Waukegan defensive lineman Ivan Martinez is often watching someone who may go unnoticed during a game.
Martinez, who is deaf, gets the defensive calls in sign language from Jill Otahal, a paraprofessional in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60.“I’m used to doing it like this, and without her, I would be going crazy,” Martinez said. “I look at her, and then I look at the playbook on my arm. That way, I’m sure I know what to do.”
Martinez, who is also a heavyweight wrestler, has known Otahal since he was in preschool. She has shadowed him in classes at times. Waukegan’s Ivan Martinez waits to get back on the field during a nonconference game at Round Lake on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
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