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Boys soccer
Caravan comeback foils Loyola’s upset bid
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Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
Up 1-0 in the second
half, with a man advantage,
Loyola was looking
to take down one of the
state’s hottest teams and
conference leader Mount
Carmel on its home field.
However it wasn’t to be
as the Caravan stormed
back to score three goals
in the final nine minutes
to take a 3-1 win Oct. 8 in
Glenview.
“This is an emotional
game between two of the
top teams in the CCL,”
Loyola coach Baer Fisher
said. “Two years ago they
won it, last year we won it.
They’re in first place right
now, we knew it was going
to be an emotional battle.
“Credit to them, they
found a way. We need to
learn how to win these
games. I think our youth,
that’s where we’ve been
exposed this season.”
After a scoreless, chippy
first half, a Mount Carmel
player got a red card for
using foul language with
27 minutes, 8 seconds remaining
in the game.
With a man-up advantage,
the Ramblers were
looking to take advantage
and break the deadlock and
did so with 23:33 remaining
in the contest when
Dylan Gripman scored off
of a header.
“Mario Hrvojevic
crossed it in, it bounced
and it just hit my face and
went it,” Gripman said.
“It was relieving and exciting
to finally score the
goal.”
After the goal, the Ramblers’
mentality seemed to
change and they became
more of a defensive squad
instead of one that was
looking to push the ball
up the field and trying to
score.
“It (mentality) shouldn’t
change,” Nick Roscoe
said. “When you go down
a man, you have to keep
fighting, so when you’re
up a man, you should have
that advantage and play
with confidence.
“The passiveness comes
with that 1-0 lead too.
Thinking we have that lead
and then sitting off, keeping
them from scoring, the
mentality shifts.”
Danny Favela got the
Caravan on the board on
a goal with 9:01 tying the
game and giving Mount
Carmel the momentum
it looked like it wouldn’t
have.
A little over a minute
later, Favela added his second
goal of the night, giving
the Caravan the lead,
one it wouldn’t give up.
“I think we did get frustrated
a little,” Gripman
said. “Knowing we were a
man up and we conceded,
we start to panic a little
bit knowing that time was
coming down.
“We should have stayed
composed some more.”
Despite going forward
to try to get another goal,
Loyola’s Dylan Gripman (left) battles a Mount Carmel
defender for the ball Oct. 9 in Glenview. Michael
Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media
the Ramblers couldn’t
mount a real threat in the
last seven minutes of the
match.
Favela added a third
goal for a hat trick with
24 seconds remaining on
a ball he just popped up
from near midfield to clear
the ball.
Even with the loss, the
Ramblers still gained confidence
as they move on
ready for the playoffs.
“We went up on one of
the best teams in the state
and proved we can play
against them,” Roscoe
said. “We just have to fix
the nuances.”
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New Trier won its own
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the Trevs with a 72. Loyola
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after shooting a 306, followed
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Boys cross-country
■Oct. ■ 19 - at CSL Invite (at
GBS), 8:30 a.m.
Girls cross-country
■Oct. ■ 19 - at CSL Invite (at
GBS), 8:30 a.m.
Field hockey
■Oct. ■ 17 - at Stevenson,
6:15 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 22-23 - host state
playoffs, TBA
Boys soccer
■Oct. ■ 19 - at Taft, noon
■Oct. ■ 22 - at Maine West
(IHSA Regional), 4:30 p.m.
Girls swimming and
diving
■Oct. ■ 18 - at Niles West,
5:30 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 19 - host Trevian
Relays, noon
Girls tennis
■Oct. ■ 18-19 - at IHSA
Sectional (at Niles North)
Girls volleyball
■Oct. ■ 17 - at Glenbrook
North, 6 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 21 - host Evanston, 6
■Oct. ■ 23 - at Maine South,
6 p.m.
Rambler varsity
athletics
Boys cross-country
■Oct. ■ 19 - at Catholic
League Invite, 9 a.m.
Girls cross-country
■Oct. ■ 19 - at GCAC Invite,
9 a.m.
Field hockey
■Oct. ■ 22-23 - at State
Playoffs, TBD
Boys soccer
■Oct. ■ 22 - vs. Glenbrook
North (at Niles North
Regional), 6:30 p.m.
Girls swimming
■Oct. ■ 19 - at Trevian
Relays, noon
■Oct. ■ 22 - host Rosary, 5
Girls tennis
■Oct. ■ 18-19 - at IHSA
Sectional (at Niles North)
Girls volleyball
■Oct. ■ 17 - at Mother
McAuley, 6 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 21 - host Highland
Park, 6 p.m.
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