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34 | October 17, 2019 | The glencoe anchor sports glencoeanchordaily.com Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Jackie Yau The Loyola senior is a member of the girls volleyball team. When did you start playing volleyball? I started to play volleyball in sixth grade just for fun with my friends at school and we would play house leagues. And then in eighth grade I started to play competitive club because I knew I wanted play in high school and possibly college. What’s one thing people don’t know about you? I really like to paint. I haven’t had the time to recently but I used to do that a lot. I don’t usually tell people that just because a lot of the time I don’t get asked about it. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? I would want to visit Thailand. I’ve been to China already and I thought that was so fun. I also don’t know a lot about the culture so I think that would be interesting to learn about. What’s the best part about playing volleyball? The best part of playing volleyball is probably building an unbreakable bond with your team and creating a strong team dynamic. I love the support you’re constantly getting from your teammates and we’re all working toward the same goal together. What’s the hardest part about playing volleyball? The hardest part about volleyball is miscommunication. When my team is feeling off, our communication is low and we start to fall apart on the court. It’s frustrating but we know how to get out of this type of slump. Our coach is really good at talking to us when it’s go time, she helps us get motivated. If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would buy my family a huge house, pay for my college education, and buy a Mercedes G wagon. What’s one thing on your bucket list? I want to see the Northern Lights. That would be so sick. Or travel the world, just take a year to myself and travel. What’s been your favorite moment at Loyola? My favorite moment at Loyola was when our volleyball team went down to supersectionals. We had such a great season and it was so fun. 2 22nd Century Media File Photo If you could play another sport, what would it be? I would either swim or play basketball. I used to play both of those sports. I really loved them both but I loved volleyball more. I was pretty good at basketball. Swimming was a lot of work but I loved the water. What do you feel is your greatest strength? My greatest strength would probably be my independence. I like to be adventurous and outgoing and do something out of the status quo. I don’t really care what people think or have to say about me, because at the end of the day I know who I am and I love who I am. My true friends and family will also be there for me unconditionally. I love being able to express myself honestly and not cover things up about myself. By being able to be true to myself I am able to be true to others. Interview by Sports Editor Michael Wojtychiw The Varsity: North Shore Podcast Guys recap another week of football Staff Report In this week’s episode of The Varsity: North Shore, the only podcast focused on North Shore sports, hosts Michal Dwojak, Nick Frazier and Michael Wojtychiw recap the seventh week of football. They recap each of the area team’s games, are joined by Glenbrook North football head coach Matt Purdy about a proposal to change football’s postseason, play Way/No Way with girls volleyball, preview the next week’s games and talk some boys and girls golf. Central Suburban League South Division Maine South 5-2 overall 3-0 conference Glenbrook South 3-4 3-0 New Trier 3-4 2-1 Evanston 2-5 1-2 Glenbrook North 3-4 0-3 loyola From Page 36 Find the varsity Twitter: @NorthShorePreps Facebook: @thevarsitypodcast Website: GlencoeAnchorDaily. com/sports Download: Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM, more First Quarter The three recap the seventh week of action. Second Quarter Spartans coach Purdy joins the guys to talk about the proposed change to the football postseason. Third Quarter The guys move on to Way/No Way, where they make some predictions with girls volleyball. Fourth Quarter With week eight next, the three preview and make some predictions on the next set of games. Overtime The guys recap how the area boys and girls golf teams did at their sectionals and preview the state tournament. 2019 Football Standings clear wasn’t what Thomas envisioned when he took the snap from center. “I was going to throw a wide out but I dropped the snap (and nearly lost the football),” he said. “Owen did a great job of getting behind the defense.” Perrion McClinton, whose move to wide receiver from starting quarterback coincided with Thomas’ promotion to first string, was the Ramblers’ most productive receiver with 41 yards on three catches. Mangan hauled down three for 35 yards and Brownlee grabbed three for 15 yards. “I’m getting a lot more comfortable,” said Thomas, who showed an improvement in transitioning to carrying the football when running opportunities arose. In addition to rushing for the touchdown he ran for a two-point conversion. “I have an offensive line in front of me that’s the best in the state and that makes it a lot easier to get comfortable,” Thomas added. Van Zelst was another major contributor. In addition to connecting on the long field goal, the junior Niles West 0-7 0-3 CCL/ESCC Blue Division Mount Carmel 7-0 2-0 Loyola Academy 5-2 1-1 Brother Rice 4-3 1-1 Marist 3-4 0-2 kicked all six of his extra point attempts, averaged 34 yards on two punts and 52.1 yards on eight kickoffs. For good measure during the drive for the fourth touchdown, Van Zelst ran 17 yards for a first down on a fake punt in a fourthand-eight situation at the Loyola 27. “Nate can move,” Holecek said. “He has a lot of talent and it’s not just the talent — it’s the character. You couldn’t find a steadier personality to be a kicker. He never gets rattled. He’s cool, calm and methodical. He’s like he’s 30-years-old.”
glencoeanchordaily.com sports the glencoe anchor | October 17, 2019 | 35 football Posted to WinnetkacurrentDaily.com 5 days ago Defense leads New Trier to win Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor New Trier has been waiting for a game like this. All season, the talk had been about how this year’s quad was young and inexperienced at the varsity level — which it was — and that the team had been waiting for that inexperience to turn into experience that will help them win games. It seems as if the tide is turning after the Trevians traveled to Evanston to face heated rival Evanston and walked out with a 31-7 rout of the host team Friday, Oct. 11. “I was hoping this would happen would happen earlier in the season with our youth, but we needed a game like last week to get a confidence boost,” New Trier coach Brian Doll said. “Our confidence got back this week in practice, guys were loose. “Defensively, we were pretty dominant up front. They just kept coming after them. We haven’t had that much pressure on a quarterback all season, we just let it looks tonight.” A week after seeing his offense wake up against Niles West, it was the defense’s turn to put on a show and put on a show it did. The team limited the Wildkits’ star running back to Quadre Nicholson to 57 yards and forced the Miami-of-Ohio-bound running back to fumble the ball on the Wildkits’ second possession. The fumble, recovered by Brendan Chestnut, propelled the Trevians to a 17-yard touchdown run by Tyler Hardin on a fourth down-and-three play. “This week we ran a 4-3 (defense) and we usually run a 3-4 so that was different, but we played with a lot of energy tonight,” Chestnut said. “There was a lot of swarm tackling, a lot of effort out there. “Those two early turnovers were enormous. And I think with a team like Evanston, and I don’t mean any disrespect to them, but I feel like they get down a lot when things don’t go their way and we took advantage of that.” Chestnut’s big day wouldn’t be done however, as he forced a fumble on Evanston’s next drive, as well. The fumble, recovered by Jackson Schmelter, gave the ball to the Trevians on the Evanston 26-yard line and three plays later, Hardin connected with Nick Kuras on a 24-yard touchdown pass. Hardin (83 rushing yards) would score on a three-yard keeper from three yards out on the first possession of the second half and the Trevians never looked back. After not forcing many turnovers through the first six games of the season, the Trevians forced three against the Wildkits, as they forced and recovered another fumble, this time by the Evanston quarterback, later in the third period. “This week our kids really bought into forcing turnovers,” Doll said. “Our kids did some drills this week and based on film we saw, we thought we had a Tyler Hardin runs in one of his touchdowns against Evanston Friday, Oct. 11, in Evanston. Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media NEW TRIER VERSUS EVANSTON 1 2 3 4 F NEW TRIER 14 0 7 10 31 EVANSTON 0 0 0 7 7 Top Performers 1. Tyler Hardin, QB — 2 rushing TD, passing TD 2. Brendan Chestnut, DL — forced, recovered fumble 3. Ryan Novosel, K — 4 XP, 1 FG chance to knock the ball out and we did. “There were so many little things that we’ve practiced all year that worked tonight.” Eddie Harvey scored early in the fourth quarter on a five-yard run and Ryan Novosel knocked in a 21-yard field goal to account for the Trevians’ scoring. The New Trier defense wouldn’t allow the Wildkits to score until there were 3 minutes, 17 seconds remaining in the game, when they ran in a two-yard touchdown. The wins the past two weeks have given New Trier confidence as the season comes down the stretch. “These past two weeks have been really big for us,” Chestnut said. “It’s Ryan Rittner gets ready to make a play against Evanston hard to start off with teams like Barrington and Loyola and Conant, that was a really tough three games we had back-to-back-to-back. “I think the morale was down a little bit but it started to pick up speed and obviously GBS was a tough loss, but the Niles West game was a wakeup call that we are a good team and if we do our job, do it well, don’t make a lot of mistakes, we can play really well. I think that was another example of that tonight.”
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