PERSPECTIVESATHLETICS

a seasonal review of the Perspectives Charter Schools Sports Program

CHICAGO | VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3, JULY 2015 | @pcs_athletics

Varsity Boys & Girls Track

Varsity Softball

AND

Varsity Baseball

Joslin Girls Soccer.

Middle School Spring
Sports.
Perspectives Athletics in
2016.

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Perspectives
Athletics
CHICAGO

ts difficult to
be a good
athlete. Its
even harder
to be good
consistently,
but juniors
Carah Cole
and Alaysia
Hardy have
done exactly
that.
For the second
consecutive year,
the two Perspectives/IIT Math &
Science Academy/Joslin stand-

outs participated
in the Class 2A
girls state track
meet at Eastern
Illinois University
in Charleston.
Cole qualified by
winning the shot
put and discus in
the North Lawndale sectional
meet; Hardy did it
by placing second
in the shot put.
They had reached
state in the same
events a year
earlier.
At the state meet
this season, Cole

recorded a strong
38-foot-3-inch
throw in the shot
put preliminaries to miss a spot
in the 12-person
finals by just
three-quarters
of an inch. Cole
and Hardy also
competed in the
discus preliminaries.
The Perspectives
MSA/Joslin girls
team placed sixth
in the sectional
meet with 34
points. The boys
team placed 13th
in the Robeson
sectional.
Besides Cole
and Alaysia,
head coach Jesse
Hardys top contributors included
seniors Brayce
Hardy and Nehemiah Israel and

freshman Kolby
Pruitt of the boys
team and junior
Dai Milan Coleman of the girls
team.
As a team we
constantly got
better, Hardy
said. Track and
field athletes
deserve to be
recognized for the
dedication and effort they put in to
succeed.
The Perspectives Leadership
Academy/High
School of Technology boys track
team produced an
excellent thirdplace finish in the
Chicago Public

Schools Orange
Division meet.
Top performers
for head coach
Terry Jones included senior Lee
Langham, who
finished second in
the city championship in the shot
put and discus,
and classmates
Ronnie Davis and
Aaron Wiley.
Im very proud
of our seniors efforts, with many
achieving personal records in their
events, Jones said.

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@pcs_athletics

Essence Ramsey were also

top contributors.

The Perspectives MSA/Joslin

softball team
finished with
a 5-5 record
overall and in
pitcher Yetunde
the Yellow ConArogundade had
ference.
an outstanding
debut season,
Head Coach
and seniors
William
Danyia Bell,
Yadrons top
Alyssa Sanders, performers
Shekinah Richincluded senmond, Jocelyn
iors Victoria
Williams, and
Williams, GloJasmine Pearria Scott and
son played
Dawn Rayford
with exceptional and sophomore
commitment,
Destiny Garner.
according to
Garner had five
head coach Suhome runs to
sie Mazur.
help lead a po-

he Perspectives
Leadership
Academy/
High School
of Technology softball team
achieved
perfection,
finishing its
season with
a 13-0 overall
record and
the CPS Yellow ConferSenior Jana
ence title.
Harris, junior
Freshman

Taniya Ceaser
and freshman

tent offense.
We rallied
hard in many

of our games,
Yadron said.
We never fell
out of a game
because we had
such strong bats
throughout our

game.
We had a
great season,
and I am very
proud of our
athletes.

lineup that could

allow us to have
big innings to
keep us in the

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The Perspectives
Leadership
Academy/
High School
of Technology
baseball team
played smart
on and off the
field.
Five Warriors
were Chicago
Public League
Ernie Banks Conference all-league
performers and

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Season highlights
for the PLA/Tech
girls team came
from senior Dj
Washington,
who set a personal record of
one minute in the
400-meter dash
while placing

six received allacademic honors,

so its no surprise
their team finished an impressive 15-11 overall
and 8-6 in conference games.
PLA/Tech also
reached the state
tournament
regional championship game
against Morgan
Park.
Head coach
Lacey Rogers top

in the CPS finals,

and freshman
Tabatha Daniels,
who placed sixth
in the high jump
in the CPS finals
with a personal
best of four feet
six inches. Washington also placed
in the 200 dash.
Head coach
Savannah

contributors included junior allconference performers JuJuan

Patrick, Hakeem
Adebimpe, James
Patterson, and
Deaireon Davis.
With seven starters back next season, Rogers hopes
to win conference
and regional titles.

ball team finished

8-11, including 6-7
in the Sammy
Sosa Conference.

The Perspectives/IIT Math &

Science Academy/Joslin base-

Were rebuilding with a fairly

young team,
head coach Cletus
Nichols said about

Wrights other
top performers
included seniors
Rokyah Robinson
and Niara Powell, sophomore
Dejah Walton and
freshman Mercee
Branch.

Top performers
included seniors
Jack Pratt and
Jamichael Nevers
and juniors Glenn
Wagner, Cortlen
Murphy and Queshawn Burnett.

next season. Our

goals are to win
the conference
and go deep in the
state playoffs next
year.
By Barry
Temkin

Mr. Temkin retired in

2008 from the Chicago
Tribune and volunteers in
the Perspectives Charter
Schools athletic department. He spent his last
20 years at the Tribune
writing a high school
sports column that covered hundreds of schools,
including
Perspectives.

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T

he Perspectives
Joslin girls
soccer team
was 0-4 this
spring but had
a successful
season nonetheless.
We enjoyed

building a
team together, said
head coach
Maria Kossick, whose
captains were
juniors Alexandra Rendon
and Stephanie
Maltos. We

he Perspectives
Middle Academy coed
softball team
got hot when
it counted to
finish its season with a 3-3
record and the
championship
of the Perspectives network
league.

championship,
head coach Ron
McBride said.
We started the
season off a bit
rocky but came
on strong the
second half.

The highlight
was our players
coming together
and supporting each other
to ultimately
win the league

They played
hard and never
gave up.
PMAs top performers included 7th-grader

scored several
goals this year
and had fun.
The coach
plans to continue the team-

Laterreon, Miles,
8th-grader
Marion Finches
and 6th-grader
Aaron Pierce.
Perspectives
MSA made PMA
earn its network
title, losing by
just one run
in the championship game
after loading the
bases with two
outs in the bottom of the final
inning.
The players
worked hard,
took the game
seriously and

building process
next season.
Our goal is
player retention,
player development and en-

suring our girls

are learning the
fundamentals of
the game, she
said.

were committed to winning,

head coach Michael Reid said
about his 2-2
team.

nuel Tillman
said gave his
players momentum and
confidence going
into the playoffs.

Top contributors included

8th-graders
Xavier Riley,
Yakeme Sheppard and Marcus Fobbs.

Marlon Young,
an 8th-grader,
and 7th-grader
Raniyah Roberts
helped lead the
way for Joslin,
which finished
with a 2-3 record.

The highlight
of Perspectives
Joslins season
was same-day
victories against
PMA and MSA,
which head
coach Emma-

Success bred
success for the
Perspectives
Middle Academy
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Nicholas
Ullamper

strong performance in the

city championships, with
several athletes
reaching the
finals.

boys and girls

track teams
this season. The
result was a

Leading the
way were
6th-grader Rakiya Lawrence,
who won the
100-meter dash,
and 8th-grader
Sherman Williams, who

BY

erspectives Charter Schools

student-athletes, coaches
and fans will
have some exciting events
to look forward to next
fall and winter.

28 against Hansberry College

Prep. The contest
will be notable
for two reasons:
It will take place
at the University of Chicagos
Stagg Field, and it
will be a blackout game, with
spectators being
encouraged to
wear black attire.

The Perspectives football

team will open
its 2016 season
at 7:15 p.m. Aug.

Its a nice way

to start the season, Perspectives Director

placed second in
the boys 100.
The season
highlight was
watching our
team compete at
a high level for
the entire season, said head
coach Chasity
Wilson, whose
other top runners were 8thgraders Raheem
Byfield, Aaron
Philips and

of Athletics &
Programs Vinay
Mullick said.
On Oct. 3, PCS
will play host
to the second
annual Warrior Invitational
volleyball tournament at the
Auburn Gresham campus. The
field will be eight
Chicago charter
schools, including Perspectives
three varsity
programsPLA/

Kareem Pollard
and 7th-grader
Kayla Mayden.
Once they experienced some
successes on the
field, that drove
them to work
that much harder in practice.
I had a group
of hard-working, competitive
athletes, and Im
very proud of
them.

Tech, MSA and

Joslin.
Perspectives
girls basketball
teams, PLA/Tech
and MSA/Joslin,
will compete for
the second consecutive season
in the Northside
College Prep holiday tournament
in December.
The PLA/Tech
boys basketball
team will make
its fourth ap-

Antonio Spearman, an 8thgrader, and

6th-graders
Ashli Childs
and Shakirah
Muhammad
helped lead the
way for head
coach Heather
Ksiazeks Perspectives MSA
middle school
boys and girls
track teams.

pearance in the
prestigious Rich
South McDipper tournament
in December.
The MSA/Joslin
boys will play
in the Hinsdale
Central holiday
tournament,
which though in
its debut season
will be one of the
top tournaments
in the state.
By Barry
Temkin