Lake Forest High School’s Jake Danneker (No. 5) steals the ball from Lake Forest Academy’s Rich Park during the championship match of the North Shore Shootout on Aug. 27. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
— Two quick second-half goals by Joey Thomas went a long way in lifting Lake Forest Academy to a 4-1 victory over host Lake Forest in the title game of the North Shore Shootout on Aug. 27.
Following a scoreless first half, Thomas put the Caxys ahead 1-0 in the second minute of the second half on an assist by Jaleel Gray. Thomas made 2-0 four minutes later on a feed from Dieter Villegas.
The Scouts cut that lead in half moments later in rather spectacular fashion, when Chris Wasser popped in a long header. Toby Frost was credited with an assist.
LFA put the game away on goals by Luis Arreola (penalty kick) in the 18th minute and Ian Strudwick in the 20th minute. Nat Shattock got the assist on LFA’s fourth goal.
Solid goaltending by Brede Baldwin sealed the win for LFA.
The Caxys placed three players on the all-tournament team: Shattock, Baldwin and Andrew Ryder. Wasser, who finished the tourney with three goals, earned all-tourney accolades along with LF teammates Daniel Hanson and Christian McCauley.
Meanwhile, in other tourney action, Highland Park (2-2) topped Deerfield 4-2 in the seventh-place game. Carmel Catholic took down Dundee-Crown 7-2 for third place, while Round Lake got by Lakes 3-1 in the fifth-place contest.
Ethan Ochoa had two goals and two assists in HP’s win over Deerfield and earned all-tournament recognition. Teammate Mason Kimbarovsky had one goal and one assist, while Rodrigo Pozo and Tommy Quirk had one assist each.
The other all-tourney selections were Round Lake’s Alejandro Sotelo, Dundee-Crown’s Jeremy Jareckyj, Carmel’s Rob Rao, Deerfield’s Lucas Grobart and Lake’s Cam Beezley.
Northside College Showcase (Round 2)
— Glenbrook North stayed unbeaten in the Northside College Showcase by beating Niles West 6-0 on Aug. 29. Jackson Grabill led the Spartan attack with two goals, including a penalty kick. The other goals were scored by Timmy Iscra, Sahil Modi, Max Weiss and Matt Metzger.
Ryan Golde finished the game two assists. The other helpers were credited to Weiss and Sam Heydt.
Gabe Zorilla (3 saves) and Daniel Spencer (1 save) shared the shutout.
Meanwhile, New Trier (1-2-1) dropped a 1-0 decision to Waukegan on Aug. 29. Sam Rutherford came up with four saves while giving up one goal.
Lane Tech 3, Highland Park 0
— Highland Park came up with a valiant effort, but it wasn’t enough against host Lane Tech on Aug. 29.
Seven starters sustained injuries in HP’s 3-0 setback to a talented Indians squad.
“The boys battled hard,” said HP head coach Blake Novotny. “We were down 2-0 until the last minute of the game.”
Loyola 3, Northridge Prep 0
— Sean Hickey, Nick Lew and David Gripman scored goals as Loyola took care of visiting Northridge Prep 3-0 on Aug. 26.
Hickey’s goal was assisted by Lew, while Gripman’s goal came off a feed from Hickey. Lew’s goal was unassisted.
Goalie Jack McMenamin recorded his first shutout of the season.
Northside College Showcase (Round 1)
— New Trier got into the win column for the first time this fall, when the host Trevians (1-1-1) downed Buffalo Grove 2-0 in the opening round of the 2016 Northside College Showcase on Aug. 27.
Ryan Krueger and Al-Ameen Salako scored the goals on assists by Michael McCue and Quentin Bendetto.
Junior Sam Warden picked up the shutout in goal. He collected four saves.
Glenbrook North also picked up a win in the Northside College Showcase, downing Lyons 3-1 on Aug. 27. Jackson Grabill, Sahil Modi and Timmy Iscra scored the goals. Robbie Fraser had two assists. Kamil Barabas also had an assist. Gabe Zorilla had seven saves in goal.
Glenbrook South 5, North Shore Country Day 1
— The Max factor.
Max Klemm was credited with three assists in Glenbrook South’s 5-1 victory over host North Shore Country Day on Aug. 25. Two of his helpers led to scores by Jacob Boner. He also set up Alec Leach’s goal.
Kai Erber and Josh Shin were GBS’s other goal scorers. Erber, who now has four goals on the season, made an unassisted goal, while Shin was fed by David Joseph.
The net duties were handled by Chase Swaringen (40 minutes, 0 goals) and Mike Hatfield (40 minutes, 1 goal allowed).
North Shore Shootout (Round 2)
— Host Lake Forest and Lake Forest Academy came up with similar wins in Round Two of the North Shore Shootout on Aug. 25.
On one field, the host Scouts defeated Carmel Catholic 1-0 on penalty kicks. And, on another field, LFA topped Dundee-Crown 4-3 on PKs.
LF (2-0) won its PK session 4-1 on shots by Joey Williams, Jake Danneker, Christian McCauley and Daniel Hanson.
Riley Perkofski (5 saves) and John Walsh (6 saves) shared the goaltending duties.
LFA and Dundee-Crown battled to a 3-3 tie in regulation. The Caxy goal scorers were Ian Strudwick (2) and Luis Arreola.
And then, Strudwick, Joey Thomas and Andrew Ryder came up with PK goals. Dundee-Crown managed to make only two of its PKs. Brede Baldwin made two saves. Arreola had the other one.
Meanwhile, in other tourney action on Aug. 25, Highland Park dropped a 3-2 decision to Lakes while Deerfield fell to Round Lake 5-1. HP’s goals were scored by Tommy Quirk and Ethan Ochoa. Jeobany Marban had an assist.
New Trier 2, Fremd 2
— New Trier played Fremd to a 2-2 tie on Aug. 25 in the team’s home opener. Senior Kenji Nii and senior Michael Neuhaus scored goals for the Trevians (0-1-1). Will Felitto and JoJo Farina were credited with assists.
Sam Rutherford made three saves.
Glenbrook North 7, Foreman 0
— The Spartans improved to 2-0 with a convincing 7-0 victory over visiting Foreman on Aug. 23. Deng Deng and Alex Kahn scored two goals each. Sahil Modi, Kamil Barabas and Max Knebelkamp also got on the scoreboard.
The assists were credited to Knebelkamp, Robbie Fraser (2), Moe Lasso, Jackson Grabill and Sam Heydt.
Gabe Zorilla and Daniel Spencer shared the shutout in goal.
North Shore Shootout (Round 1)
— Host Lake Forest, Lake Forest Academy and Dundee-Crown scored wins on the opening round of the North Shore Shootout on Aug. 23.
Chris Wasser scored two goals as Lake Forest came from behind to edge Highland Park 2-1. He was assisted by Austin Pinderski and Quinn McGowan.
Highland Park’s lone tally came on a 30-yard free kick by Tommy Quirk.
LFA topped Deerfield 2-1 on penalty kicks. Assisted by Nat Shattock, Ian Strudwick scored LFA’s lone goal in regulation. The Caxys then claimed the win by making all five of their PK tries. Strudwick, Dieter Villegas, Andrew Ryder, Joey Thomas and Shattock did the honors.
Brede Baldwin, who had six saves in regulation, was the winning goalie for LFA. He saved three in the PK session only to have two of them called back for leaving the line early.
In the other tourney matchup, Dundee-Crown nipped Round Lake 2-1.
Loyola 4, Lake View 1
— Loyola opened the 2016 campaign in solid fashion by downing visiting Lake View 4-1 on Aug. 23. After falling behind 1-0, the Ramblers took control of the game on goals by Julian Hilpusch, David Gripman (two) and Roger Akela.
Hilpusch made it a 1-1 game after being assisted by Matt Salter. Gripman put the team ahead for good, when he scored on an assist by Collin Leider. He then added an unassisted goal to give the Ramblers a 3-1 advantage. Later in the game, Akela sealed the victory when he scored on an assist from Nick Lew.
Jack McMenamin earned the win in goal. He had six saves.
Glenbrook North 4, Wheeling 1
— Glenbrook North got off to a good start by downing host Wheeling 4-1 on Aug. 22. Junior Sahil Modi came up with two goals, including a penalty kick. Deng Deng had one goal and one assist, while Timmy Iscra added a goal and Max Krnebelkamp contributed an assist.
Senior goalkeeper Gabe Zorilla finished the game with six saves.
Glenbrook South 4, Rolling Meadows 1
— Hats off to Kai Erber.
Erber opened the season with a hat trick in Glenbrook South’s 4-1 triumph over host Rolling Meadows on Aug. 22.
He was assisted by Gavin Morse at 35:06, Philip Martin at 36:20 and Alec Leach at 48:13.
Martin had the team’s other goal off a feed from Max Klemm at 39:32.
Chase Swaringen played 60 minutes in goal, allowing one goal and coming up with two saves. Mike Hatfield finished out the game, earning one save.
Highland Park 2, Fremd 0
— Justin Nedoss and Ethan Ochoa tallied goals in Highland Park’s 2-0 season-opening road victory at Fremd on Aug. 22.
Nedoss opened the scoring by heading in a goal off a Rodrigo Pozo corner kick. Then, after a nice combination, Ochoa popped in a goal off a cross from Tommy Quirk.
Alex Bramson picked up the win in goal.
Conant 2, New Trier 1
— New Trier opened the 2016 season with a 2-1 setback at Conant on Aug. 23. Senior Louis Shaw scored the team’s lone goal on an assist by junior Will Felitto.
Sam Rutherford allowed two goals while coming up five saves.