CSL Varsity: Kerstein, Chuddy Share POTW; Cougars Win CSL Gymnastics Invite

Introduction of a new feature called #CSLStar

The CSL Player of the Week award this week is shared between Annika Chuddy of Vernon Hills girls gymnastics and Nikki Kerstein of Deerfield girls basketball. 

I forgot to do a Fan Vote Player of the Week, so did two Players of the Week.

OF NOTE

I started a new feature last week to highlight an athlete on most nights of the week. I’m calling it #CSLStar.

The #CSLStars for last week were.

1-24 — Anastasia Gritsonis, Maine South girls gymnastics 

1-25 — Ashlee Shoemaker, Vernon Hills girls bowling

1-27 — Jake Fiegen, New Trier boys basketball 

Girls Gymnastics 

Vernon Hills blasted the field with a season-high team score of 147.625 at the CSL North Invite, winning the team title after winning the regular season title. Annika Chuddy, the all-around winner, shared CSL Varsity Player of The Week honors. 

Event Winners 

Vault - Annika Chuddy, Vernon Hills, 9.700

Uneven Bars - Annika Chuddy, 9.525

Balance Beam - Annika Chuddy, 9.675

Floor Exercise - Livy Tran, 9.500

All-Around Top 5

Annika Chuddy, Vernon Hills, 38.350

Livy Tran, Vernon Hills, 37.850

Becca Tran, Vernon Hills, 37.450

Avery Cheris, Deerfield, 34.550

Christina Raquel, Vernon Hills, 33.775

New Trier was on fire at the CSL South Invite, notching a team score of 141.425.

Event winners 

Vault - Anastasia Gritsonis, Maine South, 9.425

Uneven Bars - Betsy Alcorn, Glenbrook North, 9.450

Balance Beam - Anastasia Gritsonis, Maine South, 9.225

Floor Exercise - Betsy Alcorn, Glenbrook North,  9.500

All-Around Top 5

Betsy Alcorn, Glenbrook North, 37.350

Clara Gossgrove, New Trier, 36.525

Ryann Segal, New Trier, 35.525

Anastasia Gritsonis, Maine South, 35.375

Ella Eovadli, Evanston, 34.975

Glenbrook North, which took second with a team score of 138.000, was the regular season champion.

DANCE

Maine South finished 5th in Class 3A at state and Deerfield was 7th in 2A. 

GIRLS WRESTLING

I did not find CSL Invite full results.

What I did see on social media:

New Trier’s Elizabeth Duda took 1st, as did Vernon Hills’ M. Borowski.

BOYS WRESTLING

Glenbrook South ended its regular season with a 37-36 win over 2A ranked Antioch. 

GBS Wrestling @GbsWrestling

Titans comeback down 17 with three pins in the last three matches to defeat 2A ranked Antioch 37-36. South finished 12-2 on the season in duals.

CSL Varsity @CSL_Varsity

Senior Spotlight: Kevin Halley of @WrestlingVh

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

5 Performances of note

-Nikki Kerstein of Deerfield was on fire with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals in a win over Lake Forest. She also scored 16 vs. Nazareth and 17 vs. Niles North. She also garnered co-CSL Varsity Newsletter Player of The Week honors. 

-Maine South’s Ally Pape had 16 points, 6 steals and 5 rebounds in a loss to Fremd. 

-Grace Koepke scored 19 points for Vernon Hills in a loss to Barrington. 

-Anna Rosenberger’s 16-point effort for Glenbrook South was big in a 36-35 home win over Loyola Academy.

-New Trier’s Rachael Zacks had 19 points and 4 rebounds in a loss to Glenbrook South. 

New Trier also got Sela Klein back from an early-season injury, which should help the Trevians down the stretch of the season. 

Kaleb Carter @Kaleb_M_Carter

Game story from last night’s @GBS_GirlsBball win over @LAGirlsHoops. Anna Rosenberger played hero with 16 points and a huge late block. Gina Davorija scored winning bucket in waning moments.

patch.comGlenbrook South Upends Loyola Academy With Late HeroicsOne of your neighbors posted in Neighbor News. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

BOYS BASKETBALL 

New Trier defeated Glenbrook South 64-51 behind Jake Fiegen’s 30 points to cross the 20-win threshold and move to 6-1 in the CSL South. Games against Niles West, Evanston and Glenbrook North remain. 

Fiegen reached 1,000 career points. 

Evanston picked up a 64-58 home win over GBN behind 16 points from Jonah Ross. Josh Fridman scored 27 in the Spartan loss. 

Deerfield picked up a huge win over Niles North, 55-53, with Quinn Schimanski scoring the winning bucket with 1.5 seconds left. Drew Rodgers and Jacob Cohn scored 13 apiece in the DH win. 

Vernon Hills came from down 12 in the fourth quarter to force overtime and prevail 58-51 Friday at Highland Park. Milan Raval hit a pair of huge 4th-quarter 3-pointers on his way to 22 points, 9 rebounds.

Dylan Gaddi scored 25 points in an 87-67 Maine East win over Maine West.

BOYS BOWLING

Vernon Hills’ Zack Shoemaker took 32nd at state bowling, rolling g a two-day score of 2,517 over 12 games.

GIRLS BOWLING

Vernon Hills won the CSL Invite after finishing second in the regular season.

New Trier won the regular season championship. Vicky Hughes and Ari Fabes led the way. 

New Trier Girls Bowling @ntgirlsbowl

Trevs (11-2) with big wins over GBN and Niles West this week to clinch the #1 seed at the conference tournament this Saturday at Classic Bowl! Vicky Hughes, Ophelia Joslin & Madeline Blake your Trevians of the matches! So proud of this team! #gotrevs #squadisfam @AthleticsNTHS

DID YOU SEE

Maine South football’s Jackson Magad committed to Loras College. 

Niles North football kicker Amar Zukancic committed to Lake Forest College.

COACH C @NilesWestAAD

Class of 2003 in the house! CSL champs! Regional champs! 20 years! Welcome back! @nileswesthoops

HPHS Athletics @HPHS_Athletics

Congratulations to Konrad Kucharski (‘11), Davy Lindquist (‘04), Scott Smith (‘05) and Beth Weinstein Wigoda (‘06). These four GIANTS were inducted into the HPHS Athletic Hall of Fame tonight. Dream-Believe-Achieve. #WeAreHP

GRAD CATCH-UPS

Maine South graduate Emily Pape continues her strong play for Cornell, earning Ivy League Rookie Of the Week honors for the second time after scoring 27 points in a win over Brown. 

Evanston graduate Delaney Brooks, a senior at Lawrence University, scored 23 points, knocking down 5 3-pointers in a win over Lake Forest College.