Sports

Who won this month's titan showdown?

  • Peter Riley (52.0%)
  • John Montesantos (48.0%)

Total Votes: 23

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Era of character: Coach Wolter leaves a legacy

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Peter Riley
Co-Editor in Chief
GBS has existed, flourished, for 62 years. Throughout those years the Titan boys soccer program has retired just one coach until after this year’s season. The second coach to ever lead the varsity boys soccer team, Jim Wolter, is retiring after 28 years in the position.
Junior defender Shawn Michols played under [...]

Tennis team serves up six for state

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Nolan Hart
Asst. Sports Editor
The GBS boys tennis team finished in second place at the CSL South conference meet, falling just one match short to New Trier. Junior Ben Hoogland took second in the singles event, while the doubles team of senior Tommy McNichols and freshman Michael Sellitto won first place in the doubles event. Notre [...]

‘Dream Team’ shaves seconds at Sectionals

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Brian Siegel
Co-Sports Editor
To a runner, dropping nine seconds is an unthinkable feat. For the self proclaimed ‘Dream Team’, nine seconds was all they needed for a trip to Charleston. The 4×800 ‘Dream Team’, made up of juniors Bobby Mette, Tommy Cowhey, Zak Avila and senior Jeff Takaki was previously clocked at roughly 8:12.00, but they [...]

Soph. Chapman reaches new heights as 2009

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Kara Quill
Co-Sports Editor
After the long weekend came to a close, a new state champion walks tall in the halls of GBS. At the State Championships for girls track, sophomore Ellen Chapman raised the bar all the way to 5’8” and jumped for the win.
Chapman started practicing the high jump in 6th [...]

Water polo slips up in State Quarterfinals

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Kelly Brait
Staff Reporter
After a season of rebuilding, and increasing team cohesiveness the boys water polo team finished out their season losing at the state quarterfinal.
To get that far, the Titans overpowered the New Trier Trevians winning 9-6 on May 16. “Our team played the best game of water polo this season,” senior Captain [...]

Stallions of South: Hurdling with Kody

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Kerry Holihan
Staff Reporter
Laden with academic and extracurricular responsibilities, GBS students are hard pressed to find a moment of free time. Nor do these students have much free space in the developed North Shore area.
Despite her schoolwork and role on the varsity soccer team, senior Lisa Snider manages to find both free time and space [...]

Stallions of South: A Chance at horse glory

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Kelly Brait
Staff Reporter
“It was a kid phase that never went away,” junior Tara Garcia said.
Garcia has been proud to call herself an equestrian for eleven years. What started as an affinity for the pony-trail rides on childhood vacations matured into a passion for competitive horseback riding.
Garcia has been showinghorses for about eight years. In [...]

Water polo primed for another top finish

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Brad Lanphere
Staff Reporter
The boys water polo team is ready for yet another run at State, starting the season hot with a record of 20-5 as of Tuesday night*.
Perhaps the biggest of their 20 victories came when they beat conference foe New Trier 11-9 on April 16. The win leaves only Loyola ahead of South in [...]

Titan Showdown:Flashy vs. Fundamental: All athletes need the basic skills in order to compete, but is the flashy style of play

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Peter Riley
Co-Sports Editor
Let’s forget about Mr. Montesantos for a moment and take a look at Michael Jordan.
We can all hearken back to the days of our youth by taking a glance at the movie Space Jam. Jordan’s father walked outside late at night only to find his son practicing. Not only was he practicing, [...]

Boys volleyball struggles to get rolling: Early injury and position changes stunt team’s performance

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Kelly Brait
Staff Reporter
A close loss in three games to New Trier ended last year’s boys volleyball season with a record of 19-17. This year, the Titans hope to improve on both their record and that loss to New Trier, but a slow start has kept them very far from these goals thus far.
Their current record [...]

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