Sophomore Colette Barnes has spiked into her second year for girls varsity volleyball at Riverside Brookfield.  Volleyball has always been a part of Barnes’ life and athletic career, she has played ever since she was young. “I have been playing volleyball for 9 years now,” Barnes said, “I got into it because my friend’s mom was really good at volleyball, so we both started playing t...

Riverside Brookfield High school is home to a variety of sports to choose from when considering a path in athletics. Sports like Basketball, Volleyball, Baseball, Softball, and others such as tennis or golf. A sport like Golf is one that isn’t widely focussed on amongst all students. But one of the team players explains why a sport like Golf can be quite a good choice. Elizabeth Centorcelli is a proud member of t...

Toughness. Hard work. Determination. Cliché phrases when it comes to sports, but for Steve Haley, these phrases epitomize his high school cross country career. A volleyball player growing up, Haley had some running experience entering freshman year, but not much. After participating on the track team in eighth grade, Haley was interested in cross country and decided to try it. Despite a rough ...

An immense amount of sports are available here at Riverside Brookfield High School. One student in particular Angel Hernandez, a senior, brings one particular aspect to the game of football. Hernandez played defensive tackle. “I’m not really sure exactly. I do however bring strength and I get that done by doing some work in the weight room to get stronger. My end goal is to make sure I end ...

A drop of sweat evaporates as it hits the court. The bounce of the rubber tennis ball can be heard through the background cheers of the audience. Lara Huns takes the court. Huns was the only freshman on the RB girls varsity tennis team in the 2019 season.  “I thought it was really fun,” Huns said. “I liked being with the seniors and meeting a bunch of new people.” Born into a...

Riverside Brookfield High School senior Sofia Perry’s path to the RB Girls’ Swim Team was not linear. As a freshman, Perry’s friends urged her to try out for the swim team, even though her primary sport was gymnastics. A chronic wrist injury made Perry’s involvement in gymnastics increasingly difficult.  “My friend wanted me to join the swim team with her freshman year, and I thought,...

Sophomore Molly Raymond has been a part of the girls cross country team at Riverside Brookfield High School for the past two years. Raymond plans on practicing the sport throughout the rest of her high school career.  She decided to join the team because her brother, Connor Raymond, was on the team previously. Cross country is Raymond's favorite sport out of all of the sports she has tried in the...

Danny Schwanderlik, a sophomore on the golf team, has been playing his favorite sport for as long as he can remember. His love for golf goes all the way back to when he was a little kid, playing for fun, to spend time with his dad.  “I first got into golf when I was about seven and my dad took me golfing for the first time. My dad got me into golf and I really enjoyed hanging out with him,” ...

Daniel Sessler is a senior and the starting varsity goalkeeper on the Riverside Brookfield High School soccer team. Sessler joined the team in his freshman year to work towards his big goal of academic scholarships for college. “I’ve been playing soccer for my whole life,” Sessler said.  Sessler has been playing soccer for 15 years, from age three through high school. He has played goal...

Riverside Brookfield High School junior, Savannah Bishop, discusses how she has been shaped, academically and otherwise throughout her life.  As a child junior member of the gymnastics team at RB, Savannah Bishop was drawn to gymnastics, much more than other sports. After trying others she continued to find herself returning to gymnastics. “I tried a lot of sports but they always seemed to...

Senior Corey Dishmon is a seasoned high school wrestler. Dishmon has been wrestling since he was a freshman, though he wasn’t originally planning to, he says that Coach Lommatzsch thought he would be good at it. However, Dishmon says that within a few weeks he really liked it.  “A few weeks later I actually liked it, so to this day I’m still doing it.” Dishmon said. Dishmon says goi...

Renee Marconi was born with a disability that affects her arm, but she didn’t let that affect her attitude or motivation to do Cheerleading. Marconi has shown interest in cheer even before high school/ “I did cheer all through middle school and I had a lot of friends in the grade above me to try out for cheer,” Marconi said. Marconi plays a variety of roles and doesn’t mind trying ou...

Senior Cassandra Hines, along with being president of National Honors Society, is the starting point guard of RB’s varsity girls basketball team.  She started to get involved in sports at a young age because her parents wanted her to be active, and they also wanted her to stay close with her cousins by playing different sports with them.  “Basketball was my first sport and I started playing...

Riverside Brookfield High School Senior Olivia Meyer has been on the Poms team for her entire high school career. She has helped lead the team and has made the younger dancers better through setting a good example for them. Meyer has been on Poms for four years, but has been dancing for even longer. “I’ve been in Poms for four years [and] I’ve been dancing for about ten years,” Meyer said. ...

Basketball is very meaningful to many people as it is considered a part of life and daily schedule. This is how it is for Paul Zilinskas, senior here at Riverside Brookfield High School. Paul is one of the members on the Bulldogs’ varsity squad. He has a special connection with the game as he looks to make it a career. Paul has helped lead the Bulldogs to a 20-10 record while also playing a key part i...

Freshman Murphy Reagan has been playing water polo for seven years, two years competitively. Originally, Regan played for Windy City Water Polo.  He recently joined the swim team to improve his skills. By participating in swimming this year, Reagan will be better prepared for water polo in the spring.   “Our coach makes us work a lot, and swimming up and down the pool is a good work out”...

Junior, Sophie Bruno has played on the girls water polo team since her freshman year. This competitive spring-sport is a big part of Bruno’s life due to her family connections to the sport. Her older sister, Tatum Bruno (Class of 2018), went All-State in 2018. Along with their father being the coach for a few years.  “It was interesting [having my dad be a coach], he knows so much about water polo...

Senior Moira Ford is finishing her final season of soccer throughout her high school career. She reflects on her long history with soccer as her senior year comes to a close.  Ford has been playing soccer since the age of seven and has always looked forward to participating in the sport in high school. Her passion for playing, the bond with her teammates, and pure love of the sport inspires her t...

Water Polo is one of the most popular and exciting sports at RB with 13 varsity members it is filled with talent. One of the teams most talented players is junior Dayton Gaughan who is an essential member of the team. “I love being a part of RB’s water polo team” Gaughan said. Gaughan has been playing water polo for four years or since eighth grade and has played for RB since his freshman yea...

Vanessa Garcia, a junior on girls lacrosse here at Riverside Brookfield High School, was new to the sport, but was able to find herself building a healthy relationship with the sport as soon as she started playing. Girls lacrosse as well as all other high school sports, are helping students build strong and reliable relationships with sports and she experienced this.  A friend recommended her to play and try the...

Senior Matt Hanson started playing volleyball in fifth grade.  Realizing he had a passion for it, he stuck with the sport, and has earned his spot as a middle blocker on the Riverside Brookfield High School Varsity boys volleyball team.  Not only does Hanson play for RB, he also manages the girl’s volleyball team.   “Not only playing volleyball, but watching volleyball year round makes y...

Track and Cross Country runner Jovani Nava ran into an injury which sprained his career right before the 2019 Bulldog Relays. During practice only a couple of hours before the big event, Nava trained to brave the 110 meter hurdles of the Bulldog Relay. While jumping hurdles, he landed on his foot backwards, causing a major sprain of his ankle that put him out for the event. “My whole ankle gave...

Growing up in a family who have all played baseball and softball, senior Nadia Ranieri almost felt like she had to play softball as well; but very quickly that feeling of having to play, turned into wanting to play, needing to play. Ranieri’s family were all pitchers, and she is no exception. A four year Varisty starter, Ranieri is a pitcher and an infielder for the girls’ softball team here at R...

Colleen Bray, a senior at Riverside Brookfield High School, started her competing in shot put and discus for the Girls’ Track and Field team, her junior year. It started as a way to meet new people but soon became something she truly enjoyed. “I started doing track because I wanted to be part of a team and just put myself out there. My friends, who had been doing track, encouraged me to do i...

Every student athlete at Riverside Brookfield High School and across the country has to balance their school work and practicing their athletics, but few do it as good as Nick Sacharski. Sacharski, a Sophomore at RB has not only managed to maintain straight A’s through his first three semesters of high school, holding the highest GPA in the class of 2022, but has also put in the work to become one o...

Baseball games have so much to offer, from the popcorn to the chanting and the occasional scholarship. He is a senior at Riverside Brookfield High school on the Varsity Baseball team. He has always had a love and passion for the sport. “Playing the game brings me joy and excitement. I have always loved it since I was three years old and look forward to continuing playing.” Schicker said ...

Riverside Brookfield High School senior Aidan Regan is one of the captains for the boys lacrosse team and most importantly one of the students who helped start a lacrosse team at RBHS. Back in 2017, freshman Regan was part of a small group of passionate students who pushed the schools administration to start a lacrosse team and it officially became a school IHSA sport team in 2018.  Regan, a fou...

Sophomore Claire Shanahan plays a big role on role on Riverside Brookfield’s badminton team. Despite Badminton being one of the more unpopular sports at Riverside Brookfield High School, it is a very important sport for players like Shanahan on the team. Shanahan got into the sport by competing with her mom as a child. “I have been playing badminton ever since I was a kid. When I was younger, my mom...

Sophomore, Trent Oltrogge is a part of the Special Olympics basketball team at Riverside Brookfield High School. He has been playing basketball for a while now, and is looking forward to future seasons.  Oltrogge has built strong bonds with his team mates and enjoys all of the countless memories they have made together.  “My favorite part about the team is how silly some of my teammates are and their ...