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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.