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🌱 Patch AM: How Grayslake Central figured into a new White Sox draftee’s rise

Also check out Fall 3v3 Youth Soccer League for Ages 6-9 at KIDSUNITED Mundelein on the Grayslake Patch calendar

Sunday August 30th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Hello Grayslake! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Grayslake Central figured into a new White Sox draftee's rise

Also on today's calendar: Fall 3v3 Youth Soccer League for Ages 6-9 at KIDSUNITED Mundelein and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Very warm with a brief shower, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: A t-storm around in the a.m., temps: high: 88, low: 73.
  • Tuesday: A stray t-storm; very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Thome Feels White Sox Draft (downersgrovemagazine.com) — Grayslake Central baseball fans will recognize a familiar heartbreak here: Nazareth Academy's 2023 state title run, including a 7–2 championship win over Grayslake Central, helped launch infielder Landon Thome toward being drafted 34th overall by the Chicago White Sox. The story follows Thome's rise, his family's emotional draft-night celebration, and his standout high school career alongside Hall of Famer dad Jim Thome.
   

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  • Learn beyond the classroom with study abroad at CLC —College of Lake County Read on Patch
  • CCSD 46 Seeks Community Feedback —Leslie Armstrong Read on Patch
  • Grayslake Community High School District 127 posted a job opening for Assistant Football Coach in Grayslake. Apply here.
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  • Jacobs' Brayden Grummer shoots 9-hole school record: Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup (shawlocal.com)

Round Lake

  • High school football results and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County (chicagotribune.com)

Libertyville

  • Libertyville among 155 cities tied for 128th in Illinois for July after 1 scam report (lakecountygazette.com)
  • 8 Top We Buy Houses for Cash Companies in Chicago (homelight.com)
  • Local Event: Fall mums and more in beautiful colors for the season (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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