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28 | February 20, 2020 | The lake forest leader SPORTS LakeForestLeaderDaily.com Boys Ice Hockey Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 7 days ago Scouts can’t recover from penalties, lose to Deerfield Nick Frazier, Sports Editor The Scouts entered the IHSHL Champions division playoff pool as the favorite to advance to the division semifinals. Now, Lake Forest has its back against the wall. The top-seeded Scouts couldn’t overcome a whoppng 10 penalties in a 5-3 loss to Deerfield on Feb. 12 at Lake Forest College. The loss puts Lake Forest in fourth place in its playoff pool with a game remaining. Only the top two teams from each pool move on to the Champions division semifinals. Lake Forest averaged less than seven penalty minutes per Champions Division game in the regular season. The team totaled six minor penalty minutes and a 10-minute misconduct penalty in just the first period, and the Warriors capitalized with two power-play goals. It was a tightly-called game both ways, as Deerfield racked up eight penalties as well. But the Scouts weren’t able to fully recover after the Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period. “Their power play is good,” Lake Forest assistant coach Mike McCann said. “The referees were definitely calling a lot, but you have to take that into consideration when you’re playing. You have to change your game and we didn’t do that until later in the game, our penalties cost us.” The Scouts regrouped at the start of the second period. Will Dee put back a deflected shot from Alex Huddlestun to put Lake Forest on the board. Deerfield came back with another power-play goal after Lake Forest picked up a roughing penalty. The Warriors added another goal moments after a Scouts power play ended to lead 4-1 with 7:20 left in the frame. All-State forward Charlie Altounian kept the Scouts in it, deflecting a Thomas Gordon slapshot two minutes later to make it a two-goal game entering the third period. Huddlestun then tallied a power-play goal less than a minute into the third period. The Scouts earned three power plays in the final period, but couldn’t capitalize. Huddlestun had another shot hit the post in the period, but the Warriors had the last laugh, scoring an empty-net goal from their own zone with a minute left to play. Lake Forest has one final playoff pool game against Evanston on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Scouts must rebound and win that one, then hope it’s enough Robert Vedra races to a loose puck in the Scouts’ 5-3 loss to Deerfield on Feb. 12 at Lake Forest College. Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media to continue playing for a second-straight conference title. “We hope that it’s not our last and we get the win, and see what happens,” McCann said. “We’ll see how it goes with possibly a tiebreaker, we just got to see how it plays out.” Girls Basketball Douglass honored before final regular-season game at LFHS Nick Frazier, Sports Editor Lake Forest High School recognized Scouts senior guard Halle Douglass before her final regularseason game on Feb. 12 at Lake Forest High School. LFHS coach Kyle Wilhelm presented the game ball from when Douglass broke the program scoring record earlier this year. Douglass, who will play at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next season, broke multiple program records, including career points, rebounds, assists and steals. She also has the most wins in program history with 95 and led the Scouts to the IHSA Class 4A super-sectional as a junior. Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 7 days ago Halle Douglass poses with head coach Kyle Wilhelm before Lake Forest’s 43-41 win over Zion-Benton on Feb. 12 at Lake Forest High School. Nick Frazier/22nd Century Media This Week In... SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS WRESTLING ■Feb. ■ 20-22 - IHSA State at Champaign, TBD GIRLS GYMNASTICS ■Feb. ■ 21-22 - IHSA State at Palatine, TBD BOYS TRACK & FIELD ■Feb. ■ 21 - invitational at U-W Parkside, 5 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL ■Feb. ■ 21 - hosts IHSA regional final, 7 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL ■Feb. ■ 21 - at Libertyville, 7 ■Feb. ■ 22 - at Elk Grove, 4:30 p.m. ■Feb. ■ 26 - at Stevenson, 7 BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING ■Feb. ■ 22 - IHSA sectional at Highland Park, 1 p.m. GIRLS ICE HOCKEY ■Feb. ■ 23 - at Warren, 7 p.m.
LakeForestLeaderDaily.com SPORTS the lake forest leader | February 20, 2020 | 29 Boys Basketball Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 9 days ago Young’s wild shot lifts Scouts to buzzer-beating win Nick Frazier, Sports Editor SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS GIRLS BASKETBALL LF 41, Zion-Benton 41 The Scouts finished second in the NSC with a win on Feb. 12. Molly Fisher and Bella Ranallo each had 12 points. BOYS BASKETBALL LF 58, Waukegan 42 Cade Nowik’s 17 points led the Scouts on Friday, Feb. 14. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Former Major League Baseball pitcher Lefty Gomez once said, “I’d rather be lucky than be good.” The Scouts’ past two games best support that. Lake Forest and Mundelein were tied at 48 with 5.5 seconds left in regulation on Feb. 8. Scouts center Stephen Young ended up getting open for a 3-pointer at the buzzer, but his shot missed, and Lake Forest lost in overtime. On Feb. 11 at Lake Forest High School, the Scouts again found themselves in a tied game with seconds left on the clock. This time, a Warren defender tipped Grant Kaus’ inbounds pass intended for Jack Malloy directly to Young, who flung up a hook shot while falling backwards. Of course, the less likely shot went in. Young’s buzzer-beater with 0.3 seconds remaining lifted Lake Forest to a 53-51 win over the Blue Devils, placing the Scouts (15-10, 6-4 NSC) in third place in the conference. The senior happened to be in the right place at the right time to hit the incredible shot, resulting in the student section storming the court. “I’m still kind of in shock about it,” Young said. “It’s a feeling I’ve always wanted to have, hitting a game-winner. It feels great.” The Scouts and Blue Devils went back-andforth in the fourth quarter, trading leads eight times in the final eight minutes. Malloy hit his first free throw to tie the game with 16 seconds left, then Cade Nowik grabbed Malloy’s miss on the next one to secure the final shot for Lake Forest. Warren then fouled Lake Forest with 1.5 seconds left to set up Young’s game-winner. high school highlights The rest of the week in high school sports NSC Championship Colin Kingsley won a pair of gold medals in the conference invite on Saturday, Feb. 15. GIRLS ICE HOCKEY LF 6, LFA 0 Kennedy Stein netted another hat trick on Feb. 11. CAXYS VARSITY ATHLETICS BOYS BASKETBALL LFA 56, Northside College Prep 35 Jaylen Jennings scored “They made a nice deflection and our guy caught it, we got lucky,” LaScala said. “It happens.” The Scouts raced out to an early lead thanks to redshooting shooting from deep. Leo Scheidler came off the bench to hit backto-back threes to put Lake Forest up seven. That solid shooting continued into the second half, as Lake Forest tallied assists on almost all of its baskets. Freshman Asa Thomas found Nowik for a corner 3-pointer to push the LFHS lead to nine early in the second quarter. The Scouts then went into halftime up 30-27. Warren continued to chip away at the lead before taking a 43-41 advantage with 7:23 to play, but Lake Forest got the last laugh. It was a team effort for the Scouts, who had five players total at least seven points. But sophomores Nowik and Scheidler stood 21 points on Feb. 11. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LFA 128, Rockford Christian 36 16 LFA swimmers recorded their season-best times on Feb. 12. WILDCATS VARSITY ATHLETICS GIRLS BASKETBALL Ida Crown 51, Woodlands 42 The Wildcats’ season ended in the IHSA Class 1A regional semifinal on Feb. 11. out due to their hustle plays. Scheidler led Lake Forest with 10 points and played solid perimeter defense, while Nowik dove for loose balls and made the extra pass. “I love watching them play,” LaScala said. “They’re infectious on our team, they make everyone else play hard. It’s just fun to watch them play like that all the time, they just rub off on our other guys.” Young said the two football players take the same gritty mentality they use NORTH SHORE on the gridiron and apply it to the court. “They’re nothing but heart,” Young said. “They play one of the most important roles of our team, just setting the tone. Before they came on our team we really didn’t have much edge or chip on our shoulder, and they really bring that mentality to us. They’re getting every ball and just giving it their all every single play.” Though the offense was clicking, LaScala said he wasn’t happy with the FIND THE VARSITY: NORTH SHORE ON SOUNDCLOUD, ITUNES OR LAKEFORESTLEADER.COM/SPORTS A 22ND CENTURY MEDIA PRODUCTION Scouts’ defense. There are things to still work on, but the buzzer-beating win over Warren should provide a momentum boost to Lake Forest as it wraps up the regular season. “It’s fun,” LaScala said. “Hopefully it will keep us moving forward.” Will Thomas and Asa Thomas had eight points each, while Young and Malloy each had seven. Nowik finished with six points, three rebounds and four assists. EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS about your favorite high school teams. Sports editors Michal Dwojak, Michael Wojtychiw, and Nick Frazier host the only North Shore sports podcast. visit us online at WWW.LAKEFORESTLEADER.com
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