Northfield native and current Winnetkan Brittney Magner’s favorite three sojourns, in no particular order: France, France, and France. And not just because the 1995 Denison University graduate majored in French…
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Home and Away
It’s Sunday, March 22, 8:30 p.m. My assignment to myself: Contact a teacher and a student and find out what it’s like to be a teacher and a student during…
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Take Heart, Gorton Patrons
Gorton Community Center’s welcoming mission might need to expand later this year. As it reads, today: “The gathering place in the heart of our community [Lake Forest], where people connect,…
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Virus Reality
Viewing long-distance shooting gave way to talking about “social distancing” in basketball circles last week. A fast break? That took a back seat—and, later, a spot in the trunk—to an…
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Loyola Academy’s Medal Haul Bursts Barn
It’s the start of the final 10-minute segment of a weightlifting session at Loyola Academy. Swimmers stop what they’re doing and proceed to focus on strengthening their arms—nothing but their…
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Former Hoopster LaFasto Shoots for Success at …
Barb LaFasto played competitive basketball from eighth grade until the age of 31. Defense was her specialty, her strength. Shutting down, and utterly frustrating, the opposition’s top scorer thrilled her….
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Hip Hip … Malloy!
What does confidence look like? Jack Malloy, shooting a basketball while sporting a blank expression. The Lake Forest High School junior guardforward isn’t arrogant, isn’t disinterested, isn’t passionless atop hardwood….
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Survival of the Grittiest
Rachel Zun hunched over slowly and grabbed both of her knees. The New Trier senior gymnast then held that pose for a good 10 seconds. Zun—having fallen on her first…
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Pom and Circumstance
Lake Forest High School’s varsity dance team frightened its head coach, Alexis Linton, in the middle of its final-round performance earlier this month at the Universal Dance Association’s National Dance…
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Bondy. Parker Bondy
Parker Bondy, the Highland Park High School (HPHS) athlete, trains with a “one-more-rep” mindset. Translation: the sophomore baseball and basketball player likes to go another round after practice, be it…
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