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2023-24 Winter Sports Summary

Boys Basketball

  • Head Coach: Tyler BIwan

  • Team Record (Conference): 19-10 (7-3)

  • The Bears finished second in IMAC. They reached the section 5AA semifinal.

    • All-Conference: Grayson Okoronkwo (12), Carson McMichael (10), Omar Kaba (11)

    • All Conference Honorable Mention: Ian Schnabel (11) & Noah Wagoner (11)

    • Grayson Okoronkwo won IMAC Player of the Year

    • Grayson Okoronkwo Blake’s All Time Leading scorer 2,145 points

Girls Basketball

  • Head Coach: Nisha Fisher

  • Team Record (Conference): 13-13 (6-3) 

  • The Bears finished third in IMAC. They reached the section 5AA second round. This was the 5th straight year the Bears hosted a section game.

    • All-Conference: Charley Bowles & Naima Michael-Crushshon

    • All Conference Honorable Mention: Alex Mithun & Macy Gregor

Fencing

  • Head Coach: Harold Buck

  • Won the State Championship for Men’s Saber, Women’s Saber, Men’s Saber team relay, & Women’s Saber team relay.

    • First Team All-State: Matthew Sun, Jeffrey Chen, Evan Vezmar, Sydney Albright, Sarah Hasday Erbsen, Cici, Mendoza

    • Second Team All State: Alvin Liu, Luca Racciatti, Oliver Shoemaker, Mirah Lukis, Stella Wyatt, Madeleine Hou, Jahnvi Chopra

Alpine Ski

  • Head Coach:  Robbie Massie

    • State Competitors: Vivien Pihlstrom Individual State Champion 

    • Girls IMAC Conference Champions

    • Girls Awards

      • All State: Vivien Pihlstrom

      • IMAC All Conference: Vivien, Pihlstrom, Izzy Krejci, Ainsley Pflaum, Mackenzie Higgins.

      • IMAC Honorable Mention: Martha Hughes, Ellie Schifman

    • Boys State Competitors: Ethan Barkwell 

    • Boys IMAC Conference Champions 

    • Boys Awards

      • IMAC All Conference: Ethan Barkwell, Colin Lee, Zach Barkwell, Cole Eckes, JT Sugalski

      • IMAC Honorable Mention: Aidan Schmidt, Cameron Smith

Nordic Ski

  • Head Coach: Charlie Cracraft

  • Good season overall with the limited snowfall and warm weather. Had 3 skiers qualify and participate at the State Meet. Jackson Evans and Otis Friesen participated in the state and placed 13th in the team sprint relays while Jack Rudolph placed 39th in the individual classic race and 51st in the pursuit.

    • All-Conference: Jack Rudolph

    • All Conference Honorable Mention: Otis Friesen, Petra Ekstrom, Jackson Evans 

Boys Swimming

  • Head Coach: Brian Wright

  • The Boys Swim and Dive continued their excellence with winning all their meets throughout the season, section competition, along with their 8th consecutive State Championship. The team racked up 327 points at the state meet which was 103 above the next closest competitor. 

  • All Section Team: Dominic Bollettieri, Max Cockson, Colin Craig, Alex Du, Isaiah Jacob, Cayden Liao, Josiah March, Luken Stay, Henry Webb, Minh Truong, Christian Xiong.

  • Section Diver of the Year: Colin Craig

  • Section Swimmer of the Year: Henry Webb

Girls Hockey

  • Head Coach: Kristi King

After graduating 12 seniors last year, we only had 4 returning Varsity players. We lost 12, one goal games but grew tremendously throughout the season. We were ranked the 5th seed in section and knocked off the 4th seed, Minneapolis before losing to #1 seed Holy Angels in the section semifinals. 

  • Conference Record: 0-2

  • Overall Record: 5-20-2

    • All-Conference: Janie McGawn, Malika Chebaclo, Callie Arthur

    • All Conference Honorable Mention: Payton Smith, Addie Wethington, Charlotte Palmby 

  • Team Awards

    • MVP: Janie McGawn

    • Most Improved: Louisa Cohen and Ruby Souvignier 

    • Offensive POY: Malika Chebaclo

    • Defensive POY: Addie Wethington

    • Hardest Worker: Callie Arthur 

    • Rookie of the year: Bryn Heinmiller

    • Hobey Baker: Payton Smith and Kiernan Albertini 

Boys Hockey

  • Head Coach: Rob McClanahan

  • Overall Record:  2-24

  • Conference Record:  2-3

    • All-Conference:  

Fuzz Aafedt

Junior

Goalie

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Oliver Duininck

Forward

Senior

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  • All Conference Honorable Mention: 

Nick Witzke

Senior

Defensemen

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Max Vinar

Sophomore

Defensemen

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Landon Bell

Sophomore

Forward

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Joe Erickson

Sophomore

Forward

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Team Awards: 

  • Hobey Baker:  Nick Witzke 

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