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28 | December 13, 2018 | The lake forest leader SPORTS LakeForestLeader.com This Week In ... Scout Athletics Girls Basketball ■Dec. ■ 13 - at Saint Viator, 6:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - at Zion-Benton, 7 p.m. Girls Gymnastics ■Dec. ■ 13 - at Mundelein, 5:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Waukegan, 7 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 20 - hosts Lakes, Vernon Hills, Lake Zurich, 6 p.m. Wrestling ■Dec. ■ 14 - at Lake Zurich, 5:30 p.m. Boys Swimming and Diving ■Dec. ■ 15 - Lake County Invite (Stevenson), 1 p.m. Boys Basketball ■Dec. ■ 15 - at Deerfield, 6 p.m. Girls Ice Hockey ■Dec. ■ 13 - at Evanston, 9:20 p.m. Boys Ice Hockey ■Dec. ■ 13 - hosts Highland Park, 9:15 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 16 - hosts Prep, 4 p.m. Wildcat Athletics Girls Basketball ■Dec. ■ 18 - at U-High, 4:30 p.m. DRIVE CAR BUYERS TO YOUR DOOR WITH A CLASSIFIED AUTO AD 708.326.9170 22ndCenturyMedia.com Lake Forest Academy alum takes ownership in Cubs organization Michael Wojtychiw, Contributing Sports Editor Andrew Berlin wanted to be a college professor.Inspired by numerous teachers throughout high school and college led the Glencoe native, and 1979 Lake Forest Academy graduate, to pursue becoming a professor, teaching political science, history or philosophy. That course changed when he decided to attend Loyola University-Chicago for law school and after working as a lawyer for two years, he joined his father and bought Alco Packaging in 1988. “One of the clients at the firm was selling off a company called Alco Packaging, that was a troubled packaging company,” he said. “My father was in the steel business, he and I together went in and bought the company and the idea was just to fix it up and flip it in a couple years. Here we are, it will be 31 years in January, and we never really ended up flipping it.” Berlin turned the company, now called Berlin Packaging, into a multibillion dollar, multi-national company that spans four continents and has allowed him to pursue other interests he’s developed over time as well. One of those interests? Owning a baseball franchise. Berlin grew up a baseball fan, but owning a franchise was not something Berlin aspired to do. That all changed when he became an investor with the Chicago White Sox in 2007. “I never wanted to buy a baseball asset for vanity purposes,” he said. “I always felt that it was a good business and a solid Andrew Berlin (middle) poses for a photo with Chicago Cub’s player Kris Bryant (left) and his family. business, and something that you could get a decent return on investment if the business was operated correctly. “In my effort in becoming a partner [with the] White Sox, I knew that Jerry Reinsdorf was going to keep the team for a long period of time. And so my desire was to purchase a Major League team, but it had to be in the Central Division of the National League and the American League because I didn’t want to go far from Chicago.” However, no Major League teams in those divisions for sale, Berlin went to the next best thing: the minor leagues. In November 2011, Berlin announced he had reached an agreement to purchase the South Bend Silver Hawks, then a minor-league affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2014, the team’s name was changed to the South Bend Cubs, joining the Cubs minor league system. Since becoming a part of the system, the South Bend franchise was voted Best Class A ballpark in the country by Ballpark Digest in 2017, was named Ballpark Digest’s Team of the Year and received the John H. Johnson President’s Award – the highest award in minor league baseball in 2015. Berlin created a solid foundation for the South Bend Cubs, installing a talented executive management team and making sure the organization had solid leadership in place. This has led to the success of the minor league team. “We have a terrific president and leadership team in South Bend that together we’ve done a lot of training there, and together we work on the strategy and the tactical initiatives necessary to turn the team around,” Berlin said. Lake Forest Academy graduate Andrew Berlin now owns the South Bend Cubs, a minor league team. Photo Submitted After selling off his portion of the White Sox in 2014, Berlin invested in the Chicago Cubs in February of 2015, becoming a large minority investor of the franchise. As successful as Berlin was in the business world, giving back to his community, and those that have helped him get to where he is today, has always been near to his heart. Berlin served as a Board of Trustee at his alma mater Syracuse University, he is a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board, one of three commissioners on Glencoe’s Public Safety Commission, and this fall helped Glencoe improve Bronco Field at Watts Park by coordinating a joint effort with the groundskeepers from the South Bend Cubs, as well as local volunteers from Glencoe. “The greatest joy in my life has always been my experience with my children,” Berlin said. “I love that my children are active, they’ve played on teams, they’ve had great experiences in sports. Seeing kids playing outside, being fit and being active, especially my own children, it’s been a real joy. “One way I’d like to give back to my community, and having grown up in the community and having participated in sports in Glencoe, whether it be on a team or just with my friends, pick up games in the park. I like the idea that generations of other kids, whether they’re my kids or not, can enjoy some of what Glencoe has to offer. “I think Glencoe is just a little jewel of a town that deserves the best facilities for the kids. And whether that be the schools or the parks, that’s something I take a lot of interest in.”
LakeForestLeader.com SPORTS the lake forest leader | December 13, 2018 | 29 Ready for the Next Step Caxy athletes commit to college athletics Lake Forest Academy senior Helena Blumenau, of Highland Park, signs her letter of intent Nov. 14 to the University of Iowa’s Division-I swimming program to continue her athletic career after high school. PHOTos Submitted high school highlights Girls Basketball Lake Forest 59, Mundelein 51 Halle Douglass led the Scouts with a monstrous game Dec. 5 in Mundelein. The junior scored 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks in a team game to help her team improve to 7-2, 2-1 in NSC play, on the season. Grace Tirzmalis followed close behind with 15 points and 4 blocks. Finola Summerville recorded 12 points in the effort and 7 rebounds. Lake Zurich 51, Lake Forest 46 Grace Tirzmalis led the Scouts (7-3, 2-2) with 14 points in a close game Friday Dec. 7, in Lake Zurich. Finola Summerville contributed 9 points and Halle Douglass aided with 8. The Scout held the lead for all but the last six minutes of play. Wrestling Lake Forest 36, Warren 35 TJ Cottam led the The rest of the week in high school sports Scouts in a close dual meet win against Warren Friday, Dec. 7, in Lake Forest. Cottam won by a 10-3 decision over Warren’s Gino Ortiz at 145 pounds. Bennett Duggan also registered a win at 132 over Adam Hergenreder by a 7-3 decision. Jakc Heydorn won by fall at 160, as did Sebastian Starks at 170, Morgam Cottam at 120, and Chase Waggoner at 182. Jack Owen won by fall at 285 over Marcus Thompson. Girls Ice Hockey Latin Orange 4, Scouts 1 Scouts forward Caroline Mower, a senior at Lake Forest, got back a late goal for the Scouts in the third period of a chippy battle against Latin Dec. 3. Lucy Heller, a sophomore forward from Highland Park, picked up an assist on the goal. Goaltender Amanda Peter, a senior at Libertyville, recorded 29 saves. The Scouts registered 16 shots on Latin. Girls Gymnastics Stevenson 137.25, Lake Forest 136.20 Kristin Fisch led the Scouts in a close competition against NSC foe Stevenson Dec. 5 by winning the all-around contest with 35.20 points in Lincolnshire. The sophomore took first on the floor exercise with a 9.25, tied for second on the vault with a 9.35, placed seventh on the uneven bars and took third on beam. Freshman Taylor Cekay won the beam with a 9.2. She also took fourth on the floor. Sophomore Gianna Pasquesi placed third on the uneven bars with an 8.5. Boys Basketball Lake Forest 59, Lake Zurich 48 Jake Fisher led the Scouts with 18 points in a decisive win against the Bears Friday, Dec. 7, in Lake Zurich. Crawford Bolton scored 14 points in the team win. The Scouts are now 3-4 on the season (as of press time). Lake Forest Academy senior Jack Selati, of Winnetka, signs his letter of intent to Colgate University, a Division-I school, during a Nov. 27 ceremony to play tennis next season. Mary Jane Alexander, a senior at Lake Forest Academy, signs her letter of intent Nov. 15 to continue her ice hockey career at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State. A Lake Forest wrestler holds his position against a Warren rival in a dual meet win Friday, Dec. 7, in Lake Forest. Photo Submitted
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