FEATURE ARTICLE

2010 All-Star Game Report

By Aaron Brown

The first-ever All-Star Weekend was a smashing success on Sunday, June 6 at Stevenson High School.

25 boys and 20 girls participated in two thrilling games that were both decided by one goal. Below are the recaps from each competition:

BOYS ALL-STAR GAME

Dan Francisco made two penalty shot saves in a shootout and Jacob Himmel totaled 5 goals to lead the White Team of All-Stars to a 13-12 extra time win over the Black Team of All-Stars on Sunday.

Matt Stelnicki sent the game to overtime for Black with a fourth quarter goal, but Francisco denied his game-tying effort in the ensuing shootout to give his team the win. The Fenwick goalie also made a key stop on a penalty shot by Mundelein's Will Davidson on Black's previous attempt.

Himmel, who scored three straight first quarter goals and also notched a goal during the shootout, was named Co-MVP of the event along with Francisco, who totaled 12 saves in the game.

Tommy Poulos (OPRF) scored 3 goals and AJ Galainena (Latin) scored 2 times in the win for the White Team. Mark Alvarado (St Ignatius), Mike Mulcrone (Brother Rice), and Ryan Stanley (NC) also scored once in the victory.

Mark Menis (NC) led the Black Team with 4 goals, Stelnicki (Brother Rice) and Reilly Shanahan (McHenry) each scored 2 times, and Alex Rembialkowski (Stevenson), Matt Farmer (Fenwick), David Sekula (Lyons), John Osborne (Fenwick) each notched a goal in the loss.

GIRLS ALL-STAR GAME

Abbey Kerth scored two straight goals in the fourth quarter and Emily Tylka allowed only two goals in the second half to lead the White Team All-Stars to an 8-7 win over the Green All-Stars on Sunday.

Kerth totaled 4 goals and Tylka recorded 14 saves and made two penalty shot saves as the duo was named Co-MVP's of the All-Star Game.

The Green All-Stars tried to build a lead in the first half, as they used a 3-0 run to take a 5-4 lead at the break after two goals by Gabi Cabrera (Young) and a score by Fenwick's Stephanie Ovalle.

Tylka, however, stopped two straight penalty shots to keep White within a goal at the half, and they quickly tied the game in the early stages of the third period on Kerth's second goal of the game.

Kirby Kaptur (Lyons) assisted Stevenson's Cheyenne Montijo on goal that broke the 5-5 deadlock, but Alexis Jones (Mundelein) responded with a goal in the final minute of the third quarter to send the game to the final period tied at 6-6.

After four minutes of tough defensive pressure from both teams, Kerth gave the White Team the lead when her outside shot was deflected past Green Team goalie Eb Keeve (WV), then she scored on White's next possession to make the score 8-6 heading into the final minutes of regulation.

Ovalle assisted Cabrera on a goal from two-meters in the final minute of play, but the White Team was able to run the clock out on an 8-7 victory.

Along with Kerth's 4 goals, Danijela Jackovich (LWC) added 2 scores and Cheyenne Montijo (Stevenson), and Maeve O'Connor (Loyola) each scored one time.

Cabrera led the way for the Green All-Stars with 3 scores, while Alexis Jones (Mundelein), Kate Stelnicki (St Ignatius), Rebecca Mathews (H-F), and Stephanie Ovalle (Fenwick) each tallied one goal apiece in the losing effort.