SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Evan Kanellos (
@evankanellos1
)
Kanellos talks about Jersey Mike’s subs, playing varsity sports with his brother and how his love for both soccer and basketball grew.
@NewTrierBBB
@ntbs_official
I’m going to have an overall CSL Varsity POTW this week, but also a CSLV Football Player of the Week based on a fan vote. Stats will be included in the next tweet
#CSLStar
for Tuesday, March 28
Charlie Parcell, Maine West baseball. 4-5 with a double and 2 RBIs, pitched 3 1/3 innings of shutout ball with 7 K’s in a Warriors win.
Mimi Noonan is big supporter of
@DHS__Athletics
who lends her photo excellence to highlighting local kids in sports through photography.
She took photos for the newsletter of CSL athletes who competed at the state boys track and field meet. Will have photos this week!
Just finding out now, but Maine West’s Tommy Delaney with the best statistical performance of the year that I know of for a CSL QB. Check out Dion’s story for more.
New feature for the heck of it.
A standout for each day there’s competition and I feel like it. Calling it
#CSLStar
Who excelled tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 24?
Anastasia Gritsonis, Maine South gymnastics. She’s the
#CSLStar
today.
#CSLStar
for Tuesday, May 9
Colin Roche, Glenbrook North baseball, tossed a 1-hit, 10K complete game with GBN in the thick of the conference title race.
Spartans improve to 19-7 (9-3) following a 1-0 victory over Glenbrook South.
Colin Roche earned
#TheBelt
…W / CG / 0 R / 1 H / 10 K / 4 BB.
Kevin Geake…bases loaded BB in the bottom of the 7th…3-2…2 outs.
Ryan Rossi scored the winning run.
Spencer Geake & NJ Gott singled.
Physically imposing with a soft spot for Taylor Swift and High School musical,
@MWGirlsHoops
’s Jaclyn Riedl is wrapping up a stellar varsity career for the Warriors. But she has more to do in athletics yet.
(FREE Senior Spotlight) -
@ntbs_official
’s Aidan Nicholson (
@A_nicholson2
) cites effort and brotherhood as key elements of what he wants to bring to NT.
Nicholson spoke with me about rainy nights, carb fests and songs that get him in a good headspace.
Athlete of the Week options
-Mo Fritscher, ETHS boys gym, 4th in all-around at Burkel
-Avin Kamai, VH girls water polo, freshman had 10 goals in first weekend of HS play
-Reese LaBorne, Maine South girls track, broke school record in HJ
@mattjnow
FINAL - Glenbrook North 51, Glenbrook South 40
Owen Giannoulias with a game-high 18 for GBN. Lappin with 15 and Fridman with 12.
Nick Taylor leads GBS with 13.
“I just think we’re not like most teams. I think we’re like…maybe an AAU team. We run really fast. We’re guard-heavy. We’ve still got the bigs. We’ve got people coming off the bench, it’s a great team dynamic," Aubrey Galvan,
@Deerfield_GBB
More coming in the newsletter.
Football fan vote player of the week.
-Davone Robinson Jr. pick-6 in Vikings win over Wheeling
-David Finfer, HP, 361 passing, 140 rushing in win over Rolling Meadows
-Ben Cooper, MW, 12 Tkl, 1 INT, 4 rec, 104 yards in win over Schaumburg
🏈CSL FB FILM STOCKPILE🏈
Here are the season highlights of CSL football players that were submitted to me. If you don’t see your name or highlights here and you want to submit them, check out the post to see how to submit.
Q&A Spotlight on Drew Duffy of
@GBS_Athletics
(
@Drewduffy30
)
Duffy:
-Stars in 3 sports
-Is the student body President
-designed the new Cook County Flag
The sports portion of this Q&A is free for all to read.
CSLV Fan Vote Player of the Week
Kailey Starks, ETHS GBK, 20 pts, 7 reb, 4 steals in win over Hillcrest
Ariella Dobin, GBN girls wrestling, won Niles West tourney
-Nick Taylor, GBS BKB, MVP of Molitor
-Yaris Irby, Niles North boys basketball, 47 points over last 2 games
Girls basketball all-state honorees for the CSL:
Lexi Kerstein 2nd team in 3A
Aubrey Galvan, 2nd team in 3A
Nikki Kerstein, HM in 3A
Meegan Fahy, HM in 4A
Sidney Rogers, HM in 4A
#CSLStar
for Saturday, April 13
Ryan Cunningham, Deerfield boys track and field, won the discus at VH’s Al Janulis Relays with a mark of 45.08m, took 2nd in shot in A flight with mark of 13.76m.
CSL Varsity fan vote choices:
Noam Kulbak, HP Dive, 538.85 score to win BG invite
Fortis Siblings, MS wrestling, Sophia won 190 title, Tyler 285 title
Ariella Dobin, most outstanding girls wrestler for CSL South at tournament
Gina Davorija, GBS GBK, 41 points over 2 games
Two former CSL players competing against each other tonight as Niles West’s Sam Galanopolous of Loyola leads her team on the court against Richmond and Highland Park grad Addie Budnik.
Player of the Week voting:
Dylan Chung, Vernon Hills BBK, MVP of Maine East tourney
Sela Klein, NT GBK, 26 points vs. SCN, all tourney at Komaromy
Brett Harman, MS BWrestle, won 113 class at Berman Holliday Classic
Jereni Marshall, ETHS GWre, 2nd at Berman
(FREE) Q&A with recent Vermont WBB commit
@lexikerstein25
of
@Deerfield_GBB
.
“They made my decision simple. I feel that the style of play at UVM is very similar to our quick transition game at DHS.”
#CSLStar
for Monday, May 15
Maggie Burns, Niles West softball, complete game shutout in the circle and hit a homer at the dish in an 8-0 win over Niles North.
#CSLStar
for Monday, Feb. 13.
Glenbrook North girls basketball's Jami De Guzman showed off a hot shooting stroke and scored 18 points in a GBN win over Lane Tech.
@GBNGirlsBball
Volleyball Notes:
@VHCougarVB
concludes historic season.
I’m not the first to write about Sonia Bodnar, but wanted to speak with the Ukrainian standout myself.
All that and notes about the record-breaking year. Plus photos!
(FREE): Fall competition underway
-
@GBN_Athletics
girls golf leads the pack
-
@NewTrierBBB
’s Fiegen makes college choice.
-
@ETHSports
loses a beloved member of its Wildkit family.
#CSLStar
for Friday, May 5
Ryan Schaefer, GBS boys track and field, PR of 6-7 (2.01m) in high jump, won long jump (6.79m), 300 hurdles (38.72) and was on winning 4x100 at home meet.
What CSL Athletes are having notable summers training with their high school teams and/or travel clubs? Drop them here. They might make tomorrow’s newsletter.
Dylan Cohen of Deerfield track and field was the Fan Vote POTW
Jake Fiegen of New Trier boys basketball was the CSLV POTW
Check out these notes and plenty more about gymnastics, swim & dive, wrestling and more in the latest newsletter.
I see a lot of cool videos of CSL athletes pulling off great feats. So now, I’m gonna try and share my favorite piece of CSL multimedia (pic/video) most days of the week.
The first CSL Moment in TIME is Ryan Schaefer’s (
@GBS_Athletics
) reaction here. Great stuff David.
#CSLMIT
Ryan Schaefer of
@GBN_Athletics
and
@TitanDistance
can’t believe he cleared 6-5 in high jump. He kept on going to win at 6-7 at the John Davis Titan Invite.
@mattjnow
GBN up 37-28 going to the 4th. Play has been a little wild as condensation has built up on the floor and affected gameplay. Maine South’s Matt Ryder on full-time floor-wiping duty.
Bringing it back from last year, football fan vote POTW.
Schimanski ran for 215 yards against HP
Anthony Martorano ran for 159 yards and 2 TDs vs. Lakes
McCarey, 114 yards, 2 TDs vs. Yorkville
Constantine Coines, accounted for 346 yards and 3 scores in win over Warren
#CSLStar
for Saturday, May 20
Dawson Wright of Evanston girls track and field is crowned a state champion in the shot put! Her throw of 13.19m bested the field.
For the same squad, Abrielle Artley takes the 300 hurdles title (43.25) and 2nd in the 100 hurdles.
#CSLStar
for Tuesday, April 18
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Hank Liss, Evanston baseball. He shut down a red-hot New Trier team as the Wildkits defeated the Trevians 6-0.
Ava Blagojevich’s hot-shooting 2Q helped propel
@MaineSouthAth
to tonight’s sectional final vs.
@LAGirlsHoops
“It gets everyone so hype. Every time she shoots a three, everyone’s jumping up and down,” Meegan Fahy on Blagojevich
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NEWSLETTER TIME
-Golf heavy edition
-Beanblossom and Blumer co-POTW
-Heneghan Football Fan Vote POTW
-Deerfield XC continues multi-year streak
-Tourney titles for NW and VH VB
CSLV Fan Vote POTW options:
-Maddyn Cohen, HP girls gymnastics, won all-around at Rolling Meadows invite
-Allie Mietus, GBS girls gymnastics, won all-around vs. HP
-Josh Fridman, GBN boys basketball, 22 vs. GBS
-Andrew Diaz, VH boys wrestling, pin vs. NW and 5-4 Dec. vs. C-G
Will share where CSL Football playoff teams are headed with their matchups when they’re announced on the IHSA Pairings Show.
CSL Qualifiers
-Maine West
-Maine South
-Glenbrook South
-Deerfield
Let’s do 2!
#CSLStar
for Monday, March 20
Meyer Rogoff, Niles West baseball,
2 for 4 with a Homer and 3 RBI in an 8-8 tie with Loyola Academy.
Molly McAnally, Glenbrook North softball, 2 for 5 with a homer, a triple, 3 runs and 2 RBI in a win over Zion-Benton.
FREE MIDWEEK CONTENT
***airhorns intensify***
Senior Spotlight:
@VHCougarVB
’s Alexa Cieslinski
“We also want to win conference. We want to make Vernon Hills girls volleyball history!”