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42 | September 28, 2017 | The New Lenox Patriot Sports<br />
newlenoxpatriot.com<br />
Athlete of the week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Taylor Miron<br />
Taylor Miron is a senior at Lincoln-Way<br />
Central who is on the girls golf team<br />
How did you get started in golf?<br />
I started golf when I was about 6 or 7<br />
years old because my parents played and my<br />
grandpa played. So I started going out with<br />
them. From that point, I started group lessons,<br />
and then I started continued onto private<br />
lessons more seriously in seventh grade.<br />
Do you have any rituals or<br />
superstitions on the course?<br />
Whenever I know I’m about to go out<br />
and play, when I’m on the range warming<br />
up before, on my last shots I like<br />
to hit three drivers because usually you<br />
start off with a driver on the course,<br />
so I want my last shots on the range to<br />
mimic my next shots on the course.<br />
What are your plans for college?<br />
I am currently in the application process<br />
now. I’m looking at about 10 schools and I<br />
love all of them. So, I’m just trying to figure<br />
out what would fit best for me academically<br />
… I’m looking to study something in<br />
the health sciences because in the future I’d<br />
like to continue on the physician’s assistant<br />
school.<br />
What do you like most about the<br />
game?<br />
Whether it’s in high school or practicing<br />
on my own in the summer, is the amount of<br />
people you get to meet. You get to learn how<br />
different people play and their techniques,<br />
and I think that’s helped me.<br />
What’s the hardest part of the game?<br />
The hardest part for me is the mental part<br />
of the game. When you hit a bad shot, you<br />
can’t let it get to you. You really have to<br />
work on your mentality and moving forward<br />
so that you can have success going on in<br />
your round.<br />
What would you buy first if you won<br />
the lottery?<br />
I would probably buy a plane ticket for me<br />
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and my family to go around all of Europe.<br />
What’s your ideal post-round meal?<br />
A cheeseburger, some french fries and an<br />
Arnold Palmer.<br />
What item do you own that you<br />
couldn’t live without?<br />
For my golf game, my range finder, because<br />
that helps me with my every single<br />
shot, whether it’s drives or wedge shots, I<br />
always use my range finder.<br />
Who would be on your dream<br />
foursome for a scramble?<br />
Me, Rory McIlroy because he’s always<br />
been my favorite golfer, my grandpa because<br />
I’ve always loved playing golf with him and<br />
my swing coach Mike, who I’ve been getting<br />
private lessons from for three years.<br />
Do you have a nickname?<br />
My parents and some of my immediate family<br />
call me Rosie because my middle name is<br />
Rose, named after one of my grandmas.<br />
Interview by T.J. Kremer III, Contributing Editor<br />
This Week In…<br />
Knights varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Football<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Stagg, 7:15 p.m.<br />
Girls volleyball<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at Oak Forest,<br />
5:30 a.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 6 p.m.<br />
Boys golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Schuman<br />
Cup, 3:45 p.m.<br />
Girls golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Rosary<br />
Invitational, 8 a.m.<br />
Girls tennis<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 3:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 8 a.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 2 - hosts Aurora<br />
Central, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys soccer<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at Thornton, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts Andrew<br />
(Senior Night), 5:45 p.m.<br />
Girls swimming<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Andrew, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Sandburg<br />
Invitational (Diving) 5 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Sandburg<br />
Invitational (Swimming) 11 a.m.<br />
Boys cross country<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport<br />
Soccer<br />
From Page 44<br />
Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />
Girls cross country<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at St. Charles<br />
North Invitiational, 8 a.m.<br />
Warriors Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Football<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - hosts Sandburg,<br />
7:30 p.m.<br />
Girls volleyball<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Thornwood,<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
Boys golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Schuman<br />
Cup, 3:45 p.m.<br />
Girls tennis<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 3:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 8 a.m.<br />
Boys soccer<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport, 10<br />
a.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 3 - at Stagg, 6:15 p.m.<br />
Girls swimming<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 5 p.m.<br />
Boys cross country<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />
Girls cross country<br />
■Oct. ■ 3 - at Will County Invite,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
Celtics Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Football<br />
by the time the postseason<br />
comes around.”<br />
The Griffins, who won<br />
their one-and-only SWSC<br />
title in the Blue Division<br />
in 2012, had one last long<br />
shot with 2:25 to play. But<br />
sophomore defender Jacob<br />
Dirienzo saw his arching shot<br />
from about 40 yards land into<br />
Kedzior’s hands. The final<br />
moments got a bit chippy<br />
with a couple of yellow cards<br />
issued in the final 30 seconds.<br />
Fahey credited his sophomore<br />
starters: midfielder<br />
Jake Camaioni, Kedzior,<br />
defender Dylan Leonard<br />
and Willner. He also credited<br />
the play of his defense<br />
with senior Josh Davis and<br />
Erickson in the center and<br />
Leonard and Zuraitis are the<br />
outside players in the back.<br />
“We’ve got a bunch of<br />
young kids out there making<br />
plays,” Fahey said. “We have<br />
four sophomores out there<br />
contributing. We’ve also<br />
been fortunate that we’ve had<br />
two goalies alternate the spot<br />
[junior Brenden McCarthy<br />
is the other one]. They have<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Hope Academy,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Girls volleyball<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts St. Ignatius,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Boys golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at CCL<br />
Championships, 7 a.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lemont<br />
Shootout, 9 a.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Edwardsville -<br />
Arnie’s Cup, 11 a.m.<br />
Girls golf<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at GCAC<br />
Championships, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys soccer<br />
■Sept. ■ 28 - at De La Salle,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at De La Salle,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Illiana<br />
Christian, 11 a.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 2 - at Minooka, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■Oct. ■ 3 - at St. Francis-<br />
Wheaton, 6 p.m.<br />
Girls tennis<br />
■Sept. ■ 29 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 3:30 p.m.<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lockport<br />
Invitational, 8 a.m.<br />
■Oct ■ 3 - hosts Plainfield<br />
North, 4 p.m.<br />
Boys cross country<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lisle<br />
Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />
Girls cross country<br />
■Sept. ■ 30 - at Lisle<br />
Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />
both come up big for us.”<br />
It’s been a good season for<br />
Central so far. The Knights<br />
haven’t won a SWSC title<br />
since they captured the first<br />
three between 2005-07 when<br />
the league was combined.<br />
“It’s still a big game,” Willner<br />
said of facing East. “We’re<br />
7-2 [through Sept. 20] and we<br />
[were] ready for Lockport [on<br />
Sept. 21] and the title game in<br />
the PepsiCo Tournament [on<br />
Sept. 24]. We’ve played really<br />
well and we’re ready.”<br />
Both teams are in the<br />
Class 3A Reavis Sectional,<br />
which begins next month.