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1st-and-3
Three Stars
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1. Danny Fisher.
Danny Fisher led
the Scouts to their
fourth straight
win and earned
medalist honors by
shooting a 75 Aug.
17 at Woodstock
North.
2. Scott Frevert The
Lake Forest golfer
took sixth and
shot an 80 at the
Aug. 17 match,
the second best
score on the LFHS
squad.
3. Isabella Martino
(above) The Scout
led the way for
Lake Forest in its
nailbitter match
against Palatine,
its first 9-hole
match of the
season. Martino
shot a 42 to help
the Scouts keep
things close with
Palantine. Despite
her performance,
they lost 184-181.
The best area matchups for all nine weeks of the 2017 season
WEEK 1: SATURDAY, AUG. 26,
7:15 P.M.
Loyola vs. Phillips (at
Gately Stadium)
For the first time since
2012, the Ramblers won’t
start the season against
Marquette University High
out of Milwaukee. Like
the 2012 season, Loyola
will open with the Chicago
Public League’s best team.
In 2012, it was Simeon.
This year? Phillips Academy.
Two years ago, the
Wildcats became the first
Public League team to win
an Illinois state football
title. Phillips also finished
second in the state in 2014
and dropped an overtime
semifinal thriller to Johnsburg
last season.
WEEK 2: FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, 7 P.M.
Loyola vs. Bishop Amat
(Calif.) (at New Trier)
The Lancers will be
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Game of the Week:
• Loyola Academy (0-0) vs. Phillips (0-0) at
Gately Stadium
Other matchups:
• New Trier (0-0) hosts York (0-0)
• Highland Park (0-0) hosts Libertyville (0-0)
• Glenbrook South (0-0) hosts Urban Prep-
Englewood (0-0)
• Glenbrook North (0-0) hosts Wheeling (0-0)
• Lake Forest (0-0) hosts Glenbard East (0-0)
• Lake Forest Academy (0-0) hosts Elkhart
Lake (0-0)
• Maine South (0-0) at Glenbard West (0-0)
Listen Up
“Although we’re not always the biggest defense, we have
more size this year than in the past. We’re hitting hard and
I’m excited to see what we can do.”
John Deering — Lake Forest’s All-Conference linebacker.
making their second trip
ever to Illinois when they
face the Ramblers Labor
Day weekend at New
Trier’s Northfield campus.
Bishop Amat became the
first California high school
football team to play in
Illinois when it played
at Naperville Central in
1998. The Lancers are
coming off of a 7-4 season,
where they lost in the first
round of the state playoffs.
However, the team features
a defensive tackle,
Aaron Maldonado, who is
headed to UCLA to play
football and already stands
6-foot-3 and weighs 305
pounds. The game will be
a true test for Loyola.
WEEK 3: FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 7:30
P.M.
New Trier hosts Barrington
The Broncos have made
six of the last seven state
0-0
JOE COUGHLIN |
Publisher
• Loyola 28-14. As Ramblers
figure out the O, the D picks
them up, even scoring in
this one.
• New Trier
• Libertyville
• Glenbrook South
• Glenbrook North
• Lake Forest
• Lake Forest Academy
• Glenbard West
0-0
playoffs and have won at
least nine games in each
of the past four seasons,
so this won’t be an easy
one for the Trevians. New
Trier will be breaking in
a new backfield this year
but will have played two
games before this test.
This is the second year the
Central Suburban League
will face off against the
Mid-Suburban League in
non-conference play and
New Trier dropped Palatine,
which played in the
state semifinals last season,
for the Broncos, who
bowed out of the playoffs
in the second round.
WEEK 4: FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 7:30
P.M.
Lake Forest hosts Warren
The Scouts finished 8-4
last season, but one of
those losses was a 46-10
blowout to Warren, which
ERIN REDMOND |
Sports Editor
• Loyola 28, Phillips 14. LA has
more depth and experience
and it puts the game away in
the second half being close at
halftime.
• New Trier
• Libertyville
• Glenbrook South
• Glenbrook North
• Lake Forest
• Elkhart
• Maine South
0-0
Michal Dwojak |
Assistant Editor
• Loyola 17, Phillips 14. A lastminute
field goal will decide the
game for the Ramblers.
• New Trier
• Libertyville
• Glenbrook South
• Glenbrook North
• Lake Forest
• Elkhart Lake
• Maine South
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CROSS COUNTRY
The Scouts open their season at the Lake
County Invite.
• Lake Forest at Lake County Invite, Aug. 30,
4:30 p.m.
needed to win three games
in a row late in the season
to boost its record to 4-4.
The Blue Devils dropped
their season finale to finish
4-5 and miss the playoffs,
while the Scouts made
it all the way to the state
quarterfinals before falling
to Prairie Ridge, which
would go on to win the
state title.
WEEK 5: SATURDAY, SEPT. 23,
1:30 P.M.
Loyola hosts Fenwick
The Ramblers beat the
Friars handily last season
on the road, but Fenwick
used the game to springboard
its season and make
a run to the state semifinals,
where it lost to Plainfield
North on a controversial
play at the end of the
game. Like Loyola, the
Friars will be reloading after
heavy personnel loses,
0-0
MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW |
Sports Editor
• Loyola 21, Phillips 10. It’s a
close game for the first three
quarters, but LA’s depth is too
much and it pulls away late.
• New Trier
• Libertyville
• Glenbrook South
• Glenbrook North
• Lake Forest
• Elkhart Lake
• Maine South
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but have three very winnable
games of their first
four.
WEEK 6: THURSDAY, SEPT. 28,
7 P.M.
Highland Park hosts
Glenbrook North
This may be the first
true test for the Spartans,
as they open the season
with only one team that
had at least a .500 record
last season. The Spartans
graduated quarterback
Kevin Burnside, but will
have had plenty of time to
groom his replacement by
the time this matchup takes
place. The Giants are in a
similar predicament having
to replace their do-everything
star D.J. Penick,
who is playing football at
Murray State. Luckily that
should be sorted out by
now as well. Can the Spar-
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0-0
MARTIN CARLINO |
Contributing Editor
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• Loyola 31, Phillips, 14. Phillips
keeps the game close early on.
LA will force a few turnovers and
pull away in the second half.
• New Trier
• Highland Park
• Glenbrook South
• Glenbrook North
• Lake Forest
• Lake Forest Academy
• Maine South
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Erin
Redmond. Send any questions or comments
to e.redmond@22ndcenturymedia.com