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LakeForestLeader.com SPORTS<br />

the lake forest leader | November 9, 2017 | 31<br />

Former PGA pro, Lake Bluff resident receives honor<br />

Clark Brooks/<br />

Photo News<br />

1st-and-3<br />

Win Some, Lose<br />

Some<br />

1. Cross Country<br />

State Finals<br />

Brett Chody<br />

(above) celebrated<br />

her best finish in<br />

the IHSA state final<br />

race Saturday, Nov.<br />

4, when she came<br />

in 15th place in<br />

Class 3A.<br />

2. Scouts Football<br />

Lake Forest<br />

started off their<br />

second-round<br />

playoff game<br />

strong. However,<br />

Hoffman Estates<br />

proved too tough<br />

and the team fell<br />

48-28, closing out<br />

its season.<br />

3. Girls Swimming<br />

A young Scouts’<br />

girls swimming and<br />

diving team are<br />

took fifth place in<br />

the Saturday, Nov.<br />

4, NSC conference<br />

meet. Almost all of<br />

their swimmers set<br />

personal records<br />

at the meet.<br />

Neil Milbert<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Lake Bluff’s Gary<br />

Groh, winner of the 1975<br />

Hawaiian Open on the<br />

PGA Tour and head professional<br />

at Bob O’Link<br />

in Highland Park for 35<br />

years starting in 1982,<br />

received the Illinois golf<br />

community’s highest honor<br />

on Oct. 27 when he was<br />

enshrined in the Illinois<br />

Golf Hall of Fame at The<br />

Glen Club in Glenview.<br />

Inducted along with<br />

Groh were Horton Smith,<br />

winner of the first and third<br />

Masters Tournaments, and<br />

Gary Hallberg, an outstanding<br />

amateur who went<br />

on to become a three-time<br />

PGA tour winner.<br />

“They were all tremendous<br />

players,” said Tim<br />

Cronin, chairman of the<br />

Hall of Fame Selection<br />

Committee.<br />

PRESSBOX PICKS<br />

Game of the Week:<br />

• Loyola (10-1) at Marist (11-0)<br />

Other matchups:<br />

• East St. Louis (10-1) at Mount Carmel (8-3)<br />

• Lake Zurich (11-0) at St. Rita (9-2)<br />

• Naperville Central (9-2) at Maine South<br />

(10-1)<br />

• Nazareth (10-1) at Sacred Heart-Griffith<br />

(9-2)<br />

• Wilmington (10-1) at IC Catholic (10-1)<br />

• Providence (7-4) at St. Laurence (8-3)<br />

There were 10 finalists<br />

for the honor of entering<br />

the Hall of Fame that was<br />

established in 1989 at The<br />

Glen Club by the Illinois<br />

PGA Foundation. The<br />

85 members are men and<br />

women who have played<br />

significant roles in all aspects<br />

of the game.<br />

Groh, who celebrated<br />

his 73rd birthday on Oct.<br />

11, was born in Chicago<br />

but grew up in Bridgman,<br />

Mich.<br />

“I started playing with<br />

my father when I was 5<br />

or 6,” he said at the induction<br />

dinner. “My goal was<br />

just to get a little bit better<br />

every year. That was my<br />

goal my whole career, to<br />

try to get a little better.”<br />

Groh reached the pinnacle<br />

of his professional career<br />

on Feb. 3, 1975. Seven<br />

years earlier he started<br />

61-20<br />

JOE COUGHLIN |<br />

Publisher<br />

Please see PGA, 26<br />

• Loyola 35, Marist 31. The<br />

Ramblers toughest challenge<br />

maybe all season, but they’re<br />

built for this type of matchup.<br />

• Mount Carmel<br />

• St. Rita<br />

• Maine South<br />

• Nazareth<br />

• IC Catholic<br />

• Providence<br />

53-28<br />

Lake Bluff’s Gary Groh (left) displays the plaque he received, acknowledging his<br />

enshrinement in the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame on Oct. 27. Charles Cherney/Illinois PGA<br />

ERIN REDMOND |<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

• Marist 28, Loyola 21. The buck<br />

stops here for the Ramblers.<br />

Marist is just too strong<br />

offensively for the Loyola<br />

defense.<br />

• East St. Louis<br />

• Lake Zurich<br />

• Maine South<br />

• Nazareth<br />

• Wilmington<br />

• Providence<br />

57-24<br />

Michal Dwojak |<br />

Sports Editor<br />

• Loyola 28, Marist 24. The<br />

Ramblers hold off Marist in their<br />

first real challenge in this year’s<br />

playoffs.<br />

• East St. Louis<br />

• Lake Zurich<br />

• Maine South<br />

• Nazareth<br />

• IC Catholic<br />

• Providence<br />

61-20<br />

MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW |<br />

Sports Editor<br />

• Loyola 28, Marist 21. The<br />

Ramblers go on the road and<br />

hang on to defeat a tough,<br />

undefeated Marist squad.<br />

• East St. Louis<br />

• Lake Zurich<br />

• Maine South<br />

• Sacred Heart-Griffith<br />

• IC Catholic<br />

• St. Laurence<br />

59-22<br />

MARTIN CARLINO |<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

• Loyola 24, Marist 21. The<br />

Ramblers hang on to win a close<br />

one on the road and advance<br />

once more.<br />

• East St. Louis<br />

• Lake Zurich<br />

• Maine South<br />

• Sacred Heart-Griffith<br />

• IC Catholic<br />

• Providence<br />

Listen Up<br />

“She was 17th as a freshman [in Class 2A]. It was a nice<br />

bookend to her career with us.”<br />

Stephen Clegg — Lake Forest High School girls cross-country coach,<br />

on Brett Chody’s 15th place finish in the IHSA Class 3A state final in<br />

Peoria.<br />

tune in<br />

Boys Hockey<br />

Lake Forest Varsity Blue hopes to gain another<br />

win for the season.<br />

• Lake Forest hosts Loyola Maroon at 7:30 p.m.<br />

Nov. 12 in Lake Forest.<br />

Index<br />

26 - This Week In<br />

26 - Athlete of the Week<br />

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor<br />

Brittany Kapa. Send any questions or comments<br />

to b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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