressive team score of 40. Dickey (3rd) once again led the Hawks, but Tom Hastings also ran very well, placing 6th overall and second for Maine South.

Last Saturday the boys' cross country team ran at the Fenton Regional. If, as expected, they were one of the top five teams, the Hawks will be running at t ) ^ ^ Aurora East Sectional tomorrow. An ^ ^ B cellent run placing the Hawks in the top five teams at sectionals would then qualify them for the state meet, completing a very impressive season.