7/27/2019 Perspectives Athletics, Volume 3, Issue 1

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/perspectives-athletics-volume-3-issue-1 1/4

Perspectives on athleticsA seasonal review of the Perspectives Charter School Sports Program

Perspectives Charter Schools Athletics — athletics@pcsedu.org -- @pcs_athletics -- www.pcsedu.org — 312.604.2116 -Page 1

Warriors Football Finish Impressive Season StrongSuccess demands preparation,

so it’s no surprise that Perspec-

tives Charter Schools’ ootball team

planted the seeds or its greatest sea-

son ever last summer, beore practice

even began.

During July, the Warriors’ coaches

nished using up the allotment o 

contact days they could have with

their team under Illinois High School

Association rules. Team leaders then

told head coach Terry Jones they

were going to stay in shape on their

own.

Jones wasn’t sure how well his

players would ollow through on that

pledge, but he was impressed with

the results once preseason practice

started in August.

“It was incredible,” he said ater the

season.

That kind o leadership and disci-

pline helped the Warriors—a coop-

erative team made up o players rom

all our PCS high schools—nish with

a 7-3 overall record and qualiy or

the state playos or the rst time

in the ve-year history o the varsity

ootball program.

Perspectives also won the Chicago

Public Schools Windy City Conerence

title with a 7-0 record.

The Warriors have made steady

progress in Jones’ three seasons as

head coach, nishing 4-5 in 2010 and

5-4 last year. He credits his players’

intelligence and discipline or the

results.

“Show me a good team, and I will

show you a smart team,” he said. “This

team is a smart team.”

That starts with the Warriors’ ve

(Continued on p. 2)

 

Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2013

Former PCS Basketball Star Remembers RootsAnthony Davis is living his dream,

but the New Orleans Hornets rookie

star has not orgotten the role Perspec-

tives Charter Schools has played in

his journey to the National Basketball

Association.

A lengthy article in the Times-Pic-

ayune o Greater New Orleans re-

cently centered on how the character-

building tenets o PCS’ A Disciplined

Lie helped transorm Davis rom an

unknown high school player in 2010 to

the No. 1 pick in the NBA drat just two

years later.

Along the way, the 6-oot-10-inch

orward helped Kentucky win an

NCAA title and the United States win

a gold medal in the London Olympics.

 Through his rst 10 games with the

Hornets (he missed about a dozen

games because o an ankle injury), he

averaged 14.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and

2.1 blocked shots a game.

And Davis doesn’t even turn 20 until

March.

“Those 26 principles really help you,”

he said in the article, reerring to ADL. “

You sit down and examine them, and I

think they can really help you become

a better person in lie. I think that’s

why, mysel personally, I abide by those

rules, just trying to become a better

person. They’re everywhere. Constant

reminders. It makes you live a disci-

plined lie.”

For Davis, the most important prin-

ciple may have been, demonstrate per-

severance. He did exactly that through

his rst three years o high school,

(Continued on p. 3)

Lonnie Washington (#25) carries the ballin the Warriors IHSA State Playof Game

 About the newsletter  

This newsletter’s author is Barry

Temkin, who retired in 2008

from the Chicago Tribune and is

volunteering in the Perspectives

Charter Schools athletic

department. He spent his last 20

years at the Tribune writing a high

school sports column that coveredhundreds of schools, including

Perspectives.

Lauren Camplin, a DePaul

University journalism graduate,

did the newsletter’s layout and

 production.

7/27/2019 Perspectives Athletics, Volume 3, Issue 1

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/perspectives-athletics-volume-3-issue-1 2/4

Perspectives on athletics — Volume 3, Issue 1— January 2013

Perspectives Charter Schools Athletics — athletics@pcsedu.org -- @pcs_athletics -- www.pcsedu.org — 312.604.2116-Page 2

ADL Council successully promotes student-athlete leadershipDeveloping accomplished athletes

and winning teams isn’t the entire ball-

game or Perspectives Charter Schools.

Its goals includes developing outstand-

ing leaders as well.

That’s one reason the A DisciplinedLie Leadership Council has been

established at Perspectives Leadership

Academy and Perspectives High School

o Technology, the two high schools lo-

cated at PCS’ Auburn Gresham campus.

The schools share a cooperative

athletic program. Each o its teams

has at least two student-athletes on

the council, whose 27 members were

nominated by coaches and administra-

tors. The council has met monthly since

October.

“The purpose o the council is to have

a orum or these student-athletes to

provide them with leadership develop-

ment,” athletic director Vinay Mullick 

said. “We want to teach them lie skills,

how to be better teammates, how to be

more well-rounded.

“We also want to get eedback romthem about the athletic department.”

Assistant athletic director Makinde

Adedapo said administrators hope the

ADL Council will “ortiy the message” o 

living the 26 character-building prin-

ciples o A Disciplined Lie on and o 

the playing eld.

“Additionally, we are hoping to grow

student leadership in an authentic way

within our athletic programs,” he said.

“Many o our council members already

exhibit leadership on their respective

teams, and we want them to under-

stand that this same leadership can be

applied to the classroom and in th

home and school communities.”

Council members learn this by g

pling with such real-world issues a

letic eligibility requirements, conc

sions, nancial literacy and the bu

o sports.

At a recent meeting, the counci

discussed ways to support studen

athletes who are currently ineligib

well as strategies to prevent any a

rom having to sit out competition

the uture.

A large number o council mem

are underclassmen, which Adedap

hopes will provide it with good m

mentum heading into next year. I

addition, Mullick said, Perspective

plans to expand the council progr

its Joslin and Math & Science Acad

high schools.

(Continued rom p. 1)

captains: Gregory James Jr., Sergio Norvell, Andre Veasley,

Lonnie Washington and Jimmie Williams. James, a senior

linebacker/tight end, was the deensive MVP, Norvell, a seniorlinebacker/tight end, won the deensive impact award.

Veasley, a senior who starred in his rst year at quarter-

back, was named the most improved player. Washington,

a speedy senior running back/deensive back who ran or

1,960 yards and scored 23 touchdowns, was the oensive

and team MVP. Williams, a senior receiver/deensive back,

won the impact award

Veasley, Williams, senior deensive tackle/ullback Isiah

Kyle, senior oensive tackle Denzel Parker and junior o-ensive lineman Christopher Hawkins earned all-conerence

recognition. Washington and James received all-state recog-

nition. Norvell and James were named academic all-state.

PCS lost its opening two games, both nonconerence, then

won seven straight beore losing 23-7 to Shepard on Oct. 26

in the rst round o the Class 6A playos at Gately Stadium.

Six days earlier, the Warriors had deeated Hyde Park 30-14 in

a game that decided the conerence title.

The team’s prospects or next season remain bright. Top re-

turnees include Hawkins, junior deensive back/runnin

Jahleel Grin, junior oensive lineman Romanus Hutch

sophomore linebacker/ullback Javontae Tharpe-Gibso

reshman receiver/linebacker Hakeem Adebompe, whoJones expects to start at quarterback in 2013.

Help also should come rom coach Randle Williams’ s

more team, which was 7-3. The reshman team, under J

Wise, nished 3-3.

Jones said having stability in the coaching sta and g

more young players with grammar-school ootball exp

ence are helping to solidiy the uture o Perspectives

ball. Thanks to his players’ approach to ootball and lie

believes PCS can become a state championship conten

“Our vision is to compete at a high level and with disc

pline,” he said. “A lot can be accomplished through disc

 These young men have accepted the challenge and dis

pline we have provided.

“People are more enthusiastic about what is going on

Perspectives ootball.”

PCS ootball program sees a brighter uture ahead

7/27/2019 Perspectives Athletics, Volume 3, Issue 1

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/perspectives-athletics-volume-3-issue-1 3/4Perspectives Charter Schools Athletics — athletics@pcsedu.org -- @pcs_athletics -- www.pcsedu.org — 312.604.2116- Page 3

Perspectives on athletics — Volume 3, Issue 1— January 2013

The Perspectives Leadership

Academy/ Perspectives High School

of Technology girls volleyball team

made history in 2011, winning the

rst conference volleyball title for 

any PCS network high school.

Its “reward” was to move up from

the Pink 2 conference to the tough-

er Blue 2 league. The Warriors,

though, handled the move just ne,

compiling a 12-6 record and placing

for the rst time at the Little Village

Tournament.

Top contributors for co-head

coaches Eron Powell and Amber Taglia included junior captain Wil-

leasha Love, senior Omunique

Hubbard and sophomores Destiny

Williams, Chanelle James, Tatyana

Powell and Crystal Lackey.

“We had a young team this year,

and I am very excited about our u-

ture,” Powell said. “The girls learned

undamental skills this year, and

we can expand on that or nextyear.”

The Joslin volleyball team had a

22-player turnout and nished 2-4.

Top contributors included seniors

Hannah Rhea and Ragene Hancock,

 junior Anndrianna Ramsey and

freshman Jewel Watts.

“The girls displayed perseverance

and sel-control,” co-head coach

Jacqueline Mensik said. Janet Lee is

the other co-head coach

The Perspectives/IIT Math &

Science Academy team had a 0-5

record but made progress toward

becoming a more competitive

team, head coach Lindy Smalt said.

 Top contributors included senior

Nina Ridgner, sophomore Kamaria

Rasul, junior LaShay Holloway and

reshman Zaria June.

Coaches teach, but they need to

keep learning too in order to help

their athletes ulll their potential.

That’s why Perspectives Charter

Schools oers periodic proessional

development sessions or its coach-

es. The goal, athletic director Vinay

Mullick said, is to help coaches

sharpen their skills, especially when

it comes to such things as leader-

ship and motivation.

Kelly Lindsey, a ormer women’s

soccer star and coach, conducted

an interactive workshop Sept. 28 at

the Auburn Gresham campus or all

Perspectives coaches.

“It was great to have Kelly on cam

pus to share some o her lessons

learned as a college and proession-

al athlete and coach,” Mullick said.

“Her time with the coaches was very

well spent and was a great experi-

ence or everyone there.”

Lindsey was a our-year letter-

winner and two-time co-captain at

Notre Dame, one o the top colle-

giate women’s soccer programs in

the country. She also played proes-

sionally and with the U.S. women’s

national team and coached in

proessional soccer and at such

universities as Colorado, Texas and

Caliornia at Berkeley. She is now an

accomplished perormance coachin Chicago.

Her workshop, “The Secret o the

Slight Edge: Developing a Culture

o Champions,” aimed at helping

coaches develop a mentality that

will transorm individual potential

into high perormance on and o 

the athletic eld.

Girls volleyball continues successul run Former soccer star holdcoaches workshop

Joslin High SchoolVolleyball Team at thePCS Volleyball Showcase all Showcase

Davis carries PCS roots to NBA(Continued rom p. 1)

when he struggled to catch the eye o 

any NCAA Division I college coach.

“Beore my senior year, I just thought

basketball wasn’t or me,” Davis told

the Times-Picayune.

“I wasn’t getting any looks. Guys

always come and look at you in your

 junior year. I always heard that. Scouts

come in your junior year. Scouts come

in your junior year. No one came in my

 junior year.”

Now he’s a very wealthy young man,

with seemingly millions more to come.

But Davis, ollowing the ADL principle

to be a lie-long learner, nonethelessplans to return to college to get his

degree.

“When basketball is over or me in

my career, I still want to go back and

be a high school head coach,” he said.

“Those things will never stop. When

this is all over, I still want to go back to

high school and coach, probably or

my old high school team. The Joslin

campus.”

7/27/2019 Perspectives Athletics, Volume 3, Issue 1

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/perspectives-athletics-volume-3-issue-1 4/4

Perspectives on athletics — Volume 3, Issue 1— January 2013

Perspectives Charter Schools Athletics — athletics@pcsedu.org -- @pcs_athletics -- www.pcsedu.org — 312.604.2116- Page 4

Volleyball

The Perspectives Middle Academy

7th-8th-grade volleyball team had a

solid season, nishing 3-4. Quaytasia

Dail, an 8th-grader, was the team’s top

player.

“Quaytasia could always be countedon to make her serves and bumps,

even in pressure situations,” said

Bridget Brennan, who coached the

team along with Stephanie Madziar.

“The girls practiced hard and re-

ally improved over the course o the

season, especially with their serving

and bumping. They also always posi-

tively supported and encouraged each

other.”

PMA also had a 6th-grade team,

which nished 3-2 behind coach

Maureen Roderick and captain Mykira

 Tucker.

Perspectives/IIT Math & Science

Academy was 0-5. Top contributors in-

cluded 8th-graders Nicole Fields, Paige

Penn, Daija Lee, Dulcibella Larbi and

Kelvana Fipps and 7th-graders Journee

Lockridge and Trinity Coleman.

“We have many 7th-graders coming

back,” head coach Amanda Yost said.

“We worked hard to make a huge

improvement in their skills, especially

bumping and serving.”

Flag ootball

The Math & Science Academy fag

ootball team drew 22 players and

posted a ne 5-1 record under head

coach Floyd Urrutia. Top players

included 8th-graders Montrel Kennedy

and Stephon Jones on oense and

Javn Wilson and Brandon Bracey on

deense.

Urrutia praised his players’ ocus as

well as their “helping one another to

become better players on and o theeld.”

Perspectives Middle Academy had a

rebuilding year but laid the oundation

to resume its customary success next

season.

“It was a growing season, as we had a

lot o 6th- and 7th-graders who gave up

a lot o size to the 8th-graders we were

playing against,” said coach Tristan

Roche, whose team was 2-7. “We had

a ew close games that came down to

the nal play but couldn’t pull any out.

“We’re hoping to build on this year

with all our returning athletes and get

back to the top o the Perspectives

network and CPS playos next year.”

Roche’s top contributors included

8th-grade quarterback/deensive

lineman Shomari Tillett, 7th-graders

running back/linebacker Emmanuel

Gipson and running back/cornerback 

Andre Taylor and 6th-grade wide re-

ceiver/kicker Sydney Smith.

MSA and PMA joined Joslin’s team

in Year 2 o the Perspectives Charter

Schools Middle School Flag Football

League, once again with support romthe Chicago Youth Sports Alliance.

Soccer

Perspectives Joslin’s soccer team n-

ished 0-4 this season behind 7th-grad-

ers Pedro Palacios and Alex Martinez

and 8th-grader Frederick Baker. Head

coach Kenneth Borre hopes to attract

more players next all and break into

the winning column.

Perspectives Joslin boys soccer, cross country look to build of progressThe Perspectives Joslin boys soccer

team spent its inaugural season last

all learning the sport’s undamen-

tals. This year the team took another

step, playing its rst games.

The 15-player team nished 0-2,but junior Sultan Oloko and sopho-

more Ricardo Alday produced the

rst goals in program history, each

on an assist by junior and team cap-

tain Edgar Del Toro.

“We are hoping to build upon the

undamentals that we learned this

year, to add players to our roster and

to encourage players to be high-

achieving student-athletes,” head

coach Rachel Urista said. “We are a

work in progress, but we have a great

core o student-athletes leading the

way to create a great program.”

Cross Country

The Perspectives Leadership

Academy/Perspectives High School

o Technology’s boys and girls cross

country teams had another success-

ul season.

Head coach Rodney Stephen

qualied three athletes out o the

Riverside-Brookeld Class 2A state

regional meets to the sectionals:

sophomore Tristan Rogers o the

boys team and junior Willeasha Love

and sophomore La Mona Rocque-

more o the girls team. Other top

runners were junior Robert White

and sophomore Nilita Renua.

Stephen was pleased that 10 boysand 10 girls competed this all.

“This has been the largest team

we’ve ever had or cross country

since I’ve coached here, which means

more kids are really enjoying the

amily and team concept that we

are trying to instill in our student-

athletes,” he said.

Perspectives Middle School sports continue to improve