Evanston Review

New Trier captures state title in 4x800 relay, Schmidt wins pole vault

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:09 -0500

CHARLESTON — Saturday’s Class 3A girls track and field state final was full of firsts for New Trier’s 4x800-meter relay. It was the first time this season that senior all-state runners Courtney Ackerman and Jessica Ackerman had run on the same 4x800 relay. Courtney Ackerman decided she felt healthy enough after Friday’s state preliminaries to run in two races on Saturday. She joined her twin sister, sophomore Mimi Smith and senior Kathleen Keene on the relay. The Trevians reaped the benefits of that decision en route to winning a state title. Jessica Ackerman, running the relay’s third leg, rocketed from …

Trevians win Niles West sectional

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:10:01 -0500

SKOKIE — New Trier wrapped up the Niles West boys tennis sectional title on Saturday. The Trevians (33 points) finished ahead of second-place Loyola (26) and third-place Evanston (17) at the nine-school event. “This is a bunch in a row,” New Trier coach Tad Eckert said when asked how many straight sectional titles his team had won. “But it’s not something that we should take for granted because we have some real talent in this sectional. So, it’s always fun to walk away with some hardware.” With the qualifiers for next weekend’s state tournament having been determined on Friday — …

English starts out strong at state meet

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:08 -0500

Evanston junior Parker English qualified for the Class 3A girls track and field state finals in all four of her events and shined in her two races Friday, posting the fastest time in the 400-meter run and the second-fastest time in the 200. She also advanced to the finals in the long jump and the 4x100 relay. Parker won her heat of the 400 in 54.80 seconds at O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. Payton senior Cameron Pettigrew had the second fastest time, finishing in 55.14. In the 200, English won her heat in 24.51. Lincoln-Way East senior Aaliyah Brown (24.28) was …

New Trier earns four state tournament berths

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:26:00 -0500

SKOKIE — New Trier will be well represented next week at the boys tennis state finals. The Trevians advanced two doubles teams and two singles players to the semifinals at Friday’s Niles West Sectional. All players reaching the semifinals qualify for the state finals. Sectional play resumes at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. New Trier’s Alex Galoustian highlighted Friday’s play with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 wins. Teammate Will Szokol also advanced in singles along with the doubles pairings of Wyatt Mayer and Drake Weyermuller, as well as Tom and Scott Bickel. Loyola advanced the doubles pairing of Patrick Rourke and Jake …

May 17 high school sports scoreboard

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:21 -0500

Sports scores from around the area Friday.

Wildkits led by veteran defense

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:38:17 -0500

EVANSTON — The heart of this year’s Evanston boys lacrosse team can be found in the back row. An experienced group of junior and senior defenders have the Wildkits holding a winning record as the season draws to a close. “Before the season, you never really know (what your strength will be),” Evanston coach Adam Hughes said. “We had a lot of returning guys so I knew they’d be the most experienced part of the team. But after the first couple of games they really impressed me. Even through our preseason tournament, they held a lot of teams under a …

Evanston-Glenbrook South finish one-two at sectional

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:12:01 -0500

SKOKIE — A strong meet ended on a bit of a sour note for Glenbrook South at Thursday’s Class 3A Niles West boys track and field sectional. The Titans had expected to qualify in the 4x400-meter relay, the meet’s final event, and thought they had with a second-place finish. However, a judge ruled a Glenbrook South runner had run out of bounds. The group, three of whom were members of last year’s relay that finished seventh in the state, was disqualified. “That’s a downer because we had a great meet,” Glenbrook South coach Kurt Hasenstein said. “That’s a relay that …

May 16 high school sports scoreboard

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:26:06 -0500

Sports scores from around the area Thursday.

Lincoln-Way Central defeats Loyola in state quarterfinal

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:27 -0500

LINCOLNSHIRE — Last year, Danijela Jackovich left quite an impression at state despite her team’s quarterfinal loss to New Trier. The Lincoln-Way Central star returned Thursday to Stevenson and far surpassed last year’s four-goal performance. Jackovich made sure her terrific high school career wouldn’t end without a state trophy, scoring eight times to lead the Knights to a 12-11 state quarterfinal win over Loyola. “It’s amazing,” Jackovich said. “I’m so happy to be the first Lincoln-Way team to win a state trophy. We played our hearts out and we won and showed we deserve to be here Saturday.” The Knights …

Girls track & field state preview: Weekend may test Ackerman’s injury

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:33:38 -0500

WILMETTE — Courtney Ackerman said she isn’t sure what will happen later this week when she might have to run on consecutive days for the first time in about a month. Bothered by an upper-leg injury since late April, the New Trier senior willed her way to a win on May 9 in the 1,600 meters at Loyola’s sectional by finishing in a track-record 4 minutes, 53.81 seconds. She broke her own mark from a year ago. That was Ackerman’s first competitive race since Lake Park’s invitational on April 20. She said a trip to the chiropractor before the sectional …

Stevens perseveres through the pain

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:54:01 -0500

Sports can be a finicky business. One moment can quite literally change everything for a young athlete. Jill Stevens is in her third year as a starter for the Loyola girls soccer team. Her performance has been fairly remarkable. Coach Craig Snower said that over those three years, just one goal has been scored on Stevens’ side of the field — and that goal wasn’t really her fault. “She got totally fouled and pushed over,” Snower said. “The film is pretty clear.” So what does the future look like for one of the best defenders on one of the state’s …

Water polo sectional finals notebook: Loyola juniors shine in defeat

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:19:00 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Loyola might have lost to New Trier in the boys water polo sectional final at Glenbrook North, but the Ramblers have good reason to celebrate what they accomplished this season. After graduating every major player from last season’s club that took second at state, the Ramblers got themselves back in position to return to the state tournament. “I’m very proud of everyone,” said Loyola senior Jack Considine, who, a week earlier, played a part in the team’s first Catholic League championship since 1978. “We lost every starter, and we still did some pretty big things this year. Despite …

Defensive duo helps guide Loyola to sectional title

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:27 -0500

NORTHBROOK — Senior captains Meredith O’Brien and Katie Lynch have known each other since grammar school in Glenview, and both joined Loyola’s water polo team as freshmen. While O’Brien and Lynch were on the roster the last time the Ramblers played at the state tournament in 2011, they weren’t big contributors. That’s why Saturday’s 5-4 win over New Trier in the sectional final at Glenbrook North was so special to the girls. “We just randomly decided together to play water polo before coming to Loyola,” Lynch said. “I didn’t have a spring sport and thought, ‘Why not try it?’” O’Brien …

Badminton state tournament notebook: Mang, Lurie enjoy memorable runs

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:16:39 -0500

Should New Trier seniors Audrey Mang and Jill Lurie hang out together in Hyde Park in the coming years, there’s a good chance they will reflect on the events of this past Saturday. The badminton teammates, who both plan to enroll at the University of Chicago, had memorable afternoons on the second day of the state tournament in Charleston. The day included a match against one another. The match between the pair, which Mang won 21-18, 19-21, 21-15, was a consolation semifinal in which only the winner would receive a top-six medal. Mang then moved on and defeated Fremd’s Angela …

May 15 high school sports scoreboard

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:25:22 -0500

Sports scores from around the area Wednesday.