Sunday, May 13, 2012
With 22 votes in the comments section, see who won the Patch Athlete of the Week.
With 22 votes in the comments section, Shelia Grant-Shaffer won the Athlete of the Week. Grant-Shaffer took home the shot put title at the CSL North track and field championships. Her throw of 40-3.5 was good enough to break a school record for the Giants. HONORABLE METNION Sam Koloms, junior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Koloms gave up only four hits in a 4-1 victory over Niles West in a CSL South matchup. Koloms struck out six batters, allowed no earned runs, and improved his record to 4-1 on the season. Margaret Bamgbose, senior, track and field, Evanston – Bamgbose repeated as the CSL South champion in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 200-meter sprint. Her performance helped Evanston capture another conference championship. Audrey Mang…
Monday, May 7, 2012
The nominees are: Highland Park's Shelia Grant-Shaffer, Evanston's Margaret Bamgbose, New Trier's Audrey Mang, Maine South's Frank Perrone and Glenbrook South's Sam Koloms.
Editor's note: To keep voting fair, we ask that you cast your vote by posting a comment below. Thanks! Voting will close on Thursday at 10 p.m. CDT With 40 votes in the comments, Glenbrook South's Jen Zucker is the Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 30 – May 6: Sam Koloms, junior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Koloms gave up only four hits in a 4-1 victory over Niles West in a CSL South matchup. Koloms struck out six batters, allowed no earned runs, and improved his record to 4-1 on the season. Shelia Grant-Shaffer, senior, track and field, Highland Park – Grant-Shaffer took home the shot put title at the CSL North track and field championships. Her throw of 40-3.5 was good enough to break a school record …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
With 68 total comments, see who came out on top of last week's poll.
With 40 votes in the comments, Glenbrook South's Jen Zucker is the Athlete of the Week. Zucker gave up only two hits while striking out 13 batters in Glenbrook South’s 10-0 victory over Wauekgan. Zucker will be attending Beloit College, a DIII school in Wisconsin, next season. HONORABLE MENTION Jake DeRousse, junior, baseball, Glenbrook North – DeRousse threw a no-hitter against Maine East, leading the Spartans to a 10-0 win in five innings. He had 10 strikeouts in the victory as the Spartans improved to 5-2 in the CSL North. Matt Kollada, junior, baseball, Deerfield –Kollada had the game-winning hit against Highland Park last week. Kollada ripped an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give the Warriors their second CSL North …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Among the nominees include a pitcher who threw a no-hitter, a player who hit a game winning drive and a volleyball athlete who 'aced' his match.
Editor's note: To keep voting fair, we ask that you cast your vote by posting a comment below. Thanks! Glenbrook North's Luke Jacobson was last week's Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 23 – April 29: Jake DeRousse, junior, baseball, Glenbrook North – DeRousse threw a no-hitter against Maine East, leading the Spartans to a 10-0 win in five innings. He had 10 strikeouts in the victory as the Spartans improved to 5-2 in the CSL North. Matt Kollada, junior, baseball, Deerfield – Kollada had the game-winning hit against Highland Park last week. Kollada ripped an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give the Warriors their second CSL North victory. Nick Hedge, senior, baseball, New Trier – Hedge …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
We had 51 votes for Athlete of the Week. So who came out as the winner.
With 27 votes in the comments, Glenbrook North's Luke Jacobson is the Patch Athlete of the Week. Jacobson led the Spartans to a first-place finish in the Brother Rice Smack Attack. He had 13 kills in the championship game against Lincoln-Way East, a 25-22, 27-25 victory. HONORABLE MENTION Kyle Colletta, junior, baseball, Niles West –Colletta pitched a five-inning complete game against Evanston in an 11-1 win or the Wolves. He allowed only one unearned run and had six strikeouts on the mound. Colletta also went 2 for 2 at bat. (16) Nate Wolf, junior, boys volleyball, Maine South – Wolf put down 10 kills and recorded an ace in Maine South’s straight-sets win over Evanston in CSL South action. The Hawks defeated the Wildkits, 25-21, 25-21 …
Monday, April 23, 2012
The nominees: Maine South's Nate Wolf, Highland Park's Dylan Timmeney, Loyola's Margaret Walker, Glenbrook North's Luke Jacobson and Niles West's Kyle Colletta.
Editor's note - To keep voting fair, we ask that you cast your vote by placing a comment belew. Thanks! With six votes in the comments section, New Trier's Maddie Mulford won Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 16 – April 22: Kyle Colletta, junior, baseball, Niles West – Colletta pitched a five-inning complete game against Evanston in an 11-1 win or the Wolves. He allowed only one unearned run and had six strikeouts on the mound. Colletta also went 2 for 2 at bat. Nate Wolf, junior, boys volleyball, Maine South – Wolf put down 10 kills and recorded an ace in Maine South’s straight-sets win over Evanston in CSL South action. The Hawks defeated the Wildkits, 25-21, 25-21 last week. Dylan Timmeney, junior…
Sunday, April 22, 2012
See who won the Athlete of the Week this time around.
With six votes in the comments section, New Trier's Maddie Mulford won Athlete of the Week. Mulford scored the only goal in New Trier’s 1-0 victory over Jacobs in the Sweet 16 of the Pepsi Showdown on Thursday. Mulford received a pass from Rachel Shellenback and slipped it past the keeper off the right post for the game-winner early in the second half. HONORABLE MENTION April Cronin, junior, girls soccer, Glenbrook South – Cronin scored two of Glenbrook South’s four goals in a 4-0 victory over Oswego in the Pepsi Showdown. The Titans haven’t had much offense this season, but moved to 5-3-4 on the season with the win. Mike Virgilio, junior, baseball, Maine South – Virgilio threw a complete game for Maine South in the Hawks’ 8-2 victory over…
Monday, April 16, 2012
This week's nominees are: Glenbrook South's April Cronin, Maine South's Mike Virgilio, Maine West's Ariel Valles, Niles West's Jesse Sacks and New Trier's Maddie Mulford.
Editor’s note: Patch will be trying a new method for voting our Athlete of the Week. We’re asking readers to post their vote in the comments section. With eight votes in the comments section, Colleen Ahern was named last week's Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 9 – April 15: Maddie Mulford, sophomore, girls soccer, New Trier – Mulford scored the only goal in New Trier’s 1-0 victory over Jacobs in the Sweet 16 of the Pepsi Showdown on Thursday. Mulford received a pass from Rachel Shellenback and slipped it past the keeper off the right post for the game-winner early in the second half. April Cronin, junior, girls soccer, Glenbrook South – Cronin scored two of Glenbrook South’s four goals in a 4-0 victory…
Monday, April 9, 2012
The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week: Maine South's Kyle Richardson, Niles North's Dave Bacalla, Glenbrook North's Colleen Ahern, Evanston's Charlie Binford and Glenbrook South's Sully Stadler.
Editor’s note: Patch will be trying a new method for voting our Athlete of the Week. We’re asking readers to post their vote in the comments section. With 118 votes in the comments, Glenbrook North’s Brad Margolin was the runaway winner. Also, a special thanks to our readers for the record 181-comment-votes. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 2 – April 8: Sully Stadler, senior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Stadler pitched a five-inning perfect game against Schaumburg last week. The Titans beat Schaumburg, 11-0, and Stadler struck out 10 batters in five innings. Stadler will play for Indiana University next year. Kyle Richardson, senior, baseball, Maine South – Richardson was 2 for 3 with two doubles and two runs scored in …
Sunday, April 8, 2012
This baseball pitcher has been on fire as of late, and it looks like he's also this week's Athlete of the Week.
With 118 votes in the comments,_ Glenbrook North’s Brad Margolin was the runaway winner. Also, a special thanks to our readers for the record 181-comment-votes. Margolin pitched a complete game and allowed only two hits, but was the tough-luck loser in Glenbrook North’s 2-1 loss to Francis Howell North. The Spartans held the lead into the sixth inning, but committed a handful of errors that gave Francis Howell North late opportunities HONORABLE MENTION Izzy Bergman, freshman, softball, Evanston –Bergman went 4 for 4 at the plate with 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs and 2 stolen bases in Evanston’s 11-1 win against Taft in five innings. Bergman singled and scored in the first inning and had an RBI double in the fourth inning as well. Jewell Loyd, …
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