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Girls bowling
Practice pays off for New Trier
CARLOS ALVAREZ/22nd century
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1st-and-3
Three STARS OF THE
WEEK
1. Rohrer brings
home hardware.
(ABOVE)
Emma Jane Rohrer
won a combined
three events in
New Trier girls
gymnastics’ two
wins last week
over GBS and
GBN.
2. Wieczorek stellar
in net. Hayden
Wieczorek stopped
a combined 33 of
35 shots in New
Trier Green’s two
wins over Fenwick
and Glenbrook
North.
3. Margaret Petersen
leads Loyola in
loss. Petersen
bowled a matchhigh
541 to win
medalist honors,
but it wasn’t
enough for the
Ramblers who
dropped a 2,229-
1,971 loss to NT.
Listen Up
Trevians roll
against Loyola
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
The sport of bowling can
be a tricky — with all its intricacies,
details and strategies,
it’s easy to see how
more practice and game
play can be vital in a team’s
success. The more the team
plays, the better it becomes.
The Thursday, Dec. 1
match between New Trier
and Loyola Academy at the
Brunswick Zone in Niles
offered a prime example of
that. The Trevians had spent
more time on the lanes than
the Ramblers and it helped
the squad walk away with a
2,299-1,971 nonconference
win.
“I thought we bowled
very well, especially since
this was our first away
match as a varsity team and
it took some time getting
used to the lanes, but we
made some adjustments and
it ended up being good,”
New Trier coach David
Hjelmgren said. “Today,
most of our girls were hooking
a little more than usual
so we had to make some
adjustments to get more
toward the pocket better, especially
Carrie (Roy).”
“This is our second
match but we’ve had a little
more time because we
practiced a couple more
“Rachel looked like a different girl today.”
Jennifer Pistorius — New Trier girls gymnastics coach on
Rachel Zun’s performance Saturday, Dec. 3 against GBS in
comparison to their first meet against GBN on Dec. 1
times than others. We want
the girls in the lanes, rolling
the balls as much as they
can, so those extra practice
days are really important,”
the New Trier coach added.
For Loyola, things were
a little different.
“We had three girls missing,
so this was a little bit
of a different match for us,”
Loyola coach Bruce Tes
said. “We’ve only had two
practices because of how
the season has turned out
for us, so this is almost like
a practice for us.”
Both squads’ top three
bowlers had impressive
days. Loyola’s Margaret
Petersen walked away
with medalist honors after
bowling a three-game combined
score of 541, narrowly
beating New Trier’s
Carrie Roy, who bowled a
535. Roy rolled the highest
game of the day, racking up
a score of 210, while Petersen
was right behind her
with a 206.
“I bowled really well
considering I messed up a
couple frames in my last
game,” Roy said. “I missed
my spares at the end, so
that left a mark. But I didn’t
let it get to me because I tell
myself to calm down and
ask ‘What can I do to improve
myself?’”
Other big games by the
Ramblers included Petersen’s
sister, Catherine, who
rolled a 450. Michelle Ellis
notched the second-highest
tunE in
What to watch this week
BOYS BASKETBALL: New Trier hosts Top 100 player
Nojel Eastern and conference favorite Evanston.
New Trier plays Evanston at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 at
New Trier’s Winnetka campus.
Margaret Petersen rolled a 541 against New Trier
Thursday, Dec. 1, in Niles. 22nd Century Media File Photo
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series for the Trevians, rolling
a combined 488.
Each bowling alley, and
more specifically each lane,
has a different oil pattern,
something that can affect a
bowler’s performance.
“I couldn’t tell the oil
pattern, but my coach
could, so he was able to
help guide me on how to
work those properly,” Roy
added. “I usually don’t pay
attention to the oil patterns
though. I just bowl.”
Both Loyola and New
Trier qualified for last
year’s sectional after finishing
third and fourth in
the Resurrection regional,
but neither finished high
enough to qualify for the
state finals. Both teams will
be looking to change that,
but in different ways.
The Trevians will be
looking to improve on last
year’s finish behind some
new members to the squad,
including Roy, who is in
her first year on the varsity
squad and has already
worked her way to being
the team’s top bowler.
“[Roy], Michelle Ellis,
Elizabeth McKenna, Emily
Flynn and Madeleine
Ruane, are all bowlers we
expect to have big roles
for us and improve as the
year goes on,” Hjelmgren
said. “This is [Ruane’s] and
[Roy’s] first years on varsity
but the others are great
leaders and help lead the
team.”
The Ramblers, however,
have a bit of a different
situation. They return numerous
players from last
year’s squad, including the
Petersen sisters, as well as
Grace Gurda, who rolled a
409 against the Trevians.
“I’m expecting a lot
from Margaret Petersen
and her sister Catherine,
[and] Grace Gurda,” Tes
said. “Angie Peterson and
Lelah Byron, who is a second-year
varsity player, is
someone I’m expecting to
improve as well.”
The Loyola coach is simply
looking for improvement
as the season rolls
onward.
“The whole point of
the season is to get better
and be at our best for
the conference tournament
and the IHSA series,” Tes
said. “This is just a growing
process right now for
us. We really won’t get
the improvement we want
until January because we
won’t have as much time
to practice thanks to finals
in a couple weeks and the
holidays. But the results
will come.”
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw,
m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.