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34 | August 16, 2018 | The Northbrook tower SPORTS northbrooktower.com THIS WEEK IN.... SPARTANS VARSITY ATHLETICS GIRLS GOLF ■Aug. ■ 16 - at Libertyville Invite, 1:30 p.m. ■Aug. ■ 22 - at Glenbrook South, 4 p.m. ■Aug. ■ 23 - hosts St. Viator, 4 p.m. BOYS GOLF ■Aug. ■ 18 - at CSL Showcase, noon ■Aug. ■ 23 - at Niles West, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS ■Aug. ■ 21 - at Libertyville, 4:30 p.m. ■Aug. ■ 22 - at Buffalo Grove, 4:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER ■Aug. ■ 21 - at Barrington, 7 p.m. ■Aug. ■ 23 - hosts Taft, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ■Aug. ■ 22 - at Warren, 6 p.m. Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Ari Bosse Vote for Athlete of the Month Help support young athletes. Vote online August 10 - 25 at: northbrooktower.com Congratulations to this week’s Athlete of the Week. We’re pleased to be a sponsor of this program. Don’t just list your real estate property... Sell It! With a Classified Ad See the Classified Section for more info, or call 708.326.9170 22ndCenturyMedia.com Bosse was a major contributor for the Glenbrook North boys track and field team. When and why did you start running? I started running in sixth grade and it was really because I found out I didn’t have much endurance and wanted to gain athleticism. At that time, I was playing soccer and had some pretty hefty aspirations as a soccer player, so that I was finding I didn’t have the stamina to play an entire soccer game. What do you like most about the sport? It keeps me in balance. It’s kind of like my equilibrium. I’ve found that when things in life are going rough, it’s a foundation that I can return to. Being out on a run allows me to reflect and find kind of this inner balance. Do you have any superstitions before you compete? I’m extremely careful about what I eat. I basically have it down to a science. I will never eat something that could be considered marginally dangerous. We have a vending machines there, and there are certain protein bars that would be totally fine to eat before a race, but I look at the fat content and think it’s a little too heavy and I’ll turn down something that’s barely imperfect. What is one thing people don’t know about you? I’m very meticulous. To a lot of my friends, I can come off as someone who’s friendly and goes with the flow, but when it comes to my work, I’m extremely meticulous. If one thing is out of order, I just work tirelessly to correct that one thing. What is your favorite sports moment? It was the first time we qualified for state. It was the sectional race in May of 2017, my junior year, the first time our team qualified for state. I remembered I ran a fast split for a personal best and I just remember watching Kyle Foley just outkicking everyone on the final bend to take first. At that point, it wasn’t even a doubt that we made state. If you were a superhero, what superpower would you want? I would definitely do time travel. This is barring any Butterfly Effect. I would like to travel back in time so I can make intelligent investment decisions and become a trillionaire in a few weeks. Photo submitted What would you do if you won the lottery? I would probably get a good financial advisor. Most people end up in a financial meltdown within months. If you could play another sport what sport would it be? I would play soccer because I used to play it. What is your favorite area restaurant? Kamehachi is amazing. I guess it’s more of an occasional restaurant but I love going there with my family. I get four-to-five orders of spicy tuna rolls with some crunch, so that’s around 30 rolls. If you could be any animal, which would you choose? I would want to be a bunny. I have a bunny and they’re extremely fast and agile, and they can get away with anything because they’re adorable. I admire their agility and they can be mischievous and no one cares. Interview by Sports Editor Michal Dwojak
northbrooktower.com Sports the northbrook tower | August 16, 2018 | 35 From the Sports Editorial Intern Reflecting on a summer of learning Michael Parsky Wow, summer really does breeze by. It feels like yesterday that I was unpacking my gear from college and ready to begin my three months of rest and relaxation. As I now prepare to say goodbye to my friends and family, and head back to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I will begin my sophomore year in September, I’d like to reflect on the amazing experience I had at 22nd Century Media and acknowledge those who made it so great as well. To begin, I’d like to thank Mr. Eric DeGrechie, the managing editor of 22nd Century Media’s North Shore office, for giving me the special opportunity to cover high school sports in the communities I grew up in and around. I also owe a huge thank you to the three sports editors I worked closely with, Brittany Kapa, Michael Dwojak, and Michael Wojtychiw, for taking me under their wings and teaching me the tricks-ofthe-trade on how to be a great and effective professional journalist. I came into the job expecting to perform the cliché duties that intern’s do in Hollywood films: going on coffee runs, making copies, and keeping your head low. That was not the case at all. Within five minutes of introducing myself, shaking everyone’s hands, and logging on to the Wi-Fi network, I hit the ground running as an email with my first two writing assignments had been sent to me before I even stepped foot in the office. And the rest is history. I believe that the only way a writer gets better is if he or she writes as much as possible. For most of the summer, I was turning in two-to-three articles a week, which was astronomically higher than I expected. I think the reason why I wrote so much this summer was the high level of trust my editors had in me. They always were willing to give me extra assignments, edited my articles right in front of me before they were published, and were never worried about me missing a deadline. This confidence my editors exhibited toward me really made a difference in my writing and really allowed me to grow and flourish as a writer and I could not be more appreciative of that. Aside from having the AP-style rules seared into my head (thanks guys), waiting around for some coach to respond to an email I sent a week ago, or having a communications coordinator at an undisclosed university give me the wrong time for an interview because he forgot that we are in central-standard time, I really had a fun time working in the office, whether it was cracking sarcastic jokes with Ms. Kapa and Mr. Wojtychiw during my intermittent trips to the editors desks to ask questions, or listening to Mr. DeGrechie talk sports with the office and say how amazing the New York Yankees are. From a worldly standpoint, something I realized throughout my time at 22nd Century Media is that everyone has a good story to tell. I wrote a lot of feature articles on athletes this summer from all different sports and backgrounds. To hear about the good and the bad, the adversity, the perseverance, and ultimately the triumphs from these athletes was truly memorable. To bring their stories out of obscurity, and unveil them to the public, is probably one of the most rewarding jobs a journalist can do. Additionally, I also learned how small the world can be. To travel and visit the school’s I grew up competing against on the basketball court, and to be able to meet and interview people within my hometown community of Lake Forest, including interviewing my former high school basketball coach, was definitely a highlight. With troves of knowledge and experience under my belt, I now look forward to taking all I have learned and applying it up in Madison. As a newly admitted student to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Wisconsin, I hope all I have accomplished here at 22nd Century Media will translate to success in the classroom at UW and in practice as I look to rejoin The Daily Cardinal student newspaper. For one last time, and for good measure, thank you 22nd Century Media for granting me the opportunity to work for you and giving me invaluable experience that I will use going forward. And to steal KVWN Channel 4 News Anchorman Ron Burgundy’s line, a tad bit, you stay classy North Shore of Chicago. Varsity Podcast names best all-time North Shore athlete Staff report The Varsity Podcast decided to name the best North Shore athlete of alltime to celebrate its 50th show. The 22nd Century Media sports podcast named the top 16 athletes who graduated from North Shore area schools, including Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Loyola Academy and New Trier, and placed them in a bracket where they faced off against each other in the 50th episode, which debuted Aug. 8. Hosts Michal Dwojak and Michael Wojtychiw and special guest Martin Carlino continued the fun in episode 51 where they named the top all-time athlete from the North Shore. To find out who won and to listen to all episodes of The Varsity, visit NorthbrookTower.com. The podcast is set to celebrate its one-year anniversary after providing North Shore area sports fans with conversations about what’s been happening on the sports scene, interviews with coaches and prominent alumni and even fun and games predicting the future and trying to figure out who said what. Residents can subscribe to listen to the podcast on iTunes by searching “The Varsity by 22nd Century Media,” can follow the podcast on Twitter @VarsityPodcast and like the “The Varsity Podcast” on Facebook.
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