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New Trier cruises past Niles West
Maggie Murdock tallied 14 points as New Trier posted a 63-40 win over visiting Niles West on Dec. 8. The team’s other scoring leaders were Ava Zaslavsky (9), Tinah Hong (8), Rebecca Goldman (8),...
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Roaming the Sidelines: Glenbrook North
SEASON REVIEW Ryan Purdy. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER It didn’t go as planned. Glenbrook North finished over the .500 mark (5-4) but missed qualifying to the state playoffs. But a milestone was...
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Roaming the Sidelines: Glenbrook South
SEASON REVIEW Savontae Garner. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Schoenwetter, Part II is starting to take shape. It was a turnaround season for Glenbrook South and second-year head coach Dave Schoenwetter....
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Roaming the Sidelines: Highland Park
SEASON REVIEW Tommy Motzko (No. 4). PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Let this sink in. Tommy Motzko finished the 2017 season with 29 tackles for loss and 9 ½ quarterback sacks. Noa Morgenstern ended up with...
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Giants even record with win at Vernon Hills
RECAP: HP 44, VH 33 They were a tag team during the game. Twice, Ziv Tal accepted crisp bounce passes from Noah Shutan and converted backdoor layups in Highland Park’s 44-33 victory over host Vernon...
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Battle goes to Deerfield on Military Night
GAMER: DEERFIELD 45, GBN 42 On Military Appreciation Night at Glenbrook North, Spartans boys basketball coach David Weber saluted a player from the visiting squad. Deerfield High School senior guard...
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It’s Cunningham’s time to shine
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Loyola Academy’s Kevin Cunningham, a 6-foot guard, drives to the hoop against 6-9 Dusan Mahorcic of Notre Dame during action last week. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER You notice his shot....
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Barnes’ big outing is out of this world
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Glenbrook North’s Evan Barnes drives to the basket against Grayslake North’s Austin Martineau. Barnes hit eight three-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points. PHOTOGRAPHY BY...
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New Trier edges GBS to stay undefeated
RECAP: NT 43, GBS 42 GBS’s Dominick Martinelli drives against New Trier’s Andrew Kirkpatrick. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Still perfect. But just barely. In a game that went down to the wire, New...
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Cunningham, Ramblers beat Brother Rice going away
Now this is how you do it. Loyola Academy put on a “finishing clinic” to put away visiting Brother Rice 58-42 on Dec. 22. The Ramblers (7-2) went on a 16-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to...
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Wehman becomes LA’s all-time blocks leader
Loyola Academy’s Lilly Wehman, seen here against Taft, became the school’s all-time leader in blocked shots. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Loyola Academy’s Lilly Wehman, a varsity player since...
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Lake Forest wins big in tourney opener
GAMER: LF 64, HP 32 Lake Forest’s Grace Tirzmalis and Jen Whittington go for a rebound in opening round of the Blue Devil Classic. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Maybe the Big Hurt — Frank Thomas — should...
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Ka-boom! King sparks GBS in tourney opener
RECAP: GBS 63, ST. VIATOR 58 Will King, seen here in earlier action this season, was one of Glenbrook South’s stars in the opening-round action at the Wheeling Hardwood Classic. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE...
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Tal hits game-winner as HP goes 3-1 in tourney
RECAP: HP 54, ANDREW 50 Highland Park’s Ziv Tal drives to the basket during Day Two of the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Putting the ball into the hands of Ziv Tal at a...
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Thomas, LF on the money in tourney finale
RECAP: LF 52, ELK GROVE 38 Lake Forest’s Jed Thomas, seen here earlier in the season, had six assists in his team’s win over Elk Grove in Day Four of the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL...
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Scouts win Blue Devil Classic
Winning the game wasn’t important. Winning the tiebreaker was. Moments after losing to host Warren 39-23 in the final game of the Blue Devil Classic on Dec. 30, members of the Lake Forest girls...
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Roaming the Sidelines: Loyola Academy
SEASON REVIEW James Joyce. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Every time, especially in postgame interviews with sportswriters, that the subject — his record — came up, John Holecek was quick to dismiss it....
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Roaming the Sidelines: New Trier
SEASON REVIEW Matt Mosher finished his high school career averaging 75 yards per catch. Some kind of world record, huh? Probably not. But it was some kind of wonderful for the New Trier senior....
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Cunningham is clutch as Ramblers edge Dons
BASKETBALL RECAP LA’s Kevin Cunningham (No.1) and Jordan Kwiecinski go up for a rebound against Notre Dame. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Kevin Cunningham came to the rescue. In a game which was...
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LaPierre plays major role in GBS’s success
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Glenbrook South’s Liz LaPierre drives against Evanston’s Kayla Henning during recent CSL South action. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER Liz LaPierre. Now there’s a name that pick n’...
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