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Sports CMA Varsity Hockey Wins Record 40 Games en Route to State Title Another record almost slipped by unnoticed as the CMA Varsity hockey team claimed its second consecutive Class 5A state title. For the season, Varsity won 40 games, breaking the school record set by the Varsity A/Prep team in 2002-03.
Girls basketball finished with a 14-8 record and the two leading scorers are returning next season. Fleet Gym played host to coaches from Purdue, Northwestern, Ohio State, and other colleges to watch junior Andrijana Cvitkovic (Kraljevica, Croatia), who averaged 14 points per game. Fellow junior Victoria Christlieb (Culver) added nine points per game. CMA basketball faced a rebuilding year after making it to the state finals in Class 3A last season. Freshman Dante Scott (Powder Springs, Ga.) joined the team at mid-year and finished as the leading scorer, averaging 15 points over 10 games. The CGA polo team qualified for the interscholastic polo championship by defeating the Hillside club from Wisconsin, 19-4. CGA was eliminated by Maui, 13-8. The CMA polo team advanced to the regional championship with a 15-12 victory over Houston, before losing to Midland, Texas.
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CGA hockey will be sending several players on to the collegiate ranks, including two players to Division I schools. Meghan Grieves (Cary, N.C.) will attend Boston College and Shawna Lesperance (Belle River, Ontario) will play for the University of Maine. Culver Sports is written and compiled by Jan Garrison
Prep finished 28-15-2 after winning the final three games of the Midwest Prep Invitational. Captain Kyle Plageman (Parma, Ohio) has committed to play at the U.S. Military Academy and Tyler Ledford (Folsom, Calif.) at the Air Force Academy.
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Varsity opened the season with a weekend sweep of Shattuck St. Mary’s and ended up winning five of six games from the Sabres, including winning Shattuck’s Clock Tower Classic. The team also pulled off a first-time weekend sweep of New Trier.
U16 lost in the championship game of the district playoffs in Pittsburgh, finishing with a 30-9-4 record.
Phil Kreuser ’13 sweeps past a defender for the CMA Varsity hockey team at the Class 5A state finals. Varsity won its second consecutive state title by a convincing 6-1 margin over Columbus, setting a school record in the process with its 40th victory of the season.