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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Trent Moran
Trent Moran is a senior
right wing on the Lincoln-
Way hockey team. He
attends LW East.
How long have you
been playing hockey
and how did you first
get started?
I started playing in
fourth grade when I was
about 8 years old. It started
with just watching a lot of
hockey on TV, then I started
doing some skating in
round circles and stuff like
that in Oak Lawn, Then,
I finally got on a team a
few years later. Nobody
in my family had played,
but my dad and grandpa
really liked hockey, and
that made me want to start
playing it.
What is your favorite
thing about the sport?
I like the feeling it gives
you. It gets your heartpumping
and stuff like
that. It really gets your
adrenaline going. It’s great
being part of a team, too.
What is it like being
on a district team with
kids from LW East,
Central and West?
It’s pretty cool, because
you get to meet kids
from the other schools,
instead of it just being
your one school. We have
kids coming out from all
three schools to watch our
games, so that is really
cool, too.
Who is your favorite
NHL player?
Patrick Kane. The way
he plays is exciting. He’s
pretty good.
What do you think
makes you a strong
hockey player?
I think the speed I have
is a big thing. I’m also able
to get up and forecheck,
backcheck, get pucks into
the corners, do a lot of
those little things.
What is your favorite
class in school?
Probably welding right
now. My dad [Matt] is
a welder and a pipefitter.
That’s something I’ve
been thinking about doing
when I’m done with
school. Either that or become
a firefighter.
If you could be
anybody else for a
day, who would you
want to be?
I think I would like to
be Patrick Kane. He seems
like he has everything.
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Steve Millar/22nd Century Media
He’s a good hockey player,
he has a lot of money, so
he definitely has the life.
You’re stranded on a
deserted island and
can have an endless
supply of one food.
What do you want?
Crab. It’s my favorite
food. I’m a big fan of seafood
like crab and lobster.
What is your favorite
TV show?
Probably “Stranger
Things.” I got into it during
the first season, and it
always leaves you with a
cliffhanger that makes you
want to come back and
watch more.
If you could be any
superhero, which
would you want to
be?
Probably The Flash. I
think having super speed
would be pretty cool.
You’d be able to get anywhere
really quick.
Interview conducted by
Sports Editor Steve Millar.
Athlete of the Month
LW East swimmer/water polo
player wins February honor
Jeff Vorva
Contributing Editor
Roundup
Rhode, Tobin finish LW East careers at state
STaff report
Lincoln-Way East senior
Mason Rhode did not
quite accomplish his goal
of advancing to the second
day of the state swimming
meet, but Rhode did record
career-best finishes in both
his individual events Friday,
Feb. 28, at Evanston
High School.
Rhode finished 17th in
the 200-yard individual
medley as his time of 1
minute, 54.56 seconds was
98 hundredths of a second
behind the 12th and final
advancing spot.
Rhode also took 19th in
the 100 butterfly (51.28).
East senior diver Dominic
Tobin (199.3 points)
Lincoln-Way East senior Jacob Falejczyk earned the
most votes to be named 22nd Century Media Southwest
Chicago’s February Athlete of the Month.
22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO
“What’s the harm?”
That was the thought
process of then-third grader
Jacob Falejczyk when he
saw a flyer for the Lincoln-
Way Swim Association
Gators, and he has loved
swimming and water polo
ever since.
Falejczyk, a senior at LW
East, will likely have his
competitive water sports
career end this spring and is
making the most of his final
months. He was voted the
winner of the 22nd Century
Media Southwest Chicago
Athlete of the Month contest
for February.
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competition pits featured
Athlete of the Week selections
from our south suburban
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one another in an online
voting contest.
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Tuesday, March 10.
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finished 20th.
The Griffins’ 200 medley
relay team of Rhode, senior
Patrick Rossetto, and
juniors Jacob Fisher and
Cooper Cunningham, finished
23rd in 1:37.55.
LW East girls win, boys
take second at Olivet track
invite
The host Griffins prevailed
on the girls side of
the Lincoln-Way East Invite,
held at Olivet Nazarene
University in Bourbonnais
on Saturday, Feb.
29.
East scored 156 points
to easily top Evanston (90)
and the rest of the 15-team
field.
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East’s Mariam Azeez
(7.83 seconds) tied for the
win in the 60-meter dash
and won the long jump
(5.83 meters) while Kate
Guderjan (5:20.12) won
the 1,600 meters. Guderjan,
Hallie Hoger, Olivia
Jacobs and Emma Roberts
prevailed in the 3,200 relay
(10:04.62).
The Griffins’ Ali Van
Dyke (3.15 meters) won
the pole vault.
East’s boys team (87)
finished second behind
Evanston (89).
Winners for the Griffins
were AJ Henning in the 60
(7.01), Brett Gardner in the
3,200 (9:09.78) and Dylan
Nola in the pole vault (4.2).