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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

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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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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • 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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🗞 Nearby News

Round Lake Beach

  • 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)

Ok Grayslake! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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