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28 | January 24, 2019 | The winnetka Current SPORTS<br />
winnetkacurrent.com<br />
Boys hockey<br />
New Trier White’s comeback<br />
stuns Lake Forest at home<br />
David Jaffe<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Coming back from a big<br />
deficit is almost always a<br />
difficult task.<br />
And New Trier White<br />
had already fought back to<br />
cut a three-goal deficit to<br />
just one after two periods.<br />
When the third period<br />
began, it appeared fatigue<br />
was beginning to set in<br />
for the Trevians. Initially<br />
it seemed that they were<br />
just trying to get their legs<br />
back.<br />
But rather than succumb<br />
to the fatigue, the Trevians<br />
became more energized,<br />
scoring two more<br />
goals in the third period.<br />
Ryan O’Rourke scored<br />
the game-winning goal in<br />
front of the net with three<br />
minutes left completing<br />
New Trier’s comeback<br />
with a 4-3 win over Lake<br />
Forest Wednesday, January<br />
16, at the Winnetka<br />
Ice Arena. The Trevians<br />
trailed 3-0 in the second<br />
period.<br />
“That involved a lot<br />
of puck movement,”<br />
O’Rourke said of his goal.<br />
“We have plays set up for<br />
this type of situation that<br />
we practice over and over<br />
again. So we were very<br />
comfortable with what to<br />
do that late in the game<br />
when it’s close.”<br />
Although New Trier got<br />
off to a slow start on the<br />
scoreboard, they were getting<br />
plenty of opportunities<br />
early on that they were<br />
unable to convert. But that<br />
changed when Johnny<br />
Hackett put the Trevians<br />
on the board with nine<br />
minutes left in the second.<br />
It took less than a minute<br />
New Trier’s Tyler T. Nolan (middle) looks for an open<br />
teammate against Lake Forest on Jan. 16 in Winnetka.<br />
David Kraus/22nd Century Media<br />
for them to score again as<br />
Trevor Jones tipped in a<br />
shot making it 3-2.<br />
“When we got those<br />
back-to-back goals, it<br />
energized the bench and<br />
everyone on the team,”<br />
O’Rourke said. “We knew<br />
we had good looks at the<br />
net. It gave us a chance<br />
when we were able to convert<br />
a couple.”<br />
New Trier had expended<br />
a lot of energy getting<br />
back in the game and<br />
Lake Forest seemed to be<br />
controlling things early in<br />
the third period. But the<br />
Trevians flipped the script<br />
again when Hackett scored<br />
his second goal tying the<br />
game with 6:30 remaining.<br />
“We knew how important<br />
this game was,”<br />
O’Rourke said. “If we<br />
won, we’d probably win<br />
the division. That’s something<br />
we kept thinking<br />
about and allowed us to<br />
push through being tired.”<br />
Lake Forest’s Sam Sheffield<br />
scored 20 seconds<br />
into the game. Carter Blake<br />
increased the advantage to<br />
2-0 with just over eight<br />
minutes left in the first.<br />
Griffin Slobodnik extended<br />
the lead to three goals<br />
less than two minutes into<br />
the second period.<br />
The Trevians showed<br />
what they were made of<br />
staying poised and not<br />
panicking despite their<br />
early struggles.<br />
“I think we’re a team<br />
that plays with a lot of<br />
energy even when we’re<br />
down,” O’Rourke said. “I<br />
think we demonstrated that<br />
today. We came together<br />
and fought through the adversity<br />
as a team.”<br />
For Lake Forest it was<br />
an extremely tough loss to<br />
swallow.<br />
“We gave up two penalties<br />
in that period,” Lake<br />
Forest coach Steve Sarauer<br />
said. “We gave up two<br />
shorthanded goals as a result<br />
and it ended up costing<br />
us.”<br />
Sarauer felt bad for his<br />
team considering how well<br />
they played overall.<br />
“The kids really wanted<br />
to win,” Sarauer said.<br />
“This was the hardest I’ve<br />
seen the kids play as a a<br />
team this season. They really<br />
wanted this one and it<br />
hurts considering how we<br />
started the game.”<br />
Boys bowling<br />
Trevians, Ramblers fall short of state<br />
Chris Walker<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Ryan Torf didn’t think<br />
he was going to bowl for<br />
Glenbrook North during<br />
Saturday, Jan. 19’s<br />
Hinsdale South sectional<br />
at Brunswick Zone Woodridge<br />
Lanes.<br />
But the sophomore got<br />
his name called for the<br />
sixth and final game and<br />
he delivered big-time,<br />
firing a 227, the team’s<br />
third-highest score of the<br />
day and enough to lift the<br />
Spartans to sixth place and<br />
This Week In...<br />
Trevian varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Boys basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - host Senn, noon<br />
■Jan. ■ 28 - host Manley, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - host Niles West,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - host Oak Park-<br />
River Forest, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - at IHSA State<br />
Finals (at O’Fallon - St.<br />
Claire Bowl), TBD<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - at IHSA State<br />
Finals, TBD<br />
Girls bowling<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - at CSL Invite (at<br />
Classic Bowl), 9 a.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 29 - host Loyola (at<br />
Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.<br />
Fencing<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - at State Meet (at<br />
Marian Catholic), 7 a.m.<br />
Gymnastics<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - host CSL South<br />
Invite, 6 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 31 - host IHSA<br />
Regional, 6 p.m.<br />
Boys swimming and<br />
diving<br />
qualify to the state finals<br />
on Jan. 25-26.<br />
New Trier was more<br />
than 400 pins off the pace<br />
of GBN, placing eighth<br />
with a 5,269.<br />
The youthful Trevs<br />
didn’t bowl as well as they<br />
did in regional play as<br />
sophomores Matt Booden<br />
(1,120), Nicholas Henner<br />
(1,098) Max Blake (1,039)<br />
and Jack Eadie (964) all<br />
scored lower than they did<br />
at the GBN Regional.. Junior<br />
Christian Franke competed<br />
in one less game in<br />
the sectional than he did in<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - host Niles North,<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - host Lane, 6 p.m.<br />
Rambler varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Boys basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - at De La Salle,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 29 - host Evanston,<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Girls basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 24 - host De La Salle,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - host Providence,<br />
11 a.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 31 - host St. Ignatius,<br />
6 p.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - at IHSA State<br />
Finals (at O’Fallon - St.<br />
Claire Bowl), TBD<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - at IHSA State<br />
Finals, TBD<br />
Girls bowling<br />
■Jan. ■ 24 - host Trinity (at<br />
Brunswick Zone - Niles),<br />
4:15 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 26 - host GCAC<br />
Championships (at<br />
Brunswick Zone - Niles), 9<br />
a.m.<br />
the regional, but his average<br />
of 176-177 was nearly<br />
identical. Michael Ritchie<br />
subbed for him in the third<br />
game and had a 162.<br />
“We started out really<br />
strong with a 1,022 which<br />
was the best series we’ve<br />
had all season,” Booden<br />
said.<br />
Jonathan Tomasiello<br />
was the lone representative<br />
for Loyola. The freshman<br />
didn’t qualify for state<br />
with a 965, which included<br />
a game high of a 180.<br />
Full story at WinnetkaCurrent.com.<br />
■Jan. ■ 29 - at New Trier (at<br />
Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Jan. ■ 24 - at T.F. South<br />
(with Montini), 5:30 p.m.<br />
Panther varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Girls basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 29 - at Von Steuben,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 31 - at Willows, 6:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls bowling<br />
■Jan. ■ 24 - at DePaul Prep<br />
(at Brunswick Zone - Niles),<br />
4:15 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 27 - at GCAC<br />
Championships (at<br />
Brunswick Zone - Niles), 9<br />
a.m.<br />
Raider varsity<br />
athletics<br />
Boys basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 25 - host Hales, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 30 - host U-High, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
Girls basketball<br />
■Jan. ■ 24 - host Rochelle<br />
Zell, 6:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 29 - at Latin, 6 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 30 - host Christian<br />
Liberty Academy, 4:30 p.m.