CSL Varsity: Bufton POTW; Kerstein Fan Vote Winner; New Trier, Deerfield Win Swim Titles

Wrestling notes prior to state.

Feb 13, 2023

The CSL Varsity Player of the Week is New Trier Charlie Bufton of the boys swimming team.

Deerfield girls basketball’s Nikki Kerstein is the CSL Varsity Fan Vote Player of the Week.

CSL Varsity @CSL_Varsity

Fan vote player of the week.

OF NOTE

#CSLStar athletes for the past week were:

2-7 — Grace Koepke of Vernon Hills girls basketball and Maine West’s Jaclyn Reidl of Maine West girls basketball each reached 1,000 career points.

2-8 — Livy Tran, Vernon Hills girls gymnastics, won floor exercise and was 3rd in the all-around at the Stevenson sectional.

2-9 — Zuri Ransom, Evanston girls basketball, 19 points, 13 rebounds and 5 steals

2-11 — Al Ghala Al Radi, Niles West girls wrestling. Had 2 pins 4 wins over 2 days to win a 140-pound sectional wrestling title. She is 27-1 this season per trackwrestling.

Here’s the thread where you can see all of the #CSLStar winners:

DANCE

Maine East Athletics @MEHSBlueDemons

Congrats to the ME "Demon Squad" Dance who captured the IDTA State Championship in the Kick category and 5th in State in Contemporary. Hard work pays off! @ Maine East High School

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GIRLS WRESTLING

The Evanston and Schaumburg sectionals were this past weekend. These wrestlers led their respective squads.

Deerfield - Belinda Esparza won 2 contested matches at 110

Evanston - Ariana Flores, 3rd at 110

Highland Park - Clara Ugaz, earned 2nd at 135

Maine East - Miram Lupu, 2nd at 130

Maine South - Angela Lee, took 2nd at 115

Maine West - Ava Reyes, won 2 matches at 130

New Trier - Jillian Giller, 4th at 140

Niles West - Al Ghana Al Raid took 1st at 140 with 2 tech falls and 2 pins

Vernon Hills - Fernanda Davila, won 2 matches at 140

BOYS WRESTLING

Number of State qualifiers per school:

Deerfield - 4

Glenbrook South - 2

Highland Park - 1

Maine South - 5

Vernon Hills - 3

See qualifiers HERE

GBS Wrestling @GbsWrestling

Senior captain Patrick Downing becomes only the third wrestler in GBS history to get 100 wins. Congrats to Patrick on a great career!

BOYS BASKETBALL

New Trier claimed an outright CSL South title 50-33 with Spartans star Josh Fridman absent due to a season-ending injury.

CSL Varsity @CSL_Varsity

PHOTOS: @NewTrierBBB clinches outright CSL South boys basketball title in win over @GBN_BBasketball. @AthleticsNTHS @GBN_Athletics @BoosterGbn

open.substack.comPHOTOS: Glenbrook North at New Trier Boys BasketballThe Trevians won 50-33 to claim the outright CSL South title.

Niles North and Deerfield tied for the CSL North title with identical 9-1 records.

Deerfield Basketball @DHS_WarriorsBB

Deerfield beat Maine East last night 54-43 to claim a share of the CSL North conf. title! @MilesCohan had 14 (4 threes) and @aaron_pelts was huge off the bench with 14! We move to 21-5 on the season The final regular season game is Tuesday @TitanBoysHoops #FightOnDeerfield

Evanston Athletics @ETHSports

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Rachael Zacks @RachaelZacks

I’m super excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at MIT!! A huge thank you to all my coaches, family, and friends that have helped me through this process. Can’t wait for the next 4!! #rolltech 🦫🦫 @CoachLuRG @mitwbball

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CSL Crossover Notes: Deerfield Downs Maine South With Dominant Second Half

Deerfield and Maine South battled in a de facto CSL Girls Basketball title game Wednesday at Deerfield. It was a game that was going to be played as a CSL Crossover game due to last season’s records (both won their respective divisions a season ago and also played last year’s game as a crossover game…

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CSL All-Conference Teams

North Player Of The Year - Lexi Kerstein

North All-Conference

Lexi Kerstein, Deerfield

Olivia Kerndt, Deerfield

Nikki Kerstein, Deerfield

Aubrey Galvan, Deerfield

McKenzie Reitmayer, Highland Park

Jaclyn Riedl, Maine West

Briana Bolt, Niles North

Grace Koepke, Vernon Hills

Ava Barszcz, Vernon Hills

South Player Of The Year - Sidney Rogers

South All-Conference

Zuri Ransom, Evanston

Kailey Starks, Evanston

Bryce Wolf, Glenbrook North

Sidney Rogers, Glenbrook South

Gina Davorija, Glenbrook South

Meegan Fahy, Maine South

Ava Blagojevich, Maine South

Katie Barker, Maine South

Rachael Zacks, New Trier

Trisha Cirineo, Niles West

GIRLS GYMNASTICS

Vernon Hills brought home a Stevenson sectional title with a team score of 143.925. New Trier was 5th, Deerfield was 12th and Highland Park was 14th.

Annika Chuddy (37.275), and Livy Tran (37.200) went 2-3 in the all-around.

Glenbrook North’s Betsy Alcorn (36.775) was 4th in the all-around.

New Trier was led by Clara Crossgrove’s 14th-place all-around finish with a score of 35.350.

At the Conant sectional, Maine South took 5th as a team, Glenbrook South was 9th, and Evanston, Niles North and Maine East went 11th, 12th and 14th, respectively.

Maine South’s Anastasia Gritsonis was the top-all-around finisher at the sectional, scoring a 35.600. Her best finish came in a second-place tie in the floor exercise with an 8.975. Maine South’s Katie Saviski was 3rd in the balance beam with a score of 9.225.

The Titans’ top finisher in an event was Jacki Sadler, who tied for 6th in the vault with a score of 9.300.

Maine East Athletics @MEHSBlueDemons

Huge congratulations to Megan Espinoza on their accomplishment in qualifying for the IHSA State Meet! Your hard work and dedication has paid off, and we're excited to see you compete at State next Friday at Palatine High School!

GIRLS BOWLING

Vernon Hills qualified as a team for state bowling, which is coming up this week. The Cougars took 3rd at the New trier sectional, finishing 50 pins behind 1st-place Hersey. Ashlee Shoemaker’s score of 1,227 led the team.

BOYS SWIM & DIVE

The CSL South and North swim meets were held this past week

South Team Standings

New Trier 411, 2. Glenbrook North 310, 3. Maine South 213, 4. Evanston 208, 5. Glenbrook South 127 6. Niles West 127

New Trier won 9 golds and Glenbrook North won 3. CSLV POTW Charlie Bufton won the 200 medley in 1:52.45 and the 100 back in 52.22. Aiden Musick and Max Lestina also took two golds apiece for the Trevians.

North Team Standings

Deerfield 372, 2. Highland Park 352, 3. Vernon Hills 222, 4. Niles North 222, 5. Maine East 77, 6. Maine West 62

Deerfield’s depth won out, as it won the CSL North meet despite winning two golds to Highland Park’s 7. Matthew Borovik won the 100 breast for Deerfield in 59.45 and David Turos won the 200 free in 1:44.84. Kevin Obochi and Danny Castle won two events apiecefor the Giants.