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36 28 | June 27, 2019 | The lake wilmette foresT beacon leader SPORTS lakeforestleader.com wilmettebeacon.com Team 22: baseball Welcome to 22nd Century Media’s All-Area team: Team 22. Thanks to help from area coaches and the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from six high schools — Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park (HP), Lake Forest (LF), Loyola Academy (LA) and New Trier (NT) — in our coverage area. FIRST TEAM Catcher Dan Hawes, GBS senior • .373 BA, .505 OBP, .467 SLG, 15 RBI; The Coe Collegebound senior earned a Central Suburban League All-Conference honor after leading the Titans to a conference and IHSA regional title. Shortstop Chris Karasinski, GBN senior • .337 BA, .462 OBP, .411 SLG, .873 OPS, 18 RBI; The CSL All- Conference selection ended his high school career on a high note, earning his first Team 22 First Team nomination. Pitcher Andrew Kost, NT senior • 7-2, 1.49 ERA, 59 K; The Trevians got a huge season from Kost as he took over ace status in his final season. Kost finished his New Trier career with a CSL All- Conference honor. Pitcher Ryan O’Hara, GBS senior • 3-3, 1.57 ERA, 67 K; The University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign signee and CSL All- Conference honoree was a key piece in the Titans’ run this season. First Base Jeremy Frankel, HP senior • .349 BA, .439 OBP, .482 SLG, 2 HR, 15 RBI; Frankel had a big senior year, leading the Giants to a regional title. He also helped the Giants out on the mound, finishing 5-2 with 65 strikeouts. Second Base Ryan Nevins, LA junior • .299 BA, 21 R, 7 2B, 2 3B; Nevins earned an All-Catholic League nod after a nice debut season for the Ramblers. Third Base Breck Nowik, LF junior • .373 BA, .618 SLG, 11 2B, 5 3B, 34 RBI, 33 R; Nowik made the jump from the Honorable Mention after a big season and was a North Suburban Conference First Team All-Conference member. Center Field Jake Novak, LA senior • .371 BA, .608 SLG, 1.052 OPS, 3 HR, 42 RBI; The Rambler made the First Team for the second consecutive season. The CCL All-Conference honoree will play at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Left Field Michael Rooney, HP senior • .337 BA, .505 SLG, 29 RBI, 9 SB; The senior ended his Giants career on a high note, helping lead his team to a sectional semifinal apperance. Right Field Brandon Matias, GBS senior • .418 BA, .513 OBP, .745 SLG, 1.258 OPS, 6 HR, 30 RBI; The senior exploded this year, becoming the only area player to hit above .400. His season earned him All-Conference honors. SECOND TEAM Catcher Colin Summerhill, LA junior • .337 BA, .554 SLG, 15 2B, 25 RBI; A rock behind the plate with a strong arm, he had more doubles (15) than singles (14). First Base George Korompilas, GBS sophomore • .309 BA, .869 OPS, 21 RBI; Korompilas makes a return to the Second Team after his second season with the program. Second Base Andrew Rubin, GBN sophomore • .213 BA, .378 OBP, .267 SLG, 22 RBI; The sophomore had a solid campaign in his first year on the varsity squad at the Northbrook school. Third Base `Jacob Snyder, GBS senior HONORABLE MENTION • .262 BA, .431 OBP, 13 RBI; Snyder played a big part in the Titans’ resurgence. He had numerous big hits for his squad this year. Shortstop Sammy Dubin, HP sophomore • .365 BA, .445 OBP, .500 SLG, 24 RBI; The sophomore had a nice campaign for the Giants and was a big reason they made a postseason run. Left Field Jack Miller, NT junior • .359 BA, 21 RBI, 6 2B, 12 SB; The Trevians’ junior earned his first Team 22 nod after earning a CSL All-Conference honor. Center Field Henry Pelinski, NT senior • 366 BA, .536 SLG, 1.018 OPS, 3 HR, 8 2B, 22 RBI; Pelinski was an all-around producer for the Trevians and primarily played right fielder. Right Field Mike Bednarek, LA, junior • .372 BA, .570 OBP, 37 R; Bednarek flashed some offensive punch en route to All-Catholic League honors. He also drove in 16. Pitchers Michael Vallone, LF junior • 5-2, 1.77 ERA, 70 K; Vallone followed up last year’s Second Team nod with another one after helping the Scouts to the sectional final. Eric Orloff, GBN sophomore • 6-3, 2.29 ERA, 87 K; Another talented GBN underclassman, Orloff had quite a season, leading Team 22 pitchers in strikeouts en route to CSL All-Conference honors. Danny Fitzpatrick, GBN junior C; Tyler Chron, GBN junior CF; Luke Smith, GBS junior CF; Declan Hood, GBS senior P; Josh Mendiola, HP sophomore P; Will Davis, LF senior CF; Connor Morrison, LF junior P; Jack Moran, LA senior SS
wilmettebeacon.com SPORTS the wilmette beacon | June 27, 2019 | 37 Going places Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 2 day ago Scherb ready to make Jumbo freshman impact at Tufts Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor Four years ago, the New Trier boys lacrosse program saw one if its best players, Ben Connelly, graduate and head east to play at Tufts University. That following season, a new No. 32 (Connelly’s New Trier jersey number) arrived on campus — freshman Henry Scherb. Fast forward four years and Scherb will once again be following in Connelly’s footsteps, as he goes to Massachusetts to play for the Jumbos starting in the fall. While Connelly didn’t really push him to attend Tufts, for Scherb, the passing down of the jersey number seemed to be a sign. “He was number 32 in high school and I got kind of forced into taking 32 my freshman year when I made the team,” he said. “So I honestly think if I didn’t wear his number, we probably never would have really gotten in contact. It ended up kind of helping me a lot, kind of getting some connections with those coaches. So yeah, Ben, he’s a great player, great person and he was a great help on my process with Tufts. “I really think without Ben, my relationship with coaches would have been a little different.” But Connelly wasn’t the only reason that Scherb decided on the Division III school. “I think the main thing that kind of swayed me was just the feeling I got when I was on campus,” he said. “I walked on, I saw the facilities, the locations, the town, the people, the team, everything. Everything there made me feel at home.” Scherb, who started playing lacrosse in the sixth grade, leaves New Trier as its all-time scoring leader after scoring more than 70 goals this season and around 49 his junior year, as well as numerous goals his first two seasons. Despite playing on the varsity squad for all four years of his high school career, Scherb didn’t really become much of a scorer until he became an upperclassman. Part of that could be because he played as a middie his sophomore year before moving primarily to the attack position his final two years. He says that playing middie for that one year helped him become the player he is because he was able to see the entire field and not just from his attack position toward the goal. Scherb and his teammates also finished the year as state champions, having knocked off Warren in the state title game and Loyola in the sectional final. The Ramblers had taken down the Trevians in the first-ever IHSA lacrosse state title game the year prior. Losing that game is something Scherb says was on his mind for the past year. “After we lost that game junior year, I remember I was holding onto the second place trophy and I didn’t say a word to anybody,” he said. “I was just looking at the trophy, absolutely anguished. I was so angry. But I remember looking at the trophy and saying, ‘I’m going to remember this feeling until I get revenge.’ I literally didn’t take my eyes off the trophy for the ride home.” The following summer, he and his teammates were in the weight room every day, working to get better so that same feeling of anguish wouldn’t come back the next spring. “I was in the weight room, shooting, do everything I could so that at least I was prepared to take on whatever we had to next year,” he said. “I think a bunch of the guys also did too and we had some ups and downs this year. But because we did lose last year, we knew that if we had more downs than ups, it was not going to work out for us. So we had multiple team meetings and us captains addressed the team and we made sure that we stayed focused when we had to. “Coming home with the number one trophy, after especially losing the game last year, it was just the best feeling in the world. Literally I remember thinking, ‘Okay, there’s absolutely zero chance that I’m going to lose this game next year.’ But then of course we lose to Loyola in the regular season this year and I’m like, ‘Oh, God. Who knows? Maybe it’ll happen again.’ But that loss definitely just motivated us and we held onto that feeling of loss and despair and we did not want to do that again.” Scherb now joins a Tufts squad that is coming off of a 19-2 season that included a trip to the Division III Elite Eight and saw 10 Jumbos be named All-Americans. They’ve qualified for 11 of the past 12 NCAA Tournaments, including every one since the 2009 season. Tufts has also played for the national title five times this decade, including a stretch from 2014-16. It also won national titles in 2014 and 2015. But before he gets out to Massachusetts, Scherb is going to enjoy his time as a state champion. “It was a feeling I’m never going to forget and it’s going to be a feeling that I’m going to hold onto for the rest of my life,” he said. “Not just lacrosse, but just any life situation, just knowing that you’ve got to bounce back and that anything’s possible as NORTH SHORE NT grad Henry Scherb will play at Tufts. 22CM FILE PHOTO long as you have motivation, work your hardest towards your goal. It’s going to happen. “Me and my friends FIND THE VARSITY: NORTH SHORE ON SOUNDCLOUD, ITUNES OR WILMETTEBEACON.COM/SPORTS A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION have been playing together for like eight years now and ending on that note, it was like the best thing ever. It was paradise.” EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS about your favorite high school teams. Sports editors Michal Dwojak, Michael Wojtychiw, and Nick Frazier host the only North Shore sports podcast.
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