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the orland park prairie | October 3, 2019 | 35
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
East golfer wins September honor
10 Questions
with Viyaleta Horzdich
Viyaleta Horzdish, who is
originally from Belarus, is
a junior tennis player at
Sandburg who was a state
qualifier last season.
How did you get
involved in tennis?
My parents signed me
up for lessons when I was
younger.
How is life in Belarus
different than in
Orland Park?
The biggest difference is
the language, but the cultures
are probably similar
and I don’t have problems
with communication.
What brought you to
Orland Park?
The main reason is because
Sandburg is a good
school.
What is your proudest
moment in athletics?
When I went to the state
meet sophomore year.
Do you have a hero,
or someone you look
up to?
Maria Sharapova.
Is there a sport you
are not good at?
No.
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
How about a TV show
that you could watch
over and over?
“Friends.”
Favorite food?
Blinchiki.
If they made a movie
about your life, who
should play you?
Myself.
What would that
movie be called?
“Living like Viyaleta.”
Interview conducted by
Sports Editor Jeff Vorva
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
football
From Page 37
Noone and senior defensive
lineman Zack Hitterman
each had a sack
that resulted in a big loss.
Michael Charnot picked
off a pass, senior Ben Seeber,
senior defensive back
Max Pignotti, sophomore
defensive back Brayden
Garrigan and Valdez each
had a tackle for loss.
And just as the defense
shut down the Carmel offense,
the Celtic offense
also had its way with the
Corsairs.
And like Vaughn said,
his Friday was weird, but
playing Saturday did not
make a difference as the
sophomore running back
ran for 203 yards on 19
attempts including a 75-
yard score that put Providence
up 42-6. Vaughn
Sophomore golfer Kailey White won the September
Athlete of the Month competition for publisher 22nd
Century Media’s Southwest Suburban Chicago branch.
22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO
After roaring through
the golf season last year
and qualifying for state
as a freshman, Lincoln-
Way East’s Kailey White
is hoping for another big
postseason run.
White, who lists Rory
McIlroy as her favorite
athlete, was voted as the
winner of the 22nd Century
Media’s Southwest Chicago
Athlete of the Month
contest for September.
White is the fourth athlete
from Lincoln-Way
East to win the Athlete of
the Month honor in 2019,
joining swimmer Bryce
Wyma (January), swimmer
Mason Rhode (February)
and water polo player
Jordan Bruni (April). The
Athlete of the Month
competition pits featured
Athlete of the Week selections
from our south suburban
newspapers against
one another in an online
voting contest.
The next contest is to
begin Thursday, Oct. 10.
To vote, visit OPPrai
rieDaily.com, hover over
the “Sports” menu tab
and click “Athlete of the
Month.” Readers can vote
once per session per valid
email address. Voting ends
at 5 p.m. Oct. 25.
All athletes featured in
the September Athlete of
the Week sports interviews
are automatically entered
into the contest.
had two touchdowns. He
scored on a three-yard
run late in the first half to
make it 21-0.
“I felt really good,” he
said. “I can’t do it without
my linemen and the guys
in front. They’re amazing,
all of them are top notch.
Without them, I wouldn’t
be putting up big numbers.
It still feels good,
though, breaking off these
big runs and hearing the
crowd yelling. It’s just a
good feeling.”
Providence put up 405
total yards, with 321 coming
on the ground. Conway
threw for 84 yards
on 7-of-16. Although he
did not throw for many
yards, he ran for 71
yards, including a 49-yard
keeper.
Conway scored two
touchdowns for Providence,
the first coming
after the Countryman
blocked punt in
the first quarter and the
second score was a 12-
yard run, 10 of which he
carried the pile into the
endzone.
Junior running back
Max Dillman broke off a
30-yard touchdown run to
make it 49-6 in the fourth.
The offense simply had
its way with the Corsair
defense.
“We’re practicing all
the time, so we just make
sure we give it our all in
practice and it transfers
to the game and we just
do what we have to do,”
Vaughn said.
The Celtics moved to
4-1 with the win after a
tough loss two weeks ago
to Notre Dame. One more
win will likely be enough
for Providence to get a
playoff spot.