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wilmettebeacon.com SPORTS<br />
the wilmette beacon | December 13, 2018 | 47<br />
Girls basketball<br />
Fast start propels Regina to win over NSCDS<br />
Michael Wojtychiw<br />
Sports Editor<br />
1st-and-3<br />
22CM FILE PHOTO<br />
Three STARS of the<br />
week<br />
1. Rachel Zun<br />
(above). The New<br />
Trier gymnast won<br />
the all-around<br />
title at the GBN<br />
Spartan classic,<br />
finishing with a<br />
score of 36.25.<br />
She took second<br />
in the uneven<br />
bars (9.25) and<br />
floor exercise<br />
(9.15).<br />
2. Connor Barrett.<br />
The Loyola boys<br />
basketball player<br />
scored 33 points<br />
in two games last<br />
week, both Loyola<br />
wins.<br />
3. Darcy Barkal. The<br />
New Trier gymnast<br />
set a school record<br />
in vault with a 9.75<br />
score en route<br />
to a third-place<br />
all-around finish at<br />
the GBN Spartan<br />
Classic.<br />
Regina Dominican<br />
players stepped into action<br />
after North Shore Country<br />
Day scored the first basket<br />
in the teams’ nonconference<br />
game Saturday, Dec.<br />
8, in Wilmette.<br />
The Panthers rattled off<br />
the next 10 points, holding<br />
North Shore without<br />
a field goal for the final 6<br />
minutes, 4 seconds of the<br />
first quarter and the first<br />
2:27 of the second quarter.<br />
“They were doing a<br />
good disciplined job of<br />
putting pressure on our<br />
players on the ball,” North<br />
Shore coach Bruce Blair<br />
said. “It’s good education<br />
for us that we need to<br />
learn how to play through<br />
that.<br />
“It was a good experience<br />
for some of our players<br />
who are kind of green.<br />
The good thing is we<br />
came within six points of<br />
a good team in their home<br />
gym.”<br />
Despite the big lead,<br />
Regina would hold off<br />
North Shore 41-35 for the<br />
nonconference win.<br />
“This type of game<br />
gives us encouragement,”<br />
Regina’s Laura Strenk<br />
said.<br />
Strenk led the charge<br />
for the fast start, scoring<br />
the Panthers’ first 16<br />
points, 16 of their 18 firsthalf<br />
points. The sophomore<br />
point guard, in her<br />
second year on varsity,<br />
North Shore’s Caroline Segal dribbles around pressure from a Regina defender Saturday, Dec. 8, in Wilmette.<br />
Photos by Tracy Allen/22nd Century Media<br />
has already stepped into<br />
a leading role, something<br />
she embraces.<br />
“I do have confidence<br />
with the ball in my hands,<br />
but my teammates open<br />
up the court for me and<br />
the coaches make plans<br />
around that so I can get<br />
shots up,” she said.<br />
Even with the slow<br />
start, North Shore was<br />
able to make it a fivepoint<br />
game at the half,<br />
cutting the Panthers’ lead<br />
to 18-13. However, a 10-1<br />
run to start the third quarter<br />
gave Regina all the<br />
Please see Regina, 43<br />
Regina’s Laura Strenk (left) drives past a North Shore Country Day School defender.<br />
Listen Up<br />
“We’re lucky we have so much depth, so many<br />
talented girls.”<br />
Jennifer Pistorius — New Trier girls gymnastics coach on<br />
her team overcoming injuries.<br />
tunE in<br />
What to watch this week<br />
BOYS BOWLING: Conference season comes to an end at the<br />
conference meet.<br />
• New Trier hosts the CSL Invite at 9 a.m. Saturday,<br />
Dec. 15, at Classic Bowl in Morton Grove..<br />
Index<br />
43 - This Week In<br />
42 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael<br />
Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.
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