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26 | February 27, 2020 | The lake forest leader SPORTS LakeForestLeaderDaily.com Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Jess Krug Krug is a Highland Park High School senior who plays for the Lake Forest coop girls hockey team. How did you get started playing hockey? Both of my older brothers played hockey. I was always going to their hockey games when I was younger. I just got interested in it through them. What’s your favorite part of playing hockey? The community of girls. Not many girls play hockey so it’s a unique thing. What’s the most challenging part of playing hockey? I would say probably to stay motivated. Just stay motivated through hard times. For us, we have really late practices, it’s kind of hard after a long day but it’s all worth it in the end. Do you have any pregame rituals or lucky superstitions? Not really. We usually just listen to music in the locker room before a game. What’s the best coaching advice you’ve ever gotten? Probably keeping your head up, and also just trying your best. If you could play another sport, what would it be? Dancing for sure. I think it’s really cool, it looks fun how fast they move. What’s your favorite place to eat? I really like Domino’s Pizza, I really like their crust. Who is your favorite athlete? I really like Simone Biles. She’s really inspiring because of her background, she came from a rough background and she photo submitted shows how you can make something out of nothing. No matter what you can turn a bad situation into a good one. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? That’s a hard one. I really like Fiji, that’s really pretty. If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you would buy? I would donate some of it for sure. Then maybe I would buy a car. Interview by Sports Editor Nick Frazier The Varsity: North Shore Podcast Guys recap hoops, talk boys swimming, wrestling, girls gymnastics Staff Report In this week’s episode of The Varsity: North Shore, the only podcast focused on North Shore sports, hosts Michal Dwojak, Nick Frazier and Michael Wojtychiw catch up on everything going on with North Shore sports. They start off by recapping boys and girls basketball, hear from Loyola Academy boys basketball head coach Tom Livatino, way Way/No Way with boys basketball, recap state girls gymnastics and wrestling and talk about sectional boys swimming and diving. This Week In... SCOUTS VARSITY ATHLETICS GIRLS TRACK & FIELD ■Feb. ■ 27 - tri-meet at Glenbrook North, 4:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Zion-Benton 56, Lake Forest 54 Jack Malloy poured in 23 points on Feb. 18. Lake Forest 54, Libertyville 53 Grant Kaus’ last-second layup in overtime gave the Scouts the road win on Friday, Feb. 21. Asa Thomas and Jack Malloy both scored 16 points. Lake Forest 48, Elk Grove 39 Find the varsity Twitter: @NorthShorePreps Facebook: @thevarsitypodcast Website: LakeForestLeader Daily.com/sports Download: Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, PlayerFM, more First Quarter The guys start off the episode by recapping all of the hoops action. Second Quarter Cade Nowik scored 12 points and Jack Malloy added 10 on Saturday, Feb. 22. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake Forest 51, Palatine 41 Halle Douglass put up 19 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Finola Summerville totaled 15 points and seven rebounds in the regional semifinal win on Feb. 19. GIRLS ICE HOCKEY Lake Forest 7, Latin Blue 1 BOYS SWIMMING ■Feb. ■ 28 - IHSA state at Evanston, 3:30 p.m. ■Feb. ■ 29 - IHSA state at Evanston, 11 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL ■Mar. ■ 4 - IHSA regional semifinal vs. Highland Park (at Stevenson), 7 p.m. high school highlights The rest of the week in high school sports Ramblers coach Livatino talks after his team competed for a conference championship. Third Quarter With seeds out, Mike and Nick face off in Way/ No Way as the two debate over boys basketball. Fourth Quarter The guys talk both wrestling and girls gymnastics state championships. Overtime To finish things off, the hosts recap sectional boys swimming and diving. Kenendy Stein scored thrice, while Hannah Ziperstein had a goal of her own in the AHAI state tournament win on Feb. 19. BOYS TRACK & FIELD Antioch Invitational Lake Forest finished fourth in the seasonopening invitational on Friday, Feb. 21. Charlie Aberle won the shot put with a personal-best of 51’ 0.5”, while Nathan Schmitt finished second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:36.29.
LakeForestLeaderDaily.com SPORTS the lake forest leader | February 27, 2020 | 27 Going Places Lake Forest native Lazzaretto ready for bigger challenge Michael Wojtychiw Contributing Sports Editor The Atlantic Coast Conference is considered the pinnacle of women’s collegiate lacrosse. An ACC program has played for the national title in each of the last eight seasons and last year’s final Inside Lacrosse national rankings had five ACC teams ranked top 10 at the end of the season. To get a chance to play in the nation’s top conference is an opportunity hard to say no to. Loyola Academy junior Ellie Lazzaretto couldn’t pass it up, which is why on Jan. 22, the Lake Forest resident announced her commitment to play at Duke University in the fall of 2021. “I’d been on a bunch of visits to some other fantastic schools,” Lazzaretto said. “It just didn’t have the ‘it’ factor where I just felt at home and I knew that I would be happy there. The second I got on campus at Duke, there were no doubts in my mind. ... It’s intimidating, but it’s so exciting. At the end of the day I’m so thrilled and it’s such an incredible opportunity.” Growing up, Lazzaretto had been a multi-sport athlete but once she got to Loyola as a freshman, that ended. Right after Christmas during her freshman year basketball season, Lazzaretto was diagnosed with shin splints, meaning she’d have to rest and not play sports as she healed. That meant she’d miss the start of lacrosse open gyms which start right after Christmas break, jeopardizing her chances of making the Ramblers’ varsity team. “Once I was told that I was going to have to take two or three months off for my shins, it was like, ‘Oh shoot, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do this,” Lazzaretto said. “But the good thing about what I had, I could be up on the turf and I could be doing wall ball and working on my stick skills. I think in order to get back into the swing of things, it was a lot of physically hard work, but also mentally because injuries just challenge you. I think a lot of people kind of crumble with injuries, or you rise up.” Lazzaretto got another chance to rise up last season as her role expanded with the Loyola varsity squad and she quickly became one of Ramblers’ top scorers on a high-powered offensive attack. The then-sophomore looked to jump into an open spot that may have been available in the Ramblers’ attack. She found one behind the net on the right side of the goal. “Obviously I wanted that spot, but it was never an expectation that that spot would just be given to me,” Lazzaretto said. “I think I really established that would be my spot in the first couple of weeks of practice. The more I started producing in games, the more I started to believe in myself and then I think it just kind of grew exponentially from there.” Lazzaretto also had the luxury of having her brother Luca go through the recruiting process before she did. The elder Lazzaretto, a defender at Princeton University, took a different path, having committed Loyola junior and Lake Forest resident Ellie Lazzaretto committed to Duke University in January. 22nd Century Media file photo to Denver University his sophomore year before decommitting and then committing to Princeton before his senior year. That helped his sister realize not to rush anything when it came to choosing the right college and to pull the trigger on when she knew the moment was right. “He just played such a big role because he was always someone that I could call up and let him know how everything was going,” Lazzaretto said. “He always offered another voice and he gave me really good advice and was super supportive. There’s a lot of people who advise you on certain things based on like their own personal motivations. He was just really good about having my best intention in mind and staying true to that.” With her college decision made, Lazzaretto now looks to help a Loyola program do something it hasn’t done in the two years since the IHSA recognized lacrosse: win a state title. With a lot of talented teammates returning, the squad looks to have yet another successful season. Lazzaretto knows the pressure of choosing a college is gone, but playing as an ACC commit brings a new set of challenges. “It’s exciting because I have these two years to grow and develop and hopefully get us back with the trophy,” Lazzaretto said. “But it’s a little intimidating just because it’s two years to grow and develop, but it’s also two years until I’m playing in the ACC. I’m super excited, but a little scared, but it’s good pressure. I like pressure and I think I do well under pressure, so I think it’ll be good.” Girls Ice Hockey From left: Kennedy Stein, Tess Clark, Abby Benjamin and Sarah Matthews pose before the AHAI All-State game on Feb. 10 in Bensenville. Photo submitted Four Scouts named to All-State team Staff Report Four members of the Lake Forest co-op girls team were named All-State honorees and played in the AHAI All-State game on Feb. 10 in Bensenville. <strong>LF</strong>HS students Kennedy Stein and Tess Clark were honored, as well as Highland Park High School goalie Sarah Matthews and Stevenson High School’s Abby Benjamin.
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