CSLV: State Champions Crowned In Tennis, Track; All-State Honorees Aplenty; Baseball Success

A fully-packed newsletter for the past week includes lots of accolades. Also,CSL North baseball and softball all-conference teams.

This might just be the most info-packed newsletter I’ve ever done? Perhaps? I’m not so keen on going back to check that, so let’s just say it is.

OF NOTE

I’ve been slacking bit as of late on getting superlatives out. 

For the week of May 15-21, the fan vote player of the week was Abrielle Artley of Evanston girls track and field after she won the 300 hurdles and took 2nd in the 100 hurdles. She was also theon the 7th place wildkits 4x400.

The Player of the Week was Dawson Wright of Evanston girls track and field, who won the state shot put title for 3A.

The Team of The Week was New Trier boys water polo for bringing home a second consecutive state title. 

It’s clear-cut who needs to be named Player(s) of the Week for this last week, May 22-28. But I’m still putting a fan vote up for Twitter.

Those are state champions Ryan Schaefer (GBS) and Miles Granjean (Evanston) from track and field, as well as Blake Gold and Evan Glebov of Highland Park boys tennis for winning a doubles championship.

All-conference notes: I am seeking the following: 

• CSL South Baseball all-conference

• CSL South softball all-conference

• CSL North boys volleyball all-conference

• CSL South boys volleyball all-conference

• CSL South girls soccer all-conference

• CSL North girls soccer all-conference

• CSL South water polo all-conference (boys and girls)

• CSL North water polo all-conference (boys and girls)

• CSL South lacrosse all-conference (boys and girls)

• CSL North lacrosse all-conference (boys and girls)

• CSL South track and field all-conference (boys and girls)

• CSL North track and field all-conference (just girls)

What I already have: 

• CSL North baseball all-conference

• CSL North boys track and field all-conference (will try to include in next newsletter)

• CSL North softball all-conference

#CSLStar

5-22 — Vinnie Marvucic, Niles North baseball, 3-4 with a HR, triple, 2 RBIs and 4 runs scored in a win over Mather.

5-23 — Amanda Teschky, VH softball, single, double, triple 3 runs and 4 RBIs in a win over Northside.

5-24 — Kennedy Meier, New Trier girls lacrosse, 4 goals and an assist in a win over OPRF.

5-25 — Vernon Hills doubles tennis pair Daniel Shchebalev and Aarush Vora, who made state quarters in 1A. ALSO, Mac Jones, Deerfield baseball, 6IP, 7K’s, 0R allowed in a 7-1 Warriors win over Carmel.

5-26 — Jake Slavish, VH boys track and field, broke school 300 hurdles record and helped 4x400 qualify for finals at 2A state.

RECORD ALERT

Evanston baseball broke its record for wins in a season when it defeated Niles North 11-1 in a regional semifinal for its 29th win, then extended the record to 30 in the regional final.

Ryan Schaefer’s prelims winning 300 hurdles time of 37.79 is the new program record for Glenbrook South. 

Glenbrook North's John Ihrke ran an 800 time of 1:53.99 in the 3A state finals to take 6th in 3A, having also beaten his own record in the prelims to reset his own school record on consecutive days. 

Vernon Hills’ Maddox Fluno, David Castilla, Charlie Blackmer, & Jake Slavish reset their school record in the 4x400 with a time of 3:21.78 to take 5th in Class 3A. Jake Slavish's 2A state 300 hurdles prelims time of 39.00 broke his own school record in the event.  

Highland Park’s Doug Anderson ran a 49.08 in the 400 prelims to re-take the school record in the event from Lukaas Nales (49.16), who had taken it from Anderson. 

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 

Ryan Schaefer and Miles Granjean both laid claims to being the most decorated CSL track star this spring, with both having strong, full spring seasons, and both bringing home state titles for their respective programs. 

Schaefer recorded an Illinois No. 1 time of 37.79 in the prelims and then won the 3A state title with a time of 38.34. He also finished 2nd in the long jump (6.83m) and 16th in the high jump (1.85). 

Evanston’s Granjean ran a 14.36 in the 110 hurdles to claim a state title in the event. 

Granjean also took 5th in the 100 meter dash (10.96) 9th in the 200 meter dash (22.61).

OTHER Top 10 finishes 

Highland Park

Doug Anderson, 6th place in the 400 in 49.22.

New Trier

4x400 of Jameson Rick, Caden Pfister, Tucker Anglemeyr and Jeram Salles finsihed 4th in 3:21.08 after getting 9th in the prelims.

Niles West

Chris Rodriguez, 6th in the 110 hurdles (15.11).

Vernon Hills 

^4x4 mentioned above and Slavish’s 300 hurdles time.

Slavish went on to take 7th in the 3A 300 hurdles with his time of 39.23. 

BOYS TENNIS 

It was an all-CSL final in the state boys tennis doubles final for Class 2A. Highland Park’s Blake Gold (sophomore) and Evan Glebov (junior) defeated New Trier’s Chris Ackerman and  Stan Okesson (both sophomores) to claim a state title. 

Here’s the winning moment, shared by HPHS Athletics on Twitter.

Photo via HPHS Athletics 

The Trevians took 2nd in the state as a team, led by Ackerman/Okesson and a sixth-place finish in doubles from Oliver Coppieters and Daniel Matten.

The top-finishing CSL singles player was conference champion Konrad Kwiatkowski of Glenbrook North, who finished 5th. 

Vernon Hills took 7th as a team in the 1A state meet, were led by doubles pair Daniel Shchebalev and Aarush Vora who made the quarterfinal and consolation semis.

GIRLS SOCCER

New Trier is the last squad standing from the CSL, having beaten Loyola 1-0 in the sectional semis and Lane Tech 1-0 in the sectional final. The Trevians will host Libertyvillle in the super-sectional on Tuesday. 

SOFTBALL

Maine South and Vernon Hills were the lone CSL squads to win regional championships. The Hawks defeated Whitney Young 13-1 and will play Lane Tech in the sectional semis. Vernon Hills beat St. Viator 5-3 and will play top-ranked Antioch in the sectional semis. It was the 5th consecutive regional title for the Hawks.

Evanston was beaten in its home regional final by OPRF 3-2.

Niles West lost in the regional final to Taft, 5-1.

CSL North Softball All-Conference

• Morgan Hart, VH

• Amanda Teschky, VH

• Emma O’Flaherty, VH

• Samone Stevens, VH

• Cate Pangilinan, VH

• Katie Cir, VH

• Izzy Loiben, VH

• Kaitlyn Marsh, MW

• McKayla Garnett, MW

• Abigayle Garcia, MW

• Kara Lindenmuth, MW

• Natasha Czajkowski, ME

• Jayden Coppe, ME

• Amaya Kang, NN

• Izzy Infante, NN

• Brina Idler, DF/HP

• Rori Bowne, DF/HP

BASEBALL

3 of the 4 squads set to play in sectional semifinal action in Evanston on Wednesday and Thursday are CSL squads. Evanston will face Lane Tech Wednesday after beating Elk Grove 9-1 in a regional final. 

In a battle of squads with pitching might, Glenbrook North will face New Trier Thursday, after the Trevians’ Max Kaplan threw a 1-hitter to defeat Prospect 5-1 and the Spartans’ Colin Roche shut out Maine South 4-0 to win regional titles. 

The Spartans’ regional title was their third in a row. 

(Photo via GBN Baseball twitter account)

Glenbrook South fell 5-0 in the regional championship game to Lane Tech, ending the head coaching career of Steve Stanicek. 

Deerfield was defeated in a 3A regional final by Grayslake Central 10-6.

CSL North Baseball All-Conference Honorees

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Glenbrook South defeated New Trier 31-29, 25-17 to win a regional title. 

James Ganzorig had 25 assists and 6 digs. Alex Rupprecht had a team-high 9 kills.

Glenbrook North emphatically downed Loyola Academy 25-16, 25-22 to set up a matchup of district foes. Some photos from GBN vs. Maine South regional final volleyball action. Paul Cho and Jacob Phillips had 8 digs apiece for the Spartans, who had zero receiving errors.

Vernon Hills beat Libertyville to claim a regional crown, then had its season ended by Barrington 25-17, 25-16. The Cougars finished 30-8. 

Evanston lost to Loyola in a regional championship.

Glenbrook South’s Chance Shampine was named first-team IVCA all-state as an opposite/right-side hitter.

New Trier’s David Wolff (OH) and Vernon Hills’ David Rzepa (MB) garnered third-team all-state honors. 

Nine players from Vernon Hills and 4 from New Trier made academic all-state for the IVCA.  

GIRLS LACROSSE

Evanston nabbed a 14-7 victory over Lane Tech to set up a super-sectional matchup with Evanston on Tuesday. The Wildkits got huge production in the second half in the form of goals from Bridget Lesch (2), Makayla Clark (2), Kylie O’Connor (2) and Katherine Granchalek. 

New Trier’s quest for a second straight state title came to an end with an 8-5 loss to Loyola Academy in the sectional finals.

IGCLA all-state players from the CSL were: 

Evanston 2nd team 

Bridget Lesch

Evanston Honorable mention

Kylie Kimmel

New Trier 1st team

Grace Mawicke

Kennedy Meier

Audrey Rudolph

Anna Seftenberg

Addie Shevitz

Maine South honorable mention

Katelyn Goff

New Trier 2nd team

Allie Trukenbrod

BOYS LACROSSE

New Trier lost in the sectional final to Loyola Academy 14-6. New Trier had to defeat Glenbrook South 8-3 in the sectional semis to reach the final.

Maine South defeated Evanston 14-6 to advance from the sectional quarters, then lost to Loyola Academy 11-5 in the semis.

GIRLS WATER POLO

CSL all-state honorees:

• Seren Uzkan, New Trier, 1st team

• Sydney Kalainov, New Trier, 2nd team

• Emma Blezien, Maine West, 2nd team

• Rosie Woodman, New Trier, 3rd team

• Nina Kaiser, Evanston, 4th team

• Morgan Vis, Maine West, 4th team

BOYS WATER POLO

CSL All-state honorees

• Player of the Year: Noah Wendt, New Trier

• Coach of the Year: David Rafferty-Flatter

• Noah Wendt, New Trier, 1st team

• Thomas Dean, New Trier, 1st team

• Will Moran, New Trier, 2nd team

• Luke Schermerhorn, New Trier, 4th team

• Joshua Torres-Jackson, Maine South, 4th team

• Henry Chapon, Evanston, 4th team

DID YOU SEE?

Deerfield will be hosting the Justin Fields Youth Camp on July 18 from 1:30 to 5:30 on Adams Field. 

New Trier’s Sophia Remias and Niles West’s Marie Najjar both have signed with Oakton Community College to run cross country. 

Congrats in retirement to Niles West’s Becky Tueke, a 1978 graduate of Niles West, she has coached and worked in the building for 40+ years. 

(Photo via Niles West athletics)

New Trier’s Teri Rodgers (girls basketball coach) and Rachael Zacks (graduated class of 2023) will participate in the IBCA all-star games. 

Glenbrook South’s Gaven Marr (2023) signed to play basketball at Havorford University in Pennsylvania. 

IBCA Hall of Fame coach Dennis Zelasko will join Glenbrook South coach Phil Ralston’s staff. 

The following GBS boys soccer players are set to play college soccer next season. 

Chris Sanchez - Rockford University

Kevin Perez - North Park University

Jimmy Aglikin - Sewanee: University of the South

GBS baseball’s Draza Dupor has signed to play baseball at Wisconsin Eau Claire.

Dion Martorano wrote about the 14 Niles West athletes who signed to play collegiately.

Three-year Evanston boys basketball player Jaylin Gibson is transferring from Mount St. Mary’s to play for Eastern Illinois. 

GRAD CATCHUPS

New Trier graduate Jack Junge is the new men’s golf coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He played golf and hockey at Trinity as an undergrad. 

Three Evanston graduates faced off in an AUDL (ultimate frisbee) game. 

Deerfield graduate Ryan Davis is now officially the full-time head coach of Lake Forest College men’s basketball, having had the interim tag to his name the past two seasons. 

Glenbrook South graduate Will Kelly of St. Olaf got 10th place in the Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase  Finals with a time of 9:06.88.

Glenbrook North 2016 grad Michael Oh is in the postseason with the Charlotte 49ers as the program’s pitching coordinator.