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| SATURDAY JUNE 18 | SUNDAY JUNE 19 2016
THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
SPORTS
DIAMOND KINGS North Shore Weekend selects 2015-16 All-Area Baseball Team
Player of the Year: Cal Coughlin (Lake Forest High School, Sr.)
Sr.) P: Will Jamieson (NT, Sr.) P: Dan Jenkins (GBS, Sr.)
Pitcher of the Year: Ben Brecht (New Trier High School, Sr.)
FOURTH TEAM 1B: Drew Golde (Lake Forest, So.) 2B: Will McNulty (New Trier, Jr.) 3B: Sam Gordon (GBN, Sr.) SS: Noah Shutan (HP, So.) OF: Jordan Libman (GBS, Sr.) OF: Eric Nicholas (NT, Jr.) OF: Aidan Doyal (Lake Forest Academy, Sr.) C: Brian Vance (Loyola, Jr.) P: Jack French (NT, Jr.) P: KK Kopley (GBS, Sr.)
Rookie of the Year: Caleb Durbin (Lake Forest, So.) Newcomer of the Year: Tommy Gertner (Glenbrook North, Jr.) FIRST TEAM 1B: Matt Kann (New Trier, Jr.) 2B: Noah Taffel (Glenbrook North, Sr.) 3B: Cal Coughlin (Lake Forest, Sr.) SS: Kevin Donahue (New Trier, Jr.) OF: Brad Czerniejewski (Lake Forest, Jr.) OF: Liam McKeough (Loyola Academy, Sr.) OF: Justin Mills (Highland Park, Sr.) C: Billy Loggarakis (Glenbrook South, Sr.) P: Ben Brecht (New Trier, Sr.) P: Tommy Gertner (Glenbrook North, Jr.) P: Michael Oh (Glenbrook North, Sr.) DH: Ryan Acri (New Trier, Sr.) SECOND TEAM 1B: Jordan Kaplan (GBN, Sr.) 2B: Jonathan Salm (Lake Forest, Jr.) 3B: Dylan McGuire (New Trier, Sr.) SS: Ryan Peistrup-Lin (Loyola, Jr.) OF: Andrew Bartholow (Loyola, Jr.) OF: Jordan Mendiola (Highland Park, Sr.) OF: Andrew Kaczmarek (GBS, Sr.) C: Dylan Horvitz (New Trier, Jr.) P: Kevin Knapp (Loyola, Sr.) P: Matthew Peterson (LF, Sr.) THIRD TEAM 1B: Jack Szafranski (GBS, Sr.) 2B: Jack Lombardi (Loyola, Sr.) 3B: Thomas Smart (Loyola, Sr.) SS: Caleb Durbin (Lake Forest, So.) OF: Jack Anderson (GBS, So) OF: Mitch Schermerhorn (GBN, Sr.) OF: Jimmy Karfis (GBN, So.) C: Jake Durburg (Lake Forest,
EDITOR AWARDS Best two-way player: Lake Forest’s Cal Coughlin (batted .426 with 25 RBIs; 2.18 ERA with 93 Ks in 61 IP) Best left-hander: New Trier’s Ben Brecht (10-0 in 12 starts, 0.55 ERA, 97 Ks in 63 IP) Best right-hander: Glenbrook North’s Michael Oh (8-0 in 8 starts, 0.57 ERA, 73 Ks in 48.2 IP) Best out of the bullpen: New Trier junior RH Jack Falk (8 saves)
New Trier’s Ben Brecht. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.
Toughest out: GBS’s Billy Loggarakis (struck out 2 times in 113 plate appearances) Best gap hitter: New Trier’s Matt Kann (.351 BA, 12 doubles, 32 RBIs) Best power swing: New Trier’s Dylan Horvitz (4 HRs, 32 RBIs) Best on the base paths: Lake Forest’s Caleb Durbin (20 steals, 30 runs) Best double play combination: Loyola’s Ryan Peistrup-Lin (SS) and Jack Lombardi (2B) Best defensive infielder: New Trier shortstop Kevin Donahue Best defensive outfielder: Loyola centerfielder Liam McKeough Player with best upside: Lake Forest’s Brad Czerniejewski (hit .423 BA with 23 RBIs, 21 runs, 8 steals)
Lake Forest’s Cal Coughlin. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.