By Michael Wojtychiw
NORTHFIELD – The hope is to peak at the right time to make a deep run into the postseason.
Teams peak at different times. Some peak early in the season, some in the middle of the season and others toward the end.
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By Michael Wojtychiw
WINNETKA — The most recent years of North Shore Country Day girls soccer top the program’s history. There is no doubt back-to-back state runnerup finishes in 2018 and 2019, the best for either soccer program at the school, have put the Raiders on the girls soccer map in Illinois.
A good number of the core players of those teams graduated in 2020, but luckily for the Raiders (5-1-1, 4-1-0) a handful of seniors with multiple years of varsity experience returned for the 2021 season: Zinzi Steele, Jane Scullion, Natalie Duquette and Eun Hae Lillig.
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With his team’s season hanging in the balance, New Trier coach Scott Fricke knew exactly who he wanted to take control: his senior point guard Andrew Kirkpatrick.
“I was running everything through him,” the coach said. “He’s been making and taking big shots for a long time and he did it again today.” Continue reading
Caroline Segal has been playing basketball for as long as she can remember.
After growing up having played in the Glencoe Park District, the New Trier Feeder Program and the All-In Athletics travel basketball program, the Glencoe resident headed to play at North Shore Country Day School for her four years of high school basketball.
While her senior year isn’t over yet, Segal will leave the school as one of the best players to ever play in the Raiders’ girls basketball program, especially after becoming only the second player in program history to score 1,000 points Dec. 17, 2019, in a 38-12 win over Parker in Winnetka. Mickeeya (Murray) Harrison, North Shore Class of 2002 is the only other girls basketball player to accomplish the feat. Continue reading
Kick-It, an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) program, is a national volunteer-driven effort focused solely on raising money for childhood cancer research. For many athletes around the country, it’s a chance to help be part of a good cause, one that could help others of all ages.
Loyola Academy football junior kicker Nate Van Zelst decided to be one of those helped. He became a member of the The Kick-It Champion for Kids Program — a part of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation — a National Organization registered 501(c)3 charity whose mission is to “change the lives of children with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families and empowering everyone to cure childhood cancer.” Continue reading
When you have what teammates describe as the state’s best offensive line, with all four going to play Division I football, it’s easy to see how that team could put up a lot of points. Continue reading
For eight years in a row, St. Ignatius has won its own sectional with ease, only having to hold off challenges from Latin. Continue reading
When it comes to the state playoffs, Payton and Marian Central always seem to be on a collision course. The two have met in either the supersectionals of the Final Four in three of the past seven years. With its 25-23, 22-25, 25-21 win in the Antioch Supersectionl Saturday, Payton holds a 2-1 edge in those meetings as the Grizzlies head downstate for the third time in six years. Continue reading
Defeating a team three times in a season is considered one of the more difficult feats to accomplish. Payton found that out on Tuesday night as Northside extended the Grizzlies to three sets before the Mustangs’ run ended with a Payton 21-25, 25-21, 25-19 win in a semifinal matchup at the Class 3A Westinghouse Sectional. Continue reading
Coming off of its seventh straight Regional title, Latin was looking to take it one step further and make the sectional final. The Romans accomplished their goal, defeating Gordon Tech 25-11, 25-22 Tuesday in the Class 3A Westinghouse sectional semifinal on Tuesday. Continue reading
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