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winnetkacurrent.com SPORTS<br />
the winnetka current | March 7, 2019 | 39<br />
Boys basketball<br />
Schaumburg trips up New Trier in regional final<br />
Michael Wojtychiw<br />
Sports Editor<br />
22nd Century Media FILE PHOTO<br />
1st-and-3<br />
three PLAYERS of<br />
the WEEK<br />
1. Connor Barrett<br />
(above). The<br />
Loyola senior boys<br />
basketball player<br />
scored 26 points<br />
in two regional<br />
games, returning<br />
from an injury and<br />
helping Loyola to<br />
a regional title.<br />
2. Matthew Choate.<br />
The Loyola Gold<br />
goalie made<br />
23 saves in the<br />
Ramblers’ 2-0<br />
win over New<br />
Trier Green in<br />
the Scholastic<br />
Hockey League<br />
title game.<br />
3. New Trier girls<br />
track and field.<br />
The New Trier<br />
girls track and<br />
field team won<br />
the York Invite, its<br />
last invite before<br />
the CSL’s indoor<br />
conference meet.<br />
For the second consecutive<br />
season, the Trevians<br />
won more than 20 games;<br />
however they won’t match<br />
last year’s postseason run<br />
after losing to Schaumburg<br />
61-45 Friday, March 1, in<br />
the regional title game of<br />
the Glenbrook North Regional<br />
in Northbrook.<br />
“The score wasn’t really<br />
indicative of what<br />
the game was,” New Trier<br />
coach Scott Fricke said.<br />
“They go on a run and<br />
we turn the ball over. You<br />
can’t turn the ball over<br />
against two 1,000 point<br />
scorers that have played<br />
varsity for multiple years.<br />
“We started the game in<br />
a really good rhythm. We<br />
were getting the ball to Ciaran,<br />
he was finishing and<br />
then that stopped. We just<br />
didn’t look confident.”<br />
The second-seeded<br />
Trevians got off to a nice<br />
start, moving the ball<br />
around, running the offense<br />
through center Ciaran<br />
Brayboy, much like<br />
they had done throughout<br />
the season. Brayboy<br />
scored eight points in the<br />
first quarter, which saw<br />
New Trier lead 14-13 at its<br />
conclusion.<br />
That all changed in the<br />
second quarter when the<br />
Saxons clamped down on<br />
the Trevians, holding the<br />
New Trier’s Spencer Boehm handles the ball at the top of the key against Schaumburg on Friday, March 1, in<br />
Northbrook. Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media<br />
Trevs to only three points<br />
in the quarter, taking a 24-<br />
17 lead to the half.<br />
In the first half, it was<br />
a tight game, a defensive<br />
first half,” New Trier’s<br />
Spencer Boehm said. “We<br />
had a little trouble scoring,<br />
but their defense was<br />
good. They were prepared<br />
for our size and our sets.”<br />
Even with the team<br />
down, the players didn’t<br />
quit, going on an 8-2 run<br />
after being down 29-19, to<br />
cut the deficit to 31-27, but<br />
the Saxons followed that<br />
with a 13-0 run of their<br />
own to put the game away.<br />
“Last year, the people<br />
that were on the court I’m<br />
pretty sure were all the<br />
seniors that were there<br />
when against Niles North<br />
we came down from 20,<br />
so it wasn’t impossible,”<br />
Boehm said about a potential<br />
comeback. “I just told<br />
the guys ‘put it all on the<br />
line. You’ve got nothing to<br />
lose at this point, let’s just<br />
go play.’<br />
The Trevians once<br />
again played without point<br />
guard Sam Silverstein,<br />
who broke both his wrists<br />
against Niles North on<br />
Feb. 8.<br />
“This was the most selfless<br />
team I’ve ever played<br />
on,” Boehm said. “In the<br />
prime of our season, every<br />
game was a different<br />
high scorer, a different rebounder.<br />
“Nobody truly cared<br />
about when they shot or<br />
how many points they had.<br />
It was just about winning<br />
and we were having fun<br />
doing that. Looking back,<br />
it was a lot of fun playing<br />
with those guys.”<br />
For Fricke, the loss<br />
marks the end of a season<br />
that saw 11 seniors on the<br />
roster, including Boehm<br />
and Brayboy, who were<br />
four-year varsity players.<br />
“This is such a special<br />
class,” he said. “We start<br />
the year, losing the players<br />
we lost last year, and nobody<br />
has us on their radar<br />
and all of the sudden we’re<br />
the sixth-ranked team in<br />
the state.<br />
“Obviously we went<br />
through adversity, losing<br />
our point guard and<br />
then Ciaran was our, but it<br />
was an unbelievable season.<br />
Twenty-two and six,<br />
ranked sixth in the state. I<br />
was really proud of these<br />
guys, the past two years<br />
they’ve won nearly 50<br />
games.”<br />
This season, the Trevs<br />
won a holiday tournament<br />
in Arizona, three games in<br />
arguably the toughest holiday<br />
tournament in Illinois<br />
(Pontiac) and their first<br />
five games in conference<br />
play — all on the road.<br />
Listen Up<br />
“From the start of the game, I felt really<br />
focused, really locked in.”<br />
Matthew Choate — Loyola Gold goalie after shutting out<br />
New Trier Green in the Scholastic Hockey League title<br />
game.<br />
tunE in<br />
What to watch this week<br />
GIRLS WATER POLO: The spring season is upon us and that includes<br />
an early-season tourney involving Loyola and New Trier.<br />
• New Trier hosts Loyola, Prospect and Sandburg<br />
Saturday, March 9, in Winnetka.<br />
Index<br />
34 - This Week In<br />
33 - Athlete of the Week<br />
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael<br />
Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.
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