Please helps us choose our Patch Athlete of the Week, Nov. 14 - Nov. 20: Maine West's Brittany Collins, Fenwick's Mimi Schneider, Glenbrook North's Rachel Blitt, Loyola Academy's Will Palivos and Highland Park's Lena Munzer.
Almost 1,000 people voted last week to make Glenbrook South's Alli Mack our Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, Nov. 14- Nov. 20 are: Brittany Collins, sophomore, basketball center, Maine West – The 6-foot center isn’t planning on having any sophomore slumps in her second varsity basketball season as she scored a game-high 20 points in Maine West’s season-opening 55-35 loss to Palatine on Nov. 14. The Warriors will host their Tip-Off Classic tournament later this week. Mimi Schneider, sophomore, girls swimming, Fenwick –Schneider racked up four victories at Saturday’s state championships, winning the 100-yard butterfly and swimming a leg in all three of Fenwick’s relay teams. Schneider finished the 100 fly in …
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Smoliga, Stoehr and Purdy win individual crowns.
Nov. 19 The Final Score: 1. New Trier 177, 2. Fenwick 162, 3. Rosary 136.5, 4. Loyola Academy 126, 5. Glenbrook South 97, 6. Neuqua Valley 85, 7. Downers Grove North 82, 8. Lyons 60.5, 9. Hinsdale Central 47, 10. Lake Forest 39, 12. Deerfield 29, 19. Glenbrook North 14, 24. North Shore Country Day 12, 29. Niles West 10.. Area’s Star Performers: Olivia Smoliga of Glenbrook South repeated as state champion in the 50-yard freestyle in state record time of 22.55 and took the 100 freestyle setting a state standard of 48.88 in Friday’s preliminaries. Rachael Stoehr of Lake Forest also had double titles in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle while Erin Purdy of Deerfield was the champion diver. Other Notable Area Performances: …
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After falling behind by four points late in the fourth quarter, the Wolves rallied and will face Maine South on Friday.
Niles West guard Ramsan Younatham wasn’t having his greatest game by any measure. He’d knocked down only one three-pointer and passed up a number of open shots late in the game. But with his team trailing in the fourth quarter, the senior guard knew if his shot was there he had to take it. Younatham got the opportunity and came through, knocking down a three-pointer from the right wing to put Niles West up by one point, 43-42, with 27 seconds left. He calmly sank two free throws on Niles West’s next possession and the Wolves escaped with a 45-42 upset victory over Loyola Academy in the IHSA Class 4A Des Plaines (Maine West) Regional semi-finals. “I kind of moon-balled it too because I saw [Loyola forward] Mike Lang coming at me and he’s …
After falling behind by four points late in the fourth quarter, the Wolves rallied and will face Maine South on Friday.
Niles West guard Ramsan Younatham wasn’t having his greatest game by any measure. He’d knocked down only one three-pointer and passed up a number of open shots late in the game. But with his team trailing in the fourth quarter, the senior guard knew if his shot was there he had to take it. Younatham got the opportunity and came through, knocking down a three-pointer from the right wing to put Niles West up by one point, 43-42, with 27 seconds left. He calmly sank two free throws on Niles West’s next possession and the Wolves escaped with a 45-42 upset victory over Loyola Academy in the IHSA Class 4A Des Plaines (Maine West) Regional semi-finals. “I kind of moon-balled it too because I saw [Loyola forward] Mike Lang coming at me and he’s …
Hawks beat Loyola Academy on Saturday in a heartstopping game that many called one of the best victories in school history.
The Maine South Hawks will go to the finals for the third consecutive year, playing Mt. Carmel for the 8A state championship Saturday, Nov. 27, in Champaign.
Emily Stone
8:43 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
Hi Joseph, Ross is eager for suggestions for nominees from all Patch readers. There's no inside track. You can email him directly from the link next to his byline if you have a suggestion. more ›