On Friday night, June 2, 2000, on their home field, the Titan Boys Lacrosse team successfully scaled the state championship summit in just the ninth year for the school’s program. Behind a combined three goals and four assists by the Peterson twins (Ross and Ryan), and the stellar goaltending of Tim Boraca (playing with a cast on his broken arm,) the Titans vanquished the Barrington Broncos 12-8 in the IHSLA State Championship game at John Davis Stadium.  It was the first time in Illinois history that either New Trier, Loyola or Lake Forest did not win the state championship. (Barrington won the state title the following year, followed since by only Loyola and New Trier.)

Sports News from 2009-2010    

  Sports History

2010    From June 22-24, American John Isner and France’s Nicolas Mahut waged the longest tennis match in history at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. After more than 11 hours of play extending over three days, 183 games, and two tiebreakers, Isner prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 70-68.  Ironically, the two were paired against one another in the first round of Wimbledon a year later and Isner won in an unexciting three sets.

Chicago Sports History

Titan Honor Roll from 2009-2010

Kelly Hagerty ’10            All State                Girl’s Swimming

 (Competed in the 50 yard, 100 yard and 200 yard Freestyle events and 800 yard Freestyle Relay for Duke at the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships)

Dominik Cubelic ’10        All State               Boy’s Swimming

(Swam the 4th fastest 100 Backstroke performance in Northwestern history at the Big Ten Championships as a freshman)

Colin Hepburn ’10           All State                Boy’s Track

(Member of winning 4 x 100 M relay team at last week’s Stanford Invitational; already has 7th best 60 M indoor time in Stanford University history)

Jannelle Flaws ’10          All State                Girl’s Soccer

(Her Points Per Minute of play ranked third on this fall’s University of Illinois team that won the Big Ten championship)

Ben Hoogland ’10           All State                 Boy’s Tennis

(Already has 51 combined singles and doubles wins at William & Mary)

Pat Guinane ’10              All State                Boy’s Baseball

(Starting third baseman for Butler Bulldogs when he returns from injury; named Butler’s Newcomer of the Year as freshman and made Horizon League’s All-Newcomer Team; finished freshman season with a .402 batting average)

Kerri Kofod ’10               All State                Girl’s Lacrosse

Michael Hirsch ’10         All State                 Football

(Current member of the Harvard University football team playing tight end)

Annie O’Gara ’10           All State                 Field Hockey

(Student and Football Recruiter at University of Illinois)

Ryan Bach ’11               All State                  Boy’s Swimming

(Contributed a third place showing in the 100 Freestyle as the Boston University men’s team won the American East Conference Championship last month, their first conference title since 2002)

Will Porter ’11                All State               Boy’s Swimming

(Competing in Freestyle and Butterfly for the Colorado School of Mines; part of the 200 Freestyle Relay that set a new school record (1:24.89) at the RMAC Championships)

Ellen Chapman ’11         All State               Girl’s Volleyball

                                       All State               Girl’s Track

(One of the few Titans to be named All State in two different sports; started all 32 games for University of Wisconsin volleyball team her freshman season; named to Big Ten’s All Freshman team)

Thomas Pollick ’12        All State                 Boy’s Swimming

(Member of team that placed second in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay at 2010 IHSA State Championship Meet)

Olivia Smoliga ’13        All State                 Girl’s Swimming

(Has already won four individual state titles and holds three state records)

In May 1983, Titan Jim Blondell won GBS’ first track and field individual state title when he bested the Discus field in the Class AA State Championship Meet.

Sports News from 2007-2008

Sports History

2008     In a huge upset, the New York Giants defeats the  New England in the Super Bowl, 17-14, to deny the Patriots the opportunity to join the Miami Dolphins as the only NFL team in the Super Bowl era to complete their season undefeated.

2008     After leading Memphis to the brink of an NCAA championship, Derek Rose enters the NBA draft early, and despite long odds, becomes the #1 draft pick of the Chicago Bulls.

Titan Honor Roll from 2007-2008

Devin Henderson ’08       All State       Football

(Earned First Team NJCAA Regional IV accolades at Harper College before signing with Eastern Michigan)

Daniela Cubelic ’08          All State         Girl’s Swimming

(At University of Iowa, holds school record in 100 Back, and her best performances in the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Free and 50 Free rank second, third, ninth and tenth in school history. Also part of 200 Free, 200 Medley and 400 Free relay squads that hold school records)

Steve Deutsch ’08            All State         Boy’s Gymnastics

(4th All-Time at William & Mary on Rings; 7th All Time on Pommel Horse; winner of W&M’s Davidson Award)

Andrea Crump ’08           All State         Girl’s Track

(Finishing her senior season competing for the UIC Flames)

Colin Cordes ’08            All State           Boy’s Swimming

(On Princeton’s All Time list, ranks 1st in 200 Back, 3rd in 200 Free and 10th on 50 Free; member of school record setting 400 Free, 800 Free and 400 Medley relay teams)

Michael Moore ’09          All State         Boy’s Tennis

(Has already earned two letters at Notre Dame and twice given All Big East Academic honors)

Susan Bolt ’09                 All State       Girl’s Swimming

(Member of Titans’ 2006 200M Freestyle Relay State Champion)

Chris DeLetto ’09               All State           Boy’s Swimming

(Member of Titan squad that holds the current national high school record in the 200 Free Relay)

Ben Hengels ’09  All State  Boy’s Swimming & Water Polo

(Academic All Big Ten at Penn State in 2010-11 season)

Kelly Hagerty ’10            All State           Girl’s Swimming

(Swam her best collegiate split in 200 Free for Duke during last month’s Atlantic Coast Conference championships)

Dominik Cubelic ’10       All State      Boy’s Swimming

(As a freshman at Northwestern, had the Wildcats’ fastest times in the 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Back)

Jillian Cordes ’10            All State       Girl’s Swimming

(Standout performer for the Northwestern University Swim Club)

Ellen Chapman ’11           All State         Girl’s Track

(Earned All State honors in two different sports for Titans over three years)

Titan Sports Memories

 On May 10, 2008, a day after leading GBS to a fourth place finish in the team event, senior Steve Deutsch’s steady performance across all six disciplines won him the Boys Gymnastics All-Around state title, his score of 56.6 edging out Lincoln Way East’s Dan Hutton’s 56.4. Deutsch would follow up his All Around performance with a stellar 9.5 Pommel Horse exercise in the event finals and garner him his second Illinois State Championship of the day.

Sports News from 2006-2007

Sports History

2007     On January 1, 2007, Bobby Knight becomes the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history. His record would be broken four years later by protégé Mike Krzyzewski.

2007     The Indianapolis Colts spoiled the Chicago Bears return to the Super Bowl for the first time in 21 years. Despite an early lead forged on Devin Hester’s opening kickoff return for a touchdown, the Colts prevailed 29-17.

Titan Honor Roll from 2006-2007

Ariana Mazza ’07      All State    Girl’s Field Hockey

Monica Oddo ’07     All State     Girl’s Swimming/Diving

(Four year performer for the University of San Diego Toreros)

Kelly Leibrandt ’07      All State       Girl’s Swimming

(Member of Titans’ 2006 200M Freestyle Relay State Champion)

Pat Johnson ’07        All State       Boy’s Lacrosse

(Defensiveman played one year at University of Indiana)

Scott Pfiffner ’07      All State     Boy’s Lacrosse

(Four year performer at University of Illinois; team captain senior year; finished career with 90 goals and 91 assists)

T.J. McManus ’07    All State     Baseball

(Played one year at Ohio State after redshirting; transferred to Parkland Community College and was a NJCAA First Team All American as a sophomore; transferred to Eastern Illinois where he started 43 of 45 games, hitting .316; currently enjoying senior season in Charleston)

Will Schaeffer ’07          All State         Boy’s Track

(Competed for University of Illinois for two seasons in the pole vault and earned one letter)

Jon Howard ’07            All State       Boy’s Track

(Four time All American at North Central College; member of 2010 indoor Division III National Champion 4x400M relay team; member of 2010 Indoor and Outdoor National Team Champion and 2011 Indoor and Outdoor National Team Champion; currently competing in final season)

Wes Villaflor ’07        All State    Boy’s Swimming/Diving

(Finished Notre Dame career as the third best performer off the 1 meter board and the ninth best diver at the 3 meter height in Irish history)

Andrew Schmitt ’07         All State     Boy’s Swimming

 (Four year letterman at UIC; broke school record in 200M Butterfly as a freshman; won Horizon League 200M Butterfly title as junior, 100M as a senior; member of 4 x 400M Freestyle relay team that set school record and captured Horizon League title as senior)

Steve Deutsch ’08      All State        Boy’s Gymnastics

(Four year letterman at William & Mary; USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champion on the Rings; First-Team Academic All-American Scholar-Athlete; USAG Collegiate All-American on Pommel Horse)

Andrea Crump ’08            All State       Girl’s Track

(Currently in her senior year on the UIC track team)

Colin Cordes ’08                All State       Boy’s Swimming

(Has been all-Ivy League performer all four years as a Princeton Tiger; earned All American honors as a freshman in three relay events)

Daniela Cubelic ’08        All State       Girl’s Swimming

(Four year letter winner at University of Iowa)

Ben Hengels ’09          All State         Boy’s Swimming

(Just completed junior season at Penn State; lettered all three years for Nittany Lions)

Susan Bolt ’09              All State       Girl’s Swimming

(Member of Titans’ 2006 200M Freestyle Relay State Champion)

Michael Moore ’09      All State     Boy’s Tennis

(Currently a member of the 26th ranked Notre Dame tennis team)

 Dominik Cubelic ’10      All State     Boy’s Swimming

(14-time All American for the GBS Titans; member of 2009 200M Freestyle Relay squad that set the current National Record)

 Kelly Hagerty ’10        All State       Girl’s Swimming

(13 time All State, 14 time All America honors as GBS Titan swimmer)

On February 24, 2007, Titan junior Colin Cordes burst quickly from the side of the pool and over the course of 100 yards, swam to victory in the Backstroke at the IHSA Boys Swimming State Final in a time of 51.47 seconds. Demonstrating his versatility, Cordes returned to the State Meet pool the next year, and while he ‘only’ managed a second place finish as defending champion in the 100 Back, he cruised to victory in the 200 Freestyle in 1:38.42. Two years, two strokes, two Titan state titles.

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Sports News from 2005-2006

Sports History

2006     In one of the greatest college football games ever, by Vince Young the Texas Longhorns defeat the USC Trojans 41-38 in the Rose Bowl to win the BCS National Championship

Chicago Sports History

2006    Chicago speedskater Shani Davis wins the Olympic 1000M at the Turin Olympics, and follows it up a month later by winning the World Allround Championship in Calgary. 

Titan Honor Roll from 2005-2006       

Karl Ruter ’06              All State                Boy’s Soccer

(Four year letterman at Wooster College; finished career with 21 goals and 10 assists; ESPN The Magazine Academic All District Second Team as junior)

Katia Babina ’06         All State                Girl’s Tennis

(In the Bowling Green record book, ranks 11th in single season wins list with 44, and 12th on the career wins list with 130)

Gloria Kim ’06              All State             Badminton

Christine Kim ’07          All State             Badminton

(Teamed up to win State Doubles championship; Christine (no relation to Gloria) would place third in singles as a senior)

Jeff Ryan ’06                 All State              Boy’s Basketball

(Four year letterman at Northwestern; four time Academic All Big Ten; team captain senior year)

Wes Villaflor ’07          All State         Boy’s Swimming/Diving

(Four year letterman at Notre Dame; won both 1 meter and 3 meter titles at Big East Championships as a junior)

Daniela Cubelic ’08    All State             Girl’s Swimming

(Four year letter winner at Iowa; two time team captain)

Colin Cordes ’08         All State           Boy’s Swimming

(Four year letterman at Princeton; yesterday helped lead the Tigers to their fourth straight Ivy League Championship (first time that has been accomplished since the 1992 Princeton class))

Ben Hengels ’09          All State              Boy’s Swimming

(Four year All State performer for GBS)

On February 24, 2007, Titan senior Wes Villaflor joins Tom Wright of Guilford as the only three-time Illinois State Diving Champions. After relatively narrow wins in 2005 and 2006, Villaflor’s score of 483.70 was over 40 points higher than his point total in his prior two victories as he easily defeated runner-up Jordan Dyson of Hinsdale South by nearly 30 points. Villaflor placed ninth in the State Meet as a freshman.

Titan Honor Roll from 2004-2005

Will Jeffery ’05 All State Boy’s Lacrosse

(Played freshman year at Butler before they dropped program; played in all but one game at UMass during three year varsity career)

Nikolas Cromydas ’05 All State Boy’s Tennis

(Won over 80 matches for Vanderbilt Commodores over four years)

Sarah Zigman ’05 All State Girl’s Track

(Won four letters competing in pole vault at Carthage College)

Emily Anderson ’05 All State Girl’s Track

(Standout in T&F and XC at William & Mary – Cross Country Accomplishments -Colonial Athletic Association Athlete of Year her senior year, two-time CAA Champion, two-time CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year)

Eric Campbell ’05 All State Boy’s Swimming/Diving

All State Boy’s Gymnastics

(Currently assistant coach of the Boys Gymnastics team at GBS)

Katie Babina ’06 All State Girl’s Tennis

(Twice named MAC player of the week as senior at Bowling Green and named to MAC All tournament team as sophomore)

Wes Villaflor ’07 All State Boy’s Swimming/Diving

(Four time All State performer at GBS)

Steve Deutsch’08 All State Boy’s Gymnastics

(Currently the elected captain of the William & Mary gymnastics team; competed on Pommel Horse and Rings against Navy earlier today)

Titan Sports Memories

On February 18, 2000, Titan junior Allysson Cacciatore ‘finally’ put all four routines together at the State Gymnastics Meet. After falling off the bars as a sophomore and ‘missing’ her second pass on floor exercise as a freshman, Cacciatore held first position in the All Around standings after three events with just her beam routine to go. When she dismounted the beam a short time later, she had delivered a sterling 9.625 routine for a total score of 38.125, the third highest state meet score in history up to that time.  That’s another Titan…..state championship!

Titan Honor Roll from 2003-2004

Tiffanie Kimura ’04        All State                   Girl’s Badminton

(Finished third at State Meet in singles as a senior)

Pam Findley ’04             All State                    Girl’s Basketball

(4 year letter winner at the Air Force Academy, team captain her senior year, four time academic all conference, CoSIDA Academic All District, #1 and #2 on AFA list for best free throw percentage in a season, #2 on AFA career list for games played)

Nikolas Cromydas ’05   All State                  Boy’s Tennis

 (Played in over 180 matches for the Vanderbilt Commodores over 4 years)

Emily Anderson ’06       All State                   Girl’s Track

 (Standout in T&F and XC at William & Mary – Track accomplishments: 3 time All American; 2 time Colonial Athletic Conference Athlete of the Year; 3 time CAA champion; holds CAA conference meet record in 5000M; named to CAA 25th Anniversary team; hold school records in indoor 5000M, Mile and outdoor 1500M; has top 3, 6 of top 7, and 9 of top 16 fast 1500M times in W&M history; competed in 2008 Olympic Trials in 1500M)

Jenna Nussbaum ’04  w/ Babina   All State        Girl’s Tennis 

 (Had 106 combined wins in singles and doubles during her Bowling Green career)

Katie Babina ’06    w/Nussbaum    All State       Girl’s Tennis

(Followed doubles state champion Nussbaum to Bowling Green two years later and won four letters; captained team her senior year)

Robert Alef ’05   w/Nowak     All State               Boy’s Tennis     

(Two time team captain at Kenyon College, finished in career top ten in singles wins and singles winning percentage)

Chris Nowak ’06  w/Alef       All State                  Boy’s Tennis 

(Rostered on tennis teams at DePaul, Middle Tennessee University, South Alabama and Southern Illinois)

Eric Campbell ’05                 All State          Boy’s Swimming/Diving 

(Finished his diving career at Western Illinois #4 all time in one-meter event and #2 all time in three-meter event)

Kyle Reder ’06                      All State                  Boy’s Gymnastics

(Placed at State Meet on vault as a sophomore)

Titan Sports Memories

On Saturday, February 27, 1993 junior Matt Whitfield won GBS’ first state diving title when his score of 442.00 bested Seth Kane of Deerfield, whose 427.50 left him in second place. Not satisfied with a single gold medal, Whitfield returned to the state meet as a senior to try and become the seventh athlete in Illinois history to win multiple state diving titles. Not only was he successful on February 26, 1994, but his winning score of 486.20 would not be matched until the 2011 state meet, when Kegan Skelton of Centennial recorded a 487.85.

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 Sports News from 2002-2003

 Sports History

 2003     Ohio State, the only Big Ten team to compete for the college football national title in the BCS era, defeats Miami in double overtime, 31-24, to win its first national title since 1970.

Chicago Sports History  

 2003        10/14/03:  Can you say Bartman? More appropriately, can you say Moises Alou tantrum, Alex Gonzalez error, or Cubbie curse?

Titan Honor Roll from 2002-2003           

Alison Mayer ’03          All State             Girl’s Golf 

(Always a Titan, earned three letters during her four years on the Illinois Wesleyan Titan golf team)

Cordell Cooper ’03      All State               Boy’s Gymnastics

(Earned All State honors in All Around and Pommel Horse)

Drew Adams ’03          All State              Boy’s Volleyball 

(Outside hitter transferred from Lane Tech and helped lead GBS to 2003 state title)

David Choi ’03              All State            Boy’s Volleyball 

(Holds Illinois State Record with 1401 assists in a season)

Sam Kim ’03                 All State          Boy’s Volleyball

(Set Illinois State Record with 1,376 kills in GBS career)

Danielle Nabolotny ’03   All State       Girl’s Basketball

(Played four years for the Loyola University Ramblers, earning 10 starts among her 80 games played.)

Tiffanie Kimura ’04        All State        Badminton

 (Member of 2009 US Women’s National Badminton team denied visas to compete in Fajr International Badminton Tournament in Tehran, Iran)

Nikolas Cromydas ’05    All State        Boy’s Tennis

 (Four year letterman at Vanderbilt University)

Leah Johnson ’05         All State          Girls’ Gymnastics

(Four year letter winner at Northern Illinois; 2nd Team All-MAC as sophomore)

Robert Alef ’05   All State w/Chris Nowak       Boy’s Tennis

(Four year letterman at Kenyon College)

Chris Nowak ’06  All State w/Robert Alef       Boy’s Tennis 

 (Rostered on tennis teams at DePaul, Middle Tennessee University, South Alabama and Southern Illinois)

Eric Campbell ’04         All State                  Boy’s Gymnastics

(One of the few Titans to earn All State honors in two unrelated sports [diving and gymnastics])

Hersey won its first match 15-2, 15-0, and six matches later they were in the state final, having not dropped a single game. Glenbrook South meanwhile was pushed to three games in the state quarterfinals, and squeaked by Naperville North 16-14 in game three of the Boys Volleyball State Semi-Final.   But on the evening of June 7, 2003 in Hoffman Estates, the Titans never rose higher. Behind the All State trio of Sam Kim, David Choi and Drew Adams, GBS dominated Hersey in straight sets, 15-5, 15-12 to easily claim the Titans’ sole volleyball state championship.

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Sports News from 2001-2002

 Sports History

2002     In the scandal-prone Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, several days after the competition is held, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier of Canada are declared the co-Gold Medalists in Pairs Figure Skating when it discovered the original gold medalists from Russia were the beneficiaries of a backroom deal cut by the French and Russian judges.

Chicago Sports History  

 2002      In Jerry Angelo’s first draft with the Chicago Bears, the eight rookies not named Alex Brown (including Marc Colombo) go on to start a mere 55 games for the Bears over the next 8 years, starting a 10 year trend of generally poor NFL Drafts for the Monsters of the Midway.

Titan Honor Roll from 2001-2002         

Jake Boehm ’02               All State         Boy’s Swimming/Diving

(4 Year Letterman at University of Michigan)

Sam Kim ’03                    All State         Boy’s Volleyball

(Set Illinois State Record with 1,329 kills in GBS career)

Nikolas Cromydas ’05       All State         Boy’s Tennis

(All State performer all four years at GBS)

On May 16, 1998, Titan senior Luke Massery was the second gymnast to compete in the Floor Exercise event final at the Illinois Gymnastics State Meet at Schaumburg and he delivered the performance of his high school career, posting a 9.5 score to take the early lead. The next nine gymnasts took their best shot at him, but the closest they came was Conant’s Jason Suchy’s 9.45. That left All Around champion Derek Hartmann of Homewood-Flossmoor to make a last ditch effort. When Hartmann could only manage a 9.25, Massery had earned yet another state championship for the Titans.

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Sports News from 2000-2001

Sports History

2001 US women sweep all four tennis majors when Jennifer Capriati wins the Australian and French Opens and Venus Williams wins Wimbledon and the US Open.

Chicago Sports History

2001 Tim Floyd resigns as Bulls coach after enduring the worst three-plus year record for a coach/team in NBA history.

Titan Honor Roll from 2000-2001

Alyson Cacciatore ’01 All State Girl’s Gymnastics

(Placed in Top 8 in at least one event at State Meet all four years at GBS)

Emily Anderson ’01 All State Girl’s Golf

(Placed 9th for GBS in the State Meet)

Jake Boehm ’02 All State Boy’s Swimming/Diving

(4 year letterman at University of Michigan)

On February 26 and 27, 2010, recent GBS Titan graduate Brian Hansen joined with teammates Jonathon Kuck and three-time 2006 Winter Games medalist Chad Hedrick to compete in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in the Long Track Speedskating Team Pursuit event. After the team dispatched Japan in the quarterfinals, Team USA upset favorite Netherlands in the semifinals to guarantee themselves a place on the medal stand. Despite losing the final race, Brian and his teammates won Olympic Silver, one of two Olympics medals in speedskating won by former GBS students at the Games (the other was Lana Gehring). For the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the village of Glenview took home more medals than the entire Great Britain team.

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Sports News from 1999-2000

Sports History

2000     Tiger Woods wins the US Open at Pebble Beach by a record 15 strokes and shoots a record 12 under par as he starts the Tiger Slam.                          

Chicago Sports History

2000       The Northwestern Wildcats, under first year head coach Randy Walker, win their third Big Ten football conference title in six years.       

Titan Honor Roll from 1999-2000

Dave Splithoff ’00           All State                      Football

(First quarterback in Princeton history to start a game as a freshman [going back to 1869!]; co-captained team his senior year)

Kathleen Holthaus ’00    All State                      Girl’s Swimming

(Four year letterwinner at Penn; co-captain her senior year)

Chrissie Nolan ’00          All State                      Girl’s Tennis 

(2 time University of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement Award)

Gordon McConnell ’00   All State                      Boy’s Volleyball

(Played club volleyball at Ball State University)

Jordan Gottlieb ’01        All State w/ South       Boy’s Tennis

(Currently a tennis professional at the East Bank Club)

Matt South ’01                All State w/Gottleib    Boy’s Tennis

(Attended the University of Michigan)

Alyson Cacciatore ’01     All State                    Girl’s Gymnastics

(Still holds UIC school record in three of five events (Vault, Uneven Bars and All Around)