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High School Playoff Roundup: Vikings and Wolves Honored in CSL

Niles North and Niles West had athletes honored on the all-conference football and soccer teams.

Football: After playing in a reserve role to Sam Sharples last season, RB Oshayne Brown emerged to become a big-time offensive force for Niles North in 2011. Brown was named the Offensive Player of the Year for the CSL North.

In addition to Brown, Niles North DT Dan Fricano, LB Romeo Montrel, DT James Edmond and LB Juvane Spence made the all-conference team. Edmond, a sophomore, along with juniors Fricano and Spence will anchor the Vikings’ defense next year.

Niles West’s Jeremiah Jordan and LB James Williams were both named to the CSL South All-Conference team. Both juniors will return to play for the Wolves next season.

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Girls Swimming: Sophomore Edan Scott took third in the 50-yard freestyle (24.29 seconds) and 100 free (53.64), the best finishes for Niles West, which placed fifth at the CSL South championships at Glenbrook South.

Senior Kelly Sanks also took third in the diving competition with 380.25 points.

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Scott took sixth in the 50 free at the state championships last season as a freshman with a time of 24.27.

Niles North’s best finish at the CSL North championships came from Megan Crane, who finished third in the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.56). Marissa Rykowski was fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.56).

Complete CSL South and CSL North results are linked.

Boys Soccer: Niles West’s Lane Mita and Pawel Dabek were named to the all-conference team for Niles West. Niles North was represented by Danny Rodriguez and Elan Ness-Cohn.

Boys Cross Country: In its first appearance as a team at the state championships, Niles West finished 19th out of 25 teams with 391 team points.

Niles West was led by senior Neal Omar, who finished 39th and completed the three-mile course in 15 minutes, 12 seconds. Marc-Daniel Julien (64th, 15:22), Masafumi Hoshi (85th, 15:29), Blake Helton (146th, 15:54) and David Iverson (173rd, 16:07) also figured in the scoring for the Wolves. All five of them were seniors.

 

 

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