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30 | February 16, 2017 | The glencoe anchor sports
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Team unity leads NT in CSL victory
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
After losing 11 seniors from
last year’s squad, New Trier
came into the season seeking a
new identity.
As the season hits the stretch
run, the team seems to have
found what it was looking for.
“Coming off the year last year
where we had 11 seniors, ones
who had been on the team for
multiple years, they really defined
the team for a couple years,
“ New Trier coach Teri Rodgers
said. “So after the season was
over I told them ‘you can create
whatever you want and not often
do we get a blank slate and
you’ve got one so take what you
learned from the seniors that just
left but create your own.’
“They’ve defined what this
team is and that’s selflessness.
They’re great leaders, so inclusive,
so selfless and that’s what
this team is, not only personality-wise
but on the court and
that’s who they’ve been as leaders.
It’s never been about them,
it’s been about ‘us,’ and that’s
how we play.”
The Trevians used that cohesiveness
and togetherness in
helping them beat rival Maine
South, 50-39, Friday, Feb. 10, on
Bratschi
Plumbing
was
established
in
Winnetka
in 1937
senior night in Winnetka.
“Throughout the season,
we’ve come a long way and our
momentum is good right now
so I think each and every game,
we’re on top of everything,” NT
senior Kristie Kalis said.
With it being a special night
for the seniors, Rodgers started
players that normally wouldn’t
get that opportunity, not only at
the beginning of the game, but
every quarter.
And for the majority of the
time, there was no difference in
how the two units played.
“The girls have really just
figured it out, it’s been all them
through hard work and selflessness,”
Rodgers said. “Gaining
experience has helped
the team as well. It’s slowed
down for them as they’ve become
more comfortable and
we’re seeing what they can
really do.”
Kalis, who was named to the
All-CSL team along with Cate
Murdock, came out almost like
she had something to prove,
scoring six of her team’s first
16 points and helping her team
jump out to a 16-11 lead that
would eventually turn into a 20-
16 advantage at the half.
Kalis, who would finish with
New Trier’s Cate Murdock dribbles up the floor during the matchup
against Maine South Friday, Feb. 10, in Winnetka. Varsity Views
15 points, continued her hot
hand out of the break, knocking
in six points in an 8-4 NT run to
start the half.
“I didn’t notice I was the leading
scorer until after the game,
but it’s all about the team because
everyone is contributing,”
Kalis said.
After Anna Hughes got a
3-pointer to give New Trier a
31-22 lead with 3:18 remaining
in the third quarter, a familiar
theme happened to the Trevian
offense: it went cold from the
field. A week after having multiple
scoring droughts against
VARSITY VIEWS
Evanston, the Trevians didn’t
score after VARSITY that Hughes VIEWS basket
until there were 51 seconds remaining
in the quarter and Jacqueline
Vinson knocked in a
3-pointer. In the meantime, the
Hawks had rattled off 10 consecutive
points to take a 32-31 lead
before Vinson’s bucket. Maine
South’s Nicole Scales, an All-
CSL selection, had her first and
only points in that run, hitting
two 3’s, the first coming with
2:47 left in the quarter.
“We really talked through
screens and put Katy Symanietz,
who’s a great defender, on
her and then Maggie (Murdock)
came in and guarded her, but it
was just really good individual
defense,” Rodgers said.
Vinson’s basket triggered a
9-2 run that gave the Trevians
a 40-34 lead, one that would be
just enough to keep the Hawks
at bay, with 6:44remaining in the
game.
New Trier would limit any
offense the Hawks would try
to muster up, forcing four turnovers
in the last five minutes
of the game and not allowing
the visitors to make a field
goal for the last 5:46 of the
game. The Hawks managed
just two free throws in that
span.
“When you come here (New
Trier) as a freshman, you look
up to the older players but
when you are the older player,
it’s like a whole new world because
everyone is looking at
you that way,” Kalis said. “It’s
emotional because you don’t
want to disappoint but it always
make you want to be on your ‘A’
game.”
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Walter
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