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the highland park landmark | June 22, 2017 | 27
Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Rachel Hsu
Hsu is a rising junior on
the Highland Park High
School girls soccer team.
How long have you
been playing soccer
and how did you first
get started with it?
I started playing soccer in
first grade when my dad
signed me up and was my
coach. I played AYSO
up until seventh grade
when I started playing
travel soccer with Chicago
Fire Juniors.
If you weren’t playing
soccer, what sport
would you be playing?
I’m also on our school’s
cross-country team and
I love that as well, so I’d
probably be running or
doing track.
What’s your earliest
memory of playing
soccer?
Aside from playing in first
grade, I remember playing
with my older sister as
well; she’s two years older
than me.
If you could have
dinner with one
person, alive or dead,
who would you like to
eat with?
I think it would be really
cool to have dinner with
one of the Cubs players
like Kris Bryant. I’m a
really big Cubs fan and
I think it would be really
cool to know one of them.
What’s your biggest
fear?
Getting really sick or
injured unexpectedly
because that’s something
that has never happened to
me and I don’t know what
would happen.
What’s at the top of
your bucket list?
Something I’ve always
wanted to see is the
Northern Lights. I think
they look so beautiful and
surreal and that would be
incredible to see sometime
in my life.
Do you have a dream
job?
Not specifically. Right now
what I’m most interested in
is some type of engineering,
though I don’t know
anything specific yet.
If you could have any
superpower, what
would you choose and
why?
Super speed, because it
would be really cool to get
Varsity Views
to places really fast and
with soccer we’d have a
major advantage over the
other team.
What advice would you
give younger soccer
players?
Keep on working hard.
Soccer is a sport where
practice does make perfect,
so if you continue to
practice a skill and learn
new positions and play
with new people, you
will definitely improve to
where you want to be in
the future.
What’s the best part
of being an athlete at
HPHS?
I love being with the other
players and the coaches.
The team makes everything
so much fun and it
helps you improve your
skills because everyone
brings something different
to the team. That’s helped
everyone grow so much.
Interview by Sports Editor
Derek Wolff
Youth Yankees crowned
house league champs
Staff Report
The Yankees defeated
the Nationals 9-4 to be
crowned champions in the
Triple A Highland Park
baseball league on June
10.
Simon Rose and Benjamin
Berkowitz were
named most valuable players
as a result.
The Yankees were
coached this season by
Erik Rozental and Pere
Berkowitz.
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