Devils' Advocate

Q&A with swimmer Noah Pelinkovic

Sadiyah Alam, Leah Packer, Editor-in-Chief, and Yusra Shakaib, Editor-in-Chief • March 5, 2025

Noah Pelinkovic, senior, swam for the Hinsdale Central boy’s swim team and helped the team win a first-place finish for the Boys Illinois State Championship for the third consecutive year. The competition...

Q&A with swimmer Josh Bey

Jack Copeland, Clara Pappas, Editor-in-Chief, and Anjika Kumar, Editor-in-Chief • March 12, 2024

Junior Josh Bey played a key part in the boys' swim team's recent first-place finish at the Boys Illinois State Championship on Feb. 23, which was held at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont, Ill. Bey set the...

Matthew Vatev: Top ranked swimmer prepares for state meet

Kailee Tu, Contributor • December 18, 2023

After training for months to hear his name announced for the varsity swim team, Matthew Vatev, freshman at the time, was excited for this day to arrive. Months and months of lifting, healthy eating, and,...

Boys varsity swim team takes home first place at state

Isabel Palo, Simrah Qasim, Editor-in-chief, and Lily Ging, Editor-in-Chief • March 4, 2023

This past weekend, IHSA hosted the annual boys swim state meet. Hinsdale Central took the state title with 253 points, well surpassing New Trier with 134 points. The meet was held at the FMC natatorium...

Boys swim and dive remains undefeated

Mikayla Mahler, Lily Ging, Editor-In-Chief, and Simrah Qasim, Editor-In-Chief • December 20, 2022

On Dec. 15-17, the 22nd annual Neuqua Valley Varsity Invite for boys swimming and diving took place at York and Neuqua Valley. Thirteen teams were invited to compete. Hinsdale Central’s boys swim team...

Boys’ swim dives into state and resurfaces with wins

Olivia Ostrowski, Lia Reichmann, Editor-in-Chief, and Saba Ali, Editor-in-Chief • March 4, 2020

On Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, Feb. 29, the boys’ varsity swim and dive team competed at the state finals at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. The team won eighth place overall. Among...

Boys Swim and Dive takes seventh at State

Leah Stevens, Kabir Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief, and Abby Stockmal, Editor-in-Chief • February 26, 2019

On Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23 the Red Devils boys swim and dive team competed in the state meet at New Trier High School. The boys placed seventh overall. Friday’s meet was the preliminaries...

Boys swim and dive team places third in state

Kabir Sawlani, Ali Ardehali, Section Editor, and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief • February 27, 2018

The boys swim and dive team traveled to Evanston Township High School on Thursday, Feb. 22 to compete for the IHSA State title. The team placed third overall behind New Trier and Lyons Township. The...

Boys swimming overpowered by New Trier

Ali Ardehali and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief • December 11, 2017

The boys swim team hosted and lost to New Trier High School 121-65 on Saturday, Dec. 9. The result marks the first loss for the boys swim team this year after opening the season with two wins. New Trier,...

Just keep swimming

Paige Pielet, Staff Writer • February 24, 2015

This weekend, the following Hinsdale Central swimmers qualified for state, which is Friday and Saturday, February 27-28, 2015: Craig Smith, Billy Leader, Franco Reyes, Brian Powell 200 Medley Relay Adam...