CSLV: Hawks win at Waubonsie; Consecutive Hat Tricks for Hamer
Mendenhall to have jersey retired at Niles West.
OF NOTE
#CSLStar performers for the past week were:
9-5 — Andrew Babos and Nicholas Biank of Deerfield boys soccer netted 2 goals apiece in a win over Maine West.
9-7 — Hunter Whitney, Deerfield boys golf, shot a 35 and took medalist honors in a Warriors win over Evanston.
FOOTBALL
VICTORIOUS
Maine West’s defense was critical in a 12-6 home win over Schaumburg.
Ben Cooper had 12 tackles, 1 INT, 4 catches for 104 yards in another excellent defessnive showing for the Warrior. Maine West had 3 INTs as a squad.
Maine South snatched victory from a game Palatine squad, 28-21. Samuel Cooper had a late interception to help seal the win for the Hawks.
Highland Park came from 2 separate 14-point deficits (14-0, 21-7), to defeat Rolling Meadows 42-35. David Finfer accounted for 340 passing, 140 rushing, 2 TDs passing and rushing each, while Johnny Walker returned a kickoff for a touchdown, had 128 receiving yards and a scoring reception.
Deerfield’s impressive 42-26 CSL-MSL Crossover win over Conant opened some eyes.
Davone Robinson Jr.’s pick-6 led Niles North to a 10-2 victory over Wheeling.
DEFEATED
New Trier led by 10 but couldn’t hold on in a 24-20 loss to Prospect.
Glenbrook South’s murderer’s row schedule continued in a 27-19 Titans loss to Barrington.
Evanston fell to Fremd 30-14. Check out some photos from that one.
Buffalo Grove defeated Vernon Hills 62-14.
Hoffman Estates defeated Niles West 40-3.
Elk Grove defeated Maine East 40-7.
Hersey defeated GBN 42-0.
RECORDS
SOUTH
Deerfield 3-0
Maine South 2-1
New Trier 1-2
Glenbrook North 1-2
Evanston 1-2
Glenbrook South 0-3
NORTH
Maine West 3-0
Niles West 2-1
Highland Park 2-1
Niles North 2-1
Vernon Hills 1-2
Maine East 1-2
GIRLS SWIM & DIVE
Deemed “The Tri Meet of the Century,” New Trier competed with Saint Ignatius and Stevenson at the latter’s home. The Trevians took 2nd, with Lila Novelline recording her squad’s top NISCA score of 129.0 with her diving score of 233.25. Zara Bolton won the 100 fly in 57.14
Maine South won the Waubonsie Invite. Photo via Maine South Aquatics Twitter/X account.
GIRLS TENNIS
Evanston won the Waubonsie Valley Warrior Invite. Picture via Evanston Athletics Twitter/X account.
GBN was 3rd at the Fremd Invite.
Maine South swept Hersey 7-0, defeated Maine East 4-0 and bested Evanston 4-3. They also defeated Libertyville and Lake Zurich. The Hawks lost to York 4-3 and took 2nd at the BG Invite.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Niles West brought home 3rd and Deerfield was 6th at the Niles West Invite.
BOYS SOCCER
Evanston’s Cristiano Hamer, the defending CSL Varsity Fan Vote Player of the Week, recorded consecutive hat tricks in wins over Maine East and (defending state champs) Naperville Central.
After a 2-1 win over Brother Rice in the BodyArmor Series, Niles North got to dunk assistant coach Ivane in a tank of water.
BOYS GOLF
Glenbrook South was the best CSL squad out of 5 conference squads at the Twin Orchard Invitational, shooting a 303 as a unit to take 4th, 11 shots behind 1st place Barrington (292). Maine South took 5th, New Trier was 6th and Evanston was 7th.
Will Wagener of Evanston tied for 2nd with a 72 and Anthony Neumayer tied for 4th for Maine South.
GIRLS GOLF
Anna Lee’s 2nd-place 76 led Vernon Hills at its home Cougar Classic as VH earned 3rd as a team.
Photos of Niles West vs. Maine West in girls golf.
Ellie Fuller shot a Hole-in-One for GBN at Valley Lo.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
New Trier was 4th as a team and Highland Park was 5th in a loaded field at First to The Finish at Detweiler Park. Ben Crane was 2nd overall in 14:25.30. Other top performers from the CSL were Nate Wehner (HP, 6th), Ari Elmayan (NN, 14th), Atticus Miller (NT, 18th), Charles Blackmer (VH, 21st).
John Ihrke tied a school record, per the GBN Cross Country Twitter/X account, with a time of 14:59 in earning 4th at the Lake Park Invite.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Evanston’s Stella Davis took 6th in a field of over 300 runners at First to The Finish at Detweiler Park. Anna Lester of Vernon Hills was 7th. Josie Cahill was tops for New Trier in 23rd.
Maria Polyakov was 7th at the Lake Park Invite for GBN.
District 207 meet recap from Dion Martorano of Journal & Topics Media.
GRAD CATCH-UPS
Evanston graduate Brealyn Viamille has started all 7 games for Florida International University’s women’s soccer team. She has a goal, 2 assists and 9 shots thus far for the 5-1-1 Panthers.
It is a bit difficult to follow graduates with everything else going on in the fall. Please feel free to send me notes about successful CSL alums excelling at the college level! (Best way is email, kalebcarter4256@gmail.com)
DID YOU SEE?
GBN grad Rachel Olshansky placed 6th at the world championships in powerlifting.
Niles West’s Jason Fowler has committed to NIU football.
SIUE women’s basketball received a verbal commitment from Class of 2024 star guard Meegan Fahy of Maine South.
Evanston’s Oliver Hasserd committed to run men’s track and field at The University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
Niles West will retire the jersey of Wolves legend Rashard Mendenhall.
New Trier played Evanston in girls flag football.
Evanston played Stevenson and Warren in boys badminton.
