The CHIEF September 2023

Girls Tennis Update By: Summer Negray

This year, the Pontiac Girls Tennis team has expanded by bringing in seven new players! The flowing players are Elisa Ewing, Michelle Stevenson, Willow Dodson, Abi Gall, Addison Hall, Casey Taylor, and Emily Bailey. The returning players are all very happy about the latest additions to the team! The returning players this season are Brooke Burger, Olivia Masching, Holli Vuong, Olivia Bonnvier, Jasmine Ray, Emma Reilly, Avery Butler, and Summer Negray. We absolutely love the grade diversity this year! Michelle Stevenson joined the team as a junior and has a few words to share about why she decided to join now: “I wanted a sports waiver and thought tennis would be a fun sport to try. I never thought I would love it as much as I do. I get excited for every practice and I’m so glad I decided to do it.” Also joining us as sophomores are Addison Hall, Elisa Ewing, and Willow Dodson. All of the sophomores joined the team because they heard about how lively the sport is through multiple returning players. This gave them the push they needed to sign up and become an athlete. Additionally, Abi Gall, Casey Taylor, and Emily Bailey are freshmen this year and they decided to participate in tennis. I’m personally looking forward to all of our new teammates growing their skills throughout this playing season, and excited to see how many of them join tennis again next year! I know our returning players this year are excited to kick butt on the courts, and we are all looking forward to having the best playing season yet.

PTHS Football Update By: Jack Demopoulos

Pontiac continues their season after coming off of a big win against Rantoul winning the game 40-14. The offensive line showed big improvements during the game, proving how Pontiac is still a team to not be messed with. In the game against Rantoul, A.J. Delong stepped up in his second game as starting quarterback for varsity, showing off in this game with four touchdown passes. Pontiac had the lead in the first half and never let go once they had it. Overall, the season has not been exactly what the team has planned for as of yet, but these boys continue to pick themselves back up and keep working, no matter the win or loss. Senior Amare Curtiss says it best, “I feel as if we’re a gang of guys who put in the work day in, day out trying to change this program around. We all put in a lot of hard work and try to show it on the field and win.” With that being said, let's keep cheering on our team!