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Monday - March 22, 2004
FIRST QUARTER AWARDS By Illpolo
The first two weeks of the season are complete, and it gives us a chance to recognize some teams, coaches, and players for their accomplishments coming out of the gate:
Surprise team BOYS - Naperville Central (7-0-1) GIRLS - Naperville North (10-0)
Most underrated team BOYS - McHenry (5-4) GIRLS - Lyons Township (4-2)
Best coaching performance BOYS - Tim Caldwell (Homewood-Flossmoor) GIRLS - Jack Wagner (Fenwick)
Biggest upset BOYS - St Ignatius over St Pats GIRLS - Lyons Township over Oak Park
Toughest schedule BOYS - Mundelein (Stevenson x2, Latin, Brother Rice, OPRF, L-Way East, Lake Forest x2) GIRLS - Fenwick (McAuley x2, Stevenson, LT, OPRF, Loyola, Ignatius, NV, Mundelein)
Best games BOYS - Latin over Mundelein in 4 OT, Stevenson over Mundelein in shootout, Fenwick over Rice at Dan Lynch Tourney GIRLS- Fenwick over McAuley in OT, Loyola over Evanston 3-2
Most valuable players BOYS - Chris Parolin (Fenwick), Drew Schneider (McHenry), Eric Olson (Homewood-Flossmoor) GIRLS - Keely Wimer (Stevenson), Liz Perry (Fenwick), Kim Buck (Naperville North), Maggie Hatcher (Evanston)
Best tandem BOYS - Michelau/Lagunov (Stevenson), Bell/Wilson (NC), Schuessler/Peck (Mundelein), Wickes/Jenkins (Latin) GIRLS - Perry/Bonk (Fenwick), Wimer/Bukofzer (Stevenson), Gates/Jaeckel (Mundelein), Cabrera/Perez (McAuley)
Most underrated players BOYS - Justin Licht (Naperville North), Oscar Calderon (Fenwick), Bret Rademaker (Homewood-Flossmoor) GIRLS - Lauren Burel (Lyons Township)
Emerging players BOYS - Mark DiCola (Brother Rice), Kevin Kysiak (Fenwick), Alex Negronida (Evanston), Matt Sweeney (New Trier) GIRLS - Lanier Zimmer (Evanston), Alicia Christensen (Sandburg), Kelly McCann (Naperville North)
Surprise player BOYS - George Renfrew (Stevenson) GIRLS - Liz Dix (Prospect/Wheeling)
Best new coach BOYS - Kurt Johns (Naperville North) GIRLS - Adam Clementi (St Viator)
Best rookies BOYS - Alex Buck (Naperville North) GIRLS - Nora Kennelly (St Ignatius)
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- Naperville North head coach Andy McWhirter could be telling his team they were chosen as the "surprise team" of the 1st quarter of the season. |
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