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Girls basketball
Short-handed NSCDS falls to Woodlands
Gary Larsen
Freelance Reporter
Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 8 day ago
22nd Century Media FILE PHOTO
1st-and-3
Three STARS OF THE
WEEK
1. John Carragher
(above).
The New Trier
boys basketball
player scored 14
points to help the
Trevians take down
a strong Oak Lawn
team in the first
game of the 10th
annual War on the
Shore.
2. Charlie Acri. The
New Trier Green
hockey player
scored two goals in
the third period to
lead the Trevians
to come-frombehind
win over
Glenbrook North.
It’s the Trevians’
fourth win over the
Spartans this year.
3. Amelia
Montgomery. The
New Trier gymnast
had herself a week
last week, winning
the all-around
title against both
Maine South and
Glenbrook North in
conference play.
Woodlands Academy senior
Annie Pulaski strives
to do what every good
point guard does for her
basketball team.
“It’s a team effort and
I’m just the one making eye
contact, making sure everyone
is composed and calling
the play,” Pulaski said.
Pulaski does more than
that. Now nearing 700
points scored in a four-year
varsity career, she leads the
Wildcats in scoring this
season at roughly 11 points
per game.
“She scored 17 against
Ridgewood, 20 against
Guerin Prep, 13 against
Regina Dominican and she
makes us go,” Woodlands
coach Mark Wax said.
Pulaski hit her scoring
average in Woodlands’ 31-
23 in over visiting North
Shore Country Day, leading
all scorers with 11
points in an Independent
School League game in
Lake Forest on Jan. 14.
Sister Ava Pulaski scored
seven and Liz Coughlin
scored six in the win for
Woodlands (11-5, 3-0),
while Edith Edwards-Mizel
led short-handed North
Shore Country Day (10-4,
2-2) with eight points.
Woodlands led 7-2 after
a quarter and 18-10 at halftime.
North Shore never
got within six points of the
lead in the second half. The
North Shore Country Day’s Edith Edwards-Mizel dribbles the ball past a Woodlands defender Jan. 14 in Lake
Forest. Gary Larsen/22nd Century Media
Raiders also got six points
from Jane Scullion in the
loss for North Shore, which
played without its top three
scorers due to injury and
illness, in Caroline Segal,
Natalie Duquette, and Allie
McKeown.
“Woodlands is a good
team, and they’re all seniors,”
North Shore coach
Bruce Blair said. “Our
passing got better as the
game went along but we’re
still adjusting to losing the
bulk of our scoring.”
Scrappy point guard
Edwards-Mizel did what
she could in attacking the
basket, but scoring was
difficult to come by for the
Raiders.
Still, the effort was there
for North Shore Country
Day.
“Before the game, all I
asked is that we put it all
out there,” Edwards-Mizel
said. “We’re don’t have a
full team but we can still
control how hard we work,
and I’m proud of each person
for how much effort
they gave on both sides of
the court.”
Blair applauded Edwards-Mizel’s
effort
against Woodlands.
“Our kids always play
hard and I thought Edith
was just a rock,” Blair said.
“She was taking it in, drawing
contact, and she’s the
smallest kid on the floor.
She was absorbing contact,
and she was playing hard
defense. She’s just a tough
kid.”
The win kept Woodlands
at pace with Latin for the
conference lead, and in the
process settled a score from
last season.
“Our goal this year is to
beat North Shore Country
Day and to win a regional,”
Wax said. “We lost to North
Shore in the regional last
year and we’re in the same
sub-sectional this year, so
we’ll see.”
Pulaski and the Wildcats
knew early on this year that
a winning season could be
in the works.
“We won all four games
at the Ridgewood tournament
to start the year and
we were really hyped up,
and went into the regular
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“They did not want to lose tonight.”
Bob Melton — New Trier Green hockey coach after his
team’s third-period rally to defeat Glenbrook North.
tunE in
What to watch this week
FENCING: The state’s best meet together to decide who the
top team is at the state meet.
• New Trier hosts the fencing state meet at 7 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 25, in Northfield.
Index
34 - This Week In
33 - Athlete of the Week
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael
Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.