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1st-and-3
Spring teams to
watch
1. Boys Lacrosse
(ABOVE)
After a successful
season last
year, and with a
talented core of
players returning
this season, the
Scouts are hoping
to make a deep
postseason run
into the IHSA
playoffs.
2. Girls Lacrosse.
The team is
looking to make
a statement this
season and won’t
settle for less than
a Top 4 finish in
state this season.
The team returns
five four-year
varsity starters.
3. Baseball.
After an even
show last year,
the Scouts made
it to the regional
semifinals game.
The team is
hoping to come
back stronger and
go farther this
season.
Girls Water Polo
Communication key in Scouts season opener
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
Lake Forest coach Anna
Colletti is in her first season
coaching Scouts girls
water polo.
So considering it was
her first game with a new
team, things couldn’t have
gone much better.
Lake Forest dominated
Highland Park 17-1 Tuesday,
March 6 and once the
host Scouts got their first
goal, less than three minutes
into the game, they
just kept getting stronger.
“We’ve been listening
to what our coach has
been telling us about communication,”
Lake Forest’s
Lily Mass (5 goals)
said. “When everyone is
communicating with each
other, it led to us having
success.”
“We worked really hard
This Week In ...
Scouts Athletics
Softball
■March ■ 21 - at Vernon
Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer
■March ■ 22 - at Highland
Park, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Track and Field
■March ■ 16 - at Kenosha
Bradford Invite (Carthage
College), 3:30 p.m.
Boys Volleyball
■March ■ 19 - at Highland
on our communication,”
Colletti said. “We also
have a lot of girls on the
team that can lead so it’s
big that there are a lot of
leadership roles being
filled. We were successful
with our drives and
worked very hard on defense.”
Katherine Slover scored
the first goal on a breakaway
opportunity and
from then on, any breakaway
opportunity the
Scouts had, more often
than not they converted.
They scored the first five
goals of the game. Slover
had two while Emory
Homan, Mass and Holly
Malnati all scored.
“This year we’ve been
blessed with a lot of varsity
swimmers on the team
so that’s going to help us
in terms of how fast we
Park, 6 p.m.
■March ■ 21 - hosts Carmel,
6 p.m.
Boys Track and Field
■March ■ 17 - at UW-
Whitewater Invite, 9 a.m.
■March ■ 22 - at Batavia, 4
p.m.
Girls Water Polo
■March ■ 19 - at Vernon
Hills, 6 p.m.
■March ■ 21 - at Niles West,
6 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
Listen Up
“We also have a lot of girls on the team that can lead so
it’s big that there are a lot of leadership roles being filled.”
Anna Colletti — Scouts girls water polo coach, on the leadership the team
has this season
■March ■ 17 - at Maine West,
9 a.m.
■March ■ 19 - hosts Vernon
Hills, 6 p.m.
■March ■ 21 - hosts Niles
West, 6 p.m.
Badminton
■March ■ 15 - hosts
Stevenson, 4:30 p.m.
■March ■ 17 - at Hersey
quad, 9 a.m.
■March ■ 20 - hosts
Libertyville, 4:30 p.m.
■March ■ 22 - hosts Zion-
Benton, 4:30 p.m.
tune in
Boys Lacrosse
The Scouts look to nab and early
season win over the Spartans.
• Lake Forest at Glenbrook North,
Wednesday, March 21, 6:30 p.m.
can get up and down the
pool,” Mass said. “But
we’ve worked a lot on
speed and being able to
take advantage of those
chances.”
“We have a lot of speed
but I think it’s ultimately
our drive to want to succeed
that helped us with
those breakaways,” Colletti
said. “We’re working
well together as a team
and there’s already been
a lot of positive feedback.
If I’m telling them something,
they really take it to
heart and it’s carried over
into how they play.”
The Giants scored
their only goal when Lillian
Fleisher scored with
seven seconds left in the
first quarter. But Slover
put one in to beat the first
quarter buzzer. Lake Forest
increased the advantage
to 12-1 at the half
with Mass and Flynn Mc-
Clellan scoring twice in
the quarter. Slover had
four goals while Malnati
had three and McClellan
and Catherine Terkildsen
each had two.
Colletti and the Scouts
want to continue to progress
in their first season
together. And so far, the
team has responded well
to her.
“I think we’ve been really
receptive listening to
her. She’s helped us a lot
and we’ve definitely seen
an improvement,” Mass
said. “We’re clicking and
everyone seems to be on
the same page. We’re focusing
on communication
and especially on being a
better passing team and
making sure we get people
involved.”
Boys Lacrosse
■March ■ 21 - at Glenbrook
North, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
■March ■ 15 - hosts Mother
McAuley, 5 p.m.
■March ■ 17 - at Loyola
Tournament, 8:45 a.m.
■March ■ 19 - hosts Loyola,
5 p.m.
■March ■ 21 - at Naperville
North, 7 p.m.
Caxys Athletics
Boys Lacrosse
■March ■ 20 - hosts
Index
“I think what we want
to do is be able to consistently
communicate as
a team as well as being
able to have good drives
that gives ourselves good
looks,” Colletti said.
“We’re going to be working
on a lot of different
drills that can help us improve
in certain phases.
We’re not always going
to have this type of success
but we want to strive
to have success and play
with a positive attitude
throughout the season.”
Although Highland
Park is a young team that
will be trying to learn
throughout the season,
they do have one leader
they know they will consistently
be able to rely
on.
“This is a newer team
Northside College Prep, 5
p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
■March ■ 15 - hosts Loyola
Frosh, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer
■March ■ 15 - at Woodland
Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Wildcats Athletics
Girls Soccer
■March ■ 15 - hosts Lake
Forest Academy, 4:30 p.m.
■March ■ 22 - at Christian
Liberty, 4:30 p.m.
28 - Team 22: Boys Basketball
27 - Athlete of the Week
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Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor
Brittany Kapa. Send any questions or comments to
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.