Red Devil Update Student E-News

October 27, 2016

CONTENTS

Weekly Activity News ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Weekly Athletic News ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

WEEKLY ACTIVITY NEWS

On Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 85 Hinsdale Central High School music students, along with hundreds of students from other District 1 schools, auditioned for the Illinois Music Educator Association (ILMEA) Bands, Choirs, Orchestras, and Jazz Bands. Based on the results of those auditions, 40 students were invited to participate in the Jazz Festival on Saturday, November 12, at Thornridge High School in Dolton, IL, and the District Festival on Saturday, November 19, at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, IL. The top seated students at the district festivals will be invited to participate in the All-State and Honors ensembles during the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC) January 26-28, 2017, in Peoria, IL. Please join me in congratulating the students listed below who are participating in the ILMEA District 1 Festivals, along with the band directors, Matt Goeke and Matt Kurinsky, the choir director, Jen Burkemper, and the orchestra director, Serge Penksik.

BAND

Chimnay Amin (9) Euphonium

Chitra Balakrishnan (12) Bb Clarinet

Alexander Colban (10) Baritone Sax

Jacinda Eskander (11) Flute

Sean Goldthwaite (10) Alto Sax

Laura Libera (12) Trumpet

Margaret Litwin (10) Bass Clarinet

Ben Lotsoff (11) Trombone

Katherine Marcotte (11) Flute

Davis Miller (11) Bb Clarinet

Ethan Wang (11) French Horn

CHORUS

Evan Donaldson (12) Tenor I

Alex Hughes (11) Soprano II

John Koznarek (12) Bass II

Anna Lowery (12) Soprano I

James Mathew (12) Tenor I

Nora Moran (12) Alto II

Jack Rasmussen (12) Bass I

Michelle Shen (10) Soprano II

JAZZ BANDS

Matt Alder (10) Trumpet

Luke Berg (11) Trumpet

Elisabeth Bieber (10) Trumpet

Michael Callahan (12) Trombone

Terry Dunphy (12) Piano

Parker Frankiewicz (11) Drum Set

Jack Kanzler (12) Guitar

Ben Lotsoff (11) Trombone

Suhaib Qasim (11) Trombone

ORCHESTRA

Chase Ackerson (11) Violin

Alice Ding (11) Violin

Ashley Fu (11) Violin

Jason Fu (9) Viola

Giorgio Graziano (12) Viola

Kevin Jin (9) Viola

Viktor Kuru (12) Violin

James Lekas (10) Cello

Melissa Li (10) Violin

Xinru Li (11) Viola

Martin Berg (12) French Horn

Alyssa Lee (9) Oboe

Lana Millman (10) French Horn

Last weekend, Outdoor Adventure Club headed up to Waterfall Glen where the group enjoyed an incredible fall day hiking. We also want to give a shout out to member John Peland. John competed at the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships this month in Canada: He finished in 13th place for his age group and had a shot to be first place if not for a couple really tough events! Truly an awesome job and very impressive! If you are interested in mountain biking, hiking, skiing, or participating in an Abominable Snow Race this January come to our meeting November 3rd in room 149. New members always welcome! Go Red Devils!

Business Professionals of America conducted its 2nd Annual Food Drive this year. We collected over 1400 pounds of food, diapers, wipes, and hygiene products that were donated to Hinsdale Family Services. This was over 10 pounds per member! Thank you to all members and families for your generous donations.

FCCLA baked and decorated devil and monster eye cupcakes and rice krispie pumpkins to sell at our Halloween bake sale. All proceeds raised will help fund our cooking and serving event for PADS in November.

To celebrate Health and Wellness during the month of October, the Family & Consumer Sciences department’s Creative Cooking 1 courses made recipes using a variety of different colored fruits and vegetables. Students presented research on the nutrients and phytochemicals in each color to go along with their lab recipes.

Are you interested in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Math, or Physics? The back-2-back State Champion red devil JETS team is looking for 32 scholars to compete against other schools. We will be holding open tryouts beginning next week. (Monday, October 31 through Friday, November 4 at 7:10 and 3:10.)

Students are encouraged to take 40-minute multiple choice tryout tests in at least two subject areas. Questions? See Mr. Breig or Ms. Breig (in room 183) for details. Additional information can be found in the JETS display case, across from room 183.

NHS is hosting a Halloween Games & Bake Sale event on Monday, October 31st before school in the student cafeteria. All proceeds from the event will go to the all-school service project, Amazing Grace.

Don’t cook on Monday!!! Stop by the NEW Potbelly’s at Oak Brook Mall for lunch and dinner! ONLY $5 for a sandwich, chips and drink!!! All proceeds go back to Hinsdale Central High School benefiting Student Council and the Amazing Grace Foundation!

HC Varsity Girls Gymnastics Kids Clinic and Dinner - Friday, November 4th

You & your aspiring gymnast are invited to a night of learning and fun! Join the Hinsdale Central varsity girls gymnastics team as they teach the young gymnasts how to do skills and tricks based on their level of experience. The class will last for an hour. After the class is over, dinner will be catered from Olive Garden in the cafe.

All proceeds will be donated to the Amazing Grace Foundation.

-The clinic is from 5:00 - 6:00pm, and we will start check in at 4:45 pm in the field house.

-This clinic is open to District 86 families and friends of District 86 families - EVERYONE is invited!

-The clinic is $20 per student for the class and dinner. $10 per adult for dinner.

-Please bring payment to the field house (cash or checks made out to Hinsdale Central High School)

-Please have the students wear comfortable athletic clothes that are easy to jump, run, and flip in!

-Olive Garden will be catering dinner immediately following the class.

Please sign up on this google form:

https://goo.gl/forms/HcTGKYvly6AQZLMJ3

Any questions? Please contact Mr. Jones: djones@hinsdale86.org

Dog Adoption Month – October 2016

Sponsored by CARE Club

Dog(s) of the Week

ID: D1050-53

Breed: Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer Age: 9 weeks

Gender: Male, Male, Male, Female Child Approval: Various

Adoption Fee: $200 each My vaccinations are up to date

My health has been checked

For more information, contact: Hinsdale Humane Society

22 N. Elm St Hinsdale, IL 60521

630.323.5630

Quick Glance at Upcoming Fundraisers, Meetings and Events (For more detailed information you can check this calendar: http://hc.hinsdale86.org/Page/449)

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Class of 2018: @hc2018

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WEEKLY ATHLETIC NEWS

Congrats to the Hinsdale Central Varsity Tennis team for winning state this past weekend! Megan Guenther and Erica Oku were the Doubles State Champs! Mira Amin and Carolyn Ahn came in 6th place. Olivia Oosterbaan was a Top 8 singles winner! Congratulate these girls when you see them because they worked hard to bring home a championship!

The JV1 Tennis team accomplished an amazing feat last weekend going 21-0 at the Conference tournament to take 1st place. This win could not have been done without the leadership of the following five seniors: Olivia Burress, Alison Gust, Julia Coyner, Nika Byrne and Khloe Pastore. The team went undefeated in the regular season as well capping off impressive wins against Glenbard West and Lyons Township. Great season, ladies!

Congratulations to the Varsity Soccer team - IHSA Regional Champions! Hinsdale Central soccer defeated DGN this past Saturday to claim the Regional title!

The Boys Cross Country team won the IHSA Regional last Saturday with 26 points - easily outdistancing 2nd place Oak Park-River Forest by 19 points. The following harriers competed for the Red Devils: 2nd place-Ryan Doorhy (Sr), 3rd place-Ethan Planson (Sr), 4th place-Jan Erik Naess (Sr), 8th place-Neil Cumberland (Jr), 9th place-Ben Schneiders (Sr), 10th place-Jacob Belgrad (Sr) and 12th place-Sam Schiavitti (Jr).

The Girls Swim & Dive team took 4th place out of 12 teams at the HC Freshman Invite on Saturday. Some notable swims included Anna Gruvberger’s 1st place 1:25.57 finish in the 150 freestyle, followed closely by Audrey LaValle’s 6th place finish at 1:33.70, Gruvberger’s 26.85 1st place 50 butterfly finish, LaValle and Anna Gruchala finishing 4th and 5th in the 400 free with times of 4:32.02 and 4:32.45, respectively, the 200 freestyle relay team of LaValle, Nanyamka Salter, Gruchala and Gruvberger finishing 3rd with a time of 1:48.49, and the 400 free relay team of Grace Fowler, Gruchala, LaValle and Gruvberger finishing 4th with a time of 3:57.28. Congratulations to all the freshmen who competed!

The Red Devil Varsity Football team defeated Oak Park-River Forest by a score of 21-12 last Friday night. The Red Devils finished the regular season 9-0 and earned their first conference championship since 2004!

The Varsity Hockey team went 0-2 this past week losing to OPRF and Neuqua Valley. The Red Devils had a close game against OPRF with the score tied up at the end of the first and second periods. But Neuqua outscored Central in the 3rd to win 5-4. Hinsdale goals were scored by Sam Stapleton, Aidan DuFort (2), and Charlie Kapp. Alek Bogdonoff, Sam Stapleton, Lucian DiPofi and Conor Donlevy recorded assists. Jonathon Krawchuk played well in goal with 26 saves. On Sunday, the Red Devils faced Neuqua Valley, one of the top ranked teams. Despite a large number of power play opportunities, Hinsdale Central came up short 8-2. Demetri Karris and Kapp scored for Hinsdale, assisted by Tim Laskowski and Bogdonoff. The Red Devils have two home games this coming weekend at Darien, playing Lincoln-Way on Saturday at 9:30pm and Sunday against Waubonsie at 8:30pm. Come out and support Red Devil Hockey!

The JV Hockey team split games this weekend, earning one win and one loss. Saturday night they had a rematch against Maine South. Matt Montroy was credited with two goals in period one, assisted by Alex Dimitriou, Chet Daker and Nick Kubycheck. Maine South then began to turn it up offensively, collecting two goals in the second and two goals in the third. The Devils fell 2–4. On Sunday, the Devils faced Neuqua Valley and defeated them handedly 4-1. Goals were scored by Kubycheck, Dimitriou, Hayden Woodward, and Montroy. Montroy, Jeff Smith, Spencer Martin, Jake Ognibene and Dimitriou all had assists.

The Varsity Volleyball team ended their regular season match schedule with an impressive victory at Hinsdale South while celebrating Volley for a Cure. In the annual match dedicated to breast cancer awareness, Hinsdale South and Hinsdale Central came together to raise a ton of money for the Open Arms Foundation and played an exciting volleyball match. Hinsdale Central came away with the win and were led offensively by outside hitters Maggie Wilson (7 kills) and Abby Tosello (6 kills). In the IHSA playoff opener, Hinsdale Central defeated Downers Grove South in a rematch of a game played 12 days ago. While DGS outplayed the Devils in a 25-14, 25-14 the first time the two teams played, it was Hinsdale Central that came out on top 25-21, 25-22 in front of a great playoff volleyball crowd. The Red Devils used a balanced attack where 5 players (Wilson, Tosello, Gillian Lail, Jasmine Mrozek and Allison Heil) recorded at least 3 kills. Senior right-side hitter Heil led the team with 6 kills. Lindsay Knutson and Molly Schwarz added 2 aces each. Defensively, HC was led by Zoe Smith's 3 blocks and Andrea Kopp's incredible digs and defensive saves. Kopp led the defense with 9 digs. Overall, it was a great team win. Way to go Devils!! The Red Devil Sophomore Volleyball team ended their season last week with a win against Hinsdale South. The team clinched a conference championship, beating Downers Grove North the previous night. Throughout the season, these girls took 1st place in the Plainfield North Tournament, 3rd place in the Antioch Tournament, and 1st place in the Barrington Tournament. The team ended with an impressive record of 25-8. Thanks for all your hard work this season, girls! Go Devils!

The Girls Cross Country team finished 2nd out of 11 teams at the Regional Meet on Saturday at KLM, qualifying for this Saturday’s Sectional Meet at Midlothian Meadows hosted by Marist High School. The top five teams on Saturday will qualify for the State Championships in Peoria on November 5th. The Red Devils were led by Reilly Revord, Grace McCabe and McKenna Revord, who placed 3rd, 4th and 5th overall to earn All-Regional recognition for placing in the top five. This was the 3rd All-Regional recognition for juniors Reilly Revord and Grace McCabe and the first for freshman McKenna Revord. The three had seasonal best times on their home course at KLM of 17:45, 17:57 and 17:58 for three miles respectively. Kayla Byrne also was a top ten finisher, coming in 10th in 18:33 and was followed across the line by teammates Taylor Waldron, Caitlin Chval and Molly Caveney, who finished 14th-16th in 18:44, 18:49 and 18:55. The same seven girls will compete at Sectionals on Saturday, joined by alternates Taylor Wagner, Bella Pisani and Sophia Horowicz. Athletes of the Meet at Regionals were Grace McCabe and McKenna Revord.

Congrats to football player Josh Bean for being selected the Country Financial/Tribune Athlete of the Month!

Have a great weekend! William C. Walsh, Principal Hinsdale Central High School Follow us on Twitter @ThisIsHCHS