CSLV: Maine South, New Trier Claim CSL Tourney Titles
Vybral, Fridman commit to notable D3 programs.
OF NOTE
The CSLV Team of the Week for the week of Jan. 8-14 is Glenbrook North boys bowling, which won 44.4% of 36 votes.
The CSLV Fan Vote Player of the Week was Ella Eovaldi of Evanston girls gymnastics, who won 50% of 198 votes.
BOYS WRESTLING
Vernon Hills clinched the CSL North dual team title with a 38-34 win over Niles North.
Maine South secured a 39-33 win over GBS during the week to clinch the outright CSL South dual title before going on and winning the CSL Tournament Saturday at Highland Park.
The Hawks narrowly clipped Deerfield to win the tournament title, 240-237.
Team scores:
Maine South 240
Deerfield 237
Glebrook South 152
Glenbrook North 134
New Trier 132.5
Evanston 122
Niles North 105
Vernon Hills 81.5
Maine East 77
Maine West 57
Highland Park 34
Niles West 27.5
Individual champions:
106 - George Georgiev, Mâine South
113 - Ayaan Rizwaan, Glenbrook North
120 - Teddy Flores, Maine South
126 - Luke Reddy, Deerfield
132 - Luke Morrison, Maine South
138 - Jordan Rasof, Deerfield
144 - Mark Martinez, Deerfield
150 - Tagg Miller, New Trier
157 - Rodrigo Salinas, Evanston
165 - Ilya Dvoriannik, Vernon Hills
175 - Bailey Cornelison, New Trier
190 - Josh Marty, Evanston
215 - Max Drumke, Deerfield
285 - Tyler Fortis, Maine South
Most Outstanding Wrestlers:
North - Ilya Dvoriannik, Vernon Hills
South - Teddy Flores, Maine South
GIRLS WRESTLING
New Trier claimed the girls team tournament title, thanks to 3 individual champions and some strong medal stand performances from other Trevians.
Blow photo via New Trier Athletics
Below photo via Vernon Hills wrestling on Twitter/X.
Team scores:
New Trier 142
Maine East 127
Maine West 118
Niles West 98
Maine South 69
Vernon Hills 63
Highland Park 60.0
Glenbrook North 55.0
Deerfield 47
Evanston 39
Niles North 9.0
Individual champions:
100 - Sunny Aitzemkour, New Trier
105 - Eliana Badeen, Maine East
110 - Zoe Pomerants, Niles West
115 - Guadalupe Montesinos, Maine East
120 - Ariella Dobin, Glenbrook North
125 - Riley Moore, Highland Park
130 - Ava Reyes, Maine West
135 - Clara Ugaz, Highland Park
140 - Jillian Giller, New Trier
145 - Helen Xiao, Deerfield
155 - Nina Aceves, New Trier
170 - Lillian Garrett, Maine West
190 - Sophia Fortis, Maine South
235 - Eliana Garrett, Maine West
Most Outstanding Wrestlers:
North - Riley Moore, HP
South - Ariella Dobin, GBN
BOYS BOWLING
Glenbrook North’s Josh Sachs was the individual champion at the Warren Sectional with 1,385 pins as the Spartans finished 3rd and advanced to state with 5,984 pins.
Vernon Hills took 2nd as a team with 6,001 pins and advanced to state, led by Zack Schoemaker’s 1,285 pins.
Evanston’s Anthony Swanson and Niles West’s Ryan Luecker each qualified as individuals.
GIRLS BOWLING
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
Maine South was the top-finishing CSL school, taking 3rd at the Niles West Big Invite with a team score of 132.500.
The Hawks’ Katie Saviski took 2nd in the all-around with a score of 35.400. Evanston’s Ella Eovaldi won the beam with her score of 9.30.
Vernon Hills posted a team score of 145.80, led by Livy Tran’s all-around of 37.850 and Annika Chudy’s 37.750 in a win over Highland Park.
BOYS SWIM & DIVE
Highland Park’s Noam Kulbak won the 1M dive at the Buffalo Grove Varsity Invitational with a mark of 538..85.
Deerfield took 2nd at Hersey’s Don Anderson Classic Invitational.
The Warriors won the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:30.87. Zach Swender took 2nd in the 200 IM and was 3rd in the 100 breaststroke.
Maine East’s David Rozenbergas won the 100 breaststroke with his time of 1:02.82.
DANCE
Advancing from the Lake Park Dance Sectional:
Deerfield, 3rd place, 87.93 in 2A division
Vernon Hills, 6th place, 84.03 in 2A division
Maine South, 3rd place, 90.37 in 3A-1 Division
New Trier, 3rd place, 88.33 in 3A-2 Division
Glenbrook South, 4th place, 87.60 3A-2 Division
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Maine South finally lost its first game of the season last Monday (Jan. 15) a 64-47 loss to Bolingbrook.
Some top performances from the last week:
KJ Saccarro, New Trier, 22 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds in a 64-42 win over Milwaukee Academy of Sceience
Meegan Fahy, Maine South, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists in a 63-44 win over GBS.
Katie Daly, Niles West, 25 points in a 49-39 victory vs. Waukegan.
Elyse Davis, Vernon Hills, 17 points in a 51-41 win vs. Highland Park.
Kourtnie Halperin, Highland Park, had 22 points as HP defeated Maine East
Gina Davorija, Glenbrook South, 21 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals in a win over Neuqua Valley
BOYS BASKETBALL
GBN ended Glenbrook South’s 12-game win streak when it defeated GBS 64-59
Niles North came from 23-point down in the first half to defeat Niles West 90-81 in triple overtime.
Some top performances from the past week:
Josh Fridman, Glenbrook North, 24 points in win over GBS and 27 in a defeat of Evanston.
Joey Pantazis, Niles West, posted 28 points in the loss to Niles North
Simon Moschin, Highland Park, tallied 31 points in a dub over Vernon Hills
GRAD CATCHUPS
Niles West graduate Sam Galanopoulos recently reached 1,000 career points for Loyola women’s basketball.
DID YOU SEE?
New Trier is the winner of the MaxPreps Cup for the fall sports season. Check out this piece on the honor.
Highland Park’s Sebastian Vybral committed to North Central College to play football.
Glenbrook North boys basketball’s Josh Fridman committed to Illinois Wesleyan.
