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Alex McGill, Columbus North junior soccer player
McGill scored all three of the Bull Dogs goals in the Great Midwest Classic over the weekend. He netted two scores in Friday’s 2-1 win against McCutcheon and one goal in Saturday’s 1-1 tie with Downers Grove (Illinois) South.
His performance last week: “I think the team still has another level in them, and we can work together collectively to make sure we can make a run in the postseason.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “Drink a smoothie from Tropical Smoothie.”
Favorite drink: “Chocolate milk”
Favorite food: “Boneless chicken wings”
Favorite book: “Memory Keeper’s Daughter”
Favorite class: “Pre-Calculus”
Role model: “Cristiano Renaldo”
Best advice: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
Athletics goal: “To make it as far as I can playing the sport I love.”
If you could travel anywhere: “I would travel to England to watch the high-level soccer games that go on there.”
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Lily Shelp, Columbus East senior golfer
Shelp carded an 82 Saturday at Elks Run Golf Course in Jeffersonville to tie for the day’s best score and lead the Olympians to a runner-up finish in the Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament.
Her performance last week: “I was really happy with it. I had never played the course before, but I really liked it. My short game really helped me out a lot. Everything just kind of came together. I left a few shots out there, but for the most part, I played pretty well.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I always pray individually, and then some of the girls on the team and I do that together. Then, I do a special stretching routine, and I swing and (putt) on the practice greens.”
Favorite drink: “Lemonade”
Favorite food: “Sushi”
Favorite book: “The Fault In Our Stars”
Favorite class: “Medical terminology”
Role model: “My mom (Julie Shelp)”
Best advice: “Always stand up more times than you fall down.”
Athletics goal: “I really want to break 80 in sectional.”
If you could travel anywhere: “I want to go to Haiti on a mission trip.”
