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42 | February 7, 2019 | The winnetka Current SPORTS winnetkacurrent.com Loyola girls’ efforts benefit juvenile diabetes camp Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor “Men and Women for Others” — that’s what Loyola Academy preaches in its service work to all of its students and faculty. Many of the students do service work and help embody the meaning of that phrase in what they do on a daily basis. The Loyola girls basketball team has been doing just that since last summer. During the summer, the current senior class met and decided they wanted to do something other than basketball. Their decision was an easy one. The Stonequist family, including Loyola executive vice president Dennis Stonequist and their 6-year-old son Jamie, have become some of the girls basketball team’s greatest supporters the past two years. “I think it’s because of the way they approach what they do,” Dennis Stonequist said on why his family has become such fans of the team. “Whether they win or they lose, the next day they are still smiling. I want my kids to see that. I want my kids see athletes use their gifts and talents in the right way, but at the same time, they have a very strong perspective. I find that wonderful, refreshing to be around.” Jamie Stonequist was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 14 months old and the girls basketball team knew right away that if they were going to fundraise, it was going to be for Type 1 Diabetes, while also helping raise awareness for those who may not know what Type 1 is. “We wanted to give them the same support they’ve given us,” said Celia Satter, who has spearheaded the effort. The money raised, which Satter says is around $13,000, is set to go to Camp Confidence, a camp for kids with Type 1 Diabetes and helping them pay for the cost of attending the camp. Once the girls heard Jamie loved his time at the camp, they decided that’s where it’d go. While Satter was the one who led the campaign, it was something that the entire senior class, and eventually entire program, bought in on and worked to make sure everything would come out great. The process also was an opportunity for some of the girls to learn more about what Type 1 Diabetes is. “I really didn’t know much about type one diabetes and the difference between type one and type two and kind of other basics,” said Ellen Naughton, who headed up much of the visual aspects, including T-shirt design, of the campaign. “I kind of knew it was something with your glucose level. So, I mean, I was hearing from like a 6-year-old kid about every time he has dinner or every time he has a meal he has to check his glucose levels and has to do all these little things. And the things that everyone else takes for granted, he has to watch and he has to notice everything a little bit more.” The team also heard from one of their classmates, Katherine Jaros, about what it has been like growing up with Type 1 Diabetes. So when Satter asked her longtime friend to speak to the team, it was something she jumped at. “When Celia asked me to speak to the team I was absolutely thrilled,” Jaros said. “Type 1 diabetes is a huge part of who I am so being able to share that part of myself with my classmates was super exciting. Despite not being on the team, I was so grateful to be a part of what they did this season and it was so inspiring to come to the game where they presented the check and discussed their fundraising work and see the results of all the work they have done throughout the season. Throughout the season the team had a jar at home games to raise money or something at the admittance table. Loyola presented a check to the American Diabetes Association after their Jan. 26 game against Providence and invited kids for breakfast and to Loyola girls basketball player Keely Stanton (right) poses for a picture with Jamie Stonequist after the Ramblers’ Jan. 26 game against Providence in Wilmette. Photo submitted hang out after the game. “We were going to have all the kids there — some were from Camp Confidence, some of them were Jamie’s friends — so we had breakfast with them and then went to the west gym and played with them,” Satter said. “We played all different games. The plan was to hang out with them get to know them, be able to put a face to who we were raising money for. “It was really fun. When we were playing with them they were just little kids who wanted to be chased around the gym. Maybe they had to sit out for a second because their blood sugar was too low, but it was fun being able to play with them.” The fundraising efforts and how the team has approached them has been something that Stonequist and his family are impressed with. For the complete story, visit WinnetkaCurrent.com. DON’T SETTLE FOR ANY DISPOSER INSTALL OR REPLACE AN INSINKERATOR TODAY! Old worn down shredder components cannot grind up waste effectively, leading to drain blockages. 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winnetkacurrent.com SPORTS the winnetka current | February 7, 2019 | 43 Boys basketball New Trier teammates step up following Brayboy injury in win 22nd Century Media FILE PHOTO 1st-and-3 three PLAYERS of the WEEK 1. Maeve Murdock (above). The New Trier junior gymnast won the all-around, and bars at the New Trier Regional. The Trevians would win the regional team title. 2. Spencer Boehm. The New Trier boys basketball player had 13 points and eight rebounds, helping lead the Trevians to a win over Glenbrook South. 3. Luke Maurer, Everet Andrew. The Loyola swimmers won a combined three events at the conference meet, leading LA to a runner-up finish. Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor Ask any coach that’s played New Trier the past couple seasons and they’ll all agree that the gameplan is to stop the Trevians’ big men. That’s been a theory easier said than done, however. “The game plan is always to stop the 6-9 kids,” Glenbrook South coach Phil Ralston said. “Whether you can do that or not is another thing. “I think we had a good game plan, it was really at our pace in the first half. Defensively, we tried to take away as many perimeter shots as we could, but still we gave them too many open shots.” Ralston’s Titans found out that the Trevians were more than just Ciaran Brayboy and Spencer Boehm in New Trier’s 57-45 win over the visitors from Glenview Friday, Feb. 1, in Winnetka. What made the Trevians’ win more impressive was that they essentially did it without Brayboy. The 6-foot-9-inch center headed to Harvard picked up two fouls in the first 6 minutes, 29 seconds, including a technical foul, and had to sit the rest of the half. Brayboy left the game for good with 32 seconds left in the third quarter after hitting his head on the court and bleeding on the court. According to coach Scott Fricke, Brayboy was taken to the hospital to get stitches. However, in his place, stood up his teammates. Multiple of them. “We went through a lot of adversity during that game,” New Trier coach Scott Fricke said. “Ciaran’s in foul trouble in the first two or three minutes of the first half and then he gets the gash in his mouth, so we were in situations that we’re not normally in. First of their kind New Trier celebrates inaugural Athletic Department Hall of Honor class RIGHT: Members of the New Trier Athletic Department’s inaugural Hall of Honor class (from left to right) Robert Naughton, Bruce Woodbury, Lee Kennicke, Heidi Diggins (on behalf of Lee Getschow), Eugene “Chick” Cichowski, Bonnie Beach, Margaret Sheets (on behalf of Mel Sheets) and Joanna King (on behalf of John Schneiter) pose for a photo after their celebration Friday, Feb. 1, in Winnetka. Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media New Trier’s Sam Silverstein puts pressure on the Glenbrook South defense in the Trevians’ win Friday, Feb. 1, in Winnetka. Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media “I thought the guys that came off the bench played really well. We continued to attack.” After a first half that was pretty equal — ending with a 23-23 halftime score — the second half was all Trevians (21-3). And much of that came with a simple defensive adjustment Fricke and his squad made. “When we went to our 1-3-1, the game started going at our pace and we got some deflections, some steals, and the game changed from that,” the New Trier coach said. Ralston agreed with Fricke’s sentiments. “We went man, thinking that against one big we could go man-to-man,” Ralston said. “We had three really bad possessions against their 1-3-1 (defense) and that changed the flow of the game.” Much of the Titans’ offense came from two players — Dom Martinelli and Mac Hubbard. Led by Martinelli’s 23, the two combined for 35 of the Titans’ 45 points. Friday’s game in a way resembled New Trier’s season as a whole. Even with multiple players who will play college basketball next year, it has never been about one certain player. The team is more about the phrase “next man up.” Against Glenbrook South, that next man was Spencer Boehm. When his fellow big went out, Boehm took over in the paint, calling for the ball, becoming more offensively-minded. With Boehm (12 points, 8 rebounds) commanding attention in the middle, it opened up the perimeter for Noah Osher, who finished with 13 points and Chuck Sweat, who hit three key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Listen Up “We went through a lot of adversity during that game.” Scott Fricke — New Trier boys basketball coach on his team’s performance against Glenbrook South Friday, Feb. 1. tunE in What to watch this week BASKETBALL: Loyola ready to make history at Welsh-Ryan Arena as first high school game to be played after re-opening. • Loyola boys basketball faces St. Ignatius at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Northwestern University.. Index 39 - This Week In 38 - Athlete of the Week Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.
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