Woodlands Lands Wooden Disciple
Three-time UCLA men’s basketball champion Larry Farmer sits in a conference room at his new employer—Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest—and recalls the moment he turned down…
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by Bill McLean •
Three-time UCLA men’s basketball champion Larry Farmer sits in a conference room at his new employer—Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest—and recalls the moment he turned down…
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by DNS Contributor •
Lake Forest Sailing has a strong record of representation at the singlehanded High School Sailing Nationals (Cressy Trophy), and this year they made history. The 2022 competition was held in…
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by Bill McLean •
A North Shore youth team featuring a bevy of multisport athletes achieved a singular feat in the sport of feet—soccer—in North Carolina this summer. FC-1 Academy’s 14U girls club, which…
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by Bill McLean •
The Chicago Bears and a Glencoe woman have something wonderful in common. Both care about the Highland Park community as it heals in the aftermath of the mass shooting at…
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by Ann Marie Scheidler •
When Kate Hartman Rosenzweig was growing up in Lake Forest, she never imagined that she might someday be donning Team USA gear. But perhaps she should have, as today she…
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by Bill McLean •
Had Tom Gullen not attended Winnetka Hockey Club’s inaugural WarriorFest in late August, it would have been akin to Lollapalooza without music. Or an auto show without autos. The 63-year-old…
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by Bill McLean •
The coach who guided New Trier Township High School’s boys tennis team to another state championship last month—32 years after he won the state singles title as a Trevians junior…
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by Mitch Hurst •
The bikes are back on the racecourse. After being sidelined in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Lake Bluff Criterium is back on Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to…
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by Bill McLean •
Four words, uttered calmly by her grandfather, turned a terrifying moment on board a boat into an exhilarating one for Maggie Shea. “I was young, sailing on Lake Michigan, and…
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by DNS Contributor •
You’ve probably seen them on the road—they often travel in packs, clad in brightly colored Lycra—zipping along in formation, some closely paired, others in looser proximity, but all heading in…
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