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Girls Gymnastics
South claims top spot at sectional
22nd century media file photo
1st-and-3
STARS OF THE WEEK
1. Hannah Hartley
(above). The
Glenbrook South
gymnast earned
a second-place
all-around
performance,
including placing
first in parallel
bars and vault,
at the Stevenson
Sectional on Feb. 6
in Lincolnshire.
2. Ethan Bond. The
132-pound GBS
wrestler won his
first match by an
overtime decision
at the Barrington
Class 3A Sectional
on Saturday, Feb.
11.
3. Jenna Hartley. The
freshman gymnast
placed fourth in
all-round at the
sectional meet on
Feb. 6. She will
compete at state
with the rest of
the Titans this
weekend.
Hannah , Jenna
Hartley finish 1, 2
in all-around
NEIL MILBERT
Freelance Reporter
The Hartley sisters
made the difference, enabling
Glenbrook South to
defeat New Trier by a margin
of .175 and capture the
sectional championship on
Feb. 6 at Stevenson.
The Titans finished the
meet with 145.45 points,
the Trevians had 145.275
and third-place Carmel totalled
144.8.
Carmel senior Samantha
Lococo was the allaround
champion with a
score of 37.525, followed
by GBS senior Hannah
Hartley (37.4), New Trier
freshman Avery Faulkner
(37.175), GBS freshman
Jenna Hartley (37.075)
and Mundelein senior Taylor
Shanahan (36.4).
The team winners in the
four sectionals will advance
to the state meet on
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 17-
18, at Palatine.
The scores recorded by
New Trier and Carmel at
Stevenson made them atlarge
qualifiers.
Individuals from nonqualifying
teams who
place in the top five in each
event will also compete in
the state meet.
Glenbrook North competed
in the Stevenson
Sectional but didn’t finish
in the top five as a team
and didn’t have any topfive
finishers in individual
events, so the Spartans’
season ended at the meet
while GBS and New Trier
gymnasts will compete at
state.
“Just do your best,”
GBS coach Steve Gale
told his girls before the
sectional. “That’s all you
can do. You aren’t out to
beat anyone. Don’t worry
about what other teams do.
Do what you can do.”
With the Hartley sisters
showing the way, nobody
did it better than the Titans.
In the parallel bars, Hannah
Hartley finished first
(9.5) and Jenna Hartley
finished third (9.25). In
the vault, Hannah Hartley
was first (9.725) and
Jenna Hartley tied for
fifth (9.35). In the balance
beam, Hannah Hartley tied
for second (9.4) and Jenna
Hartley was fifth (9.275).
In the floor exercise, Jenna
Hartley was third (9.2),
while Hannah Hartley tied
for 15th (8.775).
“I was really proud of
my floor,” Jenna Hartley
said. “This is the best I’ve
done all season. I knew if I
stayed calm it would work
out. I was calmer for this
than I was for the regionals.”
However, Jenna Hartley
gets nervous when her big
sister competes.
“I can’t watch any of her
routines,” she said.
Hannah Hartley said she
was “happy with bars and
vault, upset because of
my fall on floor” and “so
proud” of the way her kid
sister came through under
pressure.
Carmel and New Trier
went into the meet as the
teams to beat. In winning a
dual meet last month, Carmel
posted the top score
in the state this season
(149.55) while the visiting
Trevians recorded the
second-highest score — a
school record 149.3.
New Trier edged second-place
GBS 146.25-
144.725 in the Central
Suburban League South
meet and 143.2-143.7 in a
dual meet at New Trier in
December.
The Trevians won their
regional with 147.175
points while the Titans
took their regional with a
score of 146.4.
“We had a good conference
meet; we had a better
regional; and, considering
the competition, we had
an A-minus sectional,”
Gale said. “All season
long we’ve been working
on getting healthy [for]
this time of year. Now I’ve
got all my girls back, but
some of them have ankles
taped and get heat on their
backs.”
According to coach Jennifer
Pistorius, New Trier
went into the meet with
less than 100 percent preparation
because “Emma
Jane (Rohrer) had back
spasms and didn’t practice
for two days and Avery
was out all week with
stomach flu and could only
practice on Saturday (Feb.
4).”
“We tried to do what
we’ve been doing and
keep everything rolling,”
Pistorius said. “We certainly
have the talent, but
we had some bumps along
the way, some extremely
uncharacteristic falls.”
En route to finishing
third in all-around,
Faulkner was second in
floor exercise (9.5), tied
Hannah Hartley for second
in balance beam (9.4),
was fourth in vault (9.375)
and tied for 12th in parallel
bars (8.9).
“I tried my best,” the
freshman said. “Floor
went really well but I was
proudest of my beam.”
Faulkner’s junior teammate,
Rohrer, just missed
securing the fifth spot in
all-around — her sixthplace
score of 36.2 was
only .2 shy of Shanahan’s
score. GBS junior Bebe
Harmaras came in seventh
in the event (35.975),
followed by New Trier
freshman Maeve Murdock
(35.975).
Rohrer was second in
parallel bars (9.35) and
tied for fifth in the vault
(9.35) while Murdock was
fourth in the balance beam
(9.375).
Although Glenbrook
North won’t be represented
in the state tournament,
the injury-plagued
Spartans had a successful
season, finishing second
in the regional at GBS and
also at the Central Suburban
League North meet.
“I love my team,” GBN
coach Julie Holmbeck
said. “I cannot say enough
about what exceptional
young ladies they are.
They’ve jelled so well together;
they’re the most
close-knit group I’ve had.
I’m disappointed for (senior)
Alex Michalak. She
made it to state as a sophomore
(finishing 20th on the
beam).”
Because of a knee injury,
Michalak was sidelined
for segments of the season
and at the sectional she
didn’t compete in the floor
exercise and the vault. Her
vault score of 8.9 tied her
for 12th with Faulkner and
in the beam she finished
19th (8.45).
The best all-around performer
for the Spartans
was junior Kelly Lazar
in 14th place (34.2). Her
best event was the vault,
in which she tied for ninth
(9.3). Fellow junior Brittany
Ulrich was eighth in
the parallel bars (9.025).
Holmbeck also made
a point of praising Katie
Brownlee, who along with
Michalak was one of only
two seniors on the team.
Listen Up
“Don’t worry about the other teams. Do what
you can do. ”
Steve Gale— The Glenbrook South gymnastics coach on the
Titans’ mentality at the sectional.
tunE in
What to watch this week
BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING: The Titans will
compete at the sectional.
• GBS will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Index
35 - Coach Talk
34 - Athlete of the Week
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