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42 | December 13, 2018 | The wilmette beacon SPORTS wilmettebeacon.com The Varsity: North Shore Podcast Guys talk gymnastics, basketball hall of fame Staff Report In this week’s episode of The Varsity: North Shore, hosts Michal Dwojak and Michael Wojtychiw recap a good start to the season for some of the area girls gymnastics teams, hear from Glenbrook North boys basketball head coach David Weber on Jon Scheyer being inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, play Way/No Way with boys swimming and preview basketball. First Quarter Dwojak and Wojtychiw recap a fun start to the girls gymnastics season. Second Quarter The guys hear from Glenbrook North boys basketball coach David Weber on Jon Scheyer being inducted into the IBCA Hall of Fame. Third Quarter Way/No Way is back, with Wojtychiw predicting what’s going to happen in boys swimming and diving. Fourth Quarter The guys talk some area Find The Varsity Twitter: @ varsitypodcast Facebook: @ thevarsitypodcast Website: WilmetteBeacon.com/ sports Download: Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFm, more basketball, including some discussion about hall of famers. Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Darcy Barkal The New Trier gymnast finished third in the allaround at the Spartan Classic Friday, Dec. 7. When did you start doing gymnastics and why? I started doing gymnastics when I was around 5. I was a very energetic and I would always be jumping or flipping around the house. One day my mom’s best friend, who did gymnastics in college, suggested my parents put me in gymnastics. She recommended a gym in the area I should try and I’ve stuck with gymnastics ever since. What’s your favorite part about gymnastics? My favorite part about gymnastics is the thrill of it and also the freedom of the sport. It’s always thrilling and exciting when I do well at a big competition or I get a new skill during practice I never thought I could do. I also love how I have the freedom to do the skills I want and to be able to keep adding harder skills into my routines. Do you have any superstitions before, during or after a meet? Before a meet I always listen to a certain playlist I make specifically for the season I’m in and I have to watch a movie the night before to distract myself. I also always carry little good luck charms I got when I first started competing gymnastics in my meet bag. What’s one thing people don’t know about you? One thing people don’t know about me is that I come off as super shy but I’m very loud once you get to know me. I also love the Beatles. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? If I could travel anywhere, I would probably travel to Greece. My sister and I have always wanted to go together to enjoy the food and the beaches. What’s been your favorite moment at New Trier? My favorite gymnastics moments have probably been getting a school record on vault and hearing my teammates cheer for me and being there to support me. Outside of gymnastics my favorite moments are spending time with my amazing friends I’ve met. Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media What’s the best part about being a New Trier athlete? The best part about being a New Trier athlete is the energy and the school spirit. The amazing coaching staff and team help me meet my goals during the season and they also make season the best time of year. What’s the best advice you’ve ever gotten? The best advice I’ve ever gotten is to be the best version of myself I can be and also to live in the moment and just have fun. What’s your favorite restaurant and what do you get there? My favorite restaurant is probably Dengeos. I always get their Greek Salad and garlic bread. What’s your guilty pressure? My guilty pleasure is probably Netflix. I watch so many TV shows and movies on Netflix, I sometimes stay up too late binge watching a show. If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it? I would donate money to homeless shelters and Special Olympics. I would also want to travel to different parts of the world with my family. Interview by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw
wilmettebeacon.com SPORTS the wilmette beacon | December 13, 2018 | 43 This Week In... Trevian varsity athletics Boys basketball ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Niles West, 6:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - vs. La Joya (Ariz.) (at Horizon (Ariz.) Invite), 11 a.m. Girls basketball ■Dec. ■ 13 - at Glenbrook South, 7 p.m. Boys bowling ■Dec. ■ 15 - host CSL Invite (at Classic Bowl), 9 a.m. Girls bowling ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Vernon Hills Invite (at Brunswick Zone Hawthorn), 9 a.m. ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Warren (at Bertrands Bowling Lanes), 4:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - at Vernon Hills Invite (at Brunswick Zone Hawthorn), 4:30 p.m. Gymnastics ■Dec. ■ 15 - host Invite, 10 a.m. ■Dec. ■ 19 - at Glenbrook South, 5:30 p.m. Boys swimming and diving ■Dec. ■ 14 - at Evanston, 5:30 p.m. Wrestling ■Dec. ■ 13 - host Niles North, 7 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 14 - at Hinsdale Central Invite, 4:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Hinsdale Central Invite, 9:30 a.m. Rambler varsity athletics Boys basketball ■Dec. ■ 14 - at St. Rita, 7 p.m. Girls basketball ■Dec. ■ 14 - host St. Ignatius, 7 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - at Taft, 6:30 p.m. Boys bowling ■Dec. ■ 15 - vs. TBA (at Star Dust Lanes), 10 a.m. Boys swimming and diving ■Dec. ■ 14 - at St. Ignatius, 5 p.m. Wrestling ■Dec. ■ 14 - at Glenbrook South Invite, 3:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Glenbrook South Invite, 10 a.m. Panther varsity athletics Girls basketball ■Dec. ■ 13 - at Resurrection, 7 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Elmwood Park, 1 p.m. Raider varsity athletics Boys basketball ■Dec. ■ 18 - host Rickover, 6 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - host Ida Crown, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Northside, noon ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Von Steuben, 6 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 19 - host Ida Crown, 7:30 p.m. high school highlights Boys basketball Loyola 54, Marmion 25 Connor Barrett led all scorers with 18 points Friday, Dec. 7, in Wilmette. Loyola 58, Montini 28 Barrett and Bennett Kwiecinski both scored 15 points in a road win Dec. 4. New Trier 57, Niles West 31 Ciaran Brayboy led the Trevians with 15 points Friday, Dec. 7, in Winnetka. Sam Silverstein added 10. Girls basketball Loyola 54, Providence 28 Silvana Scarsella had 12 points, Celia Satter 11 and Julia Martinez finished with 7 assists and 3 steals as the Ramblers won in New Lenox Thursday, Dec. 6 New Trier 48. Maine South 45 The rest of the week in high school sports Liv Ryan had 10 points in a road win Dec. 4. Regina 31, St. Laurence 23 Laura Strenk led the Panthers to their first conference win in two years by scoring 11 points Dec. 4. Wrestling Prospect Invite Loyola’s Aidan McKeag took fourth place in the 132-pound weight class at the Prospect Invite Saturday, Dec. 7, in Mount Prospect. Loyola d. Lane Tech and Taft McKeag picked up his 100th career win in a tri-dual Dec. 5 in Wilmette. Boys hockey New Trier Green 5, Barrington 4 Thomas Kempf had a hat trick Dec. 5 in Winnetka. REGINA From Page 47 cushion it’d need. Strenk didn’t play in the third quarter as Regina coach Robert Newton employed a system of getting more of his players playing time, something he’s done since he took over as Panthers’ head coach two years ago. The system is something his point guard feels can help the team as it continues through its season. “Doing that helps us because our players, we all play differently, so it helps knowing that if we have the right players on the court, even if some are struggling, we can play the game right,” Strenk said. Up 11 points with 2:20 left in the game, it looked like the Panthers had the game well in hand. But then North Shore’s Caroline Segal decided to take matters into her own hands. She scored the game’s next seven points, cutting a 39-28 lead to 39-35 with 26.7 seconds remaining, but Strenk knocked down two free throws to ice the game with 11 seconds left. Strenk would finish with a game-high 23 points, while Segal had a team-leading 15 points for the Raiders. “My take from this game is that our kids really battled hard,” Blair said. If they do that all year, what else could I really ask for? This was a good game for us.” visit us online at WILMETTEBEACON.com Trevians From Page 46 In the 2017 state meet Murdock tied with Pistorius’ daughter, Caleigh, who is a senior at Maine South, for first place in the balance beam. Like Zun, Murdock is optimistic that the Trevians will have a stellar season. “There’s lots of positive energy this year,” she said. In stark contrast to New Trier, Lake Forest has a very young team. “The entire roster has one junior, Sophie Pozumet, and the rest are all sophomores and freshmen,” coach Megan Miles said. Lake Forest had the fourth, fifth and eighth place contestants in all around — freshman Taylor Cekay (35.625), sophomore Kristin Fisch (35.500) and sophomore Gianna Pasquesi (37.750). “Madison Miks also is a freshman and she led off for us on floor with a solid performance (8.175),” Miles continued. “The future looks very good for us.” As a freshman, Fisch was the North Suburban Conference all-around champion. “It’s nice to have Taylor back as a teammate,” Fisch said. “She and I have been doing club together since we were very young.” Cekay said she started doing gymnastics as a 2-year-old and has never stopped. Sophomore Sheena Graham was the top allaround performer for GBS, finishing sixth (35.050). Junior Jenna Hartley also stood out by coming in second in the vault (9.725) and fifth in her only other event, the uneven bars (9.075). Highlighting Graham’s performance was a second in balance beam (9.350) and a three-way tie for fourth in floor exercise (8.850). “We think we have a team that’s comparable to our team last year,” said coach Steve Gale of the Titans, looking back on his 2017-18 team’s third place performance in the state meet in which the Titans had a score of 146.60 to fourth place New Trier’s 146.275. “We are deep with talent. We are working on developing that talent. A lot of good things happened tonight. We want to get better each meet and we did that tonight.” “This was our first big meet against harder teams that perform at a high level,” Hartley said. “It was my second time this year competing in vault. The first time was Tuesday (Dec. 4) and I improved my score a lot.” The top all-around performers for host GBN were Lucie Abbott, who finished 13th (32.525) and Mady Zirlin, who was 15th (31.850). The Spartans’ best event was the vault in which Abbott was ninth (9.150), Katie Dahlke was 13th (9.050) and Zirlin was 19th (8.57). “We had some girls who had to go in at the last moment because of injuries,” GBN Coach Julie Holmbeck said. “Bridget Billig pulled a muscle and was able to do only one event (the vault in which she had a score on 8.400) and Roxy Goldfarb hurt her elbow on Wednesday (Dec. 5). “As a team, we’re moving forward. For me, a highlight tonight was to watch the girls compete against a lot of girls who are their friends (from club gymnastics). They got out there and did a nice job.”
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