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NewsTribune Athlete of the Week: Mendota’s Cesar Casas · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  News Tribune Athlete of the Week, Mendoza Cesar Casas. Written by Kevin
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  Schlum this article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlit. Mendota Sr. Cesar Kassis has been a key member
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  of the Trojans soccer team throughout his high school career. And this
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  fall he's putting an exclamation point on his strong career. Casas had
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  a big week East week, helping Mendota to a 3-01 record, including
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  repeating as three Rivers Conference Tournament champions. He really put the team
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  on his back that week, Mendo coach Nick Myers said. He helped
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  us to another TRC Tournament Championship, got the goal for a big
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  win versus Rockford East 1-0, and had one goal and three assists
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  versus Ottawa. When he's not scoring, he's getting others involved most games.
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  I can't say enough about the season he is having from a
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  leadership standpoint and the way he is filling the stat sheet up
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  weekly as well. I'm looking forward to his performance in the postseason
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  this year. For his performance, Casas was voted the News Tribune Athlete
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  of the Week sponsored by Socue and Grasser's Plumbing and Heating. Casas
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  answered some questions from News Tribune sports editor Kevin Chlum. Do you
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  prefer to score a goal or assist a teammate anyway? Casas, I
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  prefer to score a goal Mainly because my position is scoring goals
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  and that's what I do. But also that feeling of adrenaline when
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  you score in a big game is an amazing thing to feel
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  and being able to complete the assists that your teammate gives you.
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  Giving a good assist that leads to a big goal always feels
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  great too. What
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  is you favorite memory from playing Mendota soccer? Casas: My favorite memory
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  from playing Mendota soccer is making the game winner my sophomore year
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  in my first ever sectional final with less than a minute left
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  in the game. Hand also that whole sophomore season because it was
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  the first time we went to state. What advice would you give
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  to a young soccer player? Casses. My advice to a young soccer
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  player is to keep working hard and always have a goal to
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  reach. And once you reach it, make another one. Nobody is going
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  to hand anything to you, so you will have to work for
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  it, but always remember to have fun because that's why we all
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  started playing in the first place. Besides soccer season, What
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  do your like about the fall? Casas:
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  What I like about fall is the weather. It's perfect warm weather
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  with a nice breeze. Also, I have a birthday in the fall.
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  What is the best Halloween costume you ever wore? Casas, the best
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  costume that I have ever worn is a ninja turtle costume that
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  I wore in elementary school?
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  What is your favorite candy to get on Halloween? Cass's my favorite
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  candy to get on Halloween is Kit Katz. What is a TV
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  show or movie you never get tired of watching? What is your
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  favorite subject in school and why? Casas, a show that I never
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  get tired of watching, is How I Met Your Mother. What are
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  your plans after high school? Cassas After high school I plan on
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  going to college to play soccer and make my way to the
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  pros What are your thoughts on your individual performance last week? Cassas,
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  I believe my performance was good. I made sure that I gave
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  my team my best, I scored a few goals. Looking back at
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  film, there are always things to get better at. I'm very proud
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  of our game against Rockford East because we played great, and I
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  scored.