Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

4 days ago | rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss

The past year has been a whirlwind for soon-to-be Riverside-Brookfield High School senior Aryan Hernandez. Sure, he had plenty of schoolwork to do. He also performed in the fall play and spring musical, and was managing editor of The Clarion student newspaper, where he will be editor-in-chief in the fall. But there was another side of Hernandez, which was recognized by the highest levels of the United States government with the Congressional Award Silver Medal, awarded in April.

1 week ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Riverside Brookfield High School senior Jaden Despe will play baseball at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and major in biomedical engineering. “My dream job would be to make machines or equipment to help athletes and performance,” said Despe, who is currently thinking about his baseball present with the Bulldogs (19-13), who are the No. 7 seed in the Class 4A Reavis Sectional. The Bulldogs seek their first regional title since 2022.

1 week ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Whenever Riverside Brookfield High School senior Matthew Torrens needs a good track-related laugh, his friend pulls out the video of Torrens’ pole vault start as a freshman. “It’s kind of just like long jump with a pole over the bar almost because you’re not going up,” Torrens said. “Freshman year, obviously, I didn’t have any success. Sophomore year was kind of the first time I bent the pole.”Now committed to the event, Torrens has improved rapidly all the way to his first Class 3A state meet.

1 week ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Early Saturday, Lyons Township girls water polo coach Megan Jacobs promised her players she would take a celebratory postgame jump into the pool if the Lions simply reached the state championship match. That night, Jacobs and her assistants took the plunge after the Lions nearly pulled off their greatest upset in program history.

1 week ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Senior Caroline Mortonson appreciates and pays back the friendship from teammates when she was a freshman starting on varsity for the Lyons Township High School girls soccer team. “I had the most amazing group of seniors who drove me everywhere, really picked me up,” Mortonson said. “When I missed the (penalty kick) to lose our game in the playoffs, they took me to get food after so I try to do that to the people here.