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hplandmark.com sports<br />
the highland park landmark | January 24, 2019 | 31<br />
Curling<br />
Local boys team takes regional, is headed to nationals<br />
Exmoor girls squad<br />
finishes second<br />
Submitted by Exmoor<br />
Country Club<br />
22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE<br />
PHOTO<br />
1st-and-3<br />
Stars of the<br />
Week<br />
1. Bora Hopali<br />
(ABOVE).<br />
The Giants<br />
swimmer won<br />
four events (three<br />
relays) during his<br />
team’s dual win<br />
over Vernon Hills<br />
and he helped<br />
HPHS to an invite<br />
win at Buffalo<br />
Grove the next<br />
day.<br />
2. Kaya Bogot. The<br />
Highland Park<br />
freshman gymnast<br />
led the way on a<br />
big night for her<br />
team. She finished<br />
second in two<br />
events and third in<br />
the all-around as<br />
HPHS put up a big<br />
team score.<br />
3. Chris Hernandez.<br />
The Highland<br />
Park wrestler to<br />
take third in the<br />
285-pound weight<br />
class at league<br />
meet.<br />
Exmoor Country Club’s<br />
esteemed curling program<br />
has a group of rising curling<br />
stars who displayed<br />
their talents in the Midwest<br />
Curling Association<br />
Regional Playdowns Dec.<br />
27 at Exmoor.<br />
The winning boys team<br />
featured Max Kassner,<br />
Nick Schallmo, Koen<br />
Brown and William Ortell,<br />
while the runnerup girls<br />
team consisted of Audrey<br />
Zimmerman, Faith Geake,<br />
Audrey Gottschild and Kasha<br />
Kassner.<br />
The boys team advanced<br />
to the 2019 U18 National<br />
Championships March 12-<br />
17 at Chaska Curling Center<br />
in Minnesota.<br />
To determine who would<br />
represent the Midwest<br />
Curling Association at<br />
nationals, teams played a<br />
round robin (8 end games)<br />
tournament.<br />
In the first draw, the Exmoor<br />
boys won 9-0 against<br />
the Waltham boys team.<br />
Teams from St. Louis<br />
Curling Club and Exmoor<br />
Country Club curled<br />
against each other in the<br />
next draw, with both the<br />
girls (10-4) and boys (16-<br />
2) claiming victory.<br />
At the end of the playdown,<br />
after finishing<br />
2-0, the girls team from<br />
The Exmoor boys curling team of (left to right) William Ortell, Nick Schallmo, Max Kassner and Koen Brown is<br />
headed to nationals after winning a regional tournament Dec. 27. Photos Submitted<br />
Waltham Curling Club and<br />
boys team from Exmoor<br />
Country Club secured their<br />
spots at the U18 National<br />
Championships.<br />
Established in 2017 by<br />
the USCA, the U18 National<br />
Championships was<br />
created as a regional curling<br />
competition for individuals<br />
younger than 18<br />
years old. Twelve girls and<br />
12 boys teams will compete<br />
in March.<br />
RIGHT: The girls team<br />
from Exmoor — (left to<br />
right) Faith Geake, Kasha<br />
Kassner, Audrey Gottschild<br />
and Audrey Zimmerman<br />
— finished second at<br />
the regional.<br />
Listen Up<br />
“It’s my third year as head coach and sixth year<br />
on staff. We scored a [128.45] and that’s the<br />
highest we’ve scored since I’ve been here.”<br />
Anthony Kopp — Girls gymnastics, on the team’s meet<br />
against Deerfield Thursday, Jan. 17<br />
tune in<br />
Boys basketball<br />
•Highland Park hosts Lake Forest Academy,<br />
Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Index<br />
28 - High School Highlights<br />
27 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Editor Erin Yarnall. Send any questions<br />
or comments to erin@hplandmark.com.
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