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26 | September 28, 2017 | The highland park landmark sports hplandmark.com Youth Tennis <strong>HP</strong> seventh grader wins USTA tournament Erin Redmond, Sports Editor When Benny Winer won his first tournament, his family wasn’t there to witness it. But that’s how he wanted it. The Northwood Junior High School seventh grader won the Boys’ 12 Singles Division End of Summer Open Single Day Showdown at Deer Creek Courts in Highland Park Aug. 26th, after knocking off four competitors in the United States Tennis Association-sanctioned event. But things almost went dramatically different. Winer fell behind early in his first match and found himself in a 2-1 hole. Seeing his son’s frustration, his father, Todd, thought it might be best to let him play without the pressure of parental eyes watching. And it turns out that’s exactly what Benny needed. “When I came back, he was sitting in my chair and he said ‘yeah, I won 6-3,’” Todd said with a laugh. “... Later my wife, Robin, showed up to watch — I had to do something — and he decided maybe it would be a better idea if she didn’t watch him either.” Benny went on to win his next three matches by scores of 6-2, 6-0 and 6-2 in the finals. The latter, he said, was the toughest as he had to fight his way back from an early deficit. “It felt pretty good. It was my first tournament win from a USTA tournament, so it was pretty cool [to win],” Benny said. “The later rounds got harder ... I was just telling myself if I play my best and do what I know I’m supposed to do and what my coaches say, then I’ll be able to hit my shot and win.” It was a big accomplishment for the Highland Park resident, who had only won tournaments through his club, Racquet Club of Lake Bluff, prior to this win. The feat is even bigger, he said, as he only began playing the sport about two years ago. “Neither of us — my wife or I — saw him win,” a chuckling Todd said. “I was really shocked. Not that I doubt his abilities, but he’s never won a tournament before. He’s only been playing a couple years. When he told me, I was just so excited for him and so proud of him.” Benny recently made the decision to make tennis his main sport, forgoing playing for the Park District of Highland Park’s travel baseball team in an effort to accomplish his goal of making varsity when he enters high school in two years. In the meantime, he said he’ll continue practicing and competing as much as he can. “We’re trying to look for as Benny Winer of Highland Park, won the Boys’ 12 Singles Division End of Summer Open Single Day Showdown Aug. 26, at Deer Creek Courts in Highland Park photo Submitted many tournaments as we can,” he said. “Almost everyday we search through the USTA website to see if there are any tournaments soon that I would be able to register for.” Rank and file Top teams in 22nd Century Media’s coverage area 1. Loyola Academy The Ramblers were able to get some of their backups playing time after routing Fenwick. Loyola pulled away in the second half after leading only 17-7 at the half. The win sets up a big game against St. Rita this Friday in Chicago. 2. Glenbrook South The Titans bounced back from their loss to Barrington by running all over Niles North, racking up 296 rushing yards in the win. Jack Jerfita had 111 yards and a touchdown, while Savontae Gardner had 105 yards and a score to lead the way. 3. New Trier The Trevians offense exploded for 52 points in the win over Niles West. Quarterback Carson Ochsenhirt made his second start of his career and opened up the playbook, getting players like Brian Sitzer into the fold. Sitzer finished with three scores in the win. 4. Highland Park After starting the season 0-3, the Giants have won two in a row and both in convincing fashion. It seems as if the season has turned itself around and the team is aiming for another shot at the playoffs. 5. Glenbrook North The Spartans have been struggling since losing their starting quarterback to an injury in the second week of the season. GBN played without 15 players against Maine West and gave no word whether they’ll be back for this week’s game. 6. Lake Forest The Scouts are on a three-game losing streak and the offense has struggled mightily during the losing streak, not scoring more than 10 points in a game. golf From Page 28 course,” Leibfried said. “We’re not going to focus on who our competitors are. It will be about being able to successfully play the course we’re on.” All six Lake Forest golfers on its blue team shot under an 80, which led to the hosts winning the 16- team invite with a 296. “It’s definitely nice when everyone on the team can shoot low scores like that,” Lake Forest’s Jed Thomas said. “Depth is really important and can be the difference between being a state championship team and not being one. Our coach stresses the last four holes shooting even or better so when we do that, it usually means a strong round.” Thomas led the way, tying for second with a 1-over par 73 and had a big reason for his success. “I switched my putter,” Thomas said. “Because of that I putted really well. I started slow shooting 2-over through the first two holes but I shot 1-under the rest of the way.” Connor Polender and Scott Frevert each shot 74s for the Scouts. And the Gold team didn’t fare too badly themselves as Wes Dixon and Spencer Silvernail led the way with 78s. Loyola Academy seems to be coming together at the right time as the Ramblers took second with a 298. “We started the season slow which is the opposite of what we typically do,” Loyola’s Ben Scherman said. “But we’ve picked it up as of late and one of our top golfers has been cleared by IHSA for the conference meet and regionals so that will be a big addition.” New Trier shot a 313, led by Daniel Tanaka’s 77 and Michael Tanaka’s 78. North Shore Country Day’s Peter Miles shot a 76 and Miles has been a consistent golfer throughout his high school career and that continued on Saturday. “Everything was solid. I didn’t putt my best, but I was able to avoid long putts,” Miles said. “I was able to two-putt successfully and overall hit a decent amount of greens. I was able to hit the ball wider on the par 4s on this course.” Will Dart shot an 82 for the Raiders as they finished with a 338. Glenbrook North carded a 317, led by Max Kogen (77) and Kevin O’Regan (79). “Kevin was struggling a little going into today but he did a good job shooting below 80. Max worked through some putting issues today and had a strong score,” GBN coach Justin Gerbich said. “We’ve been up and down this season and two of our regular golfers didn’t play today. Right now we’re focusing on what we can to have four good days coming up [postseason].” And for Gerbich, playing well in the postseason comes down to playing smart.
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