To say 2018-19 is a college year, Maine West athletic director Jarett Kirshner doesn’t quickly forget about it is a colossal understatement.
It’s hard to find a high college athletics program that has turned around as much as the Warriors over the last five years.
Kirshner took over as athletic director of the Des Plaines school in 2013-14 and has made visible that its sports teams have made significant gains throughout the board.
Maine West was coming off one of its greatest years in 2017-18 and continued to feature its achievements in 2018-19. Last 12 months, West receiconventionstion in soccgirls’irls volleyball (first seeing tin hat 200girls’irls basketball (previous regional, sectional, remarkable-sectional, 0.33 at statboys’boys basketbaboys’boys water powomen’somen water polo and softball. In addition, baseball pulled some other massive upsets and won a local title in 2018.
Here is an examination of current highlights for Maine West:
The women’s basketball crew went undefeated to win country for the second time in application history, doing so 31 years apart. That’s extraordinary. First group All-State players Rachel Kent and Angela Dugalic led the Warriors to the 35-0 best document and unique mention All-State participant Dylan Van Fleet. Since Kirshner employed Kim de Marigny to comply with the late Hall of Fame train Derril Kipp, she’s coached the Warriors to a 95-6 report and two-nation trophies. Dugal also represented West within the Three-Point Showdown this season, becoming the primary Warrior to qualify in five years.
The women’s basketball kingdom championship is the fourth ordinary state championship in program history, becoming a 1988 ladies’ basketball, 1983 girls’ badminton, and 1963 baseball.
Maine West soccer progressed from 2-7 in 2013 and 2014 to a school file nine this season with the first playoff win in application history. Considering the group went 14-67 from 2006-2014, it is astounding they went sixteen-five over the last seasons. The soccer crew was certified in the later seasons after not making the playoffs from 2003 to 2016.
In girl’s tennis, Mabeen ja Kozerskin finished her career as the winningest player in application history. As a result, she qualified for state her last two seasons.
Ray Ure, a junior, has been certified for the kingdom in diving for the last two years, breaking some school facts along the way.
Megan Schore also qualified for the kingdom in ladies’ gymnastics for a second consecutive year, something no other Maine West gymnast has accomplished.
The Warriors had multiple state qualifiers in women’s song and discipline in the last 12 months, which includes Dugalic. The music crew finished tied for twenty-fifth at country remaining year after Alisa Fallon completed 1/3 in the discus and sixth in shot positioned. Nicole Palarz (three hundred-meter low hurdles) and Dugalic (four hundred-meter sprints) additionally represented West at ultimate state yr. Dugalic is the most effective returning athlete after Fallon and Palarz graduated.
The boy’s basketball group went 13-sixteen this season with a few struggles. However, it went 19-8 (and convention champions) in 2017-18. Since Tom Prokopij took over the men’s crew, West is 49-35 after going 37-72 from 2012-thirteen to 2015-sixteen.
Baseball is beginning the new season now, but despite a 25-35 record during the last two seasons, the Warriors received again-to-back nearby titles after prevailing simply five from 1960-2016. They wish to make it 3 in a row this season, which has by no means passed off in software records.
Kirshner stated that the baseball team is heading to Arizona for spring break, playing five games from Tuesday, March 26, to Friday, March 29. After the first two games this season were postponed because of the climate, the group must be excited to finally hit the field.
Girls volleyball went 23-14 in 2017 for the maximum wins by way of the crew in a decade, but 19-18 this season. Mike Cott, who departed after this past season, grew to become around a team that went 6-28 in 2014 before he took over to a group that gained over 60 games over the past three seasons.
Maine West finished 2nd in contention this season in boys’ soccer, cheerleading, and wrestling.
While there is a lot of pleasure, local trade may occur at West this 12 months to show off the number of showing coaches in 2019-20. Cott left as a girls” volleyball teacher, and Bob Bruggeman departed as a boys’ swimming instructor. Tatiana Prieto also stepped down as fencing instructor after years to return to Columbia to retain her playing career. Mike Murin is retiring and departing as badminton coach, alongside boys and girls bowling education (MW doesn’t have a group, but a few individuals who compete at regionals). Murin stepped down as girls tennis instructor, and Tricia Design was hired to replace him in 2019. This spring, John Hauenstein is back as a boy’s tennis teacher.
Maine West Achievements Since 2008-09:
2008-09: Conference titles in boys cross country, girls volleyball, ladies basketball, wrestling, and baseball. State qualifiers in cheerleading.
2009-10: Conference titles in boys soccer, boys pass us of a and baseball—won nearby titles in boys golf and boys soccer.
2010-11: Conference titles in boys’ soccer and softball, in conjunction with a nearby, identified for boys’ football.
2011-12: Conference titles in boys soccer, girls basketball, and softball. Regional titles in wrestling and softball. Sectional titles in softball and badminton.
2012-13: Boys soccer gained a conventional name, and softball gained a nearby identity.
* Jarett Kirshner takes over as athletic director *
2013-14: Softball convention title. Girls basketball nearby title. Badminton sectional identify.
2014-15: Boys’ water polo won the convention.
2015-16: Girls basketball won the meeting.
2016-17: Conference titles in girls’ basketball, boys’ water polo, and women’s. Regional titles in baseball and women’s basketball. Sectional title in girls’ basketball.
2017-18: Conference titles in girls’ volleyball, soccer, girls’ basketball, boys’ basketball, boys’ water polo, ladies’ water polo, and softball. Regional titles for baseball and women’s basketball. The girl’s hoops team additionally won sectional, outstanding-sectional, and third vicinity in the country. Girls’ music completed 25th at state.
2018-19: Football won the conference and first playoff recreation in application records. Girls’ basketball went undefeated and received conference, regional, sectional, first-rate-sectional, and Class 4A country championship trophies. Maja Kozerski (women’s tennis), Megan Schore (women’s gymnastics), and Ray Ure (boys’ swimming) all qualified for the kingdom of their respective sports for a second straight year.