Review/Update Winter 2013 - Lake Forest Academy

Sports Shorts“I don’t really like talking about it that much because myteammates had a lot to do with it,” she says.Chris Tennyson, her coach, wasn’t going to let the accomplishmentpass by without some celebration.Lauren describes a short recognition ceremony at halftime ata recent basketball game: “Mr. Tennyson gave me a basketballwith my name engraved on it and the number of points.It was really nice.”Chris is filled with pride when describing a young athlete he’scoached for four years.“Lauren came to the Academy and contributed immediately,starting her first ever varsity game. Today, she is someonewho we want to have the ball in her hands when the game isclose or on the line. She rises to that challenge every time,”Chris says.As an example, Chris describes a close game against CulverAcademy where Lauren scored a career record of 35 points.This was also the first year the Caxys had been triumphantover the Culver Eagles.Lauren fell in love with basketball in a somewhat creativemanner.Clamage ScoresHer 1,000th PointBy Alexandra CampbellLauren Clamage ’13 has accomplished somethingquite remarkable in her tenure on the girls’varsity basketball team; she’s scored 1,000 points.Yes, you read that correctly: 1,000.When asked about it, however, Lauren is humble.“I was in 5th grade and I was watching my brother play. Theydidn’t have enough players, so they asked if I wanted to play,”she explains.And she hasn’t stopped playing since. When not in seasonwith LFA, Lauren plays with a local travel team and her Sundayafternoons are spent working with a coach on technique.Next year, she’ll take her skills to Macalester College in St.Paul, Minnesota. Though she’s very excited about college,she’s feeling a little nostalgic about her last basketball seasonat LFA.“Every time we play a team, I think ‘wow, this is the last timeI’m going to be playing this team.’”A highlight of this season was both a first and a last for Lauren.“Ever since I was a freshman I’ve wanted to play Lake ForestHigh School. I have friends on that team and the boys playthem. Well, this year I finally got to play them and we won,”she says with a huge grin on her face.” n12 Review Winter 2013 8 Click: www.lfanet.org