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the wilmette beacon | January 23, 2020 | 33
Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Katia Tsytsarina
The New Trier senior is a
key member of the Trevians’
fencing squad
When did you first
start fencing and
why?
I started fencing during
my freshman year because
one of my friends
was planning on joining
the team, and since I’d had
some interest in the sport, I
thought hey, why not take
the chance?
What’s the hardest
part about fencing?
The hardest part of
fencing, for me at least,
is keeping myself motivated
throughout the season,
especially during the
stretches when we don’t
have tournaments. During
those times it can feel like
there’s just no payoff for
all the work you’re putting
in, and that can be discouraging
if you let it get to
you.
What’s the best part
about fencing?
That excruciatingly
short moment of triumph
when you’ve won a bout
15-14, and all your body
wants to do is sleep for a
week but you know that
you’ve fought the hardest
you could and it paid off.
What’s one thing on
your bucket list?
In all the eight years that
we’ve lived near the lake,
I’ve never seen a sunrise
on Lake Michigan. I’d certainly
like to change that.
What’s been your
favorite moment at
New Trier?
My favorite moment
was probably seeing my
artwork printed in a school
magazine for the first time.
If you could play
another sport, what
would you play?
I think I’d enjoy playing
tennis.
If you could have one
last meal, what would
it be?
Thinly sliced baked potatoes,
the way my mom
makes them. I have some
really good memories tied
to that dish, so I might as
well relive them while I
can.
If you could have
dinner with three
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people, who would the
three people be?
Since the question
doesn’t specify that I’m
limited to living people,
I’m going to go with
Radclyffe Hall, Christopher
Isherwood, and Rosalind
Franklin.
What would you say
is your best quality?
I like to think of my curiosity
as one of my best
qualities.
If you could travel
anywhere in the
world, where would
you go and why?
I’d like to go to London.
I love all the different
architecture, and I’d
give just about anything
to spend a week in the
Victoria & Albert Museum.
Interview by Sports Editor
Michael Wojtychiw
The Varsity: North Shore Podcast
Guys recap hoops, talk
wrestling and hockey
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 catch up on
everything going on with
North Shore sports. They
start off by recapping boys
and girls basketball, hear
from Lake Forest girls basketball
player Halle Douglass,
play Way/No Way
with wrestling and finish
off by talking the latest in
boys and girls hockey.
basketball
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season with confidence,”
Pulaski said. “I like how the
starting five are all seniors.
We’re all in the same class
and we’ve built a bond.”
Wax would have liked
to see more open shots fall
for his girls against North
Shore but he wasn’t complaining
much.
hockey
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First Quarter
The guys start off the
episode by recapping all of
the hoops action.
Second Quarter
Lake Forest girls basketball
star Douglass joins
the show after her game
against Hersey.
“Did we play well tonight?
No, not really,” he
said. “But a win’s a win,
and wins are hard to come
by in our conference.”
Woodlands also played
without a key starter in
Shelby Smith, but applauded
the day’s work put forth
by Liz Coughlin and Zoe
Nworache. Coughlin gave
up a few inches in height
to North Shore center Ava
dahl and his job was just
to kind of let (Dahlke)
know he was there — oldtime
hockey.
“That line of Charlie
Acri, John Kane and John
Babnik has played really
well, and Mac Zelazny
and Trent Kadin’s line
always seems to come up
big and they got us going
tonight.”
Saturday’s game was
the fourth meeting between
the top two ranked
teams in Illinois according
to Ross Forman’s Top
25 rankings. Saturday
marked the fourth time
the top-ranked Trevians
have beaten the secondranked
Spartans this season.
“GBN came out really
strong and I think we just
raised our game in the
third,” Melton said. “I
was happy with the way
we responded. We play
so many games and we
can’t win them all but
sometimes we need to be
Third Quarter
Mike and Nick face off
in Way/No Way as the two
debate over wrestling.
Fourth Quarter
To finish off, the guys
talk hockey as we get closer
and closer to the postseason.
Bogan but didn’t flinch.
“(Coughlin) plays a great
defensive game and she
had a lot to handle with
their big girl,” Wax said.
“Her defense, boards, and
outlet passes for our break
are important for us, and
I thought (Nworache)
filled in and did a nice
job. She also played a really
good defensive game
tonight.”
down, and that gets us
going.”
Glenbrook North was
left to ponder what might
have been.
“People might point to
the two defensive turnovers
we had in the third
period but in the second
period, we had four
chances in the slot area
and we put them over the
net,”
Poulakidas said. “And
in a game like this against
a team as good as New
Trier, you’ve got to get
one of those.”