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40 | April 26, 2018 | The winnetka Current sports
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Boys lacrosse
Girls track and field
Big second period leads NT to win
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
One of the more key aspects
of lacrosse is the faceoff.
Generally, if a team dominates
on the faceoff they are
well on their way to victory.
New Trier used that mentality
in its game against Lake
Forest, Thursday, April 19, in
Northfield. The Trevians won
10 of 14 first-half faceoffs.
That advantage led to an 8-3
halftime lead, en route to a 9-6
Trevians win.
“It was a high-intensity game
and Lake Forest is a good
team,” New Trier coach Tom
Herrala said. “We made some
mental mistakes but the guys
gutted it out.
“Nolan (Swain) did a good
job on faceoffs. He was doing
a lot of good things. That helps
though and that’s why we were
able to get up so big early.”
Johnny Maday scored the
first of his five goals 48 seconds
into the game, fed by a
pass from Henry Freedman.
However, the Scouts bounced
back by scoring two consecutive
goals, giving them their
only lead of the game. Jack
Mislinski’s goal at the 9:38
mark and Connor Armstrong’s
at the 7:44 mark put the Scout
ahead for that brief moment.
The lead was short-lived,
New Trier’s Dylan Bruno tied
the game with 4 minutes, 37
seconds left in the first half and
Maday’s second goal, with just
over a minute-and-a-half remaining,
gave the Trevians a
3-2 lead going into the second
quarter.
Lake Forest’s middie George
Schoettle’s tied the game once
again just 26 seconds into the
second quarter. Hazard Bahr’s
goal at 8:41 put New Trier once
again; his team would lead the
rest of the game.
The Trevians ended the half
by scoring four straight goals,
two by Maday and two by
New Trier’s Johnny Maday drives toward the goal during a
game against Lake Forest. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media
Freedman. Maday’s final two
goals of the half were off interceptions
deep in the Lake Forest
defensive zone. The second
goal came off of an interception
of a Lake Forest goalie clear.
“We were moving the ball
well and had good, long possessions,
so we just worked
for open shots and for me they
were landing today,” Maday
said.
For as well as the Trevians
offense played in the first half,
it was the Lake Forest defense
that stood out in the second.
After a second quarter that
saw six goals, the Scouts held
the Trevians scoreless in the
third period. The Scouts scored
twice to cut the deficit to 8-5
going into the final period.
Mead Payne and Luke Milliman
scored the goals for Lake
Forest in the period.
“I think we played a pretty
decent game, we just had a
mental lapse,” Lake Forest
coach Marc Thiergart said.
“We had three unforced errors
right in a row. We had a lot of
penalties and we got behind by
four or five goals. The second
half we only gave up one goal.”
Thiergart noted that his team
has a lot of “heart and hustle”
and attributes that with his
team’s ability to fight back in
the last period.
“We have a lot of good seniors
that just didn’t want
to give up and we’re a good
team,” he said. “We just got
behind and we’ll get them next
time.”
Both Maday and Herrala saw
similarities in what the Scouts
were able to do to control the
New Trier offense in the second
half.
“We had some turnovers on
some clears,” the coach said.
“We had some looks, we just
weren’t hitting them. But they
played some good defense as
well.”
Maday and Mislinski closed
out the scoring in the fourth
quarter.
Both teams now get ready
for the second half of the season,
including a tournament
featuring some of the best
teams in the Midwest called
the Midwest Lacrosse Challenge.
“Coming into games like
these, we just have to stay focused
and composed because
big plays can get our minds off
of the thing that really matters,”
Maday said. “We just have to
stay focused.
“We grinded this one out.
We didn’t play our last game
tonight, but you take a lot of
good with it because we did do
some good things too.”
Glenbrook South’s Raelyn Roberson (left) and Loyola Academy’s
Addison Bendery at the finish of the 800-meter relay Friday, April 20, in
Glenview. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Loyola takes second
in first outdoor meet
Gary Larsen, Freelance Reporter
Loyola Academy junior Addison
Bendery was still trying to catch her
breath after running the anchor leg
of the 800 meter relay, and finishing
just .03 seconds ahead of secondplace
Glenbrook South.
“That was close,” Bendery said.
“But I knew the whole relay (team)
could do it. We practiced handoffs
yesterday and I knew everyone
would push their hardest because it’s
our first outdoor meet.”
Glenbrook South’s eight-team Titan
Invite took place Friday, April
21, with competitors and coaches
simply happy to finally be outside
during a consistently frigid and wet
Midwest spring.
Stevenson won the team title, 128
to 95.5 over second-place Loyola.
Fremd (88) was third, Glenbrook
South (85) placed fourth, and Glenbrook
North (39) finished seventh.
Bendery also won the 200 meter
dash, teammate Jackie Topping won
the 400 meter dash, and the two were
joined by Ann Santangelo and Brooke
Moran in winning the 800 relay. Santangelo
also finished third in the 100
meter dash, as did Emma Uremovic
in the 800, and Eva Holtan in the 400.
Loyola’s Louisa Edwards, Nicole
Cleland, Payton Hoag, and Sarah
Jay won the 3,200 meter relay and
Grace Powers won the discus throw
for coach ChrisJon Simon.
“(Powers) came running up to me
and let me know she threw 101 feet,”
Simon said. “That’s pretty good for
anybody, and she’s just a freshman.”
Kate Santangelo also placed second
in the pole vault for the Ramblers,
tying with four competitors in
clearing 9-0.
Simon applauded the relay legs
run by Moran and Ann Santangelo
and the all-around performance of
Bendery, who also placed second in
the long jump.
“She’s been great,” Simon said.
“She’s gone to a different level this
year. She’s a junior now and she
wants to run in college. She wants to
be the best.”
Loyola’s 400 meter relay team of
Ann Santangelo, Sophie Beresheim,
Brooke Fitzgerald, Arrina Awdisho
placed second. The Ramblers’ 800
team went downstate last year and
Bendery likes what she’s seeing thus
far this season.
“Comparing us to last year, I think
we’re a lot better,” she said. “Everyone’s
stronger and more competitive
and we want to go to state again. We
got disqualified there last year because
of a bad handoff. But we’re a
lot better this year.”
Another all-around athlete shined
for the host Titans is sophomore
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