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ILLINOIS WATER POLO
2005 SEASON
First Quarter Awards
March 24, 2005
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The first two weeks of the season are complete, and it gives us a chance to recognize some teams, coaches, and players for their accomplishments coming out of the gate:
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Surprise team
BOYS - Lyons Township (11-0)
GIRLS - Rolling Meadows (7-2)
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Most underrated team
BOYS - Lincoln-Way East (8-2)
GIRLS - Northside Prep (5-1)
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Best coaching performance
BOYS - Bill Mulcrone (Brother Rice); Doug Eichstaedt (Lyons); Tim Daniel (Lincoln-Way East)
GIRLS - Jeff Plackett (Naperville Central)
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Biggest upsets
BOYS - Fremd over Naperville North
GIRLS - Libertyville over Loyola
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Best games
BOYS - Rice over Fenwick I; Rice over Fenwick II; OPRF over Nap Central; Nap Central over Waubonsie
GIRLS - St Ignatius over St Viator
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Most valuable players (based on performance SO FAR this season)
BOYS
1 Mark DiCola (Brother Rice)
1 Nick Velasquez (Brother Rice)
3 Mark Melnyk (Fenwick)
GIRLS
1 Farren Rixter (Fenwick)
2 Terri Bukofzer (Stevenson)
ILLPOLO's TAKE
2005 Boys Season
Brother Rice has beaten Fenwick twice so far, making them the clear #1 team for the time being.
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Fenwick has had no problems with any team but Brother Rice, giving them claim to the #2 spot.
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After that, the rest of the teams have been up-and-down, with the exception of undefeated Lyons Township. Here are the teams' current resumes:
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Evanston has quality wins over Mundelein, LWE, Sandburg and Loyola; they have also lost to St Pats and Lyons.
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Mundelein has a key win over rival Stevenson, winning the Lake County Invite, but they have losses to Evanston and New Trier.
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Lyons has beaten Oak Park and Evanston; they remain undefeated after winning the Hinsdale Central Tourney.
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Naperville Central has two wins over Waubonsie, plus wins over LWE, New Trier, Neuqua, and Sandburg. Their two losses came to Brother Rice and Oak Park.
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St Pats has knocked off Evanston and St Rita, but they also have losses to LWE, Fenwick, and Brother Rice.
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LWE defeated Sandburg, Oak Park and St Pats, but lost to Naperville Central and Evanston.
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New Trier beat Stevenson, Loyola, and Mundelein; they have losses to Naperville Central and Waubonsie..
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Sandburg beat Oak Park, but has losses to LWE, Naperville Central, Evanston, and Brother Rice.
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Best tandem
BOYS - DiCola/Velasquez (Brother Rice); Melnyk/Calderon (Fenwick); Bell/Lambka (Naperville Central) Williams/Mitchell (Oak Park)
GIRLS - Rixter/Baldwin (Fenwick); Srutowski/Cody (Sandburg); Peterson/Thatcher (Flossmoor); Bukofzer/Michelau (Stevenson)
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Most underrated players
BOYS - John Kryzminski (Sandburg); Scott Nemecek (Lyons); Mike Blatter (Prospect/Wheeling); Sean Dunagan (Flossmoor)
GIRLS - Jesse Shopiro (Stevenson); Kaitlin Kysiak (Fenwick); Allie Hamm (New Trier)
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Emerging players
BOYS - Jon'nathan Weatherford (Morgan Park); Sean Mitchell (Oak Park); Lavon Robinson (Flossmoor)
GIRLS - Lily Gonzalez (Mother McAuley); Heather Croix (Bradley); Laurel McCarthy (Fenwick)
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Surprise players
BOYS - George Deckinga (Sandburg); Brett Krahn (Conant); Jason Ament (Lincoln-Way East)
GIRLS - Megan Barry (St Viator);Nicole Coton (Libertyville); Emily Hatz (York); Siobhan Larsen (Mundelein)
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Undefeated goalies
BOYS - Joe Frantz (Brother Rice); Derrick Brace (Lyons)
GIRLS - Laurel McCarthy (Fenwick); Brittany Walk (Naperville Central); Stephanie Lassen (Flossmoor); Jessica Flor/Kiersten Kranberg (Stevenson)
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Best rookies
BOYS - Danny Lejeune (Libertyville); Ricky Lukacs (Mundelein)
GIRLS - Kara Wilson (Naperville Central), Laura Perez (Mother McAuley)
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