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Willowbrook’s girls basketball team opened its 2021-22 season with three straight victories last week. The Warriors began their season with a 65-29 home victory over Bartlett on Nov. 16. On Friday, the Warriors played their first game in their own five-team, round-robin Thanksgiving invitational. Willowbrook beat Montini 64-55 in Friday’s CHRIS FOX PHOTO Villa Park Review battle between area schools. Sophomore Elle Bruschuk the Warriors whilerebounded firing and from making a 3-point earlyan in 11-2 the fourth Bruschuk’s lowbrook Friday’s lossshot to post win inquarter. Saturday’s game at Freshman Lindsey Rugg of the Willowbrook softball (No. team33) is of pictured while is at-pictured basket gave Willowbrook a 57-45 lead. Ingame addition to scoring four South. points Rugg duringtried Friday’s win, Bruschuk provided a team-leading 12home rebounds. The to Sat3-0 Hinsdale Central. The Warriors bashed three runs in theWarriors second moved inning of tempting to score a run during Friday’s at Downers Grove CHRIS FOX PHOTO Villa Park Review overall and 2-0second in the invitational 70-54 win over and some of her teammates the Warriors’ basketball team played urday’s non-conference battle againston the Red Devils girls of the West Suburban Silver to score from base on afollowing single bySaturday’s sophomore Katelyn Cox Plainfield in the topEast. of Bruschuk onWillowbrook the Willowbrook girls volleyball which recently itsSouth’s 2021 fall season a 37-2that record. The won the West Suburban Conference title durConference. Senior Annemarie Knudtson, freshman Isabella Dugo and that sophomore the second inning, the game was tied at 2-2. Downers Grove catcher Highwhen School’s Class team, of 2021 celebrated itsfinished commencement with two with ceremony began atWarriors 9 a.m. The others participated in Gold the ceremony started ing the Rugg regular season. went tothird win four post-season matches, claiming the program’s first photo regional and sectional titles losing (No. an IHSA Class 4A superKayleigh provided the home Dennison 5) is pictured in the tagged out at home foron the out of theon inning. Themorning. Mustangs separate ceremonies in They theplate school’s main gymnasium Sunday Thewent enat 11 a.m. Dennison The shows members of runs. thebefore Willowbrook Senior Choir performing sectional battle background of the above photo. more aboutsee thePage Warriors, on to defeat theagainst Warriors 7-3students. inMcAuley. the West Suburban Conference contest. Wiltire class includes over Mother 470 About half ofGold those students attended the during the day’s first service. ForFor more photos, 4. see page 14.

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The Village of Villa Park observed Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, April 30. Pictured (left to right) at the tree planting at the village’s Franklin Park, located at 218 N. Third Ave., Villa Park Village your local agent MEare: TODAY! Trustee Christine Murphy, Justin Shlensky—chair of the Villa Park CALL Environmental Concerns Commission, Margaret Schiefer—a member of the Villa Park Environmental Concerns Commission, Villa Park Village Trustee Cheryl Tucker, Contact me forVilla a Park Village President Albert Bulthuis, Villa Park Village Trustee (and Village President-Elect) Nick Cuzzone and Leslie Allison-Seei—chair of the Villa Park Community Pride 630-514-9961 Villa complementary Park Veterans of Foreign Warson (VFW) Post 2801 of held itsApril. Memorial Day service onDay Monday mornCommission. Arbor Day is observed the last Friday each The National Arbor Foundation 630-514-9961 630-514-9961 ing at Cortesi Veterans Memorial Park. Post Commander Jim Blankshain is pictured bowingthat his recognihead as kdrury@atproperties.com has recognized Villaanalysis Park with Tree City USA designation for 36 straight years. To receive market Willowbrook High School students Hendrickson and a Anna Seelbach soundataps at the end ofcomthe kdrury@atproperties.com tion, a community must have a tree Lily board or department, tree-care ordinance, comprehensive kdrury@atproperties.com ofThe your home!! ceremony. post’s 2020and Memorial Day event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This munity forestry program an Arbor Day observance. year’s observance included a reading of the names of the Post 2801 members who have recently died. That list included World War II veteran Charles “Sid” Bergh, who served as the master of ceremonies I would to help! of the post’s annual Memorial Day service for several years. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Bergh died in October 2020. He was 94 years old. Bergh was the post’s last surviving World War II veteran.

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