Tyler Lake
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Tyler Lake // Columbus East senior wrestler
Lake won his quarterfinal and semifinal matches by pin and won his championship match by decision Saturday to capture the 175-pound weight class and help lead the Olympians to the Jeffersonville Regional title.
His performance last week: “It was way better than sectional. I was in my head at sectional.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I work on what I need to work on in the room.”
Favorite drink: “Grape Pedialyte”
Favorite food: “Grape Uncrustables”
Favorite class: “Economics”
Favorite sports team: “Penn State wrestling”
Favorite athlete: “(Former East and current Indiana University wrestler) Cayden Rooks”
Role model: “My dad (Matt Lake)”
Best advice: “Your record is not your record.”
Athletics goal: “To make it to state and place at state.”
If you could travel anywhere: “I’d go to the Fiji Islands. It’s pretty cool.”
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Liza Froedge // Trinity Lutheran senior basketball player
Liza Froedge
Froedge led the Cougars with 20 points in a 73-21 first-round win against Medora — eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for her career — and 22 in Friday’s 54-38 semifinal win against New Washington and scored 17 in Saturday’s 67-58 sectional final win against Rising Sun.
Her performance last week: “I was happy with it. I think I stepped up as a senior and played my role.”
Do you do anything special to prepare? “I eat at Dunkin (Donuts) before every game.”
Favorite drink: “Sweet tea”
Favorite food: “Pasta”
Favorite class: “Government”
Favorite sports team: “Indiana University”
Favorite athlete: “(IU basketball player) Sydney Parrish”
Role model: “My grandpa (Thomas Burbrink)”
Best advice: “To not let anyone get in your head, and play your game.’’
Athletics goal: “It was to get to 1,000 points. We want to continue going in the tournament and make it as far as we can.”
If you could travel anywhere: “Probably Italy, to try all the pasta there.”
