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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.

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