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48 | February 22, 2018 | The Northbrook tower sports northbrooktower.com Boys Hockey North loses Game 2 but wins playoff series Gary Larsen Freelance Reporter Holding a two-goal lead over Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South stayed on the bench rather than retreat to the comfort of the locker room as a zamboni cleaned the ice between the second and third periods. The rationale? Stay cold and stay in the game. “It gets too warm in the locker room and we wanted to stay focused,” Titans coach Jim Philbin said. In the sixth meeting this season between the Titans and Spartans, Glenbrook South won 4-2 in the second game of a best-of-three, Scholastic Hockey League playoff series played on Tuesday night, The Titans’ win tied the series 1-1, guaranteeing that the two rivals will meet for a seventh time this year. “We never get tired of it,” Titans goaltender Jamie Dziurdzik said. “Everyone time we play them, we get hyped. It’s the atmosphere with the crowd and there’s so much history between North and South. So it’s fun to play them every single time. “The last couple weeks have been a little rough and we haven’t been able to close out some games. So especially for our team, this (win) was something that we needed.” Both teams knew that Tuesday’s game would feature heated play and rowdy fans in a playoff atmosphere, but Spartans senior Mikey Day saw his side lacking a chief ingredient needed to meet that challenge. “Overall energy,” Day said. “It was almost like we didn’t realize the significance of the game until we were in the locker room after the second period, and realized we were about to lose to South.” Day scored both of North’s goals while the Titans got two goals from Thomas Lundal and one apiece from Patrick Dillon and Ben Thomas. South led 1-0 after a period on Lundal’s first goal, assisted by Thomas and Connor Monagen. Day tied the game early in the second period on assists from David Rubin and David Wilcox. Less than 30 seconds passed before Dillon put the Titans back Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South players fight for the puck in front of Glenbrook South goalie Jamie Dzuirdzik on Feb. 13 in Glenview. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media up 2-1 on assists from Colin Garrett and Theo Papalas, and Lundal made it 3-1 with a power-play goal mid-way through the second period, on an assist from Nicolas Botvinnik. After two periods, the Titans held a 24-18 edge in shots on goal over the Spartans. “In the defensive zone we didn’t really pick up guys in front,” Day said. “They were kind of walking all over us. It was like we were just watching them. But we were also missing one of our best players.” Glenbrook North played without veteran defenseman Tim Burke due to illness. Chasing a two-goal deficit, the Spartans came out with increased energy in the third period, and finished the game with a 31-30 edge in shots on net. With less than two minutes to play in the game, Day scored on a Glenbrook North power play on assists from Rubin and Jacob Crane, before Lundal clinched the win for the Titans with an empty-net goal with 37 seconds remaining. “The third period was a little scary, especially with that penalty at the end,” Dziurdzik said. “They put one in but fortunately we were able to close out the game really well.” “We hadn’t beaten North here in our barn for a few years, so that was nice,” Philbin said. “It’s a good win and everyone played pretty well, especially (Dziurdzik). But I’m happy with all three lines that played a lot, too. They controlled the atmosphere and when it came down to it defensively, we kept the puck out of the zone.” The Titans and Spartans resumed battle over the weekend, where the Spartans defeated the Titans 2-0 to take the series. GBN plays Loyola Gold in its next series. swimming From Page 50 records in winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:34.78 and the 100-yard backstroke in :51.36 and he swam the first leg for the 200-yard medley relay team that rewrote the school record book with a winning time of 1:34.57. His collaborators in chronological order were sophomore Zander Johnson, junior Daniel Kaufman and sophomore Tony Mrozowski. “It was an awesome meet for all of us,” Purdy said. “I was really happy with my backstroke time (:23.29) in the 200-medley relay.” In addition to putting the finishing touches on the 400- yard freestyle relay team’s first-place performance and setting the school record in the 200-yard freestyle, Shapiro set another school record when he won the 100-yard freestyle in :46.01. “It was probably the hardest two and a half months of my life, especially winter break,” Shapiro reflected in reviewing his season. “We worked hard and kept our heads in the game and it all paid off today as the results showed and as the clock showed. It was a fantastic day.” After helping set a school record with the triumphant 100- yard medley relay team in the first event, Kaufman set an individual school record in the next to last event, finishing third in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of :57.84 that easily qualified him for the State meet. Although the Spartans’ 200- yard freestyle relay team of Kaufman, Mrozowski, JuJescu and Shapiro didn’t set a school record, the foursome became State championship qualifiers with a third-place finish in 1:27.11. JuJescu came in fourth in the 200-yard freestyle but made the cut for the State meet with a 1:43.76 clocking. Glenbrook South’s second place individuals were freshman Max Iida in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke, sophomore Elliot Chen in the 500-yard freestyle and fellow sophomore Hadjiianov in the 100-yard backstroke. Iida said he was “a little nervous coming in—not only me but some of the rest of the guys—but after my first swim I felt really good, a lot more comfortable with the situation.” Qualifying by virtue of their third place efforts were Chen in the 200-yard freestyle, freshman Quinn Loughran in the 100-yard butterfly and the 500-yard freestyle, Hadjiivanov in the 100- yard freestyle. Sophomore Adam Zuiker made the qualifying grade with a fourth in the 100-yard butterfly and junior Cameron Schulte did it with a fourth in the 100-yard breakstroke. Hadjiivanov partnered with Zuiker, Schulte and senior Nick Shectman for a second in the 200-yard medley relay; Zuiker, Iida, Shectman and Chen were the members of the second place 200-yard freestyle relay team; and Chen, Loughran, Zuiker and Hadjiivanov got the Titans the second in the 400-yard freestyle relay. “Elliot Chen has been quietly terrific all year long,” MacDonald said. “Nick Shectman has been a great leader this year and we’ll miss him (after he graduates in the spring) but our big dogs are all coming back.” “Next year is going to be exciting,” predicted the GBS coach, “But right now we’re just focusing on the state meet at Evanston.”
northbrooktower.com sports the northbrook tower | February 22, 2018 | 49 Girls Gymnastics Final Performance Spartans compete in the state finals to end season Glenbrook North’s Brittany Ullrich competes in the beam at the IHSA State Final meet in Palatine on Friday, Feb. 16. photos by carlos alvarez/22ND CE<strong>NT</strong>URY MEDIA. Ullrich competes in the beam. The meet was the final meet for her Spartans career. Glenbrook North’s Katie Dahike competes in the floor routine at the state championship. LEFT: Dahike smiles after her finishing her floor routine. The Spartans ended a successful season and just missed qualifying for state.
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