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Chicago Tribune
4 days ago
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Carson Holmes, whose older brother played for Libertyville, is ‘a big part of it now.' And he has a big swing.
For as long as anyone can remember, when Libertyville's Carson Holmes has held a baseball bat, good things have happened. That hasn't changed in Holmes' first full varsity season. He has settled into the cleanup spot in the Wildcats' lineup and has launched a home run in each of Libertyville's two playoff wins. 'I like fielding,' Holmes said. 'But more importantly, I just like to hit. That's why I play baseball.' Holmes, a junior who has been a dependable outfielder but was the designated hitter on Saturday, blasted a two-run homer as second-seeded Libertyville beat seventh-seeded Highland Park 5-2 in the Class 4A Hoffman Estates Regional championship game. Holmes' fifth home run of the season came with two outs in the bottom of the fifth and gave the Wildcats (32-4), who will play sixth-seeded Prospect in the Stevenson Sectional semifinals at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 5-0 lead. It scored senior first baseman Joshua Holst, an Air Force recruit who had singled right before Holmes and hit a solo shot two innings earlier. Holmes' long ball provided two important insurance runs for junior pitcher Chase Lockwood, who went the distance. The Giants (24-11-1) scored two unearned runs in the top of the seventh. 'The previous at-bat, I swung and whiffed at a curveball, so I just sat curveball the next time up,' Holmes said. 'He threw me one, and I took it deep. The one before was a really bad swing, so I made the adjustment.' Holmes takes a measured approach at the plate. 'The thing with Carson is that he takes a nice, smooth swing,' Libertyville coach Matt Thompson said. 'He's never trying to jack the ball. He just gets the barrel to the ball really well, and obviously you see the results. 'He's always been confident in himself as a hitter, and he's built on it this year.' Holmes, who went 2-for-2 and was hit by a pitch on Saturday, is hitting .426 with a .543 on-base percentage, a 1.330 OPS and 21 RBIs. 'I've been seeing him swing the bat since we were 8, and he's always been hitting bombs,' Libertyville junior second baseman Trevor Wallace said. 'He has a great swing. The whole year, he's been pretty hot. It's been fun to see.' Holmes' older brother Dylan, a 2022 Libertyville graduate, plays for NJCAA Division III World Series qualifier Oakton Community College. The two spend ample time analyzing Holmes' swing, making adjustments when things go awry and having a devoted plan day in and day out. 'He's been a big influence on how I play this game, especially hitting the ball,' Holmes said. 'I'll send him videos, and he'll help me with my swing to this day. So he deserves credit for that.' Holmes pointed to one change in particular this season. 'We made some adjustments in my swing, and ever since, I've been hitting the ball really well,' Holmes said. 'I was upper-cutting it too much, and I need to stay more downhill to the ball, having a shorter path — be short to it, not long.' Holmes, who got a taste of varsity baseball as a late-season call-up in 2024, has longed for this opportunity, having watched Libertyville teams of the past. 'It's been a lot different but a lot of fun actually being a big part of it now,' he said. 'It's kind of my job to hit, and I pride myself on doing that, and this is a really good team to be a part of. We all connect, and this is our year to do some damage.'
RNZ News
6 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
How to prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival
Zongzi is a traditional Chinese delicacy consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on 31 May this year. These pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumplings are filled with savoury or sweet ingredients and wrapped in either bamboo or reed leaves. Here's a simple guide to making them at home: A zongzi wrapping workshop was held at Highland Park Library on 18 May to celebrate China's Dragon Boat Festival. Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin Examples of the finished product. Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin Zongzi can be enjoyed warm or at room temperature.
CBS News
27-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Crime Stoppers offers reward in 2021 Wayne County murder case
Crime Stoppers of Michigan has offered a reward in the murder investigation of Highland Park resident Lauren Cook. Cook was fatally shot after armed men entered her Geneva Avenue home about 1 a.m. June 14, 2021, Crime Stoppers reported. She was 30 years old. The family has asked for information on the case. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest in this murder. Those with information to share can make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 1-800 SPEAK-UP or go to their website at to send in a tip. Lauren Cook, age 30, was fatally shot June 14, 2021, at her home in Highland Park, Michigan. Crime Stoppers of Michigan Crime Stoppers of Michigan, which began in 1993 and is an affiliate of Crime Stoppers International, serves the Southeast Michigan area of Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
Edinburgh Reporter
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Under Open Skies at Thomson's Tower
Under Open Skies by Jennifer Austin will be exhibited at Thomson's Tower, the yellow octagonal building on the shores of Duddingston Loch has entertained many artists in its 200 years including Henry Raeburn, who immortalised the loch in his painting of 'Rev Robert Walker, skating on Duddingston Loch'. The Tower has also welcomed J.M.W. Turner 'the painter of light', he of 'big skies'; so how appropriate then that, the red carpet has been rolled out for Orkney's Jennifer Austin – her exhibition 'Under Open Skies' is scheduled for the second week in June. Jennifer has exhibited previously; in Orkney at the Workshop and Loft Gallery in St Margaret's Hope (May 2024) and at Highland Park in Kirkwall (March 2025) and in Edinburgh, at the Morningside Gallery (2024). She is completely self-taught and a pupil of the school of trial and error; she is the first to admit that her painterly craft and subsequent success and achievement owes much to YouTube during lockdown. This exhibition is a celebration of light; more specifically how light falls in, on and through the natural world. On display will be a mixture of oils and prints that illustrate Jennifer's relationship with light – a relationship that has been acquired through her Orkney upbringing. 'Light' in Orkney is special – in the summer it can go on forever while in the winter, though in shorter supply, it can reveal itself in moments of intensity. It's in Jennifer's blood and in the air she breathes; both are revealed in her paintings – none more so than in the impressive 'Golden Hour'. I think Turner would have approved. Jennifer's exhibition runs from 8 to 14 June 2025 between 10am and 3pm at: Thomson's Tower in Dr Neil's Garden 5 Old Church Lane EH15 3PX Tim Dean This author does not have any more posts. Like this: Like Related
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Highland Park mother displays message on billboard seeking resolution in son's death
The Brief Shamayim Harris, better known as Mama Shu, is seeking justice is trying to send a message on a billboard in Detroit. Shu says she saw who killed her son, Chinyelu Humphrey, four years ago. Mama Shu hopes the billboard will provide a resolution. HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (FOX 2) - A mother seeking justice is trying to send a message on a billboard above the Davison in Detroit. What they're saying Shamayim Harris, better known as Mama Shu, says she saw who killed her son, Chinyelu Humphrey, four years ago. The shooting happened in front of his family's home at Avalon Village in Highland Park. Mama Shu saw it unfold. "I've been saying over and over who killed my son. Wanting it to be looked into for four years now, and none of the other ways seem to work," she said. "I'm still trying to get them to go and speak with the killer. I know where he is. He's in jail right now. Just to go and investigate." "He's in jail for a different charge?" asked FOX 2's Brandon Hudson. "He's in jail for a different charge, but my thing is that he's already tied up with the authorities in court. Let's keep him there," Harris responded. "Give me a sense of the emotions that you're going through four years later?" Brandon asked. "It's just some frustrations. I'm disappointed that it's actually taking this long," she said. "And it's really making me wonder that if a person sees a crime, and they report it, is something really done." Why you should care Mama Shu hopes the billboard will provide a resolution. In the years since, Mama Shu has continued to help Avalon Village thrive. It has been a source of healing for the sadness and confusion she feels over her son's unresolved murder. Still, she holds fond memories close to her heart. "I would just open up the door real hard, like boom, slam it open," she said. "Then, I start looking over at him. Then, he'll get out of his truck, and then he'll look over and start doing the same thing. We'll both nod. It's like a checkpoint, 'ok, Chin-mama, I love you.'" Mama Shu says she'll keep the billboard up for 30 days, and then another 30 days if needed.
