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Spartans Green 14U wins Fourth of July tournament
42 | July 18, 2019 | The Northbrook tower northbrooktower.com
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When a team hosts a
tournament, it hopes to
win the tournament, and
the Spartans Green 14U
team did just that by going
6-0 in the 14U Gold Division
in the annual Northbrook
Baseball Fourth of
July tournament.
On July 5, the team
opened up pool play with
high-octane offensive
victories over the Illinois
Hawks with a 14-1 win
and a 11-0 win over the
Stevenson Patriots Gold.
On July 6, the team finished
off pool play a 7-2
victory over Top Tier Red
and a 9-4 win over Top
Tier White.
On championship Sunday,
the Spartans jumped
out to an early 6-0 lead
and then coasted to an 11-2
win over Illinois Haws in
the semifinal. In the championship
game versus Top
Tier Red, Spartans Green
dug itself an early hole
trailing 2-0 after a half an
inning. The hole was not
very deep as the Spartans
responded with five runs in
the bottom half of the first
and then went on to roll
Top Tier Red winning the
championship in convincing
fashion 11-2.
The tournament championship
was total-team
accomplishment as all
the boys contributed
in multiple ways. The
team members are Max
Bachenheimer (Wood
Oaks), Connor Durst
(Northbrook Jr. High),
Jack Gaffney (Northbrook
Jr. High), Kevin
Geake (Christian Heritage
Academy), Spencer
Geake (Christian Heritage
Academy), Patrick
Mahoney (Northbrook Jr.
High), Charlie Moretta
(Northbrook Jr. High),
Colin Roche (Northbrook
Jr. High), Aidan Siegel
(Wood Oaks) and Blake
Telpner (Wood Oaks).
Northbrook Spartans
Green 14U record is 23-
11.
Members of the Spartans Green 14U pose with their Northbrook Baseball Fourth of
July tournament trophy on July 7. Photo submitted
Harris
From Page 46
joyed being part of a team
in football and lacrosse. It
gave me a lot of friends
and places to go. To accomplish
something, it’s
exciting to put the work
in.”
Harris will make the
transition as both a transformed
athlete and person.
The former Spartan
realized before his senior
season that he needed to
put in more work if he
wanted to help his team
succeed and develop his
personal game.
The hard work paid off,
with GBN making it to
the IHSA super-sectional
after upsetting No. 1 seed
Lake Forest in its sectional
final. That experience
showed Harris how much
hard work paid off.
Lacrosse brought Harris
countless friendships
and memories, and now
he’s excited to have the
sport in the next stage of
his life.
“It’s definitely nice, especially
at a small school,”
Harris said. “You have a
group of guys who you
know and are there with.
You have a lot of people
you can relate to. You feel
like a part of something as
opposed to being on your
own the first few weeks of
school.”
Harris won’t need to
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be on campus early and
he’ll start working with
his team in the fall, but
he’s spending the summer
working out and increasing
his strength while
playing in a men’s league.
He’s ready for the next
stage of his life, but he
won’t forget the memories
he made at GBN and
what he learned from his
time there.
“I’m pretty excited, a
bit nervous,” Harris said.
“I don’t necessarily want
to leave everybody behind
but I’m definitely excited
to start a new education,
new athletic opportunity
and compete at the Division-III
level, which is really
awesome.”
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Northbrook teams celebrate
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Northbrook Baseball
held its World Series on
June 26 at Greenfield Park.
RIGHT: Members of the
Northbrook Baseball
Northbrook Dairy Queen
team pose with their
trophies after competing
in the World Series on
June 26 at Greenfield
Park. Photos submitted
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Members
of the
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a Grill
team
pose
with
their
trophies.