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Chicago Tribune
7 days ago
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Angelina Elias breaks tie with double as St. Laurence gets past Evergreen Park. Her strength? ‘That high energy.'
Senoir catcher Angelina Elias has a favorite phrase she likes to use when talking to her pitchers for St. Laurence. It's a mental game. 'With the amount of pressure a pitcher has, we just need it as a check,' Elias said. 'It's like, 'Keep your head up no matter what. You worked hard to get here.' 'We need to hit the spots. Don't overthink it. Have confidence.' She gave that advice to herself Tuesday and it paid off handsomely for the host Vikings, who beat Evergreen Park 7-2 in a Class 3A St. Laurence Sectional semifinal game in Burbank. Elias hit a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning for the Vikings (21-7), who advanced to play Nazareth (16-15) at 4 p.m. Friday for the sectional title. Jordan Ogean added two hits and three RBIs for St. Laurence. Aoibhe Landers had two hits, while Vanessa Kates reached base four times and tripled. Maddie Misch worked 5 2/3 innings in relief. Molly Goyke reached base twice and scored a run for Evergreen Park (18-15). Elias, meanwhile, is stepping up in the clutch for the Vikings during her only season as the starting catcher. As a junior, she sat behind senior Norah Burke. 'At first, it was just a learning experience on the bench, seeing some plays I could do,' Elias saId. 'I also used it to learn from the mistakes I saw from the bench. 'I'm glad that I have the chance to catch this season for St. Laurence. I consider it a blessing.' Elias showed senior moxie in a few ways during Tuesday's victory. First, she put Misch in a good frame of mind. The junior right-hander came on in relief in the second inning with one on, one out and the Vikings trailing 2-0. 'She kept telling me, 'This is just a mental game, this is just a mental game,'' Misch said. 'I totally agreed with her. She calmed the game, helped us play our game. 'Ange is always supporting her teammates. She's always coming up every single pitch to talk to her pitchers. She always has that high energy.' Elias made her first big play on a catch and sweep tag at home plate on a throw from third base by Ogean. It thwarted a scoring chance by Evergreen Park in the top of the fourth. Watching and learning as a junior paid off when St. Laurence coach Teagan Walsh noticed. 'Yes, she's solid behind the plate,' Walsh said. 'She had to wait her turn to get that starting spot, but she worked her heart out. She just does everything the right way. 'Angelina always hypes her pitchers, which is probably one of my favorite things. And she takes charge. She has grown so much this season with her communication and her IQ of the game.' Ogean tied the game at 2-2 for the Vikings with a two-out single in the bottom of the fifth. After Alyssa Cervantes doubled to lead off the sixth, Elias stepped to the plate with redemption in mind. Two innings earlier, Elias came up with runners on second and third with two outs and took a called third strike. Not this time. Elias worked the count to 2-2, then fouled off two more pitches before hitting a rope to the gap in right-center for an RBI double. She wasn't going down looking. 'I was like, 'No, you have to make some adjustments to help my team score this run,'' Elias said. 'It felt so good when I hit the ball.' Indeed, when Elias got to second base, she showed just how good it felt. She jumped and clapped with all of that high energy. 'Yeah, it was just seeing the team excited and pumped up that we can continue this journey,' Elias said. 'It doesn't matter the score. We'll go like it's game on.'
CBS News
03-06-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Police investigating after stolen car crashes near Evergreen Park shopping center; 1 dead
Evergreen Park police said one person died in a crash when a stolen car plowed into another vehicle near a shopping center in Evergreen Park. As of 11:20 a.m., crews were working to reconstruct the two-car crash that was in the Walmart parking lot and on 95th Street, across from Evergreen Plaza. CBS Skywatch was over the scene, were a dark gray car with severe front-end damage was against the median and sidewalk separating the parking lot from 95th Street. A light gray car with severe side impact and back-end damage was in the corner of the parking lot. Police said officers responded to a report of a stolen car at the Speedway Gas Station on 95th Street. When they arrived, police said a woman got out of the car and went into the gas station while the man behind the wheel sped away. Police said the driver of the stolen car crashed into another car at 95th and Campbell. The car was going fast enough that it appeared to have sent the other car spinning into the Walmart parking lot, damaging or knocking over several trees in the process. The driver of the stolen car was taken to Christ Medial Center where he was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the other car was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The woman who was with the man driving the stolen car was taken into custody at the gas station.
Chicago Tribune
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Even as a freshman on the varsity, Molly Goyke gets Evergreen Park going. Her key? ‘Confidence in my ability.'
Evergreen Park freshman Molly Goyke is 100% comfortable being on the varsity softball team. That was evident before her first state playoff game. Goyke was all smiles out in center field as she did some short toss to get loose. She looked like a kid having the time of her life. 'I have fun because I have a lot of talented teammates around me who support me,' Goyke said. 'I couldn't do it without knowing that they are behind me.' She was also 100% sure from the first day she walked through the doors that she would make the team. The reason for that brought a much shorter answer. 'I had confidence in my ability,' Goyke said. She brought out smiles and swings galore Tuesday afternoon for the host Mustangs in a 15-0 victory over Mansueto in a Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional semifinal game. Goyke came through with a triple, a double and a single and also drove in five runs for Evergreen Park (17-14). Bella Torres added three hits, while Joie Burns had two. Grace Fontaine tallied two hits and pitched the win, retiring all 12 batters she faced while striking out 10. This spring, Goyke has been one of the Southland's most dominant freshmen for Evergreen Park, which will play Payton (14-16-2) at 4:30 p.m. Friday for the regional title. Her three hits against Mansueto boosted an already robust .461 batting average. A left-handed slapper, she hits out of the No. 2 spot in the order. When they get on base, Goyke and senior leadoff Burns create chaos. Goyke also is 12-for-12 on stolen base attempts. Goyke wasn't the only one 100% sure about the varsity call up. Evergreen Park coach Michelle Vucsko was waiting for her. 'Actually, through camps and coming up through our feeder program in middle school, we've known Molly for a long time,' Vucsko said. 'We've been excited to get her. 'We could see the potential. She has a good softball IQ. And in center field, she has a ton of range just going back on balls and covering a lot of ground. And in the box, she just has no fear.' Among her big games were a two-hit effort against Shepard ace Kailey Selvage, a DePaul recruit and the conference's player of the year, and a four-hit performance against Providence. 'Hitting varsity pitchers was a big adjustment,' Goyke said. 'For travel, sometimes we don't see the best pitching. But some of the girls here are going D-I. 'When I go up to the plate, I just tell myself that if it's there, attack the first pitch. That's probably the best pitch you're going to get. You have to be ready.' When Goyke got to Evergreen Park, Burns was one of the first to greet her. 'She was very welcoming,' Goyke said. 'I would go to practice, and she'd be there with a smile on her face, ready to hit and have us work together in the outfield.' The softball lessons? 'Oh, she didn't need any help with that,' Burns said. 'She was definitely more of a mentor to me than I was to her. There is a lot to learn from Molly Goyke.' For instance, Burns made a gesture that drew a smile from the freshman. 'Oh yeah, the elbow,' Goyke explained. 'When we would hit in the cages, I would have my elbow higher. I feel that it gets me to the ball quicker. Joie noticed that and learned from it.' One other thing they share is a love for ice cream. 'Molly has a crazy addiction to it,' Burns said. 'She gets ice cream all the time. I also have a crazy obsession for it, so we're always sending pictures back and forth when we get ice cream.' Tuesday, they celebrated together.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Sheboygan letter-writers on mountain biking at Evergreen Park, ‘judge shopping spree'
Here are this week's letters to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. Please join me in opposing the expansion of mountain biking in Evergreen Park by the Sheboygan Cycling Club. This park is like no other in our city, full of natural beauty and wildlife. The park has already been stressed and damaged by the Making Spirits Bright display, but at least that damage was done for a good cause. The proposed changes to the park by the Cycling Club would only benefit the bikers themselves and further stress the wildlife and plants. I have already noticed large ruts on many of the trails that are caused by the bikers. The cycling events will cause increased car traffic, and utilization of the picnic areas and trails by hikers will be limited during those times. I often see families enjoying a day in the park at one of the picnic areas, and this ability to reserve a park area would be restricted with the increased bike events. This could also be potentially dangerous, especially for families with children, as the bikers often whiz by at high speeds. These questions and issues need to be addressed. Other questions to consider include: Have foresters been brought in to evaluate the potential impact on old-growth trees, wildlife, ground cover, drainage? Is the original Piney Woods charter being honored with this plan? Our city and county already have many beautiful bike trails and bike lanes, constructed at great cost. Why do they need this unique park as well? Ask your alderperson to vote 'No' on Resolution 156-24-25. Carol Dussault Sheboygan We didn't have to wait long to see the results of our state's $100 million judge shopping spree — a farcical decision empowering an imperial governor to unilaterally fund a public institution for 400 years — impressive for a 250-year-old country. In Wisconsin, we hire more than 100 legislators to hammer out somewhat sensible agreements acceptable to the majority about hard subjects like abortion, redistricting, union contracts and school funding. The results are laws. The fact that a major political party spent well more than $60 million to elect a judge to override those laws reminds me of the ironic motto once painted on the side of Sheboygan's late Honest Bob's Motorcycle Shop: 'We screw the other guy and pass the savings on to you.' We citizens are all the 'other guy,' and it doesn't look good for us. Our laws, like our borders and our locked front doors, protect us all. We all depend on honest cops, DAs and judges to enforce law. When any one of them starts making law, they become a predator, and we the prey. Another honest Bob, also late from Sheboygan, when asked by his boss to lie to a customer about a mistake that his builders made, responded, 'If I lie for you, I'll lie to you.' His boss, after a pause, answered … 'OK, just admit it and fix it.' It's time for all of us, Democrats and Republicans alike, to admit that we all shelter in the same country and fix it. Art DeJong Sheboygan Letters to the editor are published in the order in which they are received and letter-writers are limited to having one letter published per month. Letters can be emailed to news@ and Editor Brandon Reid at breid@ Letters must meet specific guidelines, including being no more than 250 words and be from local authors or on topics of local interest. All submissions must include the name of the person who wrote the letter, their city of residence and a contact phone number. Letters are edited as needed for style, grammar, length, fairness, accuracy and libel. This article originally appeared on Sheboygan Press: Sheboygan letters: Oppose expanding mountain biking at Evergreen Park
Chicago Tribune
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
With Evergreen Park trailing Tinley Park, Maddie Bruno knows exactly what to do. And how. ‘Bring that urgency.'
Maddie Bruno has been the ultimate leader in both soccer and volleyball for Evergreen Park. On the soccer field, the senior midfielder is a great communicator, organizer and motivator. But the biggest thing she provides to the team can be summed up in one word, according to fellow senior midfielder Itzel Alvarez. 'Urgency,' Alvarez said of Bruno. 'She's always like the first one to go for it and I love that. If you don't have that, people are kind of scared. But we have Maddie to bring that urgency. 'Watching her go up there, take a shot and make it, it boosts everybody else on the team's confidence.' That's exactly what happened Tuesday night. Bruno scored two of three second-half goals for the Mustangs, who rallied for a 3-2 win over host Tinley Park in a South Suburban Conference crossover game. Alvarez capped the scoring for Evergreen Park (7-5, 4-2 SSC Red). Jade Rubalcava added two assists and Gwenyth Sichelski made five saves. Alexandria Rocha and Gracie Fitzgerald each scored a goal for Tinley Park (7-5, 5-2 SSC Blue), while Maggie Stachowicz finished with 13 saves. Tinley Park held its second annual breast cancer benefit game and honored former player Christine Hermann, who died in 2023 after a battle with breast cancer. Titans coach Kelsey Neylon was Hermann's teammate at Tinley Park. 'I think the biggest thing is teaching the girls that this is so much more than just a game,' Neylon said. 'It's meshing with people that you wouldn't normally hang out with and growing these bonds that you wouldn't typically have. 'It's creating this sisterhood. That's how it was when Chrissy and I were teammates and I just want to keep that going.' On the field, though, it was Evergreen Park's night. It was thanks largely to Bruno, who scored on a shot from 15 yards just four minutes into the second half to tie the game 1-1. She then converted on a penalty kick a little less than 10 minutes later — after Rubalcava was fouled in the box — to give the Mustangs a 2-1 lead. 'I was going to do anything I could to put one in for the team,' Bruno said. 'We kind of strive on momentum, and once we get going, we can go. But it sometimes takes us a minute to get there.' After the Titans forced a 2-2 tie, Alvarez provided the game-winner on a high shot from 25 yards with 24 minutes to go. Bruno, who has five goals this season, is a four-year varsity starter in soccer who has also been a star volleyball player for Evergreen Park. She's comfortable sharing everything she has learned from all that time in the spotlight. 'Someone has to step up and be that leader,' she said. 'I'm loud on the field. I just like to talk. I try to encourage people because if it's silent out there, nobody knows where anybody is. Plus, we always need a push to get us going.' Evergreen Park coach Matt Majchrowicz knows Bruno will have the team ready to go. 'Maddie is very tough for us,' Majchrowicz said. 'She's one of the girls that keeps us going. She's very hard on us, showing up early to practice and making sure everything is the way it needs to be, but she's very positive. 'It's very, 'Hey, let's go get it.' She's a motivator for the team and she's definitely a grinder.' Bruno has seen her team grow in major ways over her varsity career. The Mustangs won the program's first regional championship last season. 'It's been awesome,' she said. 'Winning that regional last year just showed how our hard work has paid off. This season, we've just been pushing hard and we just want more. 'Before my freshman year, there had been a few seasons where they didn't win a single game, so we've come a really long way. We just want that for the school. We want to make history.'
