It was back in the late 1990s when three members of the Moorestown (N.J.) field hockey team made the U-16 national team.
These days, we’ve already mentioned the fact that players from the small town of Delmar (Del.) are on the senior women’s national field hockey team, the U-18, and the U-16 side.
But not to be outdone, we noticed that there were three players from the Glenbrook (Ill.) South field hockey team who are on the U.S. junior national teams. Madison Beach, one of the top returning scorers in the country, made the U-18 national team.
Teammates Reese Anetsberger and Ella Beach are on the U-16 national side which will be playing next month at the Valkenswaard Easter Tournament.
Glenbrook is a village of about 33,000 in the Chicagoland area. Despite the relative size of the town in comparison to school districts elsewhere, Glenbrook (Ill.) South (where the three teammates attend school) have played co-op field hockey with the companion school in District 225, Glenbrook (Ill.) North. The combined team finished second last year in the Illinois state final to Winnetka New Trier (Ill.).
