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mokena’s Hometown Newspaper | www.mokenamessenger.com | January 3, 2019<br />
1<br />
2<br />
ebb and flow<br />
Knights girls<br />
basketball back to<br />
.500, Page 31<br />
Going<br />
medieval<br />
Griffins girls<br />
basketball claims 4th<br />
tourney title, Page 30<br />
4<br />
3<br />
A look at this past year’s most popular<br />
sports stories, Pages 28-29<br />
The Messenger looks back at the top sports stories of 2018, as determined by our readers. 1: Lincoln-Way’s Rick Smith leads the team in goals (34) and assists (17). 2: Recent<br />
Lincoln-Way Central grad Andrew Hancock was a two-sport standout in high school and now he’s going to University of Evansville (Indiana), to focus on baseball. 3: Former<br />
Lincoln-Way Central defensive back Peyton Nigro returns an interception 54 yards for a TD against Thornwood. Nigro committed to play at DII school Concordia-St. Paul. 4: Rachel<br />
Burkman (left) class of 2015 at Lincoln-Way North, and Madi Corey, class of 2018 at Lincoln-Way East, both ended up at Wesleyan College along with another former Lincoln-Way<br />
East grad Leah Seielstad, class of 2015. All three women factored prominently in Wesleyan’s deepest NCAA Division III title run this past November. 22nd Century Media file photos<br />
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