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36 | December 5, 2019 | The wilmette beacon SPORTS
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Athlete of the Month
Crowder makes it two in a row for New Trier
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
It’s been quite the year for New Trier
boys soccer player Aidan Crowder.
Earlier this fall, Crowder, a Trevians
forward, was named 22nd Century
Media’s Boys Soccer Player of the
Year. Last week, he added another
honor as well: November’s Athlete of
the Month.
The senior took a lead early in the
latest Athlete of the Month competition
and never gave it up, giving the
school its second consecutive, and
third overall, monthly honor in 2019.
Crowder finished in first place with
134 votes, knocking off Lake Forest
November Athlete of the Month
Candidates
New Trier
Joelle Ohr, girls swimming and
diving
Tinah Hong, girls basketball
Mac Zelazny, boys hockey
Loyola
Marty Auer, football
field hockey player Sophie Gambit,
who finished with 90 votes. Three
Highland Park athletes, football players
Chris Lee and Chris Hernandez
and soccer player Matt Holleman
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rounded out the top five.
After playing a minimal role his
junior year, Crowder broke out this
year, leading the team in goals and being
named an All-Sectional honoree.
Voting lasted from Nov. 10-25.
The Athlete of the Month contest
for athletes selected in the month of
November gets underway on Dec. 10
and will end on Dec. 25. Vote at WilmetteBeaconDaily.com.
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Boys basketball
Loyola 58, St. Ignatius 47
Bennett Kwiecinski led
the way with 17 points and
five rebounds in the Ramblers’
championship game
win Saturday, Nov. 30, in
Wilmette.
Loyola 61, Senn 13
Will Loverdi led the
Ramblers with nine points,
while Jordan Kwiecinski
had six points, five
rebounds and three assists
Nov. 26 in Wilmette.
Loyola 63, Butler Prep 25
Bennett Kwiecinski had
10 points and six rebounds
in a season-opening win
Nov. 25 in Wilmette.
New Trier 80, Butler Prep
30
Jacob Toth led the Trevians
with 19 points Nov.
26 in Winnetka.
Girls basketball
New Trier 79, Taft 60
Tinah Hong scored 18
points to lead the Trevians
to a win Friday, Nov. 29, in
Winnetka.
Regina 51, Bremen 23
Laura Strenk had 15
points and 15 rebounds in
a win Nov. 27 in Elmhurst.
This Week In...
Trevian varsity
athletics
Boys basketball
■Dec. ■ 5 - host Glenbrook
South, 6:30 p.m.
NORTH SHORE
■Dec. ■ 6 - vs. Lane (at
Wintrust Arena), 6 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - host Maine East,
6:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
■Dec. ■ 6 - host Glenbrook
South, 7 p.m.
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■Dec. ■ 7 - vs. Mother
McAuley (at Fremd), 6 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Maine South,
7:30 p.m.
Boys bowling
■Dec. ■ 5 - host Niles West
(at Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.
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■Dec. ■ 7 - at Vernon Hills
Invite (at Brunswick Zone -
Hawthorn), 9 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 9 - host Deerfield (at
Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 11 - at Stevenson (at
Fairhaven Bowling Lanes),
4:45 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - at Vernon
Hills ((at Brunswick Zone -
Hawthorn), 4:30 p.m.
Girls bowling
■Dec. ■ 9 - host Hinsdale
Central (at Classic Bowl),
4:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 11 - host Evanston
(at Classic Bowl), 4:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - at Resurrection
(at Habetler Bowl), 4 p.m.
Fencing
■Dec. ■ 7 - host Invite, 7
a.m.
Gymnastics
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Glenbard West
Invite, 11 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Evanston,
5:30 p.m.
Boys swimming and
diving
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Deerfield
Invite, 4:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - host Guilford, 11
a.m.
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Evanston,
5:45 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Leyden Invite,
9 a.m.
Rambler varsity
athletics
Boys basketball
■Dec. ■ 6 - host Montini, 7
p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Marmion, 7
p.m.
Girls basketball
■Dec. ■ 5 - at St. Laurence,
7 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - vs. TBA (at
Kalamazoo Central High
School), TBA
■Dec. ■ 8 - vs. Marist (at
Nazareth), 12:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - host Providence,
7 p.m.
Boys bowling
■Dec. ■ 10 - vs. St. Patrick (at
Habetler Bowl), 4:30 p.m.
Girls bowling
■Dec. ■ 6 - vs. Resurrection
(at Arena Bowl - Oak Lawn),
4:15 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - at Invite (at
Arlington Lanes), 9 a.m.
■Dec. ■ 9 - vs. St. Laurence
(at Arena Bowl - Oak Lawn),
4:15 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 11 - vs. St. Ignatius
(at Habetler Bowl), 4:15
p.m.
Boys swimming and
diving
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Evanston,
5:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 9 - host St. Patrick,
5 p.m.
Wrestling
■Dec. ■ 5 - at St. Viator (with
Hersey), 5 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Brother Rice
(with Leo), 5 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - at Lane (with
Taft), 5:30 p.m.
Panther varsity
athletics
Girls basketball
■Dec. ■ 5 - at Hope
Academy, 7 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 8 - vs. Marian
Central Catholic (at
Nazareth), 12:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - host St.
Laurence, 7 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - at St. Ignatius,
7 p.m.
Girls bowling
■Dec. ■ 9 - vs. DePaul Prep
(at Arena Bowl - Oak Lawn),
4:15 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 12 - vs. Mother
McAuley (at Habetler Bowl),
4:15 p.m.
Raider varsity
athletics
Boys basketball
■Dec. ■ 5 - at Rochelle Zell,
6:30 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 6 - at Elgin Academy,
6 p.m.
■Dec. ■ 10 - at U-High, 6 p.m.
Girls basketball
■Dec. ■ 5 - host Muchin, 6
p.m.
■Dec. ■ 7 - vs. TBA, TBA
■Dec. ■ 10 - at Willows, 6 p.m.