Trapeze – The student news site of Oak Park and River Forest High School

Athlete in Focus: Dashon Enoch

Sara Bey, Editor in Chief

March 2, 2018

What could have been a mundane experience at a middle-school basketball game was life-changing for junior Dashon Enoch. “I used to always go to (my brother’s) basketball games, and it just looked so fun,” he said. He wanted to follow in his “big...

Dashon Enoch jumps and celebrates with teammate Daryl Davis during a game.

Athlete in Focus: Dashon Enoch
Five Years in the Making

Natalie Guarino, Managing Editor

December 15, 2017

With five seconds left on the clock, as the noise in the UIC pavilion crescendoed, junior Dashon Enoch made an uncontested layup. It was a heady experience: “I just knew the game was over, and we won, so I was just ready to celebrate,” he said. ...

Players look on as senior Malachi Ross plays lockdown defense on a Fenwick player.

Five Years in the Making
Vietzen Runs Downstate

Sara Bey, Editor in Chief

December 1, 2017

Every year, thousands of people crowd the field of Detweiller Park in Peoria, Ill. They form a tunnel for the fastest and most talented runners of Illinois. The spectators remain silent as the race begins, but as the runners blast from the starting point, ...

Senior Matthew Vietzen runs past his competitors at the state meet in Peoria, Illinois.
Photo by Colin B Photography

Vietzen Runs Downstate
Soccer Wins First Conference Title in Decade

Jane Belcaster, Staffer

October 31, 2017

The stadium lights were on, the rain picked up speed by the second, and the boys’ soccer team took to the field looking to claim a conference title for the first time since 2007. Fans dressed in raingear and huddled under umbrellas did not fail to suppo...

Soccer Wins First Conference Title in Decade
The summer of Clark

Sara Bey, Editor in Chief

September 30, 2017

Over the summer, special education teacher and congressional hopeful Anthony Clark and his supporters campaigned all over Illinois’ 7th Congressional District. Clark has been furthering his work in the community through “meet and greets, where...

The summer of Clark

New nursing program gives students hands-on experience

September 30, 2017 • No Comments

As Erin Wavrek approached senior year, panic set in when she realized she hadn’t fulfilled her applied arts requirement. Word was going around of a new nursing program being offered through the school, and it immediately...

District 200 faces school board shake up

May 16, 2017

Chicago comes together to march for science

May 16, 2017

P.E. teacher Linda Carlson named Teacher of the Year

April 28, 2017

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Sports

Dick’s Sporting Goods: April 2018

Addison Dick, Sports Editor

May 15, 2018 • No Comments

There are numerous things I will miss about OPRF, but the Huskie sports are among those parts of high school I will miss the most. The Friday night football games are truly a special environment and have provided some...

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Cheerleading team places sixth in state March 2, 2018

OPRF gymnasts advance to sectional competition March 2, 2018

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Features

New Student Activities Director takes the lead

Leah Kindler, A&E Editor

September 30, 2017 • No Comments

It’s Aug. 22, Huskie Kickoff Day. Freshmen are anxiously lining up outside the main entrance. Parents are lingering behind them with cameras and younger siblings. Suddenly, a swarm of upperclassmen...

Dr Carlson: librarian extraordinaire

May 16, 2017

Junior Emma Vejcik in Google Doodle competition

March 24, 2017

All smiles at Happy Apple Pie Shop

March 24, 2017

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Sports Scores

Friday, September 29

Football

OPRF 23 - Downers Grove North 28
Saturday, September 23

Football

OPRF 44 - Proviso West 21
Saturday, September 23

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 2 - Fenwick 0
Thursday, September 21

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF 25, 25 - Riverside Brookfield (22), (23)
Tuesday, September 19

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF 25, 25 - Proviso West (18), (10)
Tuesday, September 19

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 4 - Lyons Township 2
Friday, September 15

Football

OPRF 56 - Morton 24
Thursday, September 14

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 5 - Downers Grove South 0
Thursday, September 14

Girls' Swimming

OPRF 122 - York 64
Tuesday, September 12

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF (18), (23) - Hinsdale Central 25, 25
Friday, September 8

Football

OPRF 13 - Hinsdale Central 21
Thursday, September 7

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF (23), (19) - Fenwick 25, 25
Wednesday, September 6

Girls' Swimming

OPRF 90 - Sandburg 96
Tuesday, September 5

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 5 - Proviso West 0
Tuesday, September 5

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF (10), (28) - York 25, 30
Friday, September 1

Football

OPRF 21 - Downers Grove South 17
Thursday, August 31

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 4 - Hinsdale South 1
Wednesday, August 30

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF 25, 25 - Morton (19), (19)
Tuesday, August 29

Boys' Soccer

OPRF 1 - Whitney Young 0
Tuesday, August 29

Girls' Volleyball

OPRF (19), (19) - Saint Ignatius 25, 25

A&E

Sophomore Slam Poems

February 2, 2018

Eternal Gray by Jalen Daniels Grey is the stay-at-home rain dropping color Grey is the...

Shakespeare Club raises the bard

December 15, 2017

Most high schoolers don’t have a Shakespeare monologue in their back pocket. However, seniors Oskar...

Studio 200 aims to start race conversation

December 1, 2017

When senior Ayanna Sloan first read “Master Harold and the Boys,” she was determined not to direct...

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Opinion

Dick’s Sporting Goods: April 2018
There are numerous things I will miss about OPRF, but the Huskie sports are among those parts of high school I will miss the most. The Friday night...
Dick’s Sporting Goods: March 2018
Kids are staring at their Chromebooks in the hallway, exclaiming simultaneously every few seconds. It can only mean one thing: March Madness is here. ...
Dick’s Sporting Goods: February 2018
After 18 days of exhilarating competition, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea came to a close last weekend. During the Opening Cerem...
Dick’s Sporting Goods: December 2017
2017 was a wild year in sports. It included Clemson’s last-second touchdown to win the college football championship game, perhaps the gre...
Natalie’s News: New Year, New Me
Every Jan. 1, my mom forces my family to write down our New Year Resolutions. Whether it’s as small as eating healthier or as big as getting into co...
Natalie’s News: White Fragility, Handle with Care
Race is often at the forefront of Oak Park’s collective consciousness. And for the most part, we don’t shy away from the issue. Our community cons...
Natalie’s News: Sexual Assault Brought to Light
Is 2017 ever going to end? Every month, new scandals or disasters have rocked the world. For the past month, a barrage of sexual assault, abuse, and m...
Dick’s Sporting Goods: November 2017
It has been difficult to ignore the impact Lavar Ball has had on basketball and sports in general since Lonzo Ball, his oldest son, rose to fame for t...
Dick’s Sporting Goods: October 2017
Watching the Chicago Cubs’ playoff games this month, I found myself forming superstitions lasting from the first playoff game until the Los Angeles ...
Natalie’s News: Family First
On a recent Saturday night, I was at a Blackhawks preseason game with fellow senior Mireya Garcia. After pretending I knew what was going on in the ga...