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wilmettebeacon.com SPORTS<br />
the wilmette beacon | July 18, 2019 | 49<br />
Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Ciaran Brayboy<br />
The recent New Trier<br />
graduate will play basketball<br />
at Harvard University<br />
next season.<br />
When did you start<br />
playing basketball?<br />
End of seventh grade.<br />
Well, I guess I was so tall<br />
and it was the better choice<br />
for me (than hockey).<br />
Who’s your favorite<br />
basketball player?<br />
I didn’t really watch<br />
basketball ever, but maybe<br />
LeBron James. No, DeAndre<br />
Jordan. I don’t really<br />
watch sports.<br />
What’s your favorite<br />
TV show?<br />
I like Borat. It’s featured<br />
in the Ali G show. It just<br />
makes me laugh every<br />
time.<br />
What is your favorite<br />
basketball moment?<br />
Winning the eighth grade<br />
Central School Championship.<br />
It was great to win<br />
the championship with my<br />
Glencoe kids. I also liked<br />
beating Niles North in the<br />
sectional final and beating<br />
Evanston in their place.<br />
The whole journey was<br />
just a good time.<br />
What is one thing<br />
people don’t know<br />
about you?<br />
I love to ski. Avid skier.<br />
Good after retiring for college<br />
basketball for a few<br />
years. The last place I was<br />
in was Telluride.<br />
If you had one<br />
superpower, what<br />
would it be?<br />
Probably to be a Superman,<br />
he’s pretty wellrounded.<br />
One superpower?<br />
Teleporting. If I’m in a bad<br />
situation, get out of places<br />
quick.<br />
What would be the<br />
first thing you do after<br />
winning the lottery?<br />
I’d probably just tear<br />
the ticket up. It seems<br />
like everyone who wins<br />
the lottery doesn’t have<br />
a great life after that and<br />
they’re plagued by people<br />
who are just trying to take<br />
their money. I don’t think<br />
money is the true way to<br />
happiness.<br />
What is your ultimate<br />
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goal in life?<br />
I want to live a fulfilling<br />
life. I really want to be<br />
a doctor, to help people. I<br />
don’t think that’s the only<br />
way to do it, but using myself<br />
for good.<br />
Where do you most<br />
want to travel?<br />
I really want to go to<br />
Vietnam sometime, just<br />
travel the world. Japan,<br />
Norway, Morocco. Get out<br />
of town.<br />
If you could be one<br />
animal what would it<br />
be?<br />
Cheetah or a polar bear.<br />
I like to swim in cold water,<br />
but his home is disappearing.<br />
Cheetah’s are<br />
pretty fast so I’d like to run<br />
around the Sahara.<br />
Interview by Sports Intern<br />
Drew Favakeh<br />
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast<br />
Guys finish bracket for best current player<br />
Staff Report<br />
In this week’s episode of<br />
The Varsity: North Shore,<br />
the only podcast focused<br />
on North Shore sports,<br />
hosts Michal Dwojak,<br />
Michael Wojtychiw and<br />
Nick Frazier do something<br />
different. With the summer<br />
taking its full effect<br />
in July, the guys decide to<br />
make a bracket of the best<br />
current North Shore athlete<br />
competing at the professional<br />
level. The guys<br />
spend this episode going<br />
through their bracket with<br />
each matchup and argue<br />
who is the best current<br />
North Shore professional<br />
athlete.<br />
SIDEWALK SALE<br />
THURSDAY<br />
JULY 25<br />
First Quarter<br />
The three start of the<br />
episode going through the<br />
first round of the bracket,<br />
leading to the final eight.<br />
Second Quarter<br />
The guys move on to the<br />
quarterfinals of the bracket,<br />
with some fun battles to<br />
debate between athletes.<br />
Third Quarter<br />
They move on to the<br />
final four, where some<br />
debates about medals and<br />
All-Star berths come up<br />
again.<br />
FRIDAY<br />
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Fourth Quarter<br />
The Varsity’s hosts finish<br />
the bracket off with<br />
the championship game<br />
and name the best current<br />
North Shore professional<br />
athlete.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
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