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mokena’s Award-Winning Hometown Newspaper MokenaMessengerDaily.com • December 5, 2019 • Vol. 12 No. 17 • $1 

2019 IHSA class 8a champions | Lincoln Way East 12, Warren 0 

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Publication 

Lincoln-Way East shuts down 

Warren 12-0 to win Class 

8A state championship, 

completing second 

undefeated season in three 

years. Game coverage, Pages 

39, 38. Parade coverage, 

Page 3. 

Caught 

Man arrested in series 

of Old Plank Road Trial 

assaults, Page 4 

Search begins 

Mokena D159 begins 

process of replacing 

superintendent, Page 6 

Knowledge is 

power 

Find some in the latest 

22nd Century Media 

Education Guide, Inside

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Thursday 

Ladies Night Out - 

Mistletoe Market 

4-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 

5, Orland Park Crossing, 

14225 95th Ave. Free admission 

to this 22nd Century 

Media event. Toy 

drive, 70-plus vendors, 

visitors from the North 

Pole, photos with live reindeer, 

ice-carving demonstration, 

Sandburg Chamber 

Singers and more. Free 

tote bag to the first 200 

attendees. For more information, 

visit 22ndcentury 

media.com/our-company/ 

events. 

Saturday 

Mokena Community Park 

District’s Breakfast with 

Santa 

9-10:30 a.m. Dec. 7, Aurelio’s 

Restaurant, 9901 

W. Lincoln Highway in 

Frankfort. Enjoy your 

breakfast with the Jolly 

Old Elf. Registration includes 

entertainment, gifts 

and a breakfast buffet that 

includes breakfast calzones, 

French toast sticks, 

scrambled eggs, sausage 

and fruit. Children under 

age 1 are admitted free 

(does not include breakfast 

or gift). All children must 

be accompanied by an 

adult. All attendees must 

be pre-registered through 

Mokena Park District. 

Registration is not accepted 

at the restaurant. Registration 

fee: $21R/$24NR. 

Registration deadline is 

Nov. 23. No refunds for 

this event. For more information, 

call Mokena Park 

District at (708) 390-2401 

or visit mokenapark.com 

and register online. 

Under the Mistletoe 

1-2 p.m. Dec. 7, Mokena 

Community Public 

Library District, 11327 W. 

195th St. in Mokena. Join 

the Mokena Community 

Public Library District as 

we make the season bright 

with Matt and Cynthia 

Gruel in their Holiday 

Cabaret, Under the Mistletoe. 

Feel the jingling beat 

with “Holly Jolly Christmas,” 

“Santa Baby” and 

Mariah Carey’s classic 

“All I Want for Christmas 

is You,” Reminisce with 

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 

“White Christmas” and 

“Let it Snow.” Rock out to 

“Santa Claus is Comin’ to 

Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock” 

and “Rockin’ Around the 

Christmas Tree.” This joyful, 

nostalgic one-hour 

cabaret features the festive 

stories behind the music 

and is sure to get you in 

the holiday spirit. To register, 

call (708) 479-9663, or 

register through our events 

calendar at mokenalibrary. 

org. 

Monday 

Mokena Village Board of 

Trustees meeting 

7 p.m. Dec. 9, Village 

Hall, 11004 Carpenter St. 

in Mokena. 

TUESDAY 

Winter Band and Choir 

Concert 

6 p.m. Dec. 10, Mokena 

Junior High School, 19815 

Kirkstone Way in Mokena. 

Join the bands and choirs 

from Mokena Intermediate 

School and Mokena 

Junior High School for 

seasonal and holiday music. 

The MIS concert is to 

begin at 6 p.m., followed 

by the MJHS concert at 

7:30 p.m. There is no cost 

to attend, but concessions 

will be available between 

the concerts at a nominal 

cost benefiting the Mokena 

Music Boosters. 

UPCOMING 

Santa Day 



Library District, 11327 

W. 195th St. in Mokena. 

Santa and Mrs. Claus will 

be here, so bring your 

cameras. Live reindeer, 

crafts, toy soldier boy on 

stilts and refreshments. 

For more information, call 

(708) 479-9663, or visit 

mokenalibrary.org. 

Holiday blood drive at the 

Mokena Community Public 

Library 



Library District, 11327 W. 

195th St. in Mokena. The 

holiday hustle and bustle 

tends to make blood donation 

fall to the bottom of 

the to-do list, so in order 

to help make it easy for 

donors to give, Heartland 

Blood Centers is encouraging 

community members 

to donate blood. They 

are spreading a little holiday 

joy while you are saving 

lives by giving the gift 

of blood. Call (708) 479- 

9663 to set an appointment, 

or register online at 

heartlandbc.org. Walk-ins 

are welcome 

ONGOING 

LWABWO Meetings 

6-8 p.m. on the third 

Tuesday of each month 

Sept. through June, Gatto’s 

Restaurant, 1938 E. 

Lincoln Highway, New 

Lenox. The Lincoln-Way 

Area Business Women’s 

Organization is a non-profit 

club formed in 1971 to 

provide scholarship funds 

to graduating female high 

school seniors and adult 

women for the purpose of 

continuing education. We 

are always looking for new 

members. For more information, 

visit LWABWO. 

org. 

We are Lions 

7 p.m. first Thursday 

of each month, Doc’s 

Smokehouse, 19081 Old 

LaGrange Road #105 in 

Mokena. The Lions Club 

of Mokena hosts is monthly 

meeting. For more information, 

email Mokena 

LionsClub@att.net. 

Al-Anon 

6 p.m. Sundays, Mokena 

Fellowship Center, 11137 

W. 191st St., Mokena; 7 

p.m. Mondays and 6 p.m. 

Thursdays, Old Plank Trail 

Bank, 20012 Wolf Road, 

Mokena. Meetings are 

open to anyone who feels 

their life has been affected 

by a problem drinker. 

There are no dues or fees. 

All meetings are confidential. 

For more information, 

call (815) 773-9623. 

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Mokena Fire Protection 

CPR Class 

6-9:30 p.m. Ongoing. 

Mokena Fire Station 

1, 19853 S. Wolf Road, 

Moknea. The Mokena Fire 

Protection District offers 

monthly CPR classes for 

the public. Students are 

instructed in adult, child 

and infant CPR and AED. 

The cost of the class is $35 

for Community CPR and 

$40 Healthcare CPR. Register 

for specific dates at 

mokenafire.org. 

Kindergarten Registration 

Drive 

8 a.m.-4 p.m. Ongoing. 

District Administrative 

Center, 20100 South 

Spruce Drive in Frankfort. 

Summit Hill School District’s 

2019-20 kindergarten 

registration drive continues. 

Parents may access 

studentregistration.org to 

review the checklist of 

documents needed for registration. 

Parents have the 

option of enrolling their 

kindergartener in the extended 

day program or the 

half-day program. Registration 

fee for extended 

day is $150. Registration 

fee for half day is $125. 

3D Printer Class 

10-11 a.m. every third 

Saturday of the month, 

Mokena Community Public 

Library District, 11327 

W. 195th St. Visit the YA 

Computer Lab to create 

3-D nameplates with our 

Makerbot 2x 3-D Printer. 

Call (708) 479-9663 for 

more information. 

Mobile Workforce Center 

1:30-3:30 p.m. Fridays, 

Mokena Community 

Public Library, 11327 W. 

195th St., Mokena. The 

Mobile Workforce Center 

travels to communities 

throughout Will County 

assisting residents who are 

looking for a job.

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LW East celebrates with parade a year in the making 

3 

Jon DePaolis 

Freelance Reporter 

The slogan for the Lincoln-Way 

East football 

team in 2019 was “redefined,” 

but the postscript 

can read “champions.” 

The Griffins celebrated 

winning the Illinois High 

School Association Class 

8A state championship 

Sunday, Dec. 1, with a parade 

around the communities 

that make up East. It 

all culminated with a midday 

rally at the school in 

Frankfort. 

“This really started last 

November … after we 

lost to Loyola,” East Athletic 

Director Mark Vander 

Kooi said during the rally. 

“This team and these 

coaches were determined 

to make sure that we were 

going to finish the deal this 

year.” 

East Principal Sharon 

Michalak also praised the 

team for the work it put 

into preparing for the season. 

“You redefined having 

spirit and it shines brightly,” 

she said. “You redefined 

teamwork, which resulted 

in a championship. 

Lincoln-Way East football 

team: We are so proud of 

you.” 

East coach Rob Zvonar 

also thanked the team’s 

fans for braving the elements 

to watch the game 

in DeKalb. 

“You were loud, and you 

were awesome,” he said. 

During his speech, 

Zvonar said he found it 

fitting that the state title 

Four busses full of Lincoln-Way East High School 

football players parade their way around the Lincoln- 

Way community Sunday, Dec. 1. The Griffins wrapped 

up a perfect season with an ISHA Class 8 State 

Championship over Warren the previous night. Julie 

McMann/22nd Century Media 

games took place on the 

weekend after Thanksgiving 

because it allowed him 

to think about for what he 

is grateful – such as the 

support from the school 

district and administration, 

the families of the players 

and coaches, the youth 

football feeder programs, 

the athletic boosters, and 

the communities that make 

up East. 

“And then these guys 

here – we are blessed 

to have these players,” 

Zvonar said. “Thank you 

for showing an uncommon 

commitment. Thank 

you for setting aside individualism 

and believing in 

team first. Thank you for 

redefining yourselves on a 

daily basis in all that you 

do. It is because of that 

redefining that today you 

sit here as the very best 

in what you do. Not very 

many people get to wake 

up in the morning and be 

the very best at what you 

do, but that is exactly what 

you guys are today. 

“... This is not some normal 

group of young men. 

They are going to change 

the world for the good. But 

for now, they’ve earned 

the right to celebrate. The 

trophy will be in the case, 

and you are going to get 

the ring, but the legacy 

will last a generation and 

all the memories that go 

with it.” 

After the rally concluded, 

and while the families 

and students took to the 

court to celebrate with the 

football team, East standout 

senior defensive linemen 

Adrian Wilson and 

Sean McLaughlin reflected 

on the season and the 

parade. 

“Getting on the bus and 

going around with the 

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Man arrested, charged with groping women on Old Plank Road Trail 

Nuria Mathog 

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A Richton Park man 

was arrested Nov. 25 

From Nov. 26 

and charged with Class 4 

felony battery after he allegedly 

groped multiple 

women on the Old Plank 

Road Trail in three separate 

incidents this fall, the 

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arrested in 

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with Swift 

incidents 

reported on the trail Sept. 

10, Oct. 23 and Nov. 6. In 

each incident, a woman 

reported a lone man had 

grabbed her buttocks. 

At around 11:20 a.m. 

Nov. 25, Frankfort officers 

received several reports 

of a potential suspect running 

between the Larch 

Road and the LaGrange 

Road suspension bridge, 

according to police. A 

woman reported she was 

walking westbound on the 

trail when she saw a man 

matching the description 

Mokena Board of Trustees 

of the suspect in previous 

cases running eastbound 

toward her. The woman 

said she passed the man, 

continued walking westbound 

and noticed someone 

quickly approaching 

her from behind. At that 

point, she said she turned 

around and saw the man 

behind her. She reported 

she thought he was attempting 

to touch her, 

but he was startled by her 

movement and changed direction, 

running east along 

the trail. 

Frankfort patrol officers 

worked with a Will County 

Forest Preserve officer to 

set up a perimeter, which 

they began to tighten 

with each reported sighting, 

according to police. 

The man, later identified 

as Swift, was detained on 

the trail between Oak and 

White Streets, and taken 

to the Frankfort Police station 

for additional questioning. 

Through investigation, 

police determined 

Swift was a regular trail 

user and would sometimes 

park near the trail and 

Larch Road, according to 

the release. On Nov. 25, 

he reportedly parked near 

White and Elwood streets. 

After being processed 

and interviewed by Frankfort 

police, Swift was 

transferred to the Will 

County Jail, where he 

awaits a bond hearing. 

The Frankfort Police Department 

wishes to thank 

the community and other 

law enforcement agencies 

for all of the leads and tips 

investigators received that 

led to the arrest. 

‘Big bang for your buck’: Village 

approves property tax levy 

9 

Village says levy 

is ‘tax neutral’ for 

property owners 

Jon DePaolis 


The Village of Mokena 

Board of Trustees voted 

5-0 Nov. 25 to approve 

the 2019 property tax levy. 

Trustee George Metanias 

was absent. 

The 2019 levy proposes 

an increase over the 2018 

Please see village, 6 

Round it up 

A brief recap of other items discussed at the Nov. 

25 Mokena Village Board meeting. 

• After a brief executive session, the Village Board 

members voted 5-0 to approve a voluntary separation 

agreement with Public Works Director Lou Tiberi. 

• Trustees voted 5-0 to approve a special event 

request from Mokena Miracles to allow for the 

delivery of holiday gifts using Village vehicles on 

Dec. 15. 

• William Martin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 

725 Cmdr. Jim Hogan and Billy Kordick spoke 

during the Discover Mokena portion of the meeting, 

informing the public of the VFW’s efforts to solicit 

donations for the Manteno Veterans Home.

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the Mokena messenger’s 

Standout Student 

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Mokena D159 Board of Education 

Search is on for new superintendent 

9 

Sophia Valentini, 

Noonan Academy 

fifth-grader 

What is one essential you 

must have when studying? 

I need a quiet place to 

study and that is not easy 

to find with four brothers. 

What do you like to do when 

not in school or studying? 

I like to dance, play basketball, 

swim, gymnastics, 

draw, do drama shows and 

play with my brothers. 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

I am half Mexican and 

half Italian 

Whom do you look up to 

and why? 

I look up to my grandma 

because she has had a lot 

of surgeries and is always 

very brave. 

What’s one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

The one thing that 

stands out is that God is 

always first. 

What extracurricular(s) do 

you wish your school had? 

I wish the school had a 

dance team, class pets, and 

a mascot. 

If you could change one 

thing about school what 

would it be? 

I would want Mrs. 

Noonan back at the school. 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

My best memory is 

when my dad showed up 

as a surprise Dr. Seuss 

reader in my classroom. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature for The Mokena Messenger. 

Nominations come 

from Mokena-area schools. 

Broker - Management Team 

“10” 

T.J. Kremer III, Editor 

The Mokena School 

District 159 Board of Education 

is wasting no time 

in its search to replace outgoing 

Superintendent Don 

White. 

The board held a special 

meeting Nov. 25 where 

Tom Madden, a partner 

with the consulting firm 

School Exec Connect, presented 

a timeline for the 

vetting, interviewing and 

hiring process. 

Madden said that his 

village 

From Page 4 

levy of $24,522, or about 

1.24 percent, for a proposed 

total tax levy of 

$2,006,427. Overall, the 

2019 rate will come in at 

approximately $0.2387 

per $100 of equalized assessed 

value. Last year, the 

tax rate was $0.2457 per 

$100 of EAV. Therefore, 

for a home with an EAV 

of $308,880 compared to 

a home in 2018 that was 

assessed at $300,000, the 

homeowner’s tax to the 

Village would increase to 

$245.77 from $245.70 — 

a difference of 7 cents. 

“It’s tax-neutral for 

property owners,” Mokena 

Finance Director Barb 

Damron said during the 

discussion. “It provides 

revenues for pensions and 

retirement obligations. 

“Our overall EAV will 

increase by approximately 

$34 million, which is a 

positive sign for Mokena, 

as well. And it continues to 

follow the board’s conservative 

fiscal philosophy.” 

According to the presentation, 

the Village has historically 

increased its levy 

firm would begin the 

advertising process immediately 

by posting the 

open position on its own 

website, as well as several 

websites specific to educators. 

Applications would 

be accepted through Jan. 

20, 2020. 

Madden said he anticipates 

approximately 40 

applicants, some of whom 

could potentially be applicants 

from 2017 when 

White was selected to replace 

then outgoing Superintendent 

Omar Castillo. 

by an average of $48,519, 

or about 2.85 percent, over 

the past 10 years. 

Damron said that when 

comparing Mokena to the 

other 23 Will County municipalities, 

the Village 

had the lowest 2018 municipal 

tax rate. 

“We have been in this 

position for quite a few 

years,” she said. 

Damron also pointed 

out that approximately 65 

percent of a resident’s tax 

bill goes to local school 

districts. 

“The Village only receives 

4 cents of every 

dollar a resident pays in 

property tax,” Damron 

said. “This equates to approximately 

$245 in municipal 

property tax on 

a $300,000 home — or 

67 cents per day. For less 

than the price of a cup of 

coffee, Mokena provides 

a multitude of services to 

our customers 24/7, 365 

days a year.” 

Those services include: 

police, water and sanitary 

sewer, street maintenance, 

and permits and code enforcement. 

Damron said the tax 

levy also was discussed 

Of the anticipated applicants, 

about 20-25 would 

be selected for face-to-face 

interviews with Madden 

before he narrows the field 

to 5-7 applicants in early to 

mid February to present to 

the board for consideration. 

The board would then 

narrow that field down 

to three applicants, who 

would go through interviews 

with the board and 

a committee made up of 

D159 faculty, staff and 

members of the community, 

Madden said. 

previously at the Oct. 21 

work session and was announced 

publicly at the 

Oct. 28 Village Board 

meeting. At the Oct. 21 

work session, it was the 

direction of the Village 

Board to only include new 

growth in the limiting rate 

calculation — not incorporating 

the new consumer 

price index. 

“We have a commitment 

to being fiscally conservative 

and working within 

our budget, and we are 

trying to keep the money 

that you pay for our services 

as low as possible,” 

Trustee Joseph Siwinski 

said after the vote. “We 

provide, I believe, a big 

bang for your buck here 

in town for police services 

and the roads and the different 

things that we do for 

$250 or less on a $300,000 

house. That’s a lot that you 

get.” 

Village seeks restoration 

grant for Pioneer 

Cemetery 

Later, during the work 

session that followed the 

regular meeting, the board 

members heard a proposal 

from staff to make 

The goal is to have a 

new superintendent selected 

by mid to late March, 

Madden said. 

Prior to closing the open 

application period, perhaps 

during the district’s 

winter break, Madden said 

he will sit down with each 

board member individually 

to discuss what it is 

each is looking for in the 

next superintendent. 

Madden said he would 

keep the board posted periodically 

with updates on 

the search. 

improvements at Pioneer 

Cemetery. 

Assistant Village Administrator 

Kirk Zoellner 

said the Village can apply 

for matching grants 

from Landmarks Illinois to 

clean and restore the grave 

markers at the cemetery. 

Zoellner said the restoration 

work was funded 

in part by a 50-50 grant 

from the Landmarks Illinois 

Preservation Heritage 

Fund. Zoellner said these 

grants can be applied for 

quarterly, with the next 

round of applications being 

due Feb. 15, 2020. 

Zoellner also met with 

Christine Hillman of Cemetery 

Preservation Inc., a 

private contractor who restores 

grave markers. 

After consulting with 

the board members, consensus 

was given that staff 

pursue applying for a grant 

and that the Village would 

be amenable to providing 

approximately $2,210 to 

have the restoration work 

be performed by Hillman. 

“She is more than capable 

of doing [the work] on 

a timeline where we can 

get it done in the summer,” 

Zoellner said.



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9 a.m.–1 p.m. 

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Deadline: Thursday, Jan. 2 

For more information, call (708) 326-9170 ext. 16 or 

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parade 

From Page 3 

team, that was one of the 

coolest things,” McLaughlin 

said of the parade. 

They also touched on 

how it felt the night before 

as the clock hit zeroes. 

“It was just surreal,” 

Wilson said. “You just 

think all the way back to 

January and all the hard 

work you’ve put in.” 

Holiday Card Contest 2019 Prizes 

A look at what you can win in this year’s Holiday 

Card Contest 

Best in Show 

• Four $25 gift cards to Bonefish Grill, 15537 S. 

LaGrange Road in Orland Park 

• Four one-hour passes for racquetball/wallyball 

at Silver Lake Country Club, 14700 S. 82nd Ave. in 

Orland Park 

• A $25 gift certificate for Tazza Italian Ristorante, 

14065 S. Bell Road in Homer Glen 

• $25 gift card for One Paper Place, 590 Bankview 

Drive, Suite B, in Frankfort 

• A certificate good for $5 off a purchase of $10 or 

more at Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage, 16600 W. 

159th St. in Lockport 

Funniest 

• A $100 gift card to Urban Air Adventure Park, 

19800 S. LaGrange Road in Mokena 

• Four $10 gift certificates for The Barrel Club, 

4910 W. 111th St. in Oak Lawn 

• Two hours of free bowling for up to six people, 

including shoe rentals, along with a pizza and 

pitcher full of pop, at Laraway Lanes, 1009 West 

Laraway Road in New Lenox 

• Certificates for four free value baskets at 

Culver’s, 18248 Sayre Ave. in Tinley Park 

• A certificate good for $5 off a purchase of $10 or 

more at Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage, 16600 W. 

159th St. in Lockport 

your child’s first celebration, 

artistic interpretations 

of what the family would 

look like if they were actually 

happy together for 

the holidays, your all-time 

favorite Kwanzaa customs 

or Hanukkah handwritten 

blessings — whatever it is 

you send to the people you 

love to remind them you 

care this time of year. 

We want to see your 

intricate paperwork. We 

want to hear who got a 

new job, how they’re 

spending the money and 

who is being left out (and 

why, please). We want holiday 

photos, be they riffs 

on your favorite National 

Lampoon movie or in the 

true spirit of the holiday. 

Whatever it is you do 

to greet people for the 

holidays (just the familyfriendly 

stuff, please), 

simply address these 

things to Managing Editor 

Bill Jones, and mail 

them to 11516 W. 183rd 

St. Unit SW Office Condo 

3, Orland Park, IL, 60467. 

Make sure the items somewhere 

include a name and 

a phone number at which 

we can reach you, should 

you happen to win the contest, 

as well as your hometown. 

We will accept submissions 

through 5 p.m. Tuesday, 

Dec. 24, because we, 

too, wait to do things until 

the last minute sometimes. 

“You’re lost in emotion 

almost,” McLaughlin added. 

“You don’t know what 

to do, because all of the 

work that you put in has 

finally like come to a point 

and you have nothing other 

to do than to celebrate with 

the brothers you’ve grown 

up with something you’ve 

worked toward forever.” 

As for how they felt this 

team would rank in the 

pantheon of East football 

The entries must be received 

(not postmarked) 

Please see contest, 12 

teams, they each pointed 

to the team’s toughness. 

“The defense putting up 

a zero in a state championship 

game is like truly unheard 

of, especially with 

the other games where 

there was like 37 and 42 

[points],” McLaughlin 

said. “I definitely think our 

grit was one of the biggest 

things. ... Just the grit and 

toughness that we had was 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Tinley girl donates 

birthday presents to 

Treasure Chest six years 

in a row 

When Dawn Beaudry 

asked her now 10-year-old 

daughter, Ella, to donate 

her birthday presents for 

her party when she turned 

4, Ella did not hesitate. 

“I was like, ‘She doesn’t 

need anymore toys=; she 

has enough toys,’ and so 

I just started researching 

places to give gifts to and 

I found the Treasure Chest 

Foundation, and I like that 

it helps kids with cancer,” 

Dawn said. 

The Pediatric Oncology 

Treasure Chest Foundation, 

located in Orland 

Park, gives children with 

cancer gifts from its treasure 

chest to provide 

“comfort and distraction 

from painful procedures,” 

according to its website. 

“I want her to start appreciating 

what she has in 

life and realize there’s kids 

who don’t have all of that, 

and that it’s nice to help 

others when you can,” 

Dawn said. 

Every year for the last 

six years, Dawn did not 

needed to ask her daughter 

if she would like to keep 

donating. 

“She actually asks every 

year, she’s like, ‘Can we 

bring toys again?’” Dawn 

said. 

For Ella’s birthday 

party on Oct. 11, she collected 

15 toys from three 

friends who came over for 

a sleepover. She and her 

mother also went shopping 

to buy a few extra. 

On Oct. 25, Ella, her 

mother and her 6-year-old 

brother, Charlie, went to 

the Treasure Chest Foundation 

to deliver the toys. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn 

Schlabach, Editor. For more, 

visit TinleyJunctionDaily. 

com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Illinois Lottery celebrates 

holidays with free hot 

chocolate at Orland Park 

Mariano’s 

After finishing up their 

grocery shopping at the 

Mariano’s in Orland 

Park, customers were 

handed a fresh cup of hot 

chocolate. 

The Illinois Lottery 

teamed up Nov. 25 with 

Mariano’s to provide a 

little cup of cheer as they 

greeted shoppers. 

Larry Miller, a program 

director working with Illinois 

Lottery, explained the 

promotion. 

“The Illinois Lottery 

and Mariano’s have a new 

partnership,” Miller said. 

“We’re giving away hot 

chocolate to the consumers 

to promote the idea of 

giving more surprises this 

holiday season.” 

Joe Lullo, who was 

shopping for his father at 

Mariano’s, said he was 

happy to receive some hot 

chocolate. 

“This is a nice setup,” 

Lullo said. “I’m on a diet, 

but they roped me in, because 

it’s tantalizing. I’m 

so glad Mariano’s is here. 

I appreciate the fact they 

set this up and [are] doing 

something nice for the holidays 

for their customers.” 

Reporting by Mary Compton, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit OPPrairieDaily. 

com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Homer company recycles 

e-waste for LTHS tech 

enthusiasts 

A Homer Glen technology 

company is recycling 

junk electronics and donating 

the proceeds to 

young tech enthusiasts at 

Lockport Township High 

School. 

For every 10 pounds or 

20 individual electronic 

items recycled, the AJ 

Technology Company will 

donate $10 to the Technology 

Education Club at 

LTHS. 

Old electronics — except 

for computer monitors 

— can be dropped off 

at AJ’s office, 13231 W. 

143rd St. in Homer Glen, 

from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 

(and 10 a.m.-5 

p.m.) till Dec. 20. 

It was CEO Anthony 

Giacobbe’s idea to start 

the recycling drive. Giacobbe, 

a graduate of LTHS 

and a Homer Glen resident 

of 30 years, said it is his 

goal as CEO to give back 

to the community and to 

make positive, meaningful 

change. 

Reporting by Benjamin 

Conboy, Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit LockportLegend 

Daily.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

LTHS receives, gets 

training on two bleeding 

control kits 

Lockport Township 

High School teachers took 

full advantage of their late 

start day on Nov. 19 with 

a hands-on lesson from the 

Lockport Township Fire 

Protection District. 

The district donated a 

bleeding control kit to the 

school, which can temporarily 

stop bleeding and 

drastically increase the 

chance of survival in a 

traumatic situation. 

After months of collaboration 

between the school 

district and the department, 

one kit was donated 

to each of the campuses, to 

be located next to an automated 

external defibrillator. 

Raising funds was only 

half the mission, as the fire 

district aims to give teachers 

hands-on training. 

To kick off the session, 

Lt. Jeremiah Gericke led 

a presentation explaining 

the need for having easy 

access to the kits as well as 

training adults on proper 

usage. Gericke cited the 

recent Saugus High School 

shooting in California, 

where two children’s lives 

were saved by teachers 

who intervened using the 

kits and stopped bleeding 

until paramedics took 

over. 

A dozen firefighters for 

each campus volunteered 

their time to provide the 

training, as well as to 

gather the initial donations 

needed to afford the kits, 

which cost $900 per unit. 

Reporting by Derek Swanson, 

Editorial Intern. For more, 

visit HomerHorizonDaily. 

com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Village to honor local 

military veterans with 

banners in the Commons 

Mayor Tim Baldermann 

introduced a new program 

at the New Lenox Village 

Board meeting Nov. 25 

that will honor local military 

veterans. 

The program, which 

Baldermann said was suggested 

by a resident who 

had seen something similar 

done in another community 

in southern Illinois, 

will allow residents 

to request a banner honoring 

the military service of 

loved ones to be placed in 

the Village Commons. 

The 5-foot tall banners 

are to include the service 

member’s branch of the 

military, years of service 

and service picture on them, 

and will be fastened at the 

top and bottom of poles 

around the Commons. 

Baldermann’s plan accounted 

for 121 banners 

to be installed, with applications 

for banners now 

available on the Village 

website. First preference 

for banners will go to current 

and former residents 

of New Lenox as well as 

nonresident members of 

the New Lenox VFW and 

American Legion posts. 

Applicants who are accepted 

will be asked to pay 

a fee of $175, and each 

accepted application will 

Please see nfyn, 13 

contest 

From Page 8 

by that day, so make sure 

to give yourself enough 

time for holiday mail service. 

The entries will be 

evaluated by our editorial 

staff and judged in two 

categories: Best in Show 

and Funniest, so tell us 

in which category you’d 

like to be considered. 

We will pick one winner 

in each of the categories 

from across all seven of 

the towns covered by 

22nd Century Media’s 

Southwest office: Orland 

Park, Tinley Park, 

Frankfort, Mokena, New 

Lenox, Lockport and 

Homer Glen. 

In addition to awarding 

prizes (detailed in the accompanying 

sidebar), we 

plan to publish images or 

transcripts of our winners 

in print, along with a few 

of our other favorites. 

We do have three rules. 

• We are allowing only 

one entry per household 

for this contest. 

• The entry must be from 

this holiday season. 

• Because we’re living 

in a digital world, electronic 

entries are accepted. 

They can be sent to bill@ 

opprairie.com.

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From MokenaMessengerDaily.com as of 

Monday, Dec. 2. 

From the Editor 

On cheering and cheer 

1. Football: Lincoln-Way East wins 8A 

state championship behind historically 

dominant defense 

2. Holiday spirit abounds at LW Central 

Special Olympics Cheer Clinic 

3. English Garden Flowers & Gifts opens 

second location in Tinley Park 

4. Frankfort: Man arrested, charged with 

groping women on Old Plank Road 

Trail 

5. Football: Henning leaves East with two 

state titles, legacy in place 

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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in 

Mokena! What a fun weekend! It’s so great 

to see Front Street so full of life and activity!” 

Mokena Lion posted this to its Facebook 

page Nov. 25. 

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mokenamessenger.com 

“Lincoln-Way Central’s Environmental 

Action and Lincoln-Way West’s Science 

Club started off the holiday season by 

visiting the Christmas Around the World and 

Holidays of Light at the Museum of Science 

and Industry” 

@LWDistrict210 posted this to its Twitter 

account Nov. 25. 

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TJ Kremer iii 


First of all, congratulations 

are in 

order for the 2019 

Lincoln-Way East football 

team. Winning two 

state titles in three years 

— both of which were 

undefeated seasons, by the 

way — is no small feat, 

and this season’s squad 

pulled it off with type of 

class, determination and 

resilience that set them 

nfyn 

From Page 12 

get a banner flown for two 

years between Memorial 

Day and Veterans Day. 

The Village will store 

the banners during the 

winter of the first year, 

and after the second year 

the banners will be given 

to the service member or 

family of the service member 

to keep. They are designed 

to withstand winds 

of up to 70 mph, so they 

will be able to be kept as 

keepsakes after they have 

flown. 

Reporting by Jessie Molloy, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit NewLenoxPatriot 

Daily.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort dancer to 

above and apart from their 

competitors. 

And, as the Griffins 

proved again this year, 

it takes a team effort to 

accomplish great things. 

That extends to the coaches, 

parents and volunteers 

who spent countless hours 

working with the young 

men on and off the field 

to help shape them into 

the student athletes that 

they are today. A special 

congratulations goes out 

to them, as well. 

The outpouring of support 

from the community 

was also good to see. It’s 

not every day that a community 

gets to throw a 

parade for its student athletes, 

so it’s good to have 

that opportunity to band 

together and cheer. 

Now, speaking of cheer, 

perform in Chicago ballet 

production 

For Mairead Littleton, 

ballet is more than just 

a style of dance — it is 

a unique opportunity for 

self-expression. 

The 17-year-old Frankfort 

dancer will take her 

talents to the stage this 

weekend in A&A Ballet’s 

rendition of “The Art Deco 

Nutcracker,” scheduled 

for Dec. 6-8 at Chicago’s 

Studebaker Theater. 

Littleton has several 

parts in the upcoming production 

— a colorful, energetic 

version of the classic 

“Nutcracker” ballet set in 

the 1920s. 

Littleton, a senior at St. 

Ignatius College Prep, discovered 

her love of ballet 

at an early age and has 

been dancing since she 

was 5 years old. 

“I remember I was 

there is going to be a 

whole lot of it filling the 

pages of The Messenger in 

the coming weeks leading 

up to the holidays, as we 

cover as many of the holiday 

related events around 

town as we can. For some, 

that is exciting news. For 

others, it can be a trigger 

for some deeply sad or 

unwelcome memories. 

The holidays are not 

always a cheerful time for 

those who are affected by 

depression or other mental 

health issues. And it is not 

always readily apparent 

when one encounters such 

an individual. That person 

may do his or her best to 

put on a happy face and 

just try to silently trudge 

through these trying days 

ahead. 

But we can help. If we 

watching YouTube videos 

of ballerinas and seeing 

advertisements, and then 

me and my two younger 

sisters, we decided we 

wanted to stop Irish dance 

and start ballet,” Littleton 

said. 

She joined A&A Ballet 

in 2018. In February, 

come together the way we 

have shown that we can 

for a common goal, then 

we can help let those who 

need it most be ensuring 

that they are not alone, 

that there are others out 

here who care. 

So, while we go about 

our lives this holiday 

season, wishing each other 

a “happy this” or “merry 

that,” please keep an eye 

out for those who may 

need more than a wellintentioned 

phrase, and let 

us be prepared to really 

embrace the true meaning 

of the holidays by extending 

love and support to 

everyone because we 

cannot truly know what 

lies beneath the surface of 

someone who struggles 

through this season. 

Littleton competed in the 

student ballet competition 

Youth America Grand 

Prix, where A&A Ballet 

took first place in the ensemble 

category. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit 

FrankfortStationDaily.com. 

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22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. 

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Faith Briefs 

St. Mary’s Catholic Church (19515 

115th Ave., Mokena) 

Church Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m., 

9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 

p.m. Sundays 

Adoration 

Wednesdays following 

BUY IT! 

8 a.m. Mass in the Chapel 

until 6:45 p.m. 

Mokena School District 159 

Truth in Taxation Notice of Proposed Levy 

Young at Heart Senior Club 

1 p.m. the first and third 

Wednesday of the month. 

Join the senior club for activities 

and outings Sept.- 

June. For more information, 

call (708) 699-5018. 

Holy Rosary 

7:30 a.m. daily; 7 p.m. 

Tuesday evenings. 

St. John’s United Church of Christ 

(11100 Second St., Mokena) 

Christmas craft fair 

Notice of Proposed Property Tax Increase For 

Mokena School District 159 

I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase 

for Mokena School District 159 for 2019 will be held on 

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM at Mokena Elementary 

School 11244 Willowcrest Lane, Mokena, Illinois. Any person desiring 

to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing 

district may contact Dr. Teri Shaw, Chief School Business Official, 

11244 Willowcrest Lane, Mokena, Illinois, at (708) 342-4900. 

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or 

abated for 2018 were $14,843,621. The proposed corporate and special 

purpose property taxes to be levied for 2019 are $18,709,623. 

This represents a 26.04% increase over the previous year. 

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building 

commission leases for 2018 were $2,251,044.58 The estimated 

property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission 

leases for 2019 are $549,950. This represents a -75.57% decrease 

over the previous year. 

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2018 were 

$17,094,666.02. The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 

2019 are $19,259,573.00. This represents a 12.66% increase over the 

previous year. 

SELL IT! 

FIND IT! 

IN THE CLASSIFIEDS CALL 708.326.9170 

11 a.m.-3 p.m., Dec. 8. 

Join St. John’s UCC for a 

Christmas craft fair with 

handmade crafts, local 

vendors, raffle prizes and 

a children’s craft station. 

Free entry to the event. 


(708) 479-5123, or visit 

stjohnspreschoolmokena. 

org. 

Christmas cookie bake sale 

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 14. 


8 a.m. traditional service, 

9:45 a.m. contemporary 

and family service 

with children’s bible lesson 

during adult worship 

service. For more information, 

visit stjohnsmokena. 

org 

Cards for a Cause 

7 p.m. the second Monday 

of each month. Bring 

your tape, scissors and colored 

pencils, if you have 

them, and plan for a creative 

evening with lots of 

fun. 

Bundles of Love 

7 p.m. the second and 

fourth Tuesday of each 

month. Enjoy fun and fellowship 

while making 

baby quilts for infants baptized 

at St. John’s and lap 

quilts for shut-ins. 

Mokena United Methodist Church 

(10901 LaPorte Road, Mokena) 

Annual Christmas cookie 

sale 

9 a.m.-noon Dec. 7. 

Service 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. 


(708) 479-1110. 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the 

church. For more information, 

call (708) 479-1110. 

Community Prayer 

Gathering 

2:30 p.m. every fourth 

Sunday. 

Breakfast 

9 a.m. every third Saturday 

of the month. 

Marley Community Church (12625 W. 

187th St., Mokena) 


10 a.m. Sundays. Childcare 

is provided. 

Sunday School 

9-10 a.m. Sundays. 

Senior High Youth Group 

7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 


email marleycommu 

nitychurch@gmail.com. 

Junior High Youth Group 

6-7:30 p.m. Fridays. 


email marleycommunity 

church@gmail.com. 

Men’s Group 

6 p.m. Sunday nights in 

the church basement. All 

men are welcome. 

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church 

(10731 W. La Porte Road, Mokena) 

Worship 

5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 

a.m. Sundays. 

God’s Kids Club 

10:15 a.m. Sundays in 

Sept.-May. 

Adult Bible Study 

10:15 a.m. Sundays in 

Sept.-May. 

Mokena Baptist Church (9960 W. 187th 

St., Mokena) 

Sunday Services 

11 a.m. and 5 p.m. For 

more information, call 

(312) 350-2279. 

Sunday School 


Mokena Baptist offers 

Sunday School classes 

for all ages. For more information, 

call (312) 350- 

2279. 

Parker Road Bible Church (18512 

Parker Road, Mokena) 

GriefShare seminar 

9:30 a.m. Dec. 14. “Surviving 

the Holidays.” If 

you have lost a loved one 

and don’t know how you 

will get through the upcoming 

holidays, please 

join us for this informative 

group meeting. Contact 

Gary DeVries for more 

information at (708) 990- 

9282 or the church office 

at (815) 463-1125. 

Worship Service 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. Be 

sure to arrive early for our 

Sunday Worship Service 

to enjoy a hot, complimentary 

cup of coffee every 

week at the church. Following 

the Christian Education 

Hour (9:15-10:15 

a.m.), all beverages can 

be found just outside the 

sanctuary. 

Grace Fellowship Church (11049 

LaPorte Road, Mokena) 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7-9 p.m. Mondays. All 

those struggling or who 

have struggled with a narcotics 

addiction are welcome. 

All meetings are 

confidential. For more information, 

call (708) 479- 

0300. 

Women’s Bible Study 

8:45-9:45 a.m. Sundays 

and 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays. 

Victory Baptist Church (13550 US Route 

6, Mokena) 

Sunday School 


Morning Worship 


Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor T.J. 

Kremer at tj@mokenames 

senger.com or call (708) 

326-9170 ext. 29. Deadline 

is noon Thursday one week 

prior to publication.

mokenamessengerdaily.com LIFE & ARTS 


Holiday spirit abounds at LWC 

Special Olympics Cheer Clinic 

Laurie Fanelli 


8 

The talented athletes of 

the Lincoln-Way Central 

Varsity and Junior Varsity 

Cheer Team are always 

full of school spirit, but 

it was holiday cheer that 

inspired them to host a 

heartwarming event. 

On Nov. 24, the LWC 

cheerleaders held a free 

Special Olympics Cheer 

Clinic to teach aspiring 

cheerleaders with special 

needs tips and techniques. 

To build on the season of 

giving, each participant 

was encouraged to bring 

an unwrapped toy to donate 

to Toys for Tots. 

This first-time event 

was inspired by the team’s 

dedication to giving back 

to the community, as well 

as the coaching staff’s 

passion for providing 

wonderful experiences 

for children with special 

needs. Head cheerleading 

coach, Danielle Emmart, 

assistant varsity coach 

Alexia Powers – whose 

brother Nick has Down 

syndrome and took part in 

the clinic – and head JV 

coach, Emilie Harris, said 

they were thrilled to be 

able to host the program. 

Emmart explained that 

seeing her 4-year-old son, 

Austin, who has a sensory 

processing disorder, experience 

sports situations 

with loud, distracting environments 

helped her to 

first develop the idea for 

the special needs Cheer 

Clinic. 

“We do cheerleading 

clinics for kids every year 

– pre-K through eighth 

grade – and we’ve never 

Cierra West (middle) learns cheer techniques from 

Lincoln-Way Central High School cheerleaders Jenna 

Morsovillo (left), of New Lenox, and Brianna Michaels, 

of Mokena, during a free Special Olympics Cheer Clinic 

Nov. 24 at LW Central. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

really had any special 

needs kids do it,” Emmart 

said. “The more I thought 

about it, the more I felt 

that parents shouldn’t 

feel like they can’t bring 

their kids to something 

like this. I feel like this is 

something that we should 

offer to these kids to give 

them a safe environment, 

especially for the parents 

to feel that they can stay 

with their kids if they 

need to. We can make this 

clinic all about these kids 

and make them feel like 

they’re cheerleaders for a 

day.” 

The athletes of the Lincoln-Way 

Central cheer 

program were also eager 

to share their expertise 

with the participants. 

“I was really excited 

because our kiddy camps, 

and everything with the 

Mokena Burros and Junior 

Knights is really 

successful for us,” said 

Allison Ceh, a senior LW 

Central student who lives 

in New Lenox. “When the 

kids are here they really 

enjoy it, so I was excited 

that the kids with special 

needs got the opportunity 

to have the same camps.” 

Mokena resident, and 

fellow senior cheerleader 

Aubrey Lake added, “It’s 

a really good opportunity 

for them to come in, especially 

if they’ve never had 

a chance to do it before.” 

The clinic featured a 

variety of cheers that the 

student athletes taught 

to the attendees. There 

was also a dance portion, 

which Mokena resident 

and LW Central senior 

Sydney Steffens said she 

was most looking forward 

to sharing. 

“We have a little dance 

prepared for them, and 

I’m excited for them to 

learn it and see them have 

fun with it. They’ll take 

it, run with it and have a 

good time,” Steffens said. 

Parents and other family 

members were invited 

to stick around and watch 

the entire clinic, which 

was highlighted by a clos- 

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A tradition 10 years strong 

Rock Bottom, 22nd Century Media team up for Cheers to 

Charity once again 

Heather Warthen, 22nd Century Media’s Chief Events Officer, welcomes guests to the 

10th annual Cheers to Charity and explains the sales at Rock Bottom that benefit the 

Orland Township Food Pantry. 

Michele Pierson, events and social media coordinator for Orland Park Area Chamber 

of Commerce, makes a food deposit on Nov. 26 during 22nd Century Media’s annual 

Cheers to Charity event at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery in Orland Park. 

Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Sandburg Chamber Singers (left to right) Maudy Miklos, Abby Hooks and Veronica 

Leafblad perform during Cheers to Charity. Through Dec. 20, guests at Rock Bottom 

Orland Park get $5 off their bill if they bring three canned food items or a new, 

unwrapped toy to donate. 

cheer 

From Page 17 

ing performance. 

Moms and dads were 

also in mind throughout 

the planning of the event, 

as Emmart and her team 

wanted to create a judgement-free 

zone where parents 

could feel comfortable 

if their child needed 

to take a break, adjust their 

learning style or take time 

to process the information. 

As it turned out, the participants 

had big smiles on 

their faces throughout the 

clinic, as did their cheerleader 

mentors, and they 

could not get enough of 

the thoughtfully taught 

lessons. 

“I can’t help but think 

of some of these moms 

and keep them in mind 

too because my heart 

goes out to them. They 

should be able to experience 

things with their 

kids no matter what,” 

Emmart said. 

A coloring station was 

set up for participants to 

visit any time they needed 

a pause from the action, 

and parents of the 

cheer team athletes were 

on hand throughout the 

event to help check people 

in and organize the 

toy drive. 

While the fundamentals 

of cheer were at the 

heart of the clinic, so 

were lessons of teamwork 

and good sportsmanship, 

which are cornerstones 

of the LW Central cheer 

program. 

Senior cheerleader and 

New Lenox resident Sophia 

Gambino has been 

cheering for almost a decade. 

She said what she 

loves most about the sport 

is the camaraderie of the 

team. 

“It’s been really special 

especially with our 

coach. She came in with 

the program and has created 

a great atmosphere,” 

Gambino said. “Everyone 

is so supportive of each 

other outside of school, 

in cheer and with schoolwork 

and everything. It’s 

just a great atmosphere.” 

Following this year’s 

inaugural Special Olympics 

Cheer Clinic and 

Toys for Tots Toy Drive, 

the LW Central cheer program 

staff and athletes 

plan to “absolutely” offer 

it again in the future.



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The Dish 

‘Good food, great service’ key to George’s successful 27-year run 

Abhinanda Datta 

Contributing Editor 

After spending over four 

decades in the food business, 

George Kollintzas 

has mastered the key to 

running a successful restaurant. 

“Good food, clean place 

and great service — these 

are my secret ingredients,” 

George said. 

The eatery, established 

in 1992 and located at 990 

N. State St. in Lockport, 

has an extensive menu, 

from fresh salads to satiating 

desserts, and the 

owners take credit for revamping 

the items every 

few years. But no matter 

what the dish, they are all 

consistent in flavor, texture 

and presentation. 

“One unique thing we 

offer is consistency, since 

we’ve had the same cooks 

for about 20 years,” said 

Christina Kollintzas, 

George’s daughter and 

business partner. “People 

can always count on us for 

the same taste and the same 

friendly environment. We 

are all one big family here, 

and it is just very comfortable 

and welcoming.” 

The Kollintzas family 

moved to Chicago from 

California in 1990, and 

fortuitously came across a 

restaurant that already had 

one of its member’s name 

on it. While it got a complete 

makeover, “I did not 

have to spend money on 

the sign,” George said. 

George said he takes 

great pride in the wide variety 

of delicacies they serve, 

but if he had to pick a favorite, 

it would be the Greek 

1/2 chicken ($14.95). 

Broiling for 30 minutes 

in lemon, garlic and herbs 

renders the meat tender 

and juicy. It is then cut into 

George’s Restaurant 

990 N. State St. in 

Lockport 

Hours 

• Open 24 hours, daily 

For more information... 

Web: www. 

mygeorgesonline.com 

Phone: (815) 838- 

7225 

four pieces and served with 

Greek potatoes. 

After a taste of Greece, 

guests can allow their palates 

to explore some delectable 

Italian dishes such as 

the chicken broccoli Alfredo 

($14.45) or the chicken 

penne pesto ($13.95). 

For those looking to 

discover the restaurant’s 

authentic flavors, there are 

George’s chicken penne 

($13.95) — the owner’s 

own recipe, with chicken 

tossed with creamy tomato 

vodka sauce and penne 

noodles — or the spaghetti 

or mostaccioli ($13.45), 

which are prepared with 

meat sauce. 

Christina has been 

working at George’s since 

she was 14 and became a 

partner at 21 in July 2000. 

She said working with her 

dad gave her “the freedom 

to do what I needed”. 

“My father has been a 

great support and for the 

past 19 years, he has always 

had complete trust 

in me,” she said. “He believes 

in my vision for the 

restaurant.” 

The restaurant boasts a 

special menu section with 

healthier food options, 

and Christina said she is 

responsible for incorporating 

that. 

“I added them about 15 

years ago, because I like 

keeping up with the trend 

as far as diets are con- 

The avocado toast ($8.95) at George’s Restaurant in Lockport is served with smashed avocado, house pico de 

gallo, chopped bacon and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Photos by Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media 

The chipotle chicken and rice ($15.25) at George’s features grilled marinated chicken 

breast over rice with chipotle cream, avocado, tortilla strips and sour cream. 

cerned,” she said. “When 

my father bought the place, 

it was all about low-calorie 

meals. Later it changed to 

low-carb, and so I changed 

the menu to reflect more 

Paleo-friendly options.” 

Despite the lack of delicious, 

greasy condiments, 

these items are quite popular 

with the diners. 

“Strangely enough, 

one of our most soughtafter 

[dishes] is the skinny 

Greek chicken ($9.95) 

which is basically Greekstyle 

chicken breast paired 

with tomato, broccoli, and 

a cucumber and olive salad,” 

she said. “The other 

popular low-carb dish is 

the steamed veggie pita 

($8.95), served with a lowfat 

cucumber sauce.” 

Another filling, healthy 

option is the keto bowl 

($9.25), overflowing with 

veggies such as baby spinach, 

zucchini and squash, 

served with turkey sausage, 

two eggs and avocado 

toast. 

Guests can cap off their 

meals with one of the selections 

from the dessert 

menu. 

George suggests trying 

the berries and cream 

crepes ($9.45) — crepes 

lathered generously with 

sweet cream cheese, blueberries 

and strawberry 

sauce, and topped with 

powdered sugar. 

While the food at 

George’s is affordable and 

delicious, there is a lot of 

competition from the other 

eateries in Lockport. But, 

“we have been here for 

many years thanks to the 

love and support of the 

residents”, George said. 

“We have great staff, 

and that is important, because 

no matter how good 

the food is, if the service 

is lousy, no one will want 

to come back,” he said. 

“There is something for everyone 

here, and we love to 

make our guests happy.” 

One thing that sets 

George’s Restaurant apart 

is its 24-hour service. 

Whether it’s a midnight 

craving or mid-day pangs 

of hunger, the restaurant 

always has its doors open. 

Its real secret? 

“We lost our key, so we 

can never close,” George 

said.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

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group 

9. They often involve 

probate 

14. “She loves __” 

Beatles 

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16. Indigenous Canadian 

17. Canada’s ___ 

Island National Park 

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site 

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Baroque 

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unit 

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musical composition 

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proverbially 

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of the grape 

59. Seasoned rice 

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70. Fine golf hole 

performance 

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Down 

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3. Homer Glen mayor, 

George 

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7. Spanish for gold 

8. Tinley Park mayor, 

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21. First body part to 

try out the water 

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online 

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often 

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participant 

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instrument 

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peak) 

62. Famous animalrescue 

vessel 

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65. Annual meeting 

66. Airport near Lake 

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Scene, email b.conboy@ 

22ndcenturymedia.com. 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids 

of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, 

column and box must contain each of the 

numbers 1-9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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and natural materials. These 

homes were a departure from 

homes that were mass produced 

from that era, “according to Bryan 

Nooner, president of Distinctive 

Home Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for many 

of the same reasons it started over 

a century ago. Our customers 

want to live in a home that gets 

away from the “mass produced” 

look and live in a home that has 

more character. As a result of 

our daily interaction with our 

homeowners and their input, we 

are excited to introduce these two 

homes, with additional designs in 

the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with each 

homeowner prior to construction, 

has been working on these plans 

for a while and felt that the 

timing was ideal for the debut. 

“Customers were asking for 

something different and simple 

with less monotony and higher 

architectural standards.” The 

result was the Craftsman ranch 

and the Prairie two story, now 

available at Prairie Trails and 

WestGate Manor. The Craftsman 

ranch features an open floor plan 

with Great Room, three bedrooms, 

two baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many 

of our skilled craftsmen have 

been working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” Nooner 

added that all homes are highly 

energy efficient. Every home 

built will have upgraded wall and 

ceiling insulation values with 

energy efficient windows and 

high efficiency furnaces. Before 

homeowners move into their new 

home, Distinctive Home Builders 

conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six two 

story single-family home styles 

to choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, two 

to three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood floors 

in the kitchen, baths and foyer; 

genuine wood trim and doors 

and concrete driveways can all 

be yours at Prairie Trails and 

WestGate Manor. Most all home 

sites at Prairie Trails andWestGate 

Manor can accommodate a threecar 

garage; a very important 

amenity to the Manhattan 

homebuyer, said Nooner. “When 

we opened Prairie Trails and 

WestGate Manor we wanted 

to provide the best new home 

value for the dollar and we feel 

with offering Premium Standard 

Features that we do just that. So 

why wait? This is truly the best 

time to build your dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular trails. 

The Manhattan Metra station is 

less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut Ridge 

and Leighlinbridge developments, 

as well as in the Will and south 

Cook county areas over the past 

30 years. 

Distinctive has two early 

delivery homes available at its 

newest community, Cedar Creek 

in Joliet where you can choose 

your colors now and move in 45 

days. One is a three-bedroom 

Princeton ranch with two full 

baths in an open floor plan with 

kitchen and Great Room. Priced 

at $289,990 this home has over 

$20,000 in free upgrades. The 

second home is a Brentwood 

three-bedroom raised ranch with 

an oversized garage. Priced at 

$279,900, this home features 

many interior and exterior 

architectural details and over 

$30,000 in free upgrades. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available by 

appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details.

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Contact the Sales Center for details at 

708.479.5111 

and visit online any time at www.cranahomes.com 

Decorated Models are Open 

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm Sat/Sun Noon-4pm 

Friday by Appt. 

Since 1970 

Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under twomiles to La PorteRoad andturn east for one-half mile to Brookside Meadows. 

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Sept. 30 

• 19520 Tramore 

Lane, Mokena, 60448- 

8627 - William E. 

Diaz to Stephen D. 

Lachine, Laura A. Tyler, 

$458,000 

• 10505 English Bay, 

Mokena, 60448-9370 - 

Mark R. Peters to Juliet 

S. Smith, $372,500 

• 12608 Royal Gorge 

Court, Mokena, 60448- 

1661 - Edward A. Karns 

Jr. to John Gorski, Gina 

Gorski, $355,000 

• 18731 S Mill Creek 

Drive, Mokena, 60448- 

8450 - Michael S. 

Walsh to Maureen 

Fitzsimmons, Robert 

Fitzsimmons, $292,000 

Oct. 1 

• 18904 Crystal Creek 


1174 - Scott J. Kaplan 

to Theodore Dillenburg, 

Karen Dillenburg, 

$290,000 

Oct. 3 

• 21632 Wolf Road, 

Mokena, 60448-2075 - 

Joyce J. Lewis to Andrew 

P. Szpur, Rita Szpur, 

$485,000 

Oct. 4 

• 12605 Chiszar Drive, 

Mokena, 60448-1681 

- Loebach Trust to 

Daniel William Borvan, 

$665,000 

• 10717 Revere Circle, 

Mokena, 60448-2467 

- Charlotte A. Mancil 

to Rick A. Seaman, 

Jacquelyn L. Stehura, 

$375,000 

• 18728 Kestrel Ave., 

Mokena, 60448-8294 

- Mladen Arsenovic 

to Alicia G. Yuhas, 

$260,000 

• 19520 Walnut St., 

Mokena, 60448-9329 

- Bryan P. Radavich 

to Brandy A. Hart, 

$194,000 

Oct. 8 

• 19243 Victorian 


2463 - Klimaitis 

Construction Inc to 

Jacob Fuss, Kristen 

Crawford, $610,000 

• 19906 Hillgate Road, 

Mokena, 60448-1400 

- Seal L. McGloin to 

Robert J. Loranger, 

$219,900 

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Under $100 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 19200 Crescent Drive, Mokena, IL 

60448 (Residential). Onthe 19th day of 

December, 2019 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, 

Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: Bank 

of New York Mellon Trust Company, 

N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets 

Management Series ITrust Plaintiff 

V. Laura Burke; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 19 CH 0022 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 

605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified 

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments 

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties 

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 

N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets 

Management Series I Trust 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Laura Burke; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 19 CH 0022 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 31st day of July, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

19th day of December, 2019 ,commencing 

at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the 

Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, sell at public auction tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

UNIT 19200 IN THE MANCHES- 

TER COVE CONDOMINIUM AS 

DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF 

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED 

REAL ESTATE: CERTAIN LOTS 

IN HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION 

PHASE ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF 

THAT PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 

OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12EAST OFTHE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED DECEM- 

BER 1, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NUM- 

BER R99-145916, AND CERTIFI- 

CATE OF CORRECTIONS RE- 

CORDED AS DOCUMENT NUM- 

BERS R2001-51363 & R2002-187442; 

CERTAIN LOTS IN HIGHLAND 

SUBDIVISION PHASE TWO, A 

SUBDIVISION OFPART OFTHE 

NORTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 8, 

AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST 

1/4 OFSECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 



THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 

12, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R2001-4894; AND CERTAIN LOTS 

IN HIGHLAND SUBDIVISION 

PHASE THREE, A SUBDIVISION 

OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 

1/4 OFSECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 



THEREOF RECORDED MAY 1, 

2003 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R2003-100670; WHICH SURVEY IS 

ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO 

THE DECLARATION OFCONDO- 

MINIUM RECORDED JULY 16, 

2002, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R2002-114603, AS AMENDED 

FROM TIME TO TIME, TO- 

GETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED 

PERCENTAGE INTEREST INTHE 

COMMON ELEMENTS, ALL IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

19200 Crescent Drive, Mokena, IL 

60448 

Description of Improvements: 

Residential 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-08-206-022-1001 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765 

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 

605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified 

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments 

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties 

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 


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Call 708-724-4331 

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Excellent condition. $98 Call 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Matt Kordas 

Matt Kordas is a junior defensive 

back on the Lincoln-Way 

East football team. 

How long have you played 

football and how did you 

get started? 

I’ve been playing football since 

I was 5 years old. I started with 

the Frankfort Square Wildcats 

and I played with them all the 

way through eighth grade. It was 

a great experience with them. 

Did anyone else in your 

3 

family play football? 

Yeah, my dad [Greg] played at 

Arizona State, three of my uncles 

played in college, one of them 

at Notre Dame. A lot of family, 

other cousins and uncles, also 

played Division I. That family 

tradition means a lot to me. The 

family takes a lot of pride in me 

and I want to make them proud 

and keep it going. 

You have had a huge 

postseason with five 

interceptions in four 

Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

games [entering the state 

championship game]. How 

exciting has it been? 

It means a lot. We’ve been 

working hard. It’s kind of crazy 

to me to have five in the last four 

games, because I didn’t have a 

lot in the regular season. But I’ve 

kept working hard, and I guess 

now I’m making the big plays. 

I’m really happy about the way 

I’ve been playing. 

What do you imagine it is 

going to be like playing in a 

state championship game? 

I know it’s going to be crazy. A 

lot of us have been dreaming of 

this since we were little kids playing 

football. I’ve been watching 

the championship games on TV 

with my family for as long as I 

can remember. I know it’s going 

to be a great experience. 

Is there a football player 

you idolized or looked up to 

growing up? 

I like Harrison Smith on the Vikings. 

He played at Notre Dame. 

I like how hard he works and how 

he plays the [safety] position. 

If you could be anybody else 

for a day, who would you 

want to be? 

I’d want to be Dominic Dzioban, 

the kicker for our team. 

I think it’d be cool to kick in 

games. 

If they were making a 

movie about your life, who 

should play you? 

Zac Efron. I think it would be 

funny if he played me. 

What is your favorite TV 

show? 

I like “Stranger Things” and 

“Modern Family.” “Stranger 

Things” is really funny and has 

a good storyline. My family has 

been watching “Modern Family” 

as long as I can remember and we 

always laugh watching it. 

Do you have any hidden 

talents? 

I’m actually really good at fishing. 

As long as I can remember, 

I’ve loved fishing with my grandpa 

and everything. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the world, 

where would you want to 

go? 

Hawaii. I’ve always wanted to 

go there. 

Interview conducted by Sports Editor 

Steve Millar.

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Roundup 

Mokena’s Knight wins MVP, leads Providence to Beecher title 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

RANDY WHALEN 


Providence senior guard 

Lauren Knight knew it was 

going to be a good night 

early on in the Beecher 

Fall Classic championship 

game against the host Ladycats 

on Nov. 26. 

Knight, a Mokena resident, 

hit her first shot, and 

the shots kept falling on 

her way to a 10-point first 

quarter. 

“I didn’t score at all in 

the first quarter [in a Nov. 

25 win over St. Laurence], 

so coming out and hitting 

those shots right away really 

picked me up,” Knight 

said. “It felt good to get off 

to a good start.” 

Knight poured in 22 

points and was named the 

tournament’s Most Valuable 

Player as Providence 

topped Beecher 44-33 to 

win the Fall Classic for the 

second straight season. 

“We wanted to win really 

bad,” Knight said. “We 

wanted to win this again 

like we did last year, and 

we wanted to be 5-0.” 

Knight’s backcourt mate 

and fellow senior Claire 

McGrath joined her on the 

All-Tournament team. Mc- 

Grath scored 10 points in 

the title game, while freshman 

Annalise Pietrzyk 

added six points and five 

rebounds for the Celtics 

(5-0). 

“We’ve got a big learning 

curve ahead of us, but 

I’m very happy for the 

girls,” Providence coach 

Eileen Copenhaver said. 

“They earned it. They did 

a nice job this week.” 

Griffins boys second at 

Joliet West 

Naturally a team never 

wants to lose. But for the 

Lincoln-Way East boys 

basketball team, the fact 

that it was playing for a 

tournament title in the first 

week of the season was a 

very good sign. 

In the end, the Griffins 

could not muster enough 

consistency and fell 65-40 

to the host Tigers in the title 

game of the Joliet West 

Tiger Thanksgiving Classic 

on Saturday, Nov. 30. 

With a bevy of returners 

and talented juniors stepping 

in, the Griffins (3-1) 

are expecting big things 

this season. 

But they were without 

a trio of players, including 

two top ones, who just 

Providence celebrates with the Beecher Fall Classic championship plaque. Steve 

Millar/22nd Century Media 

happened to be helping the 

East football team to an 

undefeated season and a 

Class 8A football championship 

later on that Saturday 

evening. 

The Griffins were paced 

by All-Tournament selections 

senior forward Ryan 

Sierocki (11 points, six rebounds) 

and junior guard 

Jhei-R Jones (10 points). 

“Obviously we were 

missing some of our guys,” 

Sierocki said. “Joliet West 

is a good team but once everyone 

is back, I think we 

are going to be able to be 

on par with that [2017-18] 

regional [champion] team. 

That team set the bar and 

we want to continue it.” 

Knights boys, girls both 

finish third 

Lincoln-Way Central 

had plenty of reasons to be 

happy about a 3-1 start and 

a third-place finish at the 

Joliet West Tiger Thanksgiving 

Classic. 

Sean Curran poured in 

24 points and pulled down 

six rebounds, while junior 

forward Ryan Kraft added 

20 points as the Knights 

wrapped up pool play with 

a 62-60 win over Rich 

South on Friday, Nov. 29. 

Central wrapped up the 

tournament the next day 

with a 60-52 victory over 

Plainfield South as junior 

guard Nick Tingley 

scored 24 points and junior 

guard Matt Maloney 

added 13. 

“We have a lot of guys 

that can get going offensively,” 

Central coach Bob 

Curran said. “We have to 

do a better job playing together 

and the biggest area 

we need to improve is defensively.” 

The Knights’ girls team, 

meanwhile, rode another 

strong defensive effort to 

a 45-25 win over Minooka 

in the third-place game of 

the Lincoln-Way Central 

Turkey Classic on Nov. 25. 

“Our defense is definitely 

really good this 

year,” junior Haley Stoklosa 

said. “We have really 

good help-side defense. 

We know who the good 

people are on the teams 

we’re playing, so we close 

out on them and we know 

when to help. Our defense 

always helps our offense.” 

Stoklosa led the Knights 

against Minooka with 10 

points and six rebounds 

in the win over the Indians. 

Regan LoConte also 

scored 10 points, while 

Megan Hutchinson scored 

nine points, and Kaitlyn 

Veugeler chipped in with 

four points and four rebounds 

off the bench. 

This Week In 

KNIGHTS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 5 – hosts Sandburg, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 8 – at Ridgewood 

Shootout, 1:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 5 – at Lockport, 6:30 

p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 – hosts 

Sandburg, 6:30 p.m. 

BOYS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 5 – Andrew at Orland 

Bowl, 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 7 – Oak Forest Invite 

at Oak Forest Bowl, 8:30 

a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 – LW East at 

Thunder Bowl, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 7 – Rich East Invite 

at Stardust Bowl, 9 a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 9 – hosts Plainfield 

South at Laraway Lanes, 

4:30 p.m. 

DANCE 

■Dec. ■ 7 – at Minooka 

Invite, 8 a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 8 – at Naperville 

North Invite, TBA 

BOYS SWIMMING 

■Dec. ■ 6 – at LW West 

Warrior Pentathlon, 4:45 

p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Dec. ■ 5 – at Lockport, 5 

p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 6 – hosts Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 5 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 7 – at Plainfield 

North Mega Duals, 9 a.m 

GRIFFINS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 6 – at Andrew, 6:30 

p.m. 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 5 – hosts Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 6:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 – at Andrew, 6 

p.m. 

BOYS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 5 – Bolingbrook at 

Brunswick Bowl Woodridge, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 7 – Oak Forest Invite 

at Oak Forest Bowl, 8:30 

a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 10 – hosts LW 

Central at Thunder Bowl, 

4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 7 – Joliet West Invite 

at Town and Country, 9 a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 9 – Joliet Central at 

Crest Hill Lanes, 4:30 p.m. 

DANCE 

■Dec. ■ 7 – at Minooka 

Invite, 8 a.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Dec. ■ 6 – at Bolingbrook, 

5:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 7 – at Plainfield 

North Mega Duals, 9 a.m.

36 | December 5, 2019 | the mokena messenger sports 


Girls Gymnastics 

6 

Lincoln-Way seniors adept at overcoming adversity 

CHRIS WALKER 


When teens do things 

that they enjoy, they are 

generally happy kids. But 

when things don’t go their 

way, it’s much more difficult 

to remain positive and 

be happy. 

Things have gone really 

well with the Lincoln- 

Way co-op girls gymnastics 

team with three 

consecutive state appearances, 

but its gymnasts 

have faced their share of 

injuries and other adversity 

that comes with being 

a high school student athlete, 

too. 

Lincoln-Way just seems 

to find a way to overcome 

any negativity, and a lot of 

that comes from the leadership 

of its seniors, including 

Allie Reis. 

“She’s the light on our 

team,” Lincoln-Way coop 

coach Kory Thompson 

said. “She’s always happy 

and positive.” 

Thompson, a 2001 Sandburg 

graduate who helped 

Sandburg-Stagg co-op 

take fifth in the state her 

senior year, takes over for 

Kim Lago as head coach. 

Thompson had served as 

Lago’s assistant coach for 

the past five seasons. 

Reis, fellow senior Korina 

Jarosz, juniors Juliana 

Arciszewski, Lucy Haas, 

Grace Kmak and Sarah 

Rosinski, and sophomores 

Olivia Gonda and Emerson 

Colins, are among those 

who are returning, bringing 

their own unique skills, offering 

a well-rounded team 

that is ready for continued 

success. 

Reis and Jarosz are 

fourth-year kids who have 

experienced a ton over 

their time as key members 

of the co-op. Now they’re 

set to enjoy their final year 

while leading the team. 

“I’m feeling really good 

right now,” Jarosz said, 

“We have four seniors [two 

on JV] and I think Allie and 

I are good leaders. We have 

a lot of freshmen coming 

in this year, which I think 

is good. We can show them 

what we’ve learned and 

whatever else they need to 

know.” 

Thompson acknowledged 

that Jarosz, an allaround, 

bars and beam 

state qualifier last year, 

has battled many fears and 

back injuries over the last 

few years. She has matured 

into a true team leader that 

is now looking to take 

the team to Palatine for a 

fourth straight time. 

It hasn’t always been 

easy, although Jarosz may 

often make it look that way. 

“Since freshman year, 

I’ve known to get back up 

and let things go when they 

don’t go your way,” Jarosz 

said. “You have to learn to 

refresh and move on.” 

Sometimes that’s easier 

said than done as this sport 

can be so unfair. It certainly 

was not fair to junior Jackie 

Furlong. She had put in 

a great deal of hard work 

in the offseason, but broke 

her foot and will now miss 

the entire year. 

“It’s a huge loss,” 

Thompson said. “She was 

training all-around in the 

offseason and looked better 

than ever.” 

Lincoln-Way knows that 

when a teammate goes 

down, you need to find a 

positive way of responding. 

“I think it’s especially 

important as seniors to be 

as positive with everyone 

in a sport where there is 

a lot of downsides,” Reis 

said. “There’s a lot of injuries 

and sometimes things 

don’t go your way, so 

we’re really going to focus 

hard on making sure we’re 

having fun.” 

Fun has coincided with 

winning at Lincoln-Way 

and that won’t change with 

Thompson taking over as 

head coach. It’s business as 

usual with the girls balancing 

gymnastics with their 

studies and other interests. 

“Gymnastics is like the 

No. 1 thing about who I 

am,” Reis said. “I’m definitely 

involved in a lot of 

different things, but a lot 

of us are like that. I’ve just 

had to deal with time management 

and avoiding being 

stressed by all of things 

I like to do.” 

Calling junior Grace 

Kmak the best hitting and 

fielding gymnast in the 

state isn’t a stretch by any 

means as she’s equally 

impressive on the softball 

diamond as she is in the 

all-around. 

She advanced to state 

individually in three events 

and the all-around as she 

dazzled with a 37.05 in 

the sectional last year. Lincoln-Way 

will need another 

huge season from her if 

its destined for state again. 

Colins’ role becomes 

even a bigger one this year. 

She was mostly a cheerleader 

on the sideline last 

season due to being injured, 

but she’s back now 

and ready to contribute. 

Freshman all-arounder 

Natalie Hrkel also is someone 

who will hopefully 

make a positive impact this 

year as one of the team’s 

key newcomers. 

“We have a few girls 

out with serious injuries 

but with several returning 

athletes, these girls 

understand what it takes 

and have been really stepping 

up,” Thompson said. 

“With a larger team, we are 

trying our best as coaches 

to utilize every athlete’s 

strengths and make this 

a positive and successful 

season.” 

ATHLETE OF THE MONTH 

Andrew volleyball senior 

libero wins November honor 

JEFF VORVA, Contributing Editor 

Kylie Adams digs her position. 

The Andrew High School senior 

played libero on the Thunderbolts’ 

volleyball team, which 

made it to the Sweet 16 in Class 

4A this season. Although libero 

can be a thankless position, Adams 

embraces it. 

“I just like the feeling of getting 

a good dig, it’s the greatest 

feeling in the whole world,” she 

said. 

Adams was voted as the winner 

of 22nd Century Media’s 

Southwest Chicago Athlete of the 

Month contest for November. 

She is the first Andrew athlete 

since Jack Pranckus (June 2017) 

to earn the honor. 

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 

Tuesday, Dec. 10. 

To vote, visit MokenaMessengerDaily.com, 

hover over 

Andrew libero Kylie Adams is the 

Athlete of the Month for publisher 

22nd Century Media’s Southwest 

Chicago branch. 22ND CENTURY 

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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. Dec. 25. 

All athletes featured in the 

November Athlete of the Week 

sports interviews are automatically 

entered into the contest. 

Vorva wins his 

first Pressbox 

Picks title 

STAFF REPORT 

Jeff Vorva, Sports Editor 

Despite what he calls one of 

his worst runs of luck in covering 

high school football, Jeff Vorva, 

the sports editor of The Orland 

Park Prairie and The Tinley 

Junction, won his first Pressbox 

Picks championship after going 

61-16, ousting Senior Editor 

Thomas Czaja by one game. 

“I don’t want to complain,” 

complained Vorva. “But this 

football season I had issues with 

the internet under deadline, my 

camera, my health and the final 

game of the season my car battery 

died. So, winning this was 

like finding a diamond in a cesspool. 

This was a tough field of 

pickers to beat.” 

Lincoln-Way-area Sports Editor 

Steve Millar tied last year’s 

champion, Publisher Joe Coughlin, 

for third with a 58-19 mark. 

The New Lenox Patriot editor 

Sean Hastings was 54-23 and 

Chief Marketing Officer Heather 

Warthen finished 51-26. 

As a group, the panel finished 

342-120 – 74 percent, which 

would be a ‘C’ in most classrooms 

and a ‘D’ in a few others.



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Griffins win third state title with historic defensive effort 

4 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

The members of Lincoln-Way 

East’s defense 

hold themselves to a high 

standard. The Griffins are 

always chasing perfection, 

and though they had not allowed 

an opponent to score 

more than 14 points all season, 

they felt they still had 

not played their best game 

on the defensive side. 

“Going throughout the 

year, we had bits and pieces 

where we had a quarter 

or two holding teams to 

one first down and negative 

yards,” senior defensive 

end Sean McLaughlin 

said. “We just had to pull a 

full 48 minutes together.” 

What a time to do it. 

On a rainy, cold night in 

DeKalb, the Griffins turned 

in one of the most dominant 

defensive performances in 

IHSA history. 

East held Warren to 36 

total yards, AJ Henning 

scored the game’s lone 

touchdown on a 56-yard 

run, and the Griffins captured 

the third state title in 

school history with a 12-0 

victory in the Class 8A 

state championship game 

Saturday, Nov. 30, at Huskie 

Stadium. 

“We laughed a little bit 

because you look at our 

scores and we thought we 

had done pretty good not 

letting a team score more 

than two touchdowns a 

game, then we looked at 

[Warren’s] scores and they 

hadn’t let a team score 

more than one touchdown 

in a game,” East coach 

Rob Zvonar said. “You 

don’t see a high school 

defense like Warren’s very 

often, maybe the best I’ve 

ever seen. 

“I think our guys wanted 

to prove that they’re in that 

conversation, too.” 

Class 8A State Championship Game, Nov. 30 

1 2 3 4 F 

LW East 0 6 6 0 12 

Warren 0 0 0 0 0 

Three Stars of the Game: 

1. AJ Henning, LW East, senior running back – 29 carries, 

125 yards, 56-yard touchdown run 

2. Jalen Hacha, LW East, senior defensive back – 

Interception, six tackles 

3. Sean McLaughlin, LW East, senior defensive end – Sack, 

tackle for loss, fumble recovery 

The Griffins (14-0) 

drew motivation all week 

from the hype surrounding 

Warren’s defense. The 

Blue Devils (13-1) had 

not given up more than 

seven points in a game and 

only surrendered 40 points 

through 13 games. 

“We have a group chat 

with all our defensive 

players and all week, we 

were texting,” East senior 

linebacker Jake Kramer 

said. “It started with just, 

‘Beat Warren.’ Then, every 

day, I was sending a newspaper 

article that said Warren 

was the best defensive 

team in the state, or Warren 

gives up an average of 

this and this. 

“So, we took that into 

every rep in practice knowing 

we wanted to come out 

and prove we were the best 

defense in the state. We 

just wanted to come out 

and make a statement.” 

The 36 yards allowed 

shattered the previous 

record of 156 for fewest 

yards allowed in a Class 

8A state championship 

game. It was just six yards 

off the all-class record, as 

Joliet Catholic held LaSalle-Peru 

to 30 yards in the 

1978 4A championship. 

“We knew that in order 

to prove we were the 

best in the state, we had 

to go up there and put up 

a zero,” McLaughlin said. 

“Doing that solidifies our 

place as the best defense in 

the state.” 

East scored on a pair of 

second-quarter field goals 

from Dominic Dzioban of 

46 and 45 yards to take a 

6-0 lead to halftime. Dzioban 

took a hard hit to his 

leg on the second field 

goal and was taken off the 

field on a cart but returned 

to kick in the second half. 

“I knew this was my last 

game as a senior, a state 

championship game,” 

Dzioban said. “I told [the 

training staff], ‘I am playing. 

It could be broken. I 

will play.’ I wanted to go 

out with my brothers, with 

a bang, and we did just 

that.” 

The Griffins finally got 

the big play they had been 

waiting for to break the 

game open when Michigan 

recruit Henning broke free 

for a 56-yard touchdown 

run down the right sideline 

with 2:12 left in the third 

quarter, a play that was 

very reminiscent of his 

two touchdown runs in the 

2017 championship game 

won by East. 

“We were getting little 

chunks of yards all night,” 

Henning said. “Me and 

Jamal [Johnson] were 

pounding away at them 

and we knew it was just 

a matter of time before 

we hit that big play. Sam 

AJ Henning lifts the IHSA Class 8A state championship trophy as his teammates 

celebrate around him following Lincoln-Way East’s 12-0 win over Warren on 

Saturday, Nov. 30, at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

Paliga had a great kickout 

block on the outside to free 

me up some space. I hit the 

sideline and it was history 

from there.” 

Henning ran for 125 

yards on 29 carries in the 

final game of a brilliant 

high school career. Johnson 

added 47 yards on 18 

carries as the Griffins won 

despite not completing a 

pass. 

Jalen Hacha had six 

tackles and an interception 

to lead the defense, while 

his brother, Jaron Hacha, 

and McLaughlin each recorded 

a sack. 

The Griffins also won 

state championships in 

2005 and 2017. 

East had been on a mission 

ever since falling in 

the semifinals 24-16 to 

Loyola last season in what 

was a shocking end for a 

team that had outscored 

opponents 558-70 on its 

way to a 12-0 start. 

For the Griffins, the road 

to redemption is now complete. 

“I hopped on my computer 

after I finally got 

Third time’s a charm 

A look at Lincoln-Way East’s three football state 

championships 

2005: Griffins 30, Maine South 24 

In a two-overtime thriller, quarterback Anthony 

Kropp’s 1-yard touchdown run in the second 

overtime was the winner. Kropp threw for 230 

yards, including a 14-yard touchdown pass to Joe 

Mau, who had nine catches for 107 yards. East won 

the title in just its fifth year in existence. 

2017: Griffins 23, Loyola 14 

AJ Henning’s touchdown runs of 63 and 42 yards 

were the highlights as the Griffins defense made 

key stops to limit Loyola’s scoring despite 354 

yards of offense. Brendan Gallagher recorded 

seven tackles. Brendan Morrissey threw a 25-yard 

touchdown pass to Mason Keenan. 

2019: Griffins 12, Warren 0 

Behind the most dominant defensive performance 

in 8A championship game history, East won its 

second title in three years. Warren managed 

just 36 yards against the Griffins’ defense, while 

Henning broke free for a 56-yard touchdown in the 

third quarter. 

done crying the day after 

that loss to Loyola,” 

Kramer said. “I printed 

out a newspaper story that 

said, ‘Loyola stuns Lincoln-Way 

East.’ 

“I taped that on my wall 

and I wrote, ‘Never again’ 

on it. I got up every morning 

since then, looked at 

that and said, ‘Never again’ 

until we got here. We got 

here now, and we’re going 

out as champs.”

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1st-and-3 

THREE NOTES 

ON ANOTHER 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

SEaSON FOR LW EAST 

FOOTBALL 

1. All-State honorees 

Star receiver/running 

back AJ Henning 

and talented kicker 

Dominic Dzioban 

(above) were 

named to the 8A 

All-State team by 

the IHSFCA. Senior 

defensive ends Sean 

McLaughlin and 

Adrian Wilson were 

honorable mentions. 

2. Double-digit wins 

The Griffins won all 

14 of their games 

by double digits. The 

closest calls were 

a 20-10 win over 

Bolingbrook in Week 

4 and a 23-13 win 

over Notre Dame in 

the quarterfinals. 

3. A complete team 

The Griffins were 

strong in all facets, 

averaging 31 points 

and allowing an 

average of 6. Special 

teams were also 

excellent. 

A year later, Griffins get their chance to celebrate 

Steve Millar 

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The Lincoln-Way East 

Griffins are your 

Class 8A football 

state champions. 

Those are words many 

would have expected to 

read on the pages of this 

paper around this time last 

year, when East seemed 

RECAPPING PERFECTION 

A look back at the Griffins’ 14-0 

season. 

Aug. 30 – LW East 30, Stevenson 

7 

Kyle Quinn impressed in his 

starting debut, throwing a 

touchdown pass to AJ Henning. 

Sept. 6 – LW East 31, Naperville 

Central 10 

It was a career night for Devon 

Williams, who ran for 285 yards 

and three touchdowns on 18 

carries. 

Sept. 13 – LW East 42, Bradley- 

Bourbonnais 7 

The Griffins scored 42 in the first 

half and cruised. Henning had 

three total touchdowns. 

destined to win the championship 

with what through 

12 weeks had been one of 

the most dominant teams in 

state history. 

But it was clear that 

the Griffins’ 24-16 loss to 

Loyola in last year’s semifinals 

not only drove this 

year’s team all season long, 

it also made this season’s 

14-0 run even sweeter. 

Accomplishments mean 

more when there is some 

adversity required. As 

Lincoln-Way East’s seniors 

soaked in the moment 

following the 12-0 championship 

win over Warren, 

they repeatedly talked about 

redemption. 

Most teams that lose only 

Sept. 20 – LW East 20, 

Bolingbrook 10 

East’s defense was dominant, 

holding the Raiders to 76 yards in 

the road victory. 

Sept. 27 – LW East 28, 

Homewood-Flossmoor 14 

In his first start at quarterback, 

Ty Slager threw a 43-yard 

touchdown to Mason Pierre- 

Antoine. 

Oct. 4 – LW East 38, LW Central 2 

Slager threw two touchdown 

passes and the Griffins’ defense 

dominated. 

Oct. 11 – LW East 45, Lockport 7 

Max Tomczak stepped up with 

103 yards receiving and two 

once in three years don’t 

need to redeem themselves 

to anyone, but the Griffins 

felt the need to do it for 

themselves after feeling like 

they let last year slip away. 

“Coming in here and 

redeeming ourselves and 

righting a wrong, it’s an 

amazing feeling,” senior defensive 

end Adrian Wilson 

said. 

The team’s motto all 

season was “redefined”, and 

the Griffins held themselves 

to the standard of redefining 

themselves daily. 

“For us, that meant to 

come back on a daily basis 

better than we were before,” 

East coach Rob Zvonar 

said. “These guys truly did 

touchdowns. 

that, and that allowed us 

to improve, maybe with a 

team that wasn’t as talented 

as last year’s team.” 

There is no doubt this 

year’s Griffins team had 

plenty of talent. Michiganbound 

AJ Henning was the 

state’s top recruit, defensive 

ends Sean McLaughlin 

(Northwestern) and Adrian 

Wilson (Bowling Green) 

are big-time players, and 

Dominic Dzioban (Miami 

Ohio) is one of the nation’s 

top high school kickers. 

But this year’s team did 

not blow teams away simply 

by showing up. They 

had to fight a little bit 

harder, and they always 

did. 

Oct. 18 – LW East 40, Sandburg 

0 

Henning ran for two touchdowns 

and returned a punt for a score, 

and East recorded its first 

shutout. 

Oct. 25 – LW East 35, LW West 3 

Returning after missing more 

than a month with a knee injury, 

Quinn threw five TD passes. 

Nov. 1 – LW East 40, Plainfield 

South 0 

Connor Kubik ran for 141 yards in 

the playoff opener. 

Nov. 9 – LW East 23, Notre Dame 

13 

Henning had three total 

4 

Whenever the Griffins 

seemed to be in a bit of 

trouble this season, they 

came up with a big play. 

They found a way to take 

it to the next level. All 

three units stepped up at 

different times. 

The motivation was 

always there. 

“That’s definitely the 

biggest reason we’re here 

right now,” McLaughlin 

said of last year’s loss. “I 

don’t think it would be 

as sweet right now if we 

were going back-to-back. 

You can’t change what 

happened last year. That’s 

the way it is. We’re just 

happy to be champs now.” 

It was special to watch. 

touchdowns as the Griffins took a 

23-0 halftime lead. 

Nov. 16 – LW East 26, H-F 7 

Dominic Dzioban kicked four long 

field goals as the Griffins knocked 

off the Vikings for the second 

time. 

Nov. 23 – LW East 24, Marist 7 

Matt Kordas came up with 

his fifth interception of the 

postseason and Henning’s 

66-yard score on a shovel pass 

from Quinn sealed the trip to 

state. 

Nov. 30 – LW East 12, Warren 0 

The Griffins finished off their 

second perfect season in three 

years, holding Warren to 36 

yards of offense. 

Listen Up 

“We wanted to come out and prove we were the best defense in the state. We 

just wanted to come out and make a statement.” 

Jake Kramer– LW East senior linebacker, on the Griffins’ record-breaking 

defensive performance in the 12-0 Class 8A state championship game 

win over Warren 

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Oak Forest Invite at Oak Forest Bowl 

• LW Central, LW East and LW West are all 

competing in the tournament. 

Index 

35 - This Week In 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

Steve Millar, s.millar@22ndcm.com.

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