TIMEOUT! with

Nicole

Borst

Q:How do you feel about this being your last season?

We are in one of the toughest sectionals. But with that said, I think we might be able to do well enough for someone to hopefully qualify for state.

How will conference prepare you for the post-season?Q:

It is so sad, and I tear up every time I think about it. I have been part of the team for four years and it will be hard to leave.

Conference will prepare us for playing the tougher teams in the sectionals. It will also prepare us for the pressure that comes with playing in these big tournaments.

Scott BakalTim Griffin

The leaves are changing color as the fall season is hitting full stride. The temperature is going down and the cold weather affects the play of many fall sports.

More and more athletes are putting on gloves and layering up for the cold beginning of fall. While some athletes feel the colder weather gives them an advantage in their game, others don’t agree.

“Personally, I like it when it’ s colder out-side. The colder weather suits me better,” soph-omore cross country runner Grant von der Lippe said.

Other athletes keep their scarves and sweaters on as they find the cold weather to be a disadvantage in their game.

“In the beginning of a game it doesn’t matter what temperature it is; it’s after half-

time when warm days keep you loose and cold games tighten you up,” sophomore soccer play-er Campbell White said.

According to weather.com, in the month of October the average rainfall is 3.15 inches. The fall rain has the ability to change the out-come of a game.

“If it is raining, it can make the ball slip-pery and tough to hang onto,” sophomore foot-ball player William Trossen said.

Wearing more and often heavier clothes in the cold is an easy way to stay warm. However, this defense mechanism against the cold has consequences for golfers.

“If it’s cold or raining you need more lay-ers of clothing, which restricts your swing. The cold and rain also makes the ball not go as far which means you need to use a club that will go farther. It is also harder to grip the club (in poor weather),” junior golfer Alysia Zaucha said.

According to AccuWeather.com, tempera-

ture’s lows will be in the 40s for much of Octo-ber. This weather will not catch some athletes off guard because of previous work they have put in.

“We prepare for those types of conditions in practice, so it doesn’t really affect us,” senior football player Brad Jensen said.

As winter weather is approaching, athletes will have to deal with more extremes. Accord-ing to weather.com, the coldest October day in Arlington Heights so far reached 27 degrees.

“In extreme conditions, you just kind of have to brace yourself. I will listen to music to get myself ready for a race normally, but when it’s freezing and raining or really hot, you have to force yourself to adjust,” von der Lippe said.

Fall sport athletes will be affected by the weather through the rest of October. Most ath-letes will get a break from the cold as sports then move indoors for the winter season.

Weathering the ‘Heights’Outdoor competitors adapt to season changes

•FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ

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Junior Grant Burke makes

a tough tackle in the backfield against Prospect as senior Brandon Veenendaal looks on. The team lost a hard fought battle 35-0.

After the loss, the team looks

to rebound when they go against Rolling Meadows for the homecom-ing game.

Burke said, “As a team we are

not focused on the hype of homecom-ing, but focused on Rolling Meadows because all our playoff hopes come down to winning this game.”

Q: Do you expect your team to make it state this year?

This week in sports

Coming off a successful season, finishing second in the MSL East, the Huskies plan to make a run in the playoffs against a strong Waukegan team.

“We need to be prepared going into this game and expect the best from whoever shows up,” junior John Cappuccitti

Volleyball Conference Championship at Hersey Oct. 18The team clinched the East division and

won Coach Lill her 800th win against Buffalo Grove. They will be playing Palatine in the Con-ference Championship.

“Since we’re home, I’m excited because we’ll have lots of Hersey fans supporting us,” junior Megan Solans said.

Soccer playoff against Waukegan Tuesday Oct 16