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October 15, 2025

Riversider keeps runners safe at Chicago Marathon

Dr. Joshua Blomgren is a sports medicine physician who volunteers for the event’s medical team By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

For the past 18 years, runners in the annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon may have been seen by Riverside resident Joshua Blomgren if they found themselves in need of medical attention. Blomgren, a sports medicine physician working for Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, has volunteered with the marathon since 2007, when he was completing residency training. “I really connected with being able to take care of these people. Sometimes, you have to have hard conversations with people that it’s not a good idea, medically, for them to continue running. There’s lots of different aspects See MARATHON on page 11

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RB dropped from Jane Doe lawsuit against former teacher

Plaintiff ’s attorney says it will file amended complaint against school By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

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Joshua Blomgren is a Riverside resident who has volunteered with the Chicago Marathon since 2007.

On Oct. 9 Cook County Circuit Court Judge Frank Andreou dropped Riverside Brookfield High School District 208 as a defendant in the lawsuit filed by a former RBHS student, identified only as Jane Doe, alleging that she was sexually abused by Gary Prokes, the former director of RBTV, while she was a student at the school. Doe had sued both Prokes and RBHS. “We received notice that Judge Andreou granted our Motion to Dismiss in the Gary See JANE DOE on page 13

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WC3 appoints new executive director Thomas Perfect, with 2 decades of experience, will oversee the police and fire dispatch center By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

After a five-month search, West Central Consolidated Communications, or WC3, the police and fire dispatch center for Brookfield, Riverside, North Riverside and McCook, has announced the appointment of its new executive director. Thomas Perfect will start in the role Oct. 20, taking over from Bill Gutschick, the center’s interim executive director since the spring. Perfect is now serving out his final days as the director of 911 communications in Waukegan, a role he’s held since April 2024. He previously held several leadership positions within the dispatch center for Glenview over more than 11 years. Overall, he has 22 years of experience within public safety, including 17 years working in dispatch. His salary as executive director will be $130,000. He said the top role at WC3 piqued his interest due to having roots in the area. “I started my career at LaGrange back in 2007,” he told the Landmark. “I worked a lot with Brookfield and Riverside. I was able to build some relationships, so, a lot of the people that I started my career with, those guys are now in administrative roles or command staff roles. It’s cool to see us all grow and come up together, so that’s what sparked my interest in WC3.” Gutschick said he had a hand in Perfect’s early career and felt the same way about him then that he does now. “Many, many years ago, I hired him in Riverside as a part-time dispatcher,” said Gutschick, who is a retired deputy police chief from the village. “He was a good guy back then. He couldn’t stay on at Riverside because he was putting in a lot of hours in Glenview at the time … Now, he’s coming back home to us.” Perfect said he first applied for the role around May, about the same time when Gutschick said he had started in the interim position. “At my past role with Waukegan, there

was an administration change, and some of the projects we were working on, we didn’t see eye to eye on and didn’t align with my values and my view on how things should move forward,” Perfect said. “There was a lot of comparison of the 911 dispatchers being compared to call center employees at an insurance company. I can tell you, they’re not the same. They’re very different roles. 911 telecommunicators do a lot more than just answer a phone and customer service.” While Perfect won’t officially start at WC3 until later this month, he said he and Gutschick have been meeting informally to begin the onboarding process so he can be as prepared as possible on his first day, including understanding the issues facing the center. “They’re very similar to every dispatch center. Right now, staffing is a big challenge. Nobody wants to do this job anymore,” he said. “Work-life balance is a huge thing in my eyes, and the culture in which you work could determine whether you want to stay at a job or not. I believe in a culture of making the employees feel comfortable in the role that they’re doing, recognizing them when they do a good job, providing them with the proper tools and equipment to do the job well and be successful at it, and, also, recognizing that the job can suck at times.” He said that philosophy goes hand-in-hand with his goal of retaining telecommunicators and preferring “quality over quantity.” “It’s easier to work for someone who has done your job and can understand it than it is to work for a police commander who thinks they know but, really, truly doesn’t know the day-to-day operation of a 911 center and what is all involved in it,” he said. “We want quality people that are willing to invest into the center just as much as we’re willing to invest into them so that we keep people for longevity. We don’t want to hire just to hire and have somebody there, and [have] turnover be a huge thing. It’s expensive to hire a new employee; it’s expensive to make that investment.” In the medium term, Perfect said he hopes to upgrade the center’s equipment to improve the working lives of his dispatchers. “They’re still using the same equipment that I used when I worked at Riverside part-time,” he said. In Waukegan, he said he pursued a similar initiative with the help of his subordinates. “I didn’t do that by myself. I involved my

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Thomas Perfect will start as the executive director of WC3 on Oct. 20. employees, the end users that will use it in the day-to-day, which I think is huge,” he said. “If I’m the one sitting in the office running the administrative part of it, I shouldn’t be the one making the sole decision on the day-to-day equipment.” Further out, Perfect said he hopes to expand WC3’s reach beyond the towns where it handles dispatch now. “The original founding members of Brookfield, Riverside and North Riverside are great, solid towns that have strong backbones, and I think that those three villages have the ability to attract other villages,” he said. “Glenview, being in northern Cook County, dispatched for Grayslake. That’s in northern Lake County, 35 miles away. The towns don’t have to be a bordering town or be touching or even be close proximity. The technology is out there now: You can dispatch for anybody in the state.” Perfect said he’s most excited to return to the area where he grew up and began his career to finish it out before he retires while continuing the level of service he believes WC3 is already reaching. “When people call us, they expect help. They expect professionalism. They expect people to be prompt, and they want the police or fire department as quickly as possible, and that should be done in a professional manner. Everybody that calls, no matter your race, your religion, sexual orientation or your level of income, should all be treated the same way. We’re human beings, and we should treat human beings as such,” he said. “It is exciting to go back to home, as I call it, and it’s exciting to be part of something big that I never would have expected to be part of in this area.”

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D96 garners state school board award

Board gets School Board Governance Recognition honor for second time By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter

There are more than 800 school districts in Illinois, and only 42 of them received the School Board Governance Recognition honor from the Illinois Association of School Boards. The Riverside School District 96 Board of Education was one of them. “Forty-two is not a lot,” mused Wesley Muirheid, in his third year as board president. “We are representatives of the community. We are doing the research, gaining the knowledge, what does the community want in their schools?” According to a district press release, the School Board Governance Recognition program acknowledges local school boards that practice good governance behaviors as outlined by the Illinois Association of

School Boards’ Foundational Principles of Effective Governance. The release said the program aims to showcase how good governance creates a positive impact for students, staff and the entire district community. It is the second time the District 96 board has received the two-year honor for which districts apply; the first was September 2023-August 2025. Muirheid is joined on the board by vice president David Barsotti; secretary Stephanie Basanez Gunn; and board members Salina Claps, Dan Hunt, Matt Olech and Marlowe Djuric Kachlic. District superintendent Dr. Martha RyanToye said from her perspective the board does many things well. “They stay focused, they stay informed, they keep their eye on what children need, they listen well, they know their role” she said. “They know policy, they know direction and they know what makes a good school system. These are volunteers and spend a lot of time and effort with a deep care and commitment.” Muirheid said there are many key issues

that the District 96 board faces right now. That includes the obvious – finances are crucially important, along with facilities upgrades. He said that some “are hitting the century mark in some cases.” But he added there was another area that might not be as well known: the social-emotional needs of children that are still working through the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. “That’s been a big topic we’ve been talking about the last two or three years,” he said. Don’t get the impression that there aren’t disagreements among board members. But from Muirheid’s perspective, that’s the sign of a high-functioning board. “What I always tell people, all seven of us are moving in the same direction and have different perspectives to get there,” he said. “We find a way to come to a compromise and consensus. We have different approaches but

we can always come to an agreement on how to move forward.” As far as his role as board president, Muirheid sees himself as a facilitator. “I look at my job as president to make sure all the voices and perspectives are brought to the table and understood so we have the best discussion possible to make the best decision in the moment,” he said. “If we got it right, how do we do it again?” Ryan-Toye said the board has a sort of universal look at the needs of all, which reflects both the work that goes into being a board member and the resultant award. “I think it means a lot of different things,” she said. “At the heart of it is being very focused on students and what they need and families and what they need and staff and what they need. It’s being ethical and willing to make decisions on behalf of students.”

C O R R E C T I O N An article titled “Bulldogs’ Vazzana turns fourth sectional into first state berth” that ran in print on Oct. 8, 2025, misspelled the name of an LTHS sophomore. Her name is Caroline McNaughton. The Landmark regrets the error.

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Improvements could come to railroad crossings in Riverside

Researchers seek input for Delaplaine, Harlem crossings By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter

If you have ideas for how the railroad crossings at Delaplaine Road or Harlem Avenue in Riverside can be improved, regional researchers would like to hear from you. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is moving into the second phase of its Berwyn-Riverside railroad grade crossing study. It first sought to determine whether seven railroad crossings, from Delaplaine Road east to Ridgeland Avenue in Berwyn, need improvement and now seeks to rank potential ways in which to do so. At the village board meeting on Oct. 2, Tom Murtha, a project manager at CMAP,

presented Riverside trustees with an update on the project, which first began in 2019. Murtha explained the study is being undertaken in collaboration with the BNSF railway, the Illinois Department of transportation and the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways as well as Riverside and Berwyn. He said the first phase of the project had been completed, in which the researchers determined through an online survey and conversations they had with residents and business owners by going door to door that there was need to improve each of the crossings. The areas needing most improvement included the reliability of vehicle travel time as well as the safety and mobility of motorists, pedestrians, cyclists and emergency vehicle drivers, all of which were found to be diminished by extended gate closures at the crossings, Murtha said. Now that the study is entering the next phase, the researchers are seeking input

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on how these areas can be improved from consultants in addition to stakeholders like public officials and members of the public themselves. Once a list of possible plans is created, Murtha said the team will decide on criteria by which to evaluate them so they can be ranked. He said the possible solutions could include a grade separation at Harlem Avenue, which would enable the road to stay open as trains pass by making use of vertical space. He said the researchers had reached out to local groups like hospitals, school boards and municipal staff for input alongside residents of the area, from whom they solicited input through postcards delivered in an every-door-direct-mail campaign. Murtha said they reached 5,000 households across Riverside and Berwyn through this method. If the second phase of the study sets forth a solution that could progress into engineering work, Murtha said the county had agreed to carry it forward through en-

gineering and possibly into construction. Murtha said the group will seek input through the end of October, at which point the study will “go quiet for a while” before seeking input on the set of possible solutions from the public and from community advisory groups like Riverside’s, which includes members of village staff, the Olmsted Society of Riverside and the village’s volunteer preservation, economic development and landscape advisory commissions. The researchers plan to write a report on one or several of the higher-ranked ideas for federal and IDOT review, with a goal of finishing by the end of November 2026. There was no action for Riverside trustees to take, and, according to a village memo including in the meeting’s agenda packet, any projects the village opts to participate in down the line would include cost sharing per IDOT’s policy. The department would also be responsible for finding state and federal funds to cover the majority of project costs.

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DISH ABOUT A DISH

Forest Park’s Habrae and its Kaeng Kua

Seasonal special Thai curry that both the owners and diners crave By RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Eats Reporter

Habrae restaurant, 7230 Madison St. in Forest Park, opened four years ago with the intention to feature desserts from Thailand. Owners Jumpol Prasitporn and Ussamee Sanmueanqchin live in Berwyn but are originally from Bangkok. They named their business by combining two words, hab and rae, which reference how street vendors carry food in Thailand. RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR “We carry food in the basket. Kaeng Kua – Pork belly curry special The basket is called ‘hab.’ And ‘re’ means travel,” SanmueanKaeng Kua is a traditional curry dish. qchin said. “So it’s like me put “We try to use the original ingredient,” Prasitporn said. everything from Thailand in “If you go to Thailand, you’re going to have the same taste.” the basket and carry to you habrae.com “It is perfect for the customer who can handle spicy and guys.” 7230 Madison St., Forest Park love the coconut curry flavor, but it’s not too hot. The texture The desserts immediately is chewy and you will get a little bit sweet taste in there too,” generated interest with vibrant Hours: Everyday Sanmueanqchin said. colors, unique textures and bal11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The owners noted that other diners have balked at the ance of sweet, salty and somesmell of fish sauce. But for Russell Jaffe it was just the sort times sour flavors. “The desserts are very I love pork. Who doesn’t love of culinary adventure he was looking for. “It is very strong and very pungent. It’s very fishy. Spoiler unique for the typical Ameripork belly?” alert, it’s from a fish! This is a dish where you can taste that can palate,” said Oak Parker The dish is a specialty, made Russell Jaffe. when the chef can get her ingredient, but it still is sweet, flavorful, I mean, it’s just so “People in this area not fahands on fresh betel leaves, good. And it’s sweet; it’s sour; it’s spicy. This is a recipe, like, miliar with the Thai dessert which have a warm, peppery, baby’s first fish sauce.” RISÉ SANDERS-WEIR Upstairs from Habrae, the couple has another restaurant that much,” Prasitporn said. but slightly bitter taste – someHabrae owners Ussamee Sanmueanqchin and “So we add more food. We keep thing similar to arugula. “Thai concept going. Happy Izakaya opened in the past month Jumpol Prasitporn with diner Russell Jaffe. increasing the menu.” food have a lot of ingredients serving sushi and other Japanese dishes in a festive, lanOn the first of several trips and very complicated,” Sanm- tern-filled space. It fills a culinary gap on Madison Street. Coming to the end, we find ourselves where we startto the restaurant, Jaffe and his family picked savory dish- ueanqchin said. “Like chili, like a ginger. And for the paste, es that they recognized from other Thai menus. have a lot of herbs in there. And shrimp paste and fish ed: with dessert. Jaffe says he has tried several, but the “Usually if I get Thai food, I get penang curry, which by sauce and palm sugar. Palm sugar is different from the taste sweet plus salty ones are his favorite, especially the saltthe way Habrae’s penang curry is insanely good,” Jaffe of regular sugar. You will get like a smooth – not too sweet. ed egg croissant. “It’s very unique. It is very sweet and it is very, very salty. said. “I started with that. Then I wanted to try something And coconut milk. I love the curry so much, like a coconut different. Kaeng Kua? This sounds good. Pork belly curry. curry.” I’ve never had anything like this. I loved it,” Jaffe said.

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it a place where protesters inflict “acts of violence on a regular basis.” In the latest round, at least four people were detained on Friday by Illinois State Police. Projectiles and chemical irritants, like pepper balls and tear gas, were not deployed. Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff ’s Department and Broadview Police were the law enforcement seen monitoring and arresting protestors. State police first made their presence known at the Friday protest last week, where an Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Muñoz was detained and released by ICE. Despite a 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. protest curfew put into place Monday, Oct. 6, protestors moved to the barricaded side of 25th street at around 7:30 a.m. Members of the clergy organized a comSee ICE on page 12

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Report of reckless driver that misses family in crosswalk Brookfield police created a special watch on Sept. 30 after a reckless driver was reported by a school. Around 8:24 a.m., an officer responded to S. E. Gross Middle School on a report of a reckless driver at the intersection of Maple and Lincoln avenues. The officer met with the woman who had called police initially. She told police she had activated the pedestrian crossing signal earlier while trying to cross the road. After looking both ways for oncoming traffic, the woman went to cross the street with her children. While they were in the crosswalk, an unidentified vehicle turned south onto Maple Avenue from the traffic circle at Eight Corners and proceeded to drive through the crosswalk without yielding to the woman and her family. The woman told police she and her children were unharmed but that she noticed the vehicle stopped shortly after blowing through the crosswalk to give the middle finger to passersby who witnessed the incident. The woman reported the incident at the middle school and told police the car was a black, four-door sedan driven by an older man. Police searched the area for cameras that could have captured the incident but did not find any, including any public safety cameras. The officer spoke with a neighbor who said he would check his camera footage and let police know if it did capture the incident. Police created a special watch for the incident, but the police report did not describe anyone being arrested or cited in connection to it.

Failure to obey a stop sign Brookfield police ticketed a 35-year-old LaGrange man on Oct. 5 after he ignored a stop sign. Around 1:48 a.m., an officer observed a

gray Jeep heading south on Prairie Avenue toward Windemere Avenue. The vehicle did not come to a full stop at the stop sign at the intersection. The officer pulled the car over at the intersection of Brookfield and Forest avenues. The driver said he did not have a driver’s license, though the passenger did. The officer cited the man for disregarding the stop sign and driving without having been issued a license. The officer ensured the passenger took control of the vehicle and set a Nov. 25 court date before allowing both people to continue on their way.

Car burglarized overnight Brookfield police responded on Oct. 4 to a report of a burglarized vehicle, but no one was arrested.

Around 6:43 a.m., an officer responded to the 4500 block of Madison Avenue and spoke with a resident there who had called police, who said his car had been burglarized at some point in the night. The man said he noticed his car was unlocked with items strewn about when he went to leave his house that morning, adding he later realized he was missing the keys to some cable gun locks. The man told police he regularly locks his car and that he had ensured the vehicle was locked after 10 p.m. the prior night. The man also said he had noticed a set of red and black jumper cables and a battery pack to jumpstart cars in the roadway that did not belong to him. The officer canvassed the street north and south to find other vehicles that may have been burglarized but did not identify any. The officer also failed to find cameras

that could have captured the incident. The man told police he has a Ring doorbell camera, but they did not capture “substantial” footage of the incident, police said. Police brought the man new locks to secure his firearms and took the found objects into evidence. No further police action was taken. These items were obtained from the Brookfield Police Department reports dated Sept. 29 to Oct. 6; they represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

Car strikes pedestrian in Brookfield

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southbound car on Prairie Avenue turned tiple citations, Schreiber said. By TRENT BROWN Police say the person was Police do not yet know more detail about east onto Washington Avenue and struck them, said Terry Schreiber, one of Brook- the pedestrian’s condition since the accitaken to the dent, he said. Brookfield police confirmed a pedestrian field’s deputy police chiefs. This is a developing story. Check back The pedestrian was transported to the was struck by a car late on Thursday. hospital with non-lifeAround 10:30 p.m., the pedestrian was hospital with non-life-threatening injuries later for possible updates. crossing the street in a crosswalk when a while the driver of the car was issued multhreatening injuries Staff Reporter

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Front line medicine from page 1 of medicine that come out in it in terms of taking care of people,” Blomgren told the Landmark before this year’s race last Sunday. “It’s one of my favorite days of the year as a sports medicine doctor because it’s such a neat event. It’s exceptionally run from an operations standpoint, from the race itself, but, medically, since I’ve been involved in 2007, I’ve seen it grow and develop.” Since the 2010 race, Blomgren has captained or coordinated one of several medical aid stations each year along the 26.2-mile course, giving his time to make sure runners receive a high level of medical care, whether they just need to rehydrate or if something more serious is threatening their ability to continue the race. “One of the strongest aspects of the Chicago Marathon is the crew of core people that have been volunteering year over year medically,” he said. “People want to keep showing up because of how well it’s run.” George Chiampas, the marathon’s chief medical and safety officer, had a hand in putting Blomgren on the path of becoming a recurring volunteer. “Josh was a resident at the same program where I was doing a sports medicine fellowship, and, for those reasons, we were able to bring in some residents and give them an interest in marathon medicine, event medicine,” he said. “Josh was, without question, a leader, one who was incredibly a great clinician … He’s been incredibly committed.”

Over the years, Blomgren said he’s and it’s not good for them to continue. witnessed a number of serious health You have to medically declare that they events that have pushed him and his shouldn’t run. Those are always hard team to their limits. conversations to have when people have “My third or fourth year of being in put so much time and energy and effort charge of a medical team, unfortunately, into it.” a runner had a cardiac arrest very near For the past decade or so, Blomgren our station. Myself and the team that said he’s been stationed around the 20was involved, we successmile mark. Many runners, fully resuscitated him, and he said, only train to run that probably stands out as around 20 miles ahead of one of the true highlights. race day, so his station ofIt was truly a medical emerten sees people who are gency, and it had a good entering “uncharted teroutcome,” he said. “There’s ritory” for their ability to always a number of people finish out the last six miles. that stand out in terms Through all the chalof, they come in. We take lenges, Blomgren said care of them, tune them the moments of human up. Sometimes, you have a connection are what have conversation, like, ‘Do you truly kept him returning want to try and keep runyear after year. ning?’ They really dig deep “You get to meet some and find the fortitude, and interesting people and we send them on their way.” hear some interesting stoSometimes, Blomgren ries. While we’re taking said, he’ll record the bib care of people and trynumbers of runners his ing to make a decision on team treats and look up whether or not they can DR. JOSHUA BLOMGREN their finishing times after go back out on the course, the race to see how they you get to know these peodid. ple by name. Sometimes, Outside of the act of medthey’re running for a charicine, Blomgren said he’s ity, so you can have a conhad to develop his ability versation about what their to deliver bad news as he’s story is,” he said, but his continued to volunteer for favorite part is “the gratithe marathon. tude. Whether it’s a situation where you “All these people have dedicated hours patch somebody up and push them on and hours of time, training and prep- their way to keep running, or in those sitping and getting ready, and Chicago has uations where you have to remove people, probably one of the highest proportions people are typically very thankful for us of charity runners,” he said. “Some- being there. It’s always nice for people to times, you have to have a hard conver- express their gratitude for the work that sation where, maybe, it’s not their day, we’re doing out there for them.”

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Clergy denied access from page 7 munion that took place at 8:30 a.m. and included breaking bread and singing alongside protestors. Some members of the clergy asked Illinois State Police if they could offer communion to the detainees inside the ICE facility. They were denied. Lucas Hergert Northshore, senior pastor at the Unitarian Church in Deerfield, who helped offer communion, said, “Our attempt here today was to bring communion to the detainees, because we believe that they are a part of the same religious family that we are. They’re children of God, just like we are, and we should be let in, in order to offer those services to them.” He said that the clergy being denied entry made him feel sick. “A couple of days ago, I was driving, and I just had to pull over. I burst into tears. I have families that I know who are being affected by this, and they’re just so terrified

right now,” he said. Seen later in the day outside the Broadview facility were Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin. “This is totally unnecessary,” said Durbin of ICE and the National Guards deployment to Chicago. “The diversion of so many resources in law enforcement to Broadview, Illinois is an illustration of resources that should be spent in the community to make it safer. I’ll work with any administration to reduce crime, but I certainly won’t abide by this approach of mass deportation.” Duckworth said, “Their exploitation of our law enforcement and our streets is not what America is about…we’re going to push as hard as we can in the Senate.” She urged the protestors to remain peaceful, as well as exercise their First Amendment rights and express their opinions. Duckworth said that she and Durbin tried to enter the ICE facility, but were not let in. Durbin said he had been in once before, but Duckworth had never entered the facility. There were larger gatherings of protesters on Saturday.

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JANE DOE

RB dropped from suit from page 1 Prokes case,” said RBHS Community Engagement Coordinator Kiley Fletcher in an emailed statement. “The motion was granted because there were no facts establishing that the district had any knowledge of the alleged misconduct. While we appreciate the judge’s decision, we take all allegations related to student safety very seriously and remain committed to ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all students.” However, because the judge made his ruling “without prejudice,” the plaintiff can file an amended complaint which a lawyer for Jane Doe said he was planning to do. The judge gave Doe until Nov. 10 to file an amended complaint. “The plaintiff, Jane Doe, will be filing an amended complaint within a couple of weeks, and we will spell out in greater detail the district’s knowledge, and involvement and participation in the claims that are set forth” said Tom Cronin, a lawyer for Doe. RBHS’s motion to dismiss asked that the judge dismiss the charges against RBHS with prejudice which, had the judge chosen to do that, would have precluded filing a new complaint against RBHS. Regardless Prokes remains a defendant in the case. Prokes’s attorney declined to comment on the case. Cronin said this kind of preliminary ruling is not unusual in a case of this type. “I don’t really see it as a setback at all,” Cronin said. “This is not unusual and we’re certainly happy to provide additional details.” Cronin said the legal process of discovery is just getting started in the case. “This is a process of discovery and, you know, facts will come out as time goes on so we are certainly able and willing on behalf of the plaintiff to file an amended complaint,” Cronin said. In their memorandum of law filed in support of their motion to dismiss the case against RBHS the school’s lawyers argued that, as a matter of law, “the district had no special duty to protect plaintiff from Prokes’ alleged criminal misconduct, as a matter of law. The complaint is devoid of any specific factual allegations supporting an allegation that the district knew or should have known Prokes posed any danger to plaintiff prior to or during the alleged abuse.” The memorandum of law also argued that RBHS did take action once it learned that Prokes and the student might have had too close a relationship. “Finally, upon notice of the student’s report of Doe and Prokes hugging, plaintiff alleges

the district took immediate action to investigate the allegation, which shows a conscious regard for plaintiff and precludes a finding of willful and wanton conduct regardless of whether their investigation, in hindsight, did not prevent further abuse,” the lawyers memorandum of law states. An assistant principal questioned Doe but, according to the memorandum of law, Doe denied that anything inappropriate was going on between her and Prokes and said that “it was just a hug.” “[T]he assistant principal immediately investigated, and plaintiff specifically denied any inappropriate relationship or harm,” the memorandum of law states. “This investigation affirmatively shows a conscious regard for plaintiff ’s welfare and further precludes a claim on willful and wanton conduct, as a matter of law.” The memorandum of law also argued that school officials were not aware of any particular danger to Doe while she was a student at the school. “Here, there are no facts to allege or infer that the district was uniquely aware of a particular danger or risk to plaintiff prior to or during the abuse,” the memorandum of law states. “Plaintiff fails to adequately allege the district had any notice of Prokes’ misconduct to which his sexual relationship with Doe was foreseeable. Accordingly, the district had no duty to protect her from the alleged criminal misconduct by Prokes, as a matter of law.” RBHS’s lawyers also argued that the school does not have a specific duty to protect students from unforeseeable criminal attacks from its employees. Their memorandum of law argued that a public entity such as a school district “does not owe a student a special duty to protect unless it is uniquely aware of any particular danger or risk to that student.” The school’s lawyers argued that without specific knowledge schools do not have a specific duty to protest students from criminal attacks by its employees. “Relatedly, it is well-established that school boards owe no specific duty to protect students from criminal attacks by others, even if the actor is subject to the district’s authority because such acts are inherently unforeseeable,” the memorandum of law states. The memorandum of law also argued that the school’s failure to report the conduct of Prokes to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services does not create any liability for RBHS arguing that the school does not have a common law duty to report sexual misconduct. “[T]he common law duty of care owed by the school administrators to the students in their care and custody does not include a duty to report suspected child abuse to authorities,” the memorandum of law states.

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It’s about people, not politics These days social media is overloaded with partisan posts assigning blame for the many ills plaguing our society. This has now reached a crescendo with the shutting down of the federal government. However, in the world of food pantries and other types of aid organizations, we do not have the luxury of taking the time necessary to debate the merits of these viewpoints. All of our time is dedicated to serving our communities with the same dedication and zeal we always have, while also dealing with much greater demand than we saw prior to the shutdown. Make no mistake, the current situation is not about political ideologies. It is about people. Real people who suddenly find themselves, due to no fault of their own, are unable to provide for their families after losing the source of income upon which they rely. This is the reality facing tens of thousands of our friends and neighbors throughout all of our communities and our entire country. This is real. What’s happening is not some AI-generated video clip you see on the internet. This is not someone else’s problem or someone else’s fault. This belongs to each and every one of us. These are our friends, our neighbors, our family and they are facing some incredibly serious challenges. It is our responsibility to step up and help them. Not tomorrow, not next week, not when we have a minute. Now. So, if you have the means, please consider making a donation to a food pantry or a food bank or some other relief organization. This is not a pitch to support our organization specifically, but for all of us to dig deep and provide some type of support to any group working to help these families. If you don’t have the financial resources to make a donation, consider volunteering. If neither of those options work for you, take a minute to contact your representatives and senators and let them know that you want this issue resolved. And when they tell you it’s the other party’s fault, tell them

that answer is not acceptable and that they need to put away the political rhetoric (and convince their colleagues to do the same) and end this now. Don’t let them fool you; they can do it. They have done it many times before and can certainly do it again. People are suffering and that needs to come before their desire to get reelected. You can find your representatives and get information on how to contact them here: https://www. usa.gov/elected-officials. You can also join the advocacy efforts of our food bank partner, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, by going here: //www.chicagosfoodbank. org/get-involved/advocacy We all have our opinions and political beliefs and many of us feel very strongly about them. That passion and diversity of opinion is one of the things that makes being an American a great privilege. But our current situation is not about dogma or ideology, but about loving one another and caring for one another. The time has come for all of us to come together as human beings and bring forth the decency that we all have in our hearts. This is the time for us to prove to ourselves and the world that Americans, despite our differences, look out for one another and care for one another. It’s time to show that no matter our skin color, no matter who we love or what immigration status we possess, we are civilized people who love and care for one another in times of need. For us to make it through this, we are going to have to work together and put the needs of our friends and neighbors ahead of our own needs and our own opinions. We have done that before countless times and despite our current divisions, we need to do it again. We just have to want it. I do and I know that in your hearts, each and every one of you do as well. Let’s make it happen.

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Elizabeth Nystrom, 42 Former Riverside resident Elizabeth A. Nystrom, 42, of Oak Park, formerly of Riverside, died on Oct. 6, 2025. She was the mother of Aria and Cee Cee Weissberg; the daughter of Mark C. and Anne Nystrom; the sister of Timothy Nystrom and Eileen (Gerardo) Leyva; and the granddaughter of Maryann and the late Joseph Moravek and Robert V. and Donna G. Nystrom. Services were held at Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington, Riverside.

Janice Cline, 78 Lunch lady Janice Lynn Cline, 78, of Chetek, Wisconsin, died on Oct. 7, 2025, after enduring a courageous battle with cancer for several years. Born on May 3, 1947, the daughter of James and Florence Wenzbauer, she spent much of her young life in North Riverside, where she attended Mater Christi Catholic School, followed by Riverside Brookfield High School. While her kids were still in school, she opted to take a small but meaningful job outside of the home, where she quickly became everyone’s favorite lunch lady. A generous, loving, and kindhearted soul, with a great sense of humor and love for her family, empowered her with the strength and determination to fight tirelessly during her illness. Jan is survived by her husband, John; her children, Jennifer (Mark) Lautenbach and Jon (Becky) Cline; her grandchildren, Ashley, Joseph, Zoey, Braxton, and Mylei; and her great-grandchildren, Bailee and Haiden. She was preceded in death by her parents and her eldest son, James. A celebration of life announcement will be forthcoming. The family would like to thank St. Croix Hospice and Stokes, Prock & Mundt Funeral Chapel for their compassionate care. The Cremation Society of Wisconsin, Altoona is assisting the family. Online condolences may be shared at www.cremationsociety-wi.com.

Marcella Beeson, 97 Brookfield resident Marcella A. Beeson, 97, of Downers Grove, formerly of Brookfield, died on Oct. 6, 2025. Born in Summit, she was a graduate of Argo High School, and was a longtime resident of Brookfield. She was loved by her neighbors and friends as she loved them. Marcella was the wife of the late S. Benjamin Beeson; the mother of Marie Beeson, James (Claudette) Beeson and the late Debra Beeson M.D. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Justine and Pauline. Services and interment will be private. Memori-

als in her memory may be made to the American Lung Association. Arrangements were handled by Hallowell & James Funeral Home.

Mary Lou Nitz, 82 Loyola Hospital Cancer Center employee Mary Lou Nitz (nee Sauer), 82, of North Riverside, died on Oct. 7, 2025. Born on Sept. 1, 1943, she led a life full of compassion and resilience. She was a graduate of Kelly High School in Chicago and Five Holy Martyrs. Her huge laugh, warm heart and loving spirit will forever be cherished and missed. She retired from the Loyola Hospital Cancer Center where she worked in the medical records department. She loved her Bunco Group, her many aunts, uncles and cousins and especially her grandson, Hayden. She was grateful for the care that her sons, Justin and Jason, provided during her illness. Mary Lou was the mother of Jason (Diane) Nitz and the late Justin Nitz; the grandmother of Hayden Nitz; the sister of the late Michael Sauer; and the aunt of Michael (Maribel) Sauer and Joan (Gerhart). Services and interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery will remain private. Arrangements were handled by the Original Kuratko Family - Brian D. Kuratko, Funeral Director.

Nancy Richards, 93 Chicago Public Schools teacher Nancy B. Richards (nee Buyer), 93, a longtime resident of Riverside, died on Oct. 11, 2025. Born on Jan. 8, 1932, she was a longtime educator with the Chicago Public Schools, enjoyed sewing, quilting, tennis in earlier years and was an avid gardener. She loved her trips to her cottage in Michigan, walking the beach and visiting cherished friends in Palm Desert, California. Nancy was the wife of the late Melvin Richards; the mother of Juliana (Jeff) Tonkin, Paul (Karen) Richards, the late Michael (Mary) Richards and the late Timothy (Heather) Richards; the grandmother of Jennifer (Jay) Hesselschwardt, Ashley (Joseph) Garcia, Adam (Kylee) Tonkin, Colin, Amy, William, Ryan, Ellie, Erin, Ian, Jack, Alec and Anna Richards; the great-grandmother of Marjorie, Sadie, Theodore and Peter Hesselschwardt, Cameron and Cooper Tonkin, and Adalynn and Nalea Garcia; and sister of the late Judith (the late John) Wenner. Visitation will take place at St. Mary Church (St. Paul VI Parish), 105 Herrick Road in Riverside, on October 16 from 10 a.m. until the funeral Mass at 11. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Nancy’s memory to The Melvin C. Richards Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o St. Ignatius College Prep High School, 1076 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL. 60608.

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RBHS football scores another big victory, improves to 7-0 Soccer standout Avants, Wolf, Ketterling handle LTHS kicking chores

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

As a starting defensive back and special teams player, Riverside Brookfield High School senior John Evans Jr. rarely gets opportunities to touch the football. When he fielded a second-quarter kickoff Friday, Evans couldn’t be stopped. Evans’ 79-yard return for a touchdown was his first on varsity and among nine by the undefeated Bulldogs in their 67-8 home victory over Elmwood Park Friday to improve to 7-0. “It was really such a great feeling JOHN EVANS JR. getting to score, especially as a senior. It’ll definitely be a moment I’ll cherish,” said Evans, who last scored a TD as a sophomore on the junior varsity. “They had been kicking it to my side all day and I just told myself that I had to take one of them all the way. I had noticed that the middle of their kickoff formation was very open prior to the kick so when I brought it out, I ran straight up the middle and just had to make one guy miss. Other than that, it was really all of the work of my teammates in front blocking for me.” The Bulldogs, also 4-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference East Division, continued their best start in program history since the 2001 undefeated regular season. This was their highest point total since beating Thornton 70-21 Sept. 29, 2023. The Bulldogs’ last two regular-season games are at home Friday against West Chicago (4-3, 2-2) and at UEC East co-leader Glenbard East (6-1, 4-0) Oct. 24. RBHS lost to both teams in 2024 to finish 4-5. “This season so far has been absolutely incredible. I’m so grateful to be a part of a team with so much talent and so many guys who have bought into the program, especially as a senior,” Evans said. “The thing I’ve

enjoyed the most about this season has been being able to have so much success with the guys who I’ve been playing with for years. A lot of the guys have been with me since freshman year and some since fourth and fifth grade. I think that’s also contributed to a lot of the success we’ve had as a team. We have some really great team chemistry.” The Bulldogs led 38-0 after one quarter and 52-8 at halftime. As for the Bulldogs’ rotating junior quarterbacks, Braeden Novak started the opening series Friday with Giancarlo Garcia at running back. Garcia rushed 24 yards on the Bulldogs’ first play from scrimmage and Xavier Mrozik-DeJesus turned a quick out pass on the next into a 34-yard TD. Jaden Barrett followed with a 5-yard TD interception return from a pass deflected by lineman Damian Nieves. The rest of the first-quarter scoring came on Nico Caputo’s 2-yard TD run after a Ben Biskupic fumble recovery, a safety on Warren Mason’s blocked punt that went out of the end zone, Jacob Retana’s 40-yard TD run and Garcia’s 11-yard TD run as quarterback. Jake Dudzik caught a 5-yard TD pass from Novak 27 seconds before halftime. In the third quarter, sophomore Sean Ruckman entered at quarterback. Ruckman scored his first varsity TD on a 1-yard run and handed off to Damian Retana for a 55yard TD run in the fourth quarter. John Bielobradek kicked seven extra points and turned two others into two-point conversions with a pass to Dudzik and run into the end zone. Ben Weisman added a second-quarter interception.

LTHS football Senior Ryland Avants is lending a foot to another strong Lyons Township season. Already a varsity standout for the soccer team, Avants also is playing football for the first time. On Friday, Avants kicked 36 and 23-yard field goals and an extra point in the first half of the Lions’ 32-6 victory at Oak Park and River Forest Friday. “I went to a practice, the coaches saw my

potential and they put me on the team. Ever since then it’s been a great time,” Avants said earlier this season. “You just have one job to do. You hit it or you don’t but the atmosphere for football is very different (than soccer). Kicking, it’s like all eyes are on you, all the pressure. If you mess up, you kind of feel bad but it is what it is. I would definitely compare it to taking a penalty kick (in soccer).” The Lions (5-2, 2-2 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division) became playoff eligible with Downers Grove North (6-1, 4-1) and York (5-2, 3-1) remaining this regular season. Even with drives affected by mistakes, LTHS led 13-0 at halftime at OPRF (2-5, 1-4). Brady Rusk caught a 9-yard TD pass from quarterback Jack Slightom for a 10-0 lead and Avants’ second field goal came as time expired. In the second half, Slightom had TD passes to Grant Smith of 21 and 26 yards and EJ Kuhlman had a 43-yard TD run. “I would say there were times we executed well. I thought the second half was much better,” LTHS coach Jon Beutjer said. “I don’t think we’ve played a complete game yet. The biggest improvement was we didn’t give up a lot of explosive plays, like we’ve done in the losses we’ve had, and we also had a bunch of explosive plays in the run and pass game.” Kuhlman rushed for 171 yards on 23 carries. Slightom was 10 for 14 passing for 200 yards with Smith (4 catches, 101 yards) and Brady Koren (3 catches, 77 yards) the top targets.

Anthony Pearson had two interceptions. Nathan Fitzgerald (6 tackles), Patrick Cheney (5 tackles), Roman Sosnovyy, Cole Harris, Brock Curtin and Rudy Rangel combined on tackles for loss and Koren had five tackles. Avants was encouraged to try kicking by friends Sosnovyy and lineman Jimmy Hillmann. What also helped was discovering that there were no conflicts between the soccer and football game schedules. “That was the first thing we looked at,” said Avants, who has kicked a 60-yarder in practice. “I knew I could kick a football pretty far but the more practice I get, the longer range I get. It’s all about practice and the mental part of it.” He’s actually among three LTHS kickers. Senior Dylan Wolf handles kickoffs, and sophomore Wolfie Ketterling, also a varsity soccer player, has been punting. A couple of times weekly, Avants and Ketterling attend the starts of football practice for about 30 minutes at the south campus. Avants then drives them to the soccer practice field by the north campus. “We’re very thankful to coach (Paul) Labbato and the soccer program. And the soccer program’s having a good year (14-3-2, 4-1 in Silver),” Beutjer said. “When you have a good kicking game, it can make the difference in the game.” Melvin Tate contributed to this report

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Bulldogs make second straight UEC East title a clean sweep said earlier this season. “I’m still RBHS plays host to Silent Lipinski extremely proud with how we’re playing. We have good court chemistry and good Set Monday; peaking off-court chemistry, which I think is really LTHS outlasts OPRF important.” The Bulldogs have emphasized themes

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

As junior outside hitter Mackenzie Sloger and the Riverside Brookfield High School girls volleyball team continue earning recognition, the third-year varsity player also is progressing with her word of mouth. “Last year, I didn’t talk as much as possible and this year I’m trying to communicate a lot, things I see across the net, what the other team is doing,” Sloger said. While Sloger will gladly accept temporary silence Monday, Oct. 20, the Bulldogs once again made a statement in the Upstate Eight Conference East Division Thursday. They beat Glenbard South 25-17, 25-10 in Glen Ellyn to clinch a second straight outright title at 6-0 in their second year in the conference. The Bulldogs (15-9) won all six matches in two sets and never allowed more than 17 points in any set, which occurred three times. “Obviously we had a lot of pressure coming in as the champions. Just really pushing through and showing we’re a team that can win it again was very important,” Sloger said. “Showing we’re kind of on top and that we intend to stay on top is important. Especially since there’s a lot of seniors that hadn’t been on the team last year, (they enjoyed) just having that experience of conference champs.” Including the former Metro Suburban Conference, this is the Bulldogs’ third straight conference title and fourth straight year in which they’ve shared their division’s best record. The Bulldogs are the No. 10 seed in the upcoming Class 4A Lyons Township Sectional. “We have a tough schedule but I think it’s just getting us better and more ready for postseason,” RBHS coach Caitlin Staib-

for home matches. On Monday, they will hold their first Silent Set against St. Francis to raise awareness for the hard of hearing and hearing loss community. RBHS sophomore Demetra Foster will perform the national anthem in sign language. The court will be silent for the first nine points to honor uniform No. 9 worn by former Penn State volleyball player Jonni Parker, who has since founded Chasing Greatness to assist the hearing community. “I’ve just noticed as teaching special education in the past nine years, every year I’ve had someone on my case load with hearing loss,” Staib-Lipinski said. “I thought (Silent Set) would be really cool because RB’s never done that before.” Sloger, the Bulldogs’ only full-rotation player, leads in overall kills (169), service aces (35) and serve receptions (267) with 102 digs and 26 total blocks. Other standouts include senior and fourth-year varsity setter Claire Cameron (312 assists, 33 aces), seniors Ashlee Wudi (173 digs), Lucy Boyle (101 kills, 80 digs), Lillian Mills and Chloe Borkowicz and junior Asha Ponnappan (38 blocks). Cameron has been part of a twosetter offense with Foster (101 assists) or sophomore Nina Johnsen, both currently injured. Sloger and Cameron were all-tournament at Plainfield North. Sloger also was all-tournament at Hoffman Estates. “(Sloger) has great passing. She can read the ball well on defense. She’s hitting very well,” Staib-Lipinski said. “Her court awareness has gotten a lot stronger and that’s the big leap I’ve seen.”

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Riverside-Brookfield’s Mackenzie Sloger (6) follows through on the spike against Geneva during the Downers Grove South Denise Kavanaugh Invitational Friday, Sept. 12, in Downers Grove. girls volleyball team now are in full swing. Their recent hot streak continued Oct. 8 with probably the biggest win so far – a 2826, 20-25, 29-27 nail-biter at Oak Park and River Forest. Carroll (22 kills) and juniors Colleen Chambers (35 assists) and Julia Ahrens (19 digs) enjoyed single-match career or season highs. The Lions (17-7, 3-1 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division) have won three straight and six of their last seven. “I would think that was probably our best game we’ve played so far,” Carroll said. “It was definitely very back and forth. Both teams were really, really fighting for it. Those are the best games. We’ve been working in practice to finish games when we’re in the lead.” The victory also created a three-way tie for the Silver lead with the Huskies (15-5, 3-1) and Downers Grove North (17-8, 3-1), which beat the Lions 25-15, 16-25, 25-13 Sept. 9. In 2024, LTHS lost to OPRF in a threeset 4A regional final. This season, the No. 4-seeded Lions and top-seeded Huskies would meet in the Lyons Township Sectional semifinals. “That would be another good game. Hopefully we can keep our good serving and hitting up,” Chambers said. “I think that our

serve receive was a lot better in the third set, which helped us stay in system more. We were able to get a lot of middle kills and the outside kills were amazing. (Ahrens) played amazing. She was getting every ball up.” Senior Kate Heatherly (8 digs, 19-for-19 serve receptions) joined Ahrens (25-for-27 serve receptions) in the back-row excellence. Other contributors included sophomore Ula Garbauskas (4 kills, 6 blocks), freshman Olivia Pora (5 kills, 5 blocks) and seniors Emma O’Brien (6 kills) and Kate Potter (2 kills, 3 blocks, 2 aces). Carroll’s 22 kills came on 46 attacks with four errors (.391 percentage). She also had two aces and eight digs. Carroll now has a season-high 141 kills, followed by O’Brien (139) and Pora (124). Carroll has 104 over the last eight matches, starting with her first “full-swing” match Sept. 18. “Getting used to playing with Colleen again and knowing our defenders have my back if I get blocked, it gives you a little confidence when you swing away. I was just happy to put some balls down (against OPRF),” Carroll said. “It feels like now we’re kind of settling in a little bit (as a team). We have had a great October so far.”

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Seniors Dominick, Vazzana end RBHS golf careers at state LTHS boys golfers Pohl, Forrest, Almond also enjoy state debuts

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Riverside Brookfield High School senior Connor Dominick didn’t mind having his three-day weekend plans of college golf visits become a little busier. Dominick was an individual qualifier to his first Class 3A boys golf state tournament Friday and Saturday at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington. “Playing at state was definitely different than my high school rounds because I was all by myself and nobody else from my team was playing,” Dominick said. “Something I’ll remember was just the environment. There was so many people there and college coaches. It honestly felt like I was at a PGA Tour event. I was with (first-year RBHS head coach Charlie Pozen), just talking through every shot. It just felt like I was in a professional tournament. It was awesome.” Dominick tied for 67th with a 163 (79-84) for 36 holes on the par-72 course. Lyons Township also had three individual qualifiers making their state debuts. Senior Garrett Pohl tied for 18th with a 150 (74-76), junior Charlie Forrest tied for 34th at 155 (76-79) and senior TJ Almond also tied for 67th at 163 (81-82). “It’s truly amazing (at state) because it’s just a big environment,” Pohl said. “You’re playing with the best players in the state. You feel like you’re in a pro setting. You’re locked in every shot. You’re trying your best to make the scores you want. It’s super enjoyable to play in that type of competition.” All four players qualified at the 3A Payton Sectional Oct. 7 without a playoff by sharing the last advancing individual score of par 72. Lyons Township nearly qualified as a team with a top-three finish but placed fourth. The three teams that beat the Lions took the three state team trophies Saturday — champion New Trier (589), Evanston (589) and West Suburban Conference Silver Division rival York (607) in the same order as sectionals. The Lions had won the Silver Meet and shared the overall Silver title with Hinsdale Central (619), which was sixth Saturday. “It’s frustrating for sure (our whole

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RBHS Connor Dominick tees off during his match at Riverside Golf Club, Sept. 2, in North Riverside. team wasn’t at state),” Pohl said. Dominick was a bit frustrated with his finish after starting with a 79 Friday, which comfortably beat Saturday’s individual cut of 82. He had one birdie, four bogeys and two double bogeys Friday and eight bogeys and two doubles Saturday. “My goal was first to enjoy my last rounds of high school golf and to also make the cut for the second day and I achieved both of those goals,” Dominick said. “I was a little disappointed in how I played. The course was playing really tough. I actually hit the ball well, I feel like, but my putting was where I left a ton of strokes out there.” Pohl was four strokes from a top-10 medal. Pohl had three birdies, three bogeys and two doubles Saturday after a birdie, bogey and double Friday. “I’d say that (36 holes) ranks near the top, especially with the circumstances of playing at state,” Pohl said. “My goal was actually to finish around even par. I didn’t play as well as I could have but with the conditions, I’m happy with 6-over par.” Pohl mentioned one state tradition —

heavy winds — which were as bad as 25 miles an hour, but temperature was not a significant factor this year. Pohl’s state trip also was a personal triumph after battling back issues throughout the season. He saw a chiropractor beforehand and did the necessary icing and precautions to not be affected during state. “Charlie, JT and I, we had a great time at the hotel and course,” Pohl said. “We were pumped to shout out for LT and show the other teams how good our team was. Even though we didn’t have the other three guys (from sectionals), I think we performed really solidly.” In 2A boys, Nazareth Academy sophomore Alex Perez tied for 36th with 156 (76-80) at his state debut at Weibring Golf Club in Normal.

“I really enjoyed the experience. It felt like such an accomplishment to be able to golf with so many outstanding players,” Vazzana said. “What I enjoyed most was the challenge of the course and the competition with other players.” Vazzana faced bigger challenges than she imagined besides making Saturday’s individual cut by two strokes. “My main goal was to enjoy the experience and go into the round with no expectations. I was surprised and grateful to make it to Saturday,” Vazzana said. “I felt I played well, but also found it difficult to maintain my momentum since the round was nearing 6.5 hours. It’s easy to get in your head waiting 10 minutes to continue playing after a rough previous hole.’ Vazzana was accompanied by senior teammate Tali Schultz. At her fourth sectional Oct. 7, She played with the Bulldogs after they achieved their first sectional team berth in program history. “(State) was surreal, knowing that I was playing my last ever high school round, but at least I was able to stretch out my senior season for as long as possible,” Vazzana said. “I will remember the memories I made with the team and coaches, as well as the constant support from my parents and family. I couldn’t have done it without the support system I have. It means a lot.”

RBHS girls golf Riverside Brookfield senior Lucia Vazzana finished 73rd with a two-round 174 (84-90) in her first trip to the 2A girls golf state meet at the par-72 Hickory Point in Forsyth.

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