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Every year, sports fans are consumed with March Madness and the thrill of the upsets that make—or break—their brackets. Television commentator Brent Musburger wedded the NCAA tournament with the moniker during the 1982 men's edition, describing upsets with a phrase used for Illinois' state high school basketball tournament. It stuck, and now, every year, amateur bracketologists try to predict which teams will author Cinderella stories by taking down the big programs in the...
Hinsdale Central's 2024 spring sports action continues this week with a look at the perennially competitive girls badminton squad and the reloading boys gymnastics and volleyball programs. Last week's opener in our four-part season preview series featured girls and boys track, and boys and girls water polo. Next week swings into baseball, softball and boys tennis. Girls badminton First match: March 12 @ LT Quad (V places XX) Last year: conference & sectional champion, 6th at...
With the Red Devil boys and girls track teams competing indoors and other teams facing their first opponents this month, it's time for our annual look at the spring sports season at Hinsdale Central. Spring is the busiest season at Central, with 13 teams competing. Four are highlighted in this, the first of a four-part series. Next week: girls badminton, boys gymnastics and boys volleyball. Boys track First meet: Feb. 9 indoor, April 4 outdoor Last year: fourth at state Head...
Hinsdale Central's Kyle Ashby executes a maneuver on the horizontal bar Friday as the boys gymnastics team hosted the Red Devil Wanner Invite. The Devils placed fourth overall in the season-opening competition. (photo by Steve Johnston for The Hinsdalean)...
Luke Jurack Hinsdale What are you looking forward to in your senior baseball season? A lot more people will be looking up to me now for guidance. It will definitely be a change of pace. It's pretty good to be in this role now and help shape the team and win some games. How have you grown as a player? I was more focused on myself and my recruiting process as a freshman. Now I put the team first and just try to help the team out in any way possible. When do feel the greatest rew...
Gymnastics, boys March 1 vs. Wanner Invite V places 4th with 114.15 points Floor exercise Cihlar, 10th, 8.1 Theotikos, 11th, 7.7 McDaniel, 14th, 6 Pommel horse Theotikos, 3rd, 8.8 Cihlar, 12th, 4.8 Ashby, 14th, 2.6 Still rings Cihlar, 10th, 7.15 Ashby, 14th, 6 Theotikos, 15th, 5.2 Vault Theotikos, 11th, 6.8 Ravanasa, 12th, 6.7 Cihlar, 15th, 5 Parallel bars Theotikos, 6th, 7.8 Cihlar, 7th, 7.5 Ashby, 15th, 5.7 Horizontal bar Cihlar, 2nd, 8.7 Theotikos, 12th, 5.3 Ashby, 14th, 4.3 All-around Theotikos, 8th, 41.6 Cihlar, 9th,...
Leave no doubt. That was the mantra driving the Hinsdale Central boys varsity swim and dive team into last weekend's IHSA state final. The Red Devils, the defending state champions and a prohibitive favorite to repeat, were not interested in coasting on their substantial laurels. "The pressure was on," said head coach Bob Barber. "The expectation was that we would win and that we'd have the ability to win by a lot." Any doubt was submerged as the Red Devils unleashed their...
Hinsdale Central's Kasra Mikaili tries to maintain an edge on his St. Ignatius counterpart during a relay race while track and field teammate Jeffrey Collier follows through on his shot put hurl at the Red Devil Invite Feb. 16 (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Mark Ortiz Clarendon Hills How did you get involved in track? I did shot put for a little bit and discus in middle school before COVID, and then I had to stop because of COVID. My freshman year of high school, I didn't do it because we had football during the spring, also because of COVID. After that, I remembered I liked it a lot, so I started up my sophomore year and I've done it ever since. How do you train? I throw just about every day and then after throwing the first...
Swimming, boys Feb. 23 & 24 @ IHSA state championships V places 1st with 337.5 points 200-yard medley relay Bey, M. Vatev, Hou, Marcet, 1st, 1:29.13 200-yard freestyle Harris, 3rd, 1:37.54 L. Vatev, 8th, 1:39.28 200-yard IM Bey, 1st, 1:44.89 Hou, 2nd, 1:45.75 50-yard freestyle Bertulis, 7th, 20.64 Marcet, 14th (tie), 21.08 1-meter diving Brown, 20th, 300.6 100-yard butterfly Hou, 2nd, 47.45 Guo, 4th, 47.94 100-yard freestyle Harris, 7th, 45.48 Bertulis, 8th, 45.54 500-yard freestyle L. Vatev, 4th, 4:27.9 Pelinkovic, 11th,...
After placing fifth at IHSA state meet his sophomore and junior years, Hinsdale Central senior Marko Ivanisevic ended his high school wrestling career one spot away from the top of the podium. "I think he did great," coach Jason Hayes. "I think he did an awesome job, an amazing performance. The state tournament is a very tough tournament, and he wrestled a good tournament." Ivanisevic had hoped to earn a state title. "Obviously, it didn't end the way I wanted it to, but it...
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Members of the Hinsdale Central varsity boys swim and dive team will compete at the IHSA state final meet Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and 24, at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. Representing Red Devil Nation are seniors Nojus Bertulis (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle), Zack Brown (1-meter diving), Nate Harris (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle), Jeffrey Hou (100-yard butterfly, 200-yard IM, 200-yard medley relay) and Brody Marcet (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard medley relay); juniors Frankie...
Basketball, girls Feb. 15 @ IHSA regional vs. Nazareth (final) V loses 35-70 Hockey Feb. 15 @ Deerfield V loses 0-6 Swimming, boys Feb. 17 @ IHSA sectional V places 1st with 348 points 200-yard medley relay Bey, M. Vatev, Hou, Marcet, 1st, 1:30.54 200-yard freestyle L. Vatev, 1st, 1:39.46 Harris, 2nd, 1:40.7 200-yard IM Hou, 1st, 1:47.82 Bey, 2nd, 1:50.64 50-yard freestyle Bertulis, 1st, 20.74 Marcet, 2nd, 21.17 1-meter diving Brown, 3rd, 447.35 100-yard butterfly Hou, 1st, 48.08 Guo, 2nd, 49.68 100-yard freestyle Bertulis,...
Anna Gruvberger's Cornell University swim career got off to an inauspicious start. No start, actually, as the pandemic washed away her entire 2020-21 freshman season. So the Hinsdale product and her fellow first-year team members did the next best thing: they signed up for freshman swim class. "They allowed the pool to be used for gym classes but not for the swim team. They let us use some special lanes, and we just had a lot of fun with each other," Gruvberger said. Having...
Two Hinsdale Central athletes will represent Red Devil Nation at IHSA state final events this weekend. Senior gymnast Hazel Hamelka will compete in the vault at the girls gymnastics state tournament Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17, at Palatine High School. Senior wrestler Marko Ivanisevic will compete in the 285-pound weight class at the boys wrestling individual state tournament Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 15-17, at the State Farm Center on the campus of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Good luck...
Basketball, boys Feb. 13 @ Glenbard West V wins 52-47 Feb. 10 @ LT V loses 52-57 Feb. 9 @ Proviso West V wins 63-40 Buzelis, 17 points, 7 rebounds, assist, 2 steals Daniel Orozco, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, steal Reddy, 10 points, rebound Dillon Orozco, 9 points, rebound, 2 assists Thick, 8 points, 4 rebounds, assist, block Kozys, 5 points, rebound, assist, steal Nordby, 3 points Bilenko, 2 points, rebound, assist Pohlenz, 2 points Dell, point, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals Kusak, 3 rebounds, assist Deftos, 3...
ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGE PLAY The Hinsdale Central Athletic Department hosted and College Signing and Recognition Day event Feb. 7. The following athletes were recognized. • Burley Bokos, swimming, University of Tampa • Zari Dorris, track and field, University of Wisconsin — Whitewater • Alexander Hernandez, lacrosse, Carthage College • Adriana Hodneland, track and field, Washington and Lee University • Marko Ivanisevic, wrestling, University of Illinois • Emma Quast, volleyball, Washington University in St. Louis • Siena...
Nate Harris Willowbrook What's the mood as the team enters the postseason? Definitely a lot more excitement. We've really started swimming a lot faster and doing a lot more sprinting and fast-paced work rather than yardage. It helps boost our morale. When did you start swimming competitively? I joined a summer team at a really young age, maybe 5 or 6. My older brother was doing it so I kind of just followed in his footsteps. I just stuck with it through all these years. What...
Hinsdale Central teammates and juniors Noah Pelinkovic (top) and Ronan Byrne go head to head in the junior varsity 200-yard freestyle race, while senior swimmer Nojus Bertulis competes in the finals of the varsity edition of the 200 free at the WSC Silver Conference Meet Feb. 1 at York High School. The Red Devils varsity squad captured first-place honors. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Basketball, boys Feb. 6 @ Prospect V loses 51-57 Feb. 3 vs. Proviso West V wins 90-66 Daniel Orozco, 20 points, rebound, 3 assists Buzelis, 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists Thick, 13 points, 5 rebounds, block Dillon Orozco, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists Howell, 8 points, 4 rebounds, assist Kozys, 7 points, 2 steals Stach, 4 points, 2 rebounds Dell, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, block Reddy, 3 points Bilenko, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists Deftos, 2 points, rebound, 2 assists, steal Banks, 2 points Kusak, 5 rebounds, 7...
Jim Zajicek isn't too invested in who wins the Super Bowl on Sunday, since his nephew Brian Allen won't be on the field. "If the Rams aren't playing, I don't really care," he said. Zajicek watched his nephew and the L.A. Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., in Super Bowl LVI two years ago. Allen, a Hinsdale native and Hinsdale Central graduate, is the team's center. "I was there with my older boy, Luke. It was awesome," Zajicek said....
Basketball, boys Jan. 27 @ Lincoln-Way West Shoot Out vs. Minooka V wins 63-56 Buzelis, 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, block Howell, 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals Kozys, 9 points, 2 rebounds, steal Daniel Orozco, 7 points, rebound, steal Dell, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, steal Reddy, 5 points, steal Thick, 4 points, 3 rebounds Deftos, 3 points, 3 steals, 2 assists Kusak, assist, 3 steals Dillon Orozco, rebound, assist Jan. 26 @ York V loses 53-56 Basketball, girls Jan. 30 vs. R-B V loses 48-63 Gin, 12...
Sofia Arain Oak Brook How did you get interested in wrestling? I've always liked fast-acting and kind of combative sports. I've done soccer for years. When I heard the girls were going out for wrestling last year, I thought, "Why not me?" and I ended up falling in love with it. What is it like being in a new sport? It's hard and sometimes you don't have a lot to go on. Last year there were no regionals, there were only sectionals. This year regionals was wonderful. There were...
TWO HOOPSTERS IN HALL OF FAME Two of the most successful boys and girls basketball players in Hinsdale Central history have been announced as members of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association on Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Brian Wardle and Toni Kokenis will join the IBCA Hall of Fame in a May ceremony. Wardle, a three-time All-West Suburban Conference basketball player, led Hinsdale Central to two straight Elite Eight appearances in the state finals in 1996 and 1997. Over that period, Wardle captained and led Red Devils...
