CSLV: Football Underway; Vernon Hills Girls XC Grabs Win

CSL Football goes even .500 in non-conference action.

Aug 28, 2023

OF NOTE

Personal pause: I’ve been operating on fumes for a minute, having recently had my car go down on the Skyway (R.I.P. 2002 Lexus with 230,000 miles). I also had my bike stolen by someone cutting through my admittedly too flimsy bike lock chain. I have become one with the Metra consiting of trips from Rogers Park to Highwood/Highland Park and back... So, unfortunately, don’t expect me at many CSL events anytime soon.

On another unfortunate note:

One of my all-time favorite wrestlers, Bray Wyatt, died unexpectedly this week. As much as I enjoy sports, there have been portions of my life where professional wrestling/sports entertainment, meant even more to me than sports did. His WWE Title win at Elimination Chamber in 2017 brought tears to my eyes. His Fiend/Firefly Funhouse personas were some of my favorite pre-produced segments I’ve ever seen on WWE television. He was also, as you may have guessed, an athlete. I’ll always be one of his fireflies.

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Switching gears…

TEAM OF THE WEEK is now a fan vote. Check it out on Twitter/X.

Here were last week’s CSLV Superlative winners.

#CSLStar honorees for the last week.

8-21 - Ella Raseta and Emma Militaru, Maine South girls tennis, earned a No. 1 doubles victory vs. Prospect, 6-2 , 4-6 , 10-5

8-22 - Grace Leber, New Trier girls golf, 37 over 9 in win vs. Lake Forest.

8-26 - Nate Wehner, Highland Park boys cross country, ran 14:44.28 to take 7th at the EIU Showdown at Neuqua Valley.

FOOTBALL

Deerfield 34, DePaul College Prep 14

Mac Jones, 255 passing yards, 5 scores through the air and 67 rushing yards for the Warriors.

Evanston 21, Zion-Benton 7

Glenbrook North 29, Lane Tech 0

Check out the truck-stick moment from GBN’s Patrick Schaller.

York 35, Glenbrook South 17

Hersey 30, New Trier 12

Highland Park 37, Leyden 0

David Finfer completed 14 passes for 228 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Here’s The Record North Shore’s story from that game.

Addison Trail 39 Maine East 6

Brother Rice 10, Maine South 7

Hawks quarterback Jack DeFilipis went down with an injury and Constantine Coines took over, scoring the lone touchdown for the Hawks.

Journal & Topics Story via Jeff Zimmerman about Maine South’s 10-7 loss to Brother Rice.

Maine West 14, Marmion Academy 13

Per the Daily Herald’s Dick Quagliano, Tommy Delaney connected with One’ll Miller-Smith for a passing touchdown, then Jason Salazar added on the extra point to grab a win for the Warriors.

Amundsen 7, Niles North 6

Niles West 42, Thornton 13

Grayslake North 14, Vernon Hills 8

Anthony Martorano led the Cougars with 88 rushing yards and tuddy on the ground.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Vernon Hills’ Anna Lester took the top spot in the 3-mile run at the Patriot Early Invite in 18:42.68. The Cougars’ Jori Ellen and Ella Ollinger took 2nd and 3rd, respectively as VH was top dog in the 3-mile portion team scores.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Niles West won its crosstown race with Niles North.

Vernon Hills’ Charles Blacker was 4th overall in the 3-mile run at the Patriot Early Invite with a time of 15:50.32

The top time for Deerfield at a home tri-meet with Mather and Warren was Dylan Cohen’s 15:29.32, which helped him earn 2nd.

Highland Park was an impressive 2nd place at the EIU Showdown hosted by Neuqua Valley, finishing behind only Downers Grove North. Nate Whener (7th), Brian Hatoum (9th) and Barak Goldstein (11th) led the Giants.

BOYS SOCCER

Evanston is 3-0, while GBN and New Trier are each 2-0.

Shafer Brahm has 12 saves for the Trevians. Aidan O’Neill and Oliver Hernandez have notched 2 goals apiece for the Trevians. You can stream the game replay from NT’s win over Grayslake Central here.

Highland Park is the lone team with a victory in the CSL North thus far, sitting at 2-2. Parker Feder blasted the nets with a hat trick in a win over Lakes.