HP011719

More documents

Recommendations

Info

30 | January 17, 2019 | The highland park landmark sports hplandmark.com Beermann, Giants rain threes on rival Warriors Gary Larsen Freelance Writer Highland Park senior Cole Beermann put it best after he hit six 3-pointers to lead the Giants to a Central Suburban North win against Deerfield Friday night, Jan. 11, in front of a packed gym and a raucous home crowd. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime game against a crosstown rival,” Beermann said. “It feels great.” Beermann finished with a game-high 20 points and nearly every shot he buried was a big one against Deerfield. “Cole had one of the best games of his career,” Giants coach Paul Harris said. “He obviously shot the ball well but he also NORTH SHORE had a lot of deflections, rebounds and was really active tonight.” The smaller Giants (8- 8, 3-2) played the proverbial David to a Warriors frontcourt full of Goliaths — three players standing at 6-foot-10, 6-foot-9 and 6-foot-7, respectively — and hit a season-high 17 3-pointers (51 points) in the 58-52 cross-district win. “We said that our only chance against a team like that is to get hot from [3-point range],” Harris said. “That was the game plan and credit to the guys for playing with a lot of courage. One of our themes this week was that we’ve got to play fearlessly, and I thought we did.” Remarkably, in building a 30-18 halftime lead, Highland Park scored all 30 of its points on 3-pointers. Beermann hit three treys in the half, Nate Fleisher and Andrew Natinsky hit two apiece, and the Giants got one each from Zach Fagenholz, Billy Rudman and Connor Sickles. FIND THE VARSITY: NORTH SHORE ON SOUNDCLOUD, ITUNES OR HPLANDMARK.COM/SPORTS A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION “Credit to the guys for playing with a lot of courage. One of our themes this week was that we’ve got to play fearlessly, and I thought we did.” Paul Harris – Highland Park boys basketball coach EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS about your favorite high school teams. Sports editors Michal Dwojak and Michael Wojtychiw host the only North Shore sports podcast. A teamwide green light to shoot threes means that on any given night, someone’s likely to have a hot shooting hand. “Some days it can be Zach, some days it can be Cole — it can be anyone,” Natinsky said. Beermann hit three more treys in the second half and helped ice the win with two free throws down the stretch. And if Beermann ever chooses a career as a poker player, he’s already got the face for it. The senior somehow remained expressionless as he buried one hugely important shot after the next against Deerfield. Natinsky wears a similarly blank expression and while Harris might like his two seniors to outwardly show a little more passion on occasion, “They stay on that even keel, and that helps,” Harris said. “It helped us stay under control when Deerfield was making their run.” Beermann also teamed well with junior post player Val Opichenski to do battle in the defensive lane against the taller Warriors. “Val and Cole did an amazing job inside,” Natinsky said. “And everyone was boxing out and Cole Beermann, who finished with a game-high 20 points, works his way upcourt during his team’s 58-52 win over district-mate Deerfield on Friday, Jan. 11, in Highland Park. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media getting rebounds, which was great to see.” The 6-foot-5 Opichenski was simply doing what he always does, despite being the Giants lone starting player taller than 6-foot-1. “Our motto is never to rest on the defensive end,” Opichenski said. “[Deerfield] being so big, all week we were practicing our defensive slides and positioning. Everyone worked so hard this week and it paid off in this game.” Every time Deerfield threatened to close the gap on the Giants in the second half, someone hit a big shot for Highland Park. Deerfield’s smallest deficit came at 46-41 midway through the fourth quarter, but then it watched Fagenholz find Natinsky (12 points) for another three. Deerfield continued to battle and trailed 55-50 with 35 seconds remaining. The Warriors fouled Beermann on the ensuing inbounds play and he buried two free throws, followed by an Isaac Griswold free throw to finish the Giants’ scoring. Celebrating a local legend Before the game, HPHS also honored Chuck Schramm, who coached the Giants from 1967 to 1978 and was a Giants player himself in the early 1950s. “Coach Schramm and I coached golf together for a lot of years, and he talked about when he was the basketball coach here, just how many special nights he remembers,” Harris said. “Well, tonight was a special night for this team, and to do it on a night when we honored coach Schramm was really special for our school.”
hplandmark.com sports the highland park landmark | January 17, 2019 | 31 Boys Swimming and Diving Obochi takes two races; HP edged by GBN Staff Report 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 1st-and-3 Stars of the Week 1. Halle Abrams (ABOVE). The Highland Park junior basketball player scored 8 points in a win over Deerfield, but just as important, her post play opened the floor for scoring opportunities for her guard teammates. 2. Tobe Obochi. The junior Highland Park swimmer continued his impressive season with three wins (one via relay) in the Giants’ host meet Saturday, Jan. 12. 3. Cole Beerman. The senior guard buried six triples in his team’s big win over Deerfield Friday, Jan 11. Highland Park sophomore Tobe Obochi won the 50-yard freestyle (22.12 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (59.87), but it wasn’t enough to topple league rival Glenbrook North, as the Spartans bested the Giants 100-85 Friday, Jan. 11. Obochi was also part of the winning 200 free relay team with Alex Gordon, Ryan Tran and Konrad Schmid. Highland Park won only one other event, as junior Andrew Vorobev took first in the 100 butterfly. While GBN star Ryan Purdy won the 200 individual medley, the Giants took places 2-4 thanks to the respective swims of Schmid, Richard Heller and Uly Noffsinger. Purdy and Vorborev duked it out in the 100 backstroke, with Purdy touching out in 50.91 seconds, about half a second in front of Vorborev (51.53). No one else in the race finished in under a minute. Another close battle unfolded in the 100 free, where GBN’s Ilian Farbman bested HP’s Alex Gordon by less than two-tenths of a second: 50.91 seconds to 51.08. Highland Park also finished in spots 2-4 in diving, with Ryan Absler finishing second for the Giants. RIGHT: Lucas Absler on one of his dives en route to second place for the Giants. FAR RIGHT: The Giants Konrad Schmid swims the butterfly leg of the 200 individual medley, in which he took second. Highland Park’s Tobe Obochi rises for a breath during his winning 100-yard breaststroke swim Friday, Jan. 11. Photos by Scott Margolin/22nd Century Media Listen Up “We said that our only chance against a team like that is to get hot from [3-point range].” Paul Harris — Giants boys basketball coach after his team hit 17 threes in a big win over rival Deerfield tune in Wrestling conference meet •7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at New Trier High School (Winnetka campus) Index 28 - High School Highlights 27 - Athlete of the Week Fastbreak is compiled by Editor Erin Yarnall Send any questions or comments to erin@hplandmark.com
Page 1 and 2: ® TM Highland Park & highwood’s
Page 3 and 4: hplandmark.com news the highland pa
Page 5 and 6: hplandmark.com Highland Park the hi
Page 7 and 8: hplandmark.com highland park the hi
Page 9 and 10: hplandmark.com Highland Park the hi
Page 17 and 18: hplandmark.com sound off the highla
Page 19 and 20: the highland park landmark | Januar
Page 21 and 22: hplandmark.com life & Arts the high
Page 23 and 24: hplandmark.com puzzles the highland
Page 25 and 26: hplandmark.com classifieds the high
Page 27 and 28: hplandmark.com sports the highland
Page 29: hplandmark.com Highland Park the hi

HP011719

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?