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hplandmark.com sports the highland park landmark | June 6, 2019 | 27 Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Alex Gordon Gordon was the starting goalkeeper on the Highland Park boys water polo team. How did you get started playing water polo? I had a bunch of friends from swimming who suggested that I join. I stuck with it because I was doing really well on my team. What’s your favorite part of playing water polo? Playing the game. Whether we win or lose, it doesn’t really matter because we still had fun. What’s the most challenging part of playing water polo? The practices, because we’re always working so hard to stay on topic. What’s the best coaching advice you’ve ever gotten? It was from one of my seniors, it was about using two hands to block the ball and getting along the side of the goal. It really helped. If you could play another sport besides water polo, what would it be? I’m not sure, I guess it wouldn’t be part of the school, but it would be biking. What’s your favorite place to eat? Down in the city there’s a place called Pete’s Pizza that’s pretty good, I go there with my family. Who is your favorite athlete? Frankie Pecaro, he’s pretty cool, we have a nice tag team. photo submitted What’s something on your bucket list you’d like to cross off? I want to build my own bicycle, that’s something I’m going to try and do over the summer. What’s your favorite movie? My favorite movie would be “Help!” by the Beatles, because it has a bunch of plot twists. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would go to Ireland because my grandparents went and they said it was beautiful. Interview done by Sports Editor Nick Frazier The Varsity: North Shore Podcast Guys recap playoffs, announce girls soccer honors Staff Report In this week’s episode of The Varsity: North Shore, the only podcast focused on North Shore sports, hosts Michal Dwojak, Michael Wojtychiw and Nick Frazier recap the girls soccer, lacrosse, boys volleyball and baseball postseasons, hear from New Trier girls soccer players Emma Weaver and Heidi Bianucci, announce the Team 22 all-area girls soccer teams and announce 22nd Century Media’s Girls Soccer Coach and Player of the Find the varsity Twitter: @varsitypodcast Facebook: @thevarsitypodcast Website: <strong>HP</strong>Landmark.com/sports Download: Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM, more Year awards. First Quarter The three recap all the postseason action from the past week. Second Quarter The guys hear from Burnside about his team’s performance at state. Third Quarter With the girls soccer season over, the guys announce the 2019 Girls Soccer Team 22. Fourth Quarter The three announce the Coach and Player of the Year. player From Page 29 And not only did she, she embraced it in stride. “Nicole Kaspi was one of a kind, like Sydney (Parker), Whitney (Hoban), all those players were people that I looked up to, so I needed to fill that role even as a passer, which is also as a leader on the team,” she said. “Everyone is stepping up, the freshman, the sophomores, the juniors, everyone’s filling roles which has made it easy because of the loss of players we’ve had. “I think we had such high expectations and being part of varsity New Trier, that’s a pressure actually served as motivation for me at least. Because I want to prove people wrong when they say ‘you’re not as good this year, you lost these players.’ It’s like, no, you recreate a team that’s amazing every year. That’s just what (coach Jim) Burnside does.” Weaver, who had primarily played the midfield position previously, was thrust into the forward role when the team played St. Ignatius on April 2. For Burnside, moving Weaver up to more of an attacking role was a move he didn’t hesitate on. “Not for a second,” he said. “It’s not what she’s going to do, it’s more about what the people around her are going to do. Full story at <strong>HP</strong>Landmark. com.