CSLV: Trevians State Tennis Champs; Football Playoffs; Cross Country & Soccer Notes

The home stretch of fall sports is upon us.

OF NOTE 

I never found the time to write up a post honoring last week’s CSLV Superlative winners for performances from Oct. 8-14.

Anna Lester, VH girls cross country was CSLV Fan Vote Player of The Week after winning a CSL individual and team title.

Constantine Coines, Maine South football, was CSLV Football Fan Vote Player of The Week Coines, Maine South, 5 passing TD, 2 rushing TD, 359 all-purpose vs. Deerfield.

The CSLV Fan Vote Team of the Week was Maine South girls tennis, which won a sectional title led by Amelia Stanek, Ella Raseta and Emma Military.

This week’s newsletter has football playoff qualifiers, state champions, regional cross country and boys soccer champions and plenty of exciting stuff to boot. Let’s dive in. 

TENNIS 

Photo via New Trier girls varsity tennis on Instagram.

The New Trier Trevians are Class 2A state champs! 

Keri Rothenberg and Ariane Lesterhuis came home with the state doubles 1st place trophy. 

Madison Liu took 2nd in the state in singles and won the 2A Sportsmanship Award.

Doubles pair Coco Zabel and Julia Ludwig earned 6th.

The Trevians had 35 team points to runner-up Stevenson’s 20. New Trier had the championship wrapped up well before the competition was completed. 

Celebration video

Deerfield, led by doubles pair Val Bellagamba/Liza Gleyzer and singles 4th place finisher Abigail Lee took 3rd as a team, GBN was 5th and GBS took 11th. 

(Photo from DHS Girls Tennis on Twitter/X). 

FOOTBALL

Week 9 Scores

Maine West 28, Niles North 0

Niles West 56, Maine East 12

Highland Park 49, Vernon Hills 34

GBS 42, GBN 21

New Trier 27, Deerfield 6

Maine South 35, Evanston 11

Statistical performances of note

Nate Canning, GBS, 28 carries for 312 yards, 4 TDs vs. GBN now has 1,737 rushing yards this season, a regular season rushing record for the Titans. 

Alex Gorbenko, Maine West, 6 tkls, 2 assists, 4 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 Forced Fumble.

Longtime New Trier coach Mike Napoleon is retiring from football, stepping away from his role as offensive coordinator for the varsity football team. For those of course wondering does this mean an end to his run as baseball coach, that’s a negative. He remains in his role in a quest for 1,000 wins.

Story on Maine South quarterback Constantine Coines. 

Check out this wild interception by Maine East’s Timo Kato in his last varsity game.

The Record North Shore’s Martin Carlino wrote about New Trier’s season finale.

Playoff Qualifiers

Maine West (9-0, 5 Seed)

Opponent: Collinsville (5-4, 28 Seed)

Playing in Des Plaines at Maine West at 3:00 p.m.

Maine South (8-1, 6 Seed)

Opponent: Lockport (5-4, 27 Seed). 

Game will be played in Park Ridge at Wilson Field, Friday at 7:30 p.m. 

Niles West (6-3, 25 Seed)

Opponent: Huntley (8-1, 8 Seed)

Game at Huntley, Friday 7:00 p.m.

Highland Park (6-3, 11 Seed)

Opponent: Mather (7-2, 6 Seed)

Game at Winnemac Stadium in Chicago at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

GBS (4-5, 30 Seed)

Opponent: Barrington (9-0, 3 Seed)

The Titans will head to Barrington for a Friday, 7:00 p.m. game. 

Journal & Topics Media group’s Dion Martorano wrote about his coverage area’s playoff qualifiers, among who were Maine West, Maine South and GBS.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Niles West won the outright CSL North title and finished 10-0 in the division.

New Trier went 10-0 in the South to claim its divisional title outright.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY 

Regional winners:

Team: Deerfield, Grant Regional 

Individual: Charles Blackmer, Vernon Hills, 15:37.27 (Grant Regional)

Team: New Trier,  (Loyola Academy Regional) Won, with 39 team points, Highland Park was 2nd with 60.

Individual: Ben Crane, NT, 15:36.9 (Loyola Regional)

The top 7 finishers at the Loyola Regional were CSL runners, including Crane, Nate Wehner (HP), Brian Hatoum (HP), Evan Parker (NN), John Ihrke (GBN), Felix Hekster (NT), Atticus Miller (NT). 

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Regional winners: 

Individual: Maria Polyakov, GBN, (Loyola Academy)

Sectional Qualifying teams: Vernon Hills (5th at Grant Regional)

BOYS SOCCER

Glenbrook North’s Ian Lee notched both goals in a 2-1 victory vs. Barrington to win a regional title. 

Evanston defeated Maine South 5-3 to win a regional title. 

New Trier beat Taft in PKs 4-2 (after being tied 1-1 through 2 OT periods). 

The Wildkits and Trevians will square off in a sectional semifinal on Tuesday in Evanston. 

Photo via Evanston Athletics on Twitter/X.

Deerfield fell in a regional final vs. Prairie Ridge 2-1. 

Niles North lost 3-1 to Leyden in a regional final. 

GIRLS SWIM & DIVE

Evanston defeated GBS 126-60.

DID YOU SEE?

Congrats to New Trier wrestling coach Marc Tadelman, who won a bronze medal at the USA Wrestling at the Veterans World Championships in Loutraki, Greece. 

Glenbrook South won the first CSL Girls Flag Football championship, winning a tournament that culminated on their home field with a 13-12 decision in their favor over Maine South. The Titans will now play in the state tournament.

New Trier Class of 2024 wide receiver Miles Cremascoli verbally committed to Ohio University for football. 

Maine East Class of 2024 baseball player Jalen Moraga committed to Quincy University for baseball. 

Glenbrook South Class of 2024 senior Chloe Gonzalez committed to DePauw for women’s basketball. 

Evanston field hockey’s Makayla Clark scored 5 goals in a postseason game.