Loyola, New Trier advance to sectional final

NORTHFIELD — The Loyola and New Trier girls soccer teams have met in a sectional final each of the last four years, and they will continue that trend at 7 p.m. Friday.

Both the Ramblers and Trevians cruised to easy wins in their Class 3A …

College roundup: Epifanio named to all-region team

Maine South alumna Emily Epifanio , a senior catcher on the Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team, was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region first team.

Epifanio started 37 of the team’s 39 games and hit .382 with a .488 on-base percentage and a …

New Trier captures state title in 4x800 relay, Schmidt wins pole vault

CHARLESTON — Saturday’s Class 3A girls track and field state final was full of firsts for New Trier’s 4x800-meter relay.

It was the first time this season that senior all-state runners Courtney Ackerman and Jessica Ackerman had run on the same 4x800 relay. Courtney Ackerman …

Trevians win Niles West sectional

SKOKIE — New Trier wrapped up the Niles West boys tennis sectional title on Saturday. The Trevians (33 points) finished ahead of second-place Loyola (26) and third-place Evanston (17) at the nine-school event.

“This is a bunch in a row,” New Trier coach Tad Eckert …

English starts out strong at state meet

Evanston junior Parker English qualified for the Class 3A girls track and field state finals in all four of her events and shined in her two races Friday, posting the fastest time in the 400-meter run and the second-fastest time in the 200.

She also …

New Trier earns four state tournament berths

SKOKIE — New Trier will be well represented next week at the boys tennis state finals.

The Trevians advanced two doubles teams and two singles players to the semifinals at Friday’s Niles West Sectional. All players reaching the semifinals qualify for the state finals. Sectional …

May 17 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Friday.

Foul call alters New Trier’s fortunes in loss

LINCOLNSHIRE — New Trier got the rematch it wanted in the quarterfinals of the boys water polo state tournament.

On April 20, the Trevians lost by 10 goals against Naperville North. Almost a month later, they played the Huskies again. Although the score was much …

Speedy Gordon shows skill beyond her years

WINNETKA — Rachel Gordon is too young to get behind the wheel in Illinois, but on the soccer field she was in the driver’s seat for the North Shore Country Day girls soccer team.

Standing perhaps 5 feet tall, Gordon exploded through opposing defenses, ducking …

Mabie serves as the Trevians’ defensive leader

NORTHFIELD — When New Trier’s Dani Kaufman made the varsity girls soccer team as a freshman goalie earlier this year, one of the first people to reach out to her was senior defender Nora Mabie.

“She just made me feel so comfortable,” Kaufman said. “In …

Evanston-Glenbrook South finish one-two at sectional

SKOKIE — A strong meet ended on a bit of a sour note for Glenbrook South at Thursday’s Class 3A Niles West boys track and field sectional.

The Titans had expected to qualify in the 4x400-meter relay, the meet’s final event, and thought they had …

May 16 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Thursday.

Lincoln-Way Central defeats Loyola in state quarterfinal

LINCOLNSHIRE — Last year, Danijela Jackovich left quite an impression at state despite her team’s quarterfinal loss to New Trier.

The Lincoln-Way Central star returned Thursday to Stevenson and far surpassed last year’s four-goal performance.

Jackovich made sure her terrific high school career wouldn’t end …

Girls track & field state preview: Weekend may test Ackerman’s injury

WILMETTE — Courtney Ackerman said she isn’t sure what will happen later this week when she might have to run on consecutive days for the first time in about a month.

Bothered by an upper-leg injury since late April, the New Trier senior willed her …

Stevens perseveres through the pain

Sports can be a finicky business.

One moment can quite literally change everything for a young athlete.

Jill Stevens is in her third year as a starter for the Loyola girls soccer team. Her performance has been fairly remarkable. Coach Craig Snower said that over …