Lake Division powers dominate

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November 5, 2009

NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT

Lake Zurich and Lake Forest were the last two North Suburban Conference teams standing in this year's IHSA boys soccer tournament.

So, it was fitting that the Bears and Scouts each had six players named to the North Suburban All-Conference Team that was announced recently. Stevenson, which tied Lake Zurich for first place in the NSC Lake Division title this year, also had six players honored.

Each of the 14 schools in the league had at least one player selected, and the 50-man roster included 38 seniors, 11 juniors and sophomore Jaroli Rubio of Round Lake.

Lake Zurich is still playing in the Class 4A state tourney. The Bears (20-4) will face Edwardsville (18-3-4) in the Final Four semifinals on Friday night at North Central College in Naperville.

NORTH SUBURBAN ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

FIRST-TEAM PICKS

Lake Division Schools (30 picks)

� Lake Forest -- Harry Shipp, Nicholas Grube, Noah Wagemann, Charles Roberts, Kurtis Teskoski & Alex Wetterman.

� Lake Zurich -- Nick Janus, Eric Pothast, Tim Kreutz, Matt Hussey, John Jordan & Brett Harper.

� Libertyville -- Tim Grozier, Kevin Fanning & Andrei Alvarez.

� Mundelein -- Robbie Munnings & Javier Ramirez.

� Stevenson -- Steve Johnson, Gordon Gurson, Shawn Singh, Alex Nadelman, Greg Golovan & Yonda Aborunrin.

� Warren -- Thiago Ganancio, Ruben Gaytan & Brandon Brown.

� Zion-Benton -- Juan Bermudez, Arturo Martinez, Ryan Johnson & Felipe Cortez.

Prairie Division Schools (20 picks)

� Antioch -- Robert Nogle, Oscar Segura, Andre Sippy & Alex Grimm.

� Grant -- Shane Hunter & Tim Burns.

� Lakes -- Ben Goforth, Steve Korosis, William Lebavitz, Shane Peter & Mitchell Post.

� North Chicago -- Jose Nicto.

� Round Lake -- Gilberto Alfaro, Jaroli Rubio, Eduardo Sanchez, Alex Murua Charlie Salgado.

� Vernon Hills -- Kyle Miller.

� Wauconda -- Trevor Stellweg & Jesue Rodriguez.

HONORABLE MENTION

� NSC Lake Schools -- Cameron Offer (Lake Forest); Jack Rathe & Colin Rathe (Lake Zurich); Andrew Bitta (Libertyville); Daniel Marcos (Mundelein); Justin Georg & Ricky Lekalch (Stevenson); Michal Szczepanek, Michael Hanachek & Brady Walsh (Warren); Sean Avila & Andy Sandine (Zion-Benton).

� NSC Prairie Schools -- Juan Perez (Antioch); Jack Kramer & Franceler France (Grant); Joel DeGrave & Nate McMahon (Lakes); Hugo Tapia & Roger Rodriguez (North Chicago); Emmanuel Salgado, Junior Tovar & Abraham Valadez (Round Lake); Brandon Goldstein & Spencer Raak (Vernon Hills); Mike Mantas (Wauconda).