Hometown Boy

by teacher tom on Apr 26, 2006 9:54 AM CDT

Scott Olsen hails from my town - Crystal Lake. He graduated from Crystal Lake south. So, I'll have to quietly root for him to do well. Just not well enough to win. I'm chaperoning our accelerated reader winners on a field trip to this game today. Look for our group. We'll have a sign that says, "Hey! Hey! READ all about it. River Trails knows the Cubs are on their way!" A sunny day, a Cubs game, two major league debuts for the starting pitchers. Teaching has its moments.

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Where are your seats?

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by Al Yellon on Apr 26, 2006 9:55 AM CDT reply actions

Upper deck 3rd base side, I think!

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by teacher tom on Apr 26, 2006 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions

two joys of being a CLC grad

thats crystal lake central -

not obligated to root against the cubs for a CL guy
i didnt go to south.

sorry - old habits die hard

by austeros on Apr 26, 2006 10:13 AM CDT reply actions

Another "Famous" Grad

Isn't newcaster Randy Salerno a Crystal Lake Central Grad?
I went to neighboring Cary-Grove and remember his athletic prowess. Back in my day, Cary-Grove would get a beat down in nearly every sport.

by RickRueschelsPaunch on Apr 26, 2006 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions

Woo! Fox Valley Conference!

Heh, I went to Dundee-Crown. Talk about getting beat down in every sport. I don't know how they do now, but when I was there we got beat at everything. Especially my sport - tennis. Those Crystal Lake and Cary-Grove kids who played year-round at their fancy indoor facilities kicked our poor C'ville butts.

When did you all graduate? Anybody in school at the same time as this kid? Was there a lot of talk about him when he was playing in high school? I looked up his birthdate (1984) to see when he would have been at South. Boy did that make me feel old.

by Anya17 on Apr 26, 2006 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Olson and Dundee-Crown

If he was born in '84, then he was born the year after I graduated. Back before moving to Cary, I lived across the street from Crown High School on Kings Road. Isn't that closed now. I forgot if they closed Crown or closed Dundee when they merged.

My parents moved when they began the construction on the low-income housing.

by RickRueschelsPaunch on Apr 26, 2006 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Still open...

Dundee-Crown is in the building that used to be Crown on Kings Rd. They closed Dundee when they merged. Or actually, they turned the Dundee High building into Carpentersville Middle Shool.

by Anya17 on Apr 26, 2006 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions