New year, new leaders, new goals: preparing fall activities for success
September 25, 2015
Boys cross country-
Austin Kintz(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To qualify for state as a team and to contend for conference.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. How close the team is, we’re like a family. I also like how we are mentally and physically pushed to our limits
Sean Spaetzel(Captain):
Q. What is your position
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year
A. All-state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing is probably how deep our team is this year, we are like a family. We have always been like a family, but this year we really are, everyone is dedicated.
Will Kuipers(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Five years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Take the team down to state and place
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The comradery of the team and how close we are with one another.
Zach Kurz(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. For our team to make it down to state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My teammates and coaches
Girl Cross Country
Carly Bartholomew(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Five years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Continuously improve my times
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. I like it because it is both a team and individual sport. It’s all about being your personal best.
Brianna Bower(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven or eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. For the whole team to make it to state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Very team oriented
Football-
Andy Kray(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Defensive tackle, tight end
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 15 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To win games,obviously, and then winning conference would be the team goal
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. I love to hit people
Mitchel Groen(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Wide receiver, linebacker
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 10 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Get better as a team every week and hopefully contend for conference champions.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Before we run out of the tunnel, we just wait there and hear the fans going crazy, that might be my favorite part.
Joey Esposito(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Linebacker
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 12 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Win conference and play a home playoffs game
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Being around a group of guys with the same goal
Jake Marczuk(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Quarterback
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 10 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To win conference and make playoffs
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Being with my friends while playing the sport I love
Cheerleading-
Emily Nolte(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. Flyer
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Five years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal is for the team is to have the least amount of injuries as possible so we can all hit the floor during competition season.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing about cheer is how close we are as friends in and outside of practice.
Mel Henne(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. Backspot
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Four years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal for this year is to work together and to be stronger than ever before and to perform our best on the competition mat.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Basketball and competition season
Julia Dunfrund(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. Backspot
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 5 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal is to make it to IHSA State.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing would have to be the games and competitions, because that’s when we bond the most as a team.
Jessica O’Donnell(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. Base
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal for this year is to make it to state, or just hear our name be called when they announce awards.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing about cheer is when we’re all just bonding and being goofballs with each other, but I also love when we succeed in a stunt and push ourselves to our limits.
Poms-
Nicole Disandro(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Four years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. This year, I simply want to have fun. The girls are a great group and we work together really well.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite part is choreographing and spending time with the squad.
Aimee Frost(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To improve overall as a team and just know that we are always doing our best
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Getting to perform and do what I love in front of all my peers and classmates.
Jade Sadowski(Senior Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Become a good person for the younger girls to look up to, because I try my best to help out.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. I feel like my favorite part is the team bonding and all the fun moments we have together.
Boys soccer-
Andy Tovar(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Center-mid
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 14 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Sectional finals
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The excitement leading up to games
Cameron Pieczynski(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Defensive-mid
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Ten years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Win sectional final
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Playing defense and defending
Volleyball-
Jordan Hedgren(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. I play all positions, but mostly outside hitter.
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. I want to play as a team no matter what happens and never forget why we play volleyball. I want to grow as a passer(that is my biggest struggle). I want to get to know each of my teammates better. It is a goal of mine for the girls to know I’m not just a teammate on the court, but in life too.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Volleyball is the time where I forget everything else going on in my life. When I play it’s pure fun and the adrenaline is unexplainable. Without volleyball I would be a completely different person. God has blessed me with the opportunity to play.
Kathy Nguyen(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Libero
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Six years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Win regionals and have a 2-peat conference title
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing about volleyball is game days and the fact that my teammates are my best friends.
Hollie Fedderly(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Setter
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Six years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Our team goal for this season is to win regionals and grow as a team. pipijp
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. I really love the team aspect of it, like how it’s not just an individual sport. You have to be a collective team in order to win. I love that part of it.
Golf-
Brock Williams(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. 11 years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Make it to state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Playing different courses throughout the year
Jake Hed(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Twelve years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Finish within the top 15 at state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. It is a single and individual sport.
Brett Glennon(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Make it to State
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. It’s fun hanging out with friends
Dan Franck(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Go to state
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Matches and tournaments
Jeff VanGemert(Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Six years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. As a team go to state and individually be the best I can be
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The competition, coming out with a win against rivals.
Tennis-
Brittany Zablocki(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Plays singles on varsity
Q. How long have you been participating in the activity?
A. Four years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal for this season is to just be a good role model and to do my best. When I first started playing I never thought I’d make it to where I am now, and I hope the younger girls can look up to that and know that they too can accomplish anything when they put their mind to it, because I started off just like them.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. It’s hard to choose what my favorite thing about tennis is because I absolutely love the team and all the girls involved in it. I’ve met some of my closest friends through this sport and it definitely keeps me busy. I think tennis is going to be the thing I miss most once I graduate.
Ally Mcphee(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Plays doubles on varsity
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Four years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Team bonding, get the team to be closer this year
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Spending time with all of the fun people, I always look forward to going to tennis all the end of my day
Marissa Michi(Co-Captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. Plays doubles on varsity
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Four years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To win as many matches as I can and to fulfill my duties as a team captain.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. It’s a fun sport that brings everyone on the team together. The people I’m closest to are the girls on the team.
Marching Band-
Dean Divizio(Saxophone Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Saxophone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Twelve years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To help unify the band, personally and with performances
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The people
Hayley Kral(Saxophone Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Saxophone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Six years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To make the show as good as it can be, while having fun
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Band camp, because that’s the time where we meet all the incoming freshman and make them feel welcome.
Anthony Romano(Trombone/Baritone Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Trombone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To not only do the best I can, but work on encouraging others to do the best they can for the good of the group.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing about band is all the friends I have made through it.
Patrick Murphy(Trombone/Baritone Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Trombone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Be the best we can be
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The music and the people
Ashley Garcia(Clarinet Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Clarinet
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Eight years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To be better marchers as a whole and perform at my very best.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Watching everyone get better and having a part with overall success.
Thad Thompson(Clarinet Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Clarinet
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To march in time at shows
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The performances at the football games and competitions
Ryan Nevenhoven(Clarinet Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Clarinet
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To make our marching band show the best that it has ever been because our freshman this year are really good.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Either the football games or competitions because they show off our hard work and are really fun.
Chris Overstreet(Tuba Section Leader):
Q. What is your position?
A. Saxophone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To keep making progress and to never stop improving.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The people in it
Alex Gale(Drumline and Pit Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Snare Drum
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Nine years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Bring the percussion together and create the best percussion section we’ve ever had. Along with that, create good friendships with the group.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. All the fun we have as a percussion group and just the whole band in general
Katelyn Blaszynski(Drum Major):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Saxophone
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. N/A
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To win some trophies at competitions, although we are already winners in my eyes
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. The spirit that we have this year. We really have a bunch of energy, way more spirit than in years past.
Skylar Rolle(Flute Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Flute
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Be available for my section and try to help them with what I know
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. That we are a family; I love music.
Hannah Rienton(Flute Section Leader):
Q. What instrument do you play?
A. Flute
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. Help everyone improve and do better than last season
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Working on drill for our show and movements
Color Guard-
Alex Jurani(Color guard co-captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Four years
What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal for this year is to have the best show possible with creative guard work and interesting drill
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. My favorite thing about guard is watching the show come together after all of the hard work that everyone puts into it. I love watching everyone learn the drill and work and seeing the whole thing come together.
Shannon Barker(Color guard co-captain):
Q. What is your position?
A. N/A
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Seven years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. My goal is to be really successful and have great performances. I also hope we come together as one.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Learning new guard work
Madrigals-
Katelyn Blaszynski(President):
Q. What is your position?
A. Alto
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. To have a rocking dinner and really just have a fun time at the dinner
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. Probably that it is more like a family rather than just a choir. We really grow as one unit.
Nicole Disandro(Vice President):
Q. What is your position?
A. Soprano
Q. How long have you been participating?
A. Two years
Q. What is your goal for this year?
A. I hope that we can proudly represent the Kaneland School District as we tour Barcelona, Spain next year.
Q. What is your favorite part about the activity?
A. I love Madrigals, because it is such a unique opportunity for students. Not every school has a program and we are lucky to have a great one. The class strives to make beautiful music and it is truly a family environment.
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