What’s recently happened?
The Boone Grove High School softball team has accomplished a lot this year. On May 11 at 4 p.m., the Boone Grove Wolves defeated the South Central High School Satellites 8-2 to win the Porter County Conference (PCC) Sectionals.
“The conference was really fun and cool because we were able to beat our rivals, Hebron, to get to the championship,” said Olivia Treece, a freshman who plays left field.
Treece was able to hit a double off the wall and helped lead the team to a victory.
“It was very hype and an amazing team win. It felt good because they beat us last year,” said three year Boone Grove Softball Senior Alyssa Llanos.
The team came together and won 5-2 against the Satellites. For Emily Veschak, a four year Boone Grove softball senior, this was her favorite PCC tournament during her career at Boone Grove.
“All of the games were competitive, and our team showed up to play,” Veschak said, ”The energy was outstanding, everyone was there physically and mentally. We went into sectionals with the same intensity, which gave us the results we wanted.”
This energy was shown in each game played especially during sectionals. The team worked great together on and off the field, and people noticed
”I’m very proud of the progress our team made this year, and how we came together as a whole. You could tell everyone had the same goal,” said Veschak.
On May 28, Veschak and Natalee Meinert, a four year Boone Grove softball senior, set school records. Veschak set a school record for homeruns during a single season with 12 home runs. Meinert, a pitcher, set a school record for strikeouts during her time at Boone Grove with 612 strikeouts.
“My last year at Boone Grove was so enjoyable and I couldn’t have been prouder of the team,” Meinert said.
This was truly an amazing year for Boone Grove softball.
What’s coming up?
Jillian Young is a 17-year-old Miss Porter County contestant, as well as an Alopecia awareness advocate. Her campaign revolves around helping girls find their perfect crown. She is currently working on a Cut-a-Thon fundraiser in support of Wigs For Kids at Sassy Salon in Winfield.
“I hope through this foundation, anyone struggling with self acceptance and confidence is able to see their own beauty and learn to love themselves as much as the people around them do,” Young said.
More information about the Cut-a-Thon Fundraiser will be out soon on her Instagram under Jillian_faye90.
“I am so excited to be a part of this amazing Miss Porter County experience. It has truly been so inspiring being able to meet so many remarkable young women. I have had the blessings of being a part of something so special as well as being able to speak on things I'm passionate about. This is an experience that I will never forget,” said Young.
The Miss Porter County Pageant is set to take place on July 13 at the Porter County Expo Center.
Additionally, the Town of Winfield is having a Community Garage Sale. This will be held June 20, 21, and 22.
Homes in Winfield, Lakes of the Four Seasons, and the Stony Run subdivision will also have garage sales. You can check for participating homes at www.Winfield.in.gov.
Community member spotlight:
Jessica Wielosinski is the proud owner of Stephano’s Pizzeria. Wielosinski bought Stephanos when she was 26 years old on November 16, 2013 and has now been the owner for 11 years.
Before Wielosinski was the owner of Stephano’s, she lived an ordinary life. Wielosinski grew up in Lansing, Illinois where she attended Thornton Fractional South High School.
This summer will be the 22nd year Wielosinski has worked with pizza.
“The pizza life chose me at 15,” Wielosinski said.
While Stephano’s was Wielosinski's first job as a teenager, she never dreamed that she would own a restaurant one day.
“It is ironic because as a kid, my sister and I would always pretend we owned a restaurant. I never would have thought I would have been given the opportunity when I got older to own a restaurant.” Wielosinski said.
Before Wielosinski owned Stephano’s, she worked at an accounting firm part time which helped her more than you would think in the “pizza life.”
“That job taught me many valuable things, it got me started by setting up my business entity on my own, to knowing how to pay the many taxes involved in running a business.” Wielosinski said.
Wielosinski proudly keeps most of the book to this day on her own thanks to the knowledge she was able to learn through her old accounting job.
Wielosinski is running a successful business due to her passion and love for the company.