Beaming
A gymnast’s routine on the balance beam usually lasts 90 seconds. People typically spend more time than that brushing their teeth in the morning. New Trier High School senior gymnast…
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Sports
The Year of Swimming Expeditiously
The year 1979 will be on the minds of Highland Park High School’s boys swimming and diving team members at this weekend’s sectional in the home water. That was when…
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GLASA more than half full
Jacque Rogers rapped a pair of inflatable thundersticks repeatedly against a portion of the glass at one end of Lake Forest College’s ice arena last month. Many of Rogers’ LFC…
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Daring to Go: Diver John Ervin
Some of the older guys on New Trier High School’s swimming and diving team call freshman diver John Ervin “Diver”.Or “The Good Freshman” (no relation to The Good Wife, the…
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Spark and Addison: Ebeling embraces new roles, …
Addison Ebeling wouldn’t hesitate to pounce on a loose ball at the end of a taut girls basketball game. The Loyola Academy junior guard/forward also wouldn’t pass up any opportunity…
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Engendering Respect
Zoe Crecos enters the room. She sees boys everywhere, more than two dozen. She also sees a male coach here, a male coach there. Not one other girl in sight….
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Back Into the Swim of Things
One of Zuzanna Janusz’s shoes was untied in music class one day. Janusz was 11. The concerned teacher at Holy Cross School in Deerfield practically ordered Janusz—a highly competitive COHO…
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State Golfers Rise After Snowfall
Entering last weekend’s Class 3A boys state golf tournament in Bloomington, Lake Forest High School’s Scouts had won a sectional, a regional, the North Suburban Conference Meet, the New Trier…
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‘Kos’ and Effect
The tucked white towel hangs from the back of Carson Kosanovich’s football pants. The New Trier High School senior cornerback/wideout wears white gloves on Game Days, too. Before most snaps,…
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Dishing and Scoring
Collin Leider was 12 years old when he first attempted to bake at home. He made cheesecake on that day. It didn’t turn out very well. “Horrible, horrible, horrible,” Leider,…
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