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Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week: Kenny Fox, Yorkville Christian, soccer, senior · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Record Newspaper's Athlete of the Week, Kenny Fox, Yorkville Christian,
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  Speaker 1: soccer senior. Written by Skylar Kisselis. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Name,
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  Speaker 1: Kenny Fox School, Yorkville Christian, senior sports, soccer. Why he
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  Speaker 1: was selected. Fox recorded 47 saves over four games in
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  Speaker 1: the season's first week, averaging about 12 per match. He
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  Speaker 1: had a 17-save performance in the Mustangs' loss to Westmont
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  Speaker 1: in their opener. He was selected the Athlete of the
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  Speaker 1: Week in an online vote. Other nominees were Oswego Football's
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  Speaker 1: Amar Benire, Oswego Flag Football's Destiny Hicks, and Oswego Co-op
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  Speaker 1: Golf's Ali Viertel. Here is Fox's interview with sports reporter
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  Speaker 1: Skylar Casellas. How do you handle the responsibility that comes
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  Speaker 1: with manning the goal? Fox, I tackle it with my
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  Speaker 1: best effort. Fox Fox Fox Fox My freshman year in
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  Speaker 1: high school, I did a top bin save, and I
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  Speaker 1: think that was my best performance. Have you ever pulled
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  Speaker 1: a Scott Sterling? Blocked a kick with your face? Fox, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I did. My first ever time as a goalie, the
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  Speaker 1: ball went right through my hands and straight off my forehead.
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  Speaker 1: It was a save, but not a very pleasant one.
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  Speaker 1: Do you watch professional soccer? And if so, which team
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  Speaker 1: do you root for? Fox, I do, and I root
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  Speaker 1: for Spain. We took in an exchange student, and he
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  Speaker 1: was a great exchange student. He brought our whole family
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  Speaker 1: along to watch Spain with him, and so we're rooting
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  Speaker 1: for his team. Which of your teammates would you most
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  Speaker 1: hate to defend against? Fox, his name is Graham Razum.
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  Speaker 1: He's a fierce athlete and a heck of a striker.
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  Speaker 1: What's your go-to TV show or movie? Fox, I'd probably
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  Speaker 1: say the movie Cars. I love that movie. Who did
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  Speaker 1: you want to win the World Cup? Fox, Team USA,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of my family members were there, and we
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  Speaker 1: went to a whole big gathering. It was just a
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  Speaker 1: lot of American pride, so I was really hoping USA
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  Speaker 1: would win. But second team was Spain. If you had
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  Speaker 1: to play a different sport, which do you think you'd
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  Speaker 1: be most successful at? Fox, I'd say volleyball. I've been
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  Speaker 1: playing for nine years. I love the competitiveness of it,
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  Speaker 1: and my mom played, and she's a big role model
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  Speaker 1: in my life. That would be a big factor of it.