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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

State Swimming Champ, Best College Football Player and More

2012 Year in Review: We look back at some of the biggest sporting moments in the Darien and Woodridge that were covered by Patch this year.

We all know there's a lot of talent that comes from the Darien and Woodridge area. In 2012, our headlines highlighted some of the best and brightest youth our towns have to offer: Girls Swimming: Downers Grove North's Gabby Sims Wins State Title Downers Grove North junior Gabby Sims won her second individual state title in dramatic fashion Saturday, breaking the pool record in the 100-yard freestyle at the IHSA girls swimming and diving finals in Evanston. Four Downers Grove South Students Earn Perfect ACT Scores Seniors Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera, Ammar Kalimullah and Samarth Malhotra each received a perfect composite score of 36 on the exam, which is administered to high school juniors nationwide. Woodridge Native Finalist for Most …

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Woodridge Man is a Pokemon Master

Woodridge native Matt Sybeldon, 20, started playing the popular video game franchise when he was 6. Now he's heading to the national championship.

Evolution is a major aspect of Pokémon, and Woodridge native Matt Sybeldon has evolved from a 6-year-old playing a Gameboy to one of the top Pokémon players in the country.  Sybeldon qualified last month for the 2013 Pokémon U.S. National Championships after he won a regional championship October 14 in Philadelphia.  For those unaware of what Pokémon is a video game franchise in which players collect and battle with various species of Pokémon (Pikachu is commonly associated with the game). It's one of the most popular video game franchises.  Sybeldon, 20, first started playing on a Gameboy when he was 6. Now he's a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh studying electric engineering, but he still finds time to compete.  In the …

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