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New Trier wins another barnburner
Updated Mar 3, 2023 11:22 PM
It was a shame that after great games in Northfield only one team could advance, but gritty No. 1 seed New Trier earned it with a 47-46 victory over Glenbrook North.
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Glenbrook North's Sam Lappin (4) gets fouled as he is met by Rolling Meadows defenders including Tsvet Sotirov, left, Foster Ogbonna, middle and Jack Duffer during the Class 4A New Trier sectional semifinal in Northfield Wednesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North nips Rolling Meadows in final seconds
Updated Mar 2, 2023 8:20 AM
Owen Giannoulias, Glenbrook North's junior guard, almost wore a pair of goat horns at the Class 4A New Trier sectional semifinal Wednesday.
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New Trier’s Jake Fiegen, right, shoots as Glenbrook North’s Ryan Cohen defends Friday in Northfield. Fiegen was honored before Friday’s game for scoring 1,000 points in his high school basketball career.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
New Trier tops Glenbrook North in CSL South rematch to win conference title
Updated Feb 15, 2023 1:09 PM
Jake Fiegen and Co. register a 50-33 victory over Glenbrook North to win the outright title of the Central Suburban League South.
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Glenbrook North edges Rolling Meadows behind Lappin’s career night
Updated Feb 7, 2023 9:42 PM
Glenbrook North’s Sam Lappin made sure his Spartans were able to lap Rolling Meadows.
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Glenbrook North’s Owen Giannoulias, left, drives to the basket against Glenbrook South’s Josh Wolf during Tuesday’s game in Northbrook.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North’s scoring run holds off rally by Glenbrook South
Updated Feb 3, 2023 3:26 PM
Fridman scores 28, Cohen 19 in Glenbrook North’s senior night boys basketball victory Tuesday over Glenbrook South.
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Part of a pregame ritual, Glenbrook North’s Ryan Cohen, upper left, slides into a circle formed by his teammates prior to the Jan. 6 game at Glenbrook South.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North tradition: When taking a dive is a good thing
Updated Jan 25, 2023 11:58 AM
Senior guard Ryan Cohen continues Glenbrook North’s unique pregame boys basketball tradition.
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Glenbrook North’s Ryan Cohen, right, grabs a rebound in front of New Trier’s Logan Feller during Friday’s game in Northbrook.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North turns the tables on New Trier in 53-44 win
Updated Jan 24, 2023 8:51 AM
Pulling even with New Trier in the Central Suburban League South boys basketball standings, Glenbrook North also earned a personal triumph for Ryan Cohen. “That’s the first time in my high school career beating New Trier,” the senior guard said after the Spartans’ 53-44 victory Jan. 20 in Northbrook.
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Fremd’s Mark Braun drives to the basket around Glenbrook North’s Patrick Schaller (44) during Monday’s boys basketball game in Lake Villa.
Paul Valade | Staff
Glenbrook North rallies from 13 down, beats Fremd
Updated Jan 17, 2023 8:44 AM
Glenbrook North turned the tables on Fremd Monday in the title game of the MLK tournament at Lakes in Lake Villa.
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Glenbrook South’s Gaven Marr, middle, is greeted by teammates R.J. Davis Jr., right, and Nate Kasher following a late-game substitution during Friday’s 63-48 victory over Glenbrook North.
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Glenbrook South pushes through pressure to hand Glenbrook North its first CSL South loss
Updated Jan 10, 2023 8:51 AM
Marr, Davis lead four in double figures for Glenbrook South’s boys basketball in win over Glenbrook North.
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Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com Libertyville's Will Buchert (5) celebrates a basket and a foould against Glenbrook North during the championship game of the Wheeling Hardwood Classic boys basketball tournament Friday.
Libertyville knocks off unbeaten Glenbrook North to win Wheeling Classic
Updated Jan 2, 2023 4:01 PM
A year ago, Libertyville coach Bryan Zyrkowski was home with COVID watching his team play on TV at the Hardwood Classic tournament in Wheeling as they finished third.
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Glenbrook North stays perfect after close call with Fremd
Updated Dec 29, 2022 10:25 PM
Glenbrook North was looking to get back to the championship game for the second consecutive year at the 44th annual Hardwood Classic in Wheeling. But the Spartans needed to survive a Fremd team that refused to give in.
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Glenbrook North’s Ryan Cohen makes an outlet pass after stealing the ball from Prospect’s Jake Parisi during Tuesday’s game in Northbrook.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North gives Prospect lots to handle
Updated Dec 21, 2022 11:32 AM
Unbeaten Glenbrook North boys basketball team tops Prospect 71-51 in nonconference game in Northbrook
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Glenbrook North routs Maine East to stay unbeaten
Updated Dec 17, 2022 11:06 PM
Glenbrook North center Patrick Schaller and guard Josh Fridman, both juniors, gave visiting Maine East a 1-2 punch Saturday afternoon in Northbrook.
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Glenbrook North’s Patrick Schaller makes a strong move to the basket during Thursday’s game against Evanston.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Battle of unbeatens: Glenbrook North aces early test against Evanston
Updated Dec 13, 2022 1:00 PM
The unbeaten Spartans dealt Evanston its first loss of the season, 71-59, in Central Suburban League South play Dec. 8 in Northbrook.
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After coaching for many years at Maine West High School, where he had a tremendous eight-year run — the best in the school’s history — Jim Sullivan finally stepped away from coaching. Or so he thought.
Courtesy of Jim Sullivan
Coach: Just don’t call Jim Sullivan ‘the old man on the end of the bench’
Updated Nov 29, 2022 12:04 PM
Coach Jim Sullivan has been there and done that in the Chicago suburban high school basketball scene for many years now. But just about every time he thinks maybe it’s time to step away and take some time off, something or somebody keeps calling him back.
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Glenbrook South’s RJ Davis, left, pictured challenging a shot against Evanston in last season’s sectional, is one of the key players back for the Titans.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Boys basketball: Scouting the Central Suburban League
Updated Nov 21, 2022 2:38 PM
Here’s a look at what to expect this winter for the Central Suburban League boys basketball teams.
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Members of the New Trier boys basketball team pose with their Class 4A third place trophy after defeating Downers Grove North 53-34 in the Class 4A state third place game on Friday, March 10, 2023 at the State Farm Center in Champaign.
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New Trier boys basketball third in Class 4A
Updated Mar 15, 2023 12:13 PM
New Trier’s boys basketball team placed third in Class 4A with a 53-34 victory over Downers Grove North on March 10 in Champaign.
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Members of the Downers Grove boys basketball team pose with their Class 4A fourth place trophy after loosing to New Trier the Class 4A state third place game on Friday, March 10, 2023 at the State Farm Center in Champaign.
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Downers Grove North savors its ride to fourth place state finish
Updated Mar 11, 2023 6:11 AM
Jim Thomas gathered his Downers Grove North players around for one last huddle as they waited to get their state medals with a simple message.
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Benet Academy’s Sam Driscoll celebrates the RedWings’ win over New Trier Friday March 10, 2023 during the 4A IHSA Boys Basketball semifinals.
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Benet overcomes Kunka injury, advances to state championship game
Updated Mar 10, 2023 8:55 PM
Gene Heidkamp broke down in tears in the middle of his press conference Friday. It’s a sight not typically associated with a winning coach.
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Libertyville’s Jack Huber, left, and Kaj Sorensen react near the end of the loss to New Trier in the Class 4A Hoffman Estates supersectional Monady at Now Arena.
John Starks | Staff
New Trier knocks off Libertyville to earn state berth
Updated Mar 6, 2023 10:30 PM
Libertyville’s special season came to end Monday night.
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New Trier wins another barnburner
Updated Mar 3, 2023 11:22 PM
It was a shame that after great games in Northfield only one team could advance, but gritty No. 1 seed New Trier earned it with a 47-46 victory over Glenbrook North.
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Glenbrook North's Sam Lappin (4) gets fouled as he is met by Rolling Meadows defenders including Tsvet Sotirov, left, Foster Ogbonna, middle and Jack Duffer during the Class 4A New Trier sectional semifinal in Northfield Wednesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North nips Rolling Meadows in final seconds
Updated Mar 2, 2023 8:20 AM
Owen Giannoulias, Glenbrook North's junior guard, almost wore a pair of goat horns at the Class 4A New Trier sectional semifinal Wednesday.
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New Trier players react to the Trevians' 42-40 victory over Glenbrook South during the Class 4A boys basketball New Trier sectional semifinal in Northfield Tuesday. Evan Kanellos, top, scored the game-winning basket on a buzzer-beater.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Kanellos, New Trier stun Glenbrook South at buzzer
Updated Mar 1, 2023 11:11 AM
Evan Kanellos was not letting that basketball go. The ball he won the game with.
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New Trier’s Jake Fiegen, right, shoots as Glenbrook North’s Ryan Cohen defends Friday in Northfield. Fiegen was honored before Friday’s game for scoring 1,000 points in his high school basketball career.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
New Trier tops Glenbrook North in CSL South rematch to win conference title
Updated Feb 15, 2023 1:09 PM
Jake Fiegen and Co. register a 50-33 victory over Glenbrook North to win the outright title of the Central Suburban League South.
full story »
Glenbrook North edges Rolling Meadows behind Lappin’s career night
Updated Feb 7, 2023 9:42 PM
Glenbrook North’s Sam Lappin made sure his Spartans were able to lap Rolling Meadows.
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Glenbrook North’s Owen Giannoulias, left, drives to the basket against Glenbrook South’s Josh Wolf during Tuesday’s game in Northbrook.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook North’s scoring run holds off rally by Glenbrook South
Updated Feb 3, 2023 3:26 PM
Fridman scores 28, Cohen 19 in Glenbrook North’s senior night boys basketball victory Tuesday over Glenbrook South.
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Address: 2300 Shermer Rd.
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Phone:847-272-6400
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