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Boys Soccer Fight to the End

Nydrea Patterson
November 19, 2024

Ready to play. Varsity boys huddled right before the game starts in the second half of their game against Streator on October 22. Unfortunately, they lost 2-4 but they tried their best. The boys had an overall good season with 13 wins and 8 losses. 

Coach Kevin Olesen said, “We struggled finding the rhythm as a team in the first half but in the second half we found our identity again, worked together and made it an exciting second half but came up just short.” 

Senior Evan Snook scored the first goal and junior Jorge Lopez scored the second one. 

 

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Nydrea Patterson
Nydrea Patterson
Nydrea Patterson is a senior who has been a part of the soccer team since freshman year. On top of playing soccer, Nydrea has played tennis, run for cross country and has been the girls wrestling manager. In her free time Nydrea likes to paint, read crochet, run and sing. Nydrea also enjoys going to after-school activities like soccer games, football games and school plays. Nydre has love writing since she was in 5th grade. After high school, Nydrea plans on going to IVCC or JJC for 2 years and then transferring to a historically black college to possibly become a preschool teacher or have some type of job that children.
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