The score was 4-4, and as overtime loomed, New Trier Hockey Club’s girls hockey team knew that their state championship was close. The United Center in Chicago, a dream rink for a team of hockey players, presented the high stakes up on the jumbotron, each pass depicted in detail. As the clock ticked further through the sudden death overtime, senior captain Addison Stewart scored the game-winning goal, marking her fourth goal, a Texas hat trick, and bringing home the state win.
On Sunday, March 16, New Trier’s girls hockey won the state championship in the game against Barrington High School, bringing home the seventh state victory since the team’s start in 1994. The game proved to be rigorous, going into overtime with two highly competitive groups. Taking place at the United Center, the win was even more satisfying.
“It was definitely surreal because we all have wanted it, for me at least, for the past four years,” Stewart, who will be playing Division One at the University of Conne...