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SOCIAL SCENE Hundreds gathered for Lake Forest Open Land’s Bagpipes and Bonfire. P19

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Ben Carson Plans Lake Forest Stop BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

AKE FOREST—Ben Carson, one of the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, will make a campaign stop in Lake Forest in December. Carson will hold a fundraiser on Dec. 9 at the lakefront home of Michelle Parnell and Dr. Jeffrey Parnell, according to a flier local Republicans received in the mail. The Carson campaign reached out to the Parnells but did not say what, if any connection there is between them and Carson, according to campaign spokesperson Deana Bass. “The Lake Forest event was organized by our campaign finance team, which identifies and plans events across the country with people interested in supporting Dr. Carson’s candidacy and with people interested in learning more about Dr. Carson’s plan to heal, inspire and revive America,” Continued on PG 13

A REBEL WITH A CAUSE It’s hard to believe Evanston-born John Cusack hits the big 5-0 in 2016. But for an actor whose life and career have never taken the traditional route, there’s plenty more to come.

utspoken and unorthodox, as a man and an actor, John Cusack forges his own path. That shouldn’t be taken as some kind of pretentious stallsetting. No, Cusack is the real deal: an artist and an activist, unafraid to stand up to absurdity, miscarriages of justice, and issues some people would just rather not think about. The stylish 49-year-old, Evanston born-and-bred star, whose career criss-crosses the Hollywood spectrum from oddball (Being John Malkovich) to action blockbuster (Con Air) and everything in between, has publicly decried the NSA’s global surveillance program, stood up against the US’ involvement in the Iraq conflict, taken President Obama to task over military and national security measures (he even called Obama “worse than Bush”) and now, with the help of edgy filmmaker Spike Lee, is targeting gun violence. It’s a topic rarely out of the global news—witness the recent spate of police shootings of unarmed black citizens in the US, for example—and in Lee’s latest, Chi-Raq, gun violence and urban warfare on the streets of Chicago take centre stage. Cusack, no stranger to controversy, now finds himself fending it off. “Some local politicians have been trying to manufacture controversy about the film without

having seen it or without knowing what the story is really about,” he observes with a frown. “I think people should wait and watch it and then they will see what the film is trying to say. I love my city of Chicago—all of Chicago. I would never do anything to hurt it. I’m very proud to be in this film.” Indeed the movie, co-starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Piven, and Jennifer Hudson, has been criticized by several prominent Chicago figures: positioning the city as a “war zone” has been a step too far for some. Yet for Cusack, the positives are obvious. “Spike called me and said ‘this is an important film and it will help save lives.’ I believe that. This is a courageous film of conscience that will help promote a more peaceful America.” Hollywood must take some of the credit for glorifying gun violence, and it’s a valid argument to point a finger at Cusack, for he, too, has done his fair share of lethal gunplay (Grosse Point Blank, Con Air, etc.) on the big screen. But for him and cowriter-director Lee, it’s valid social commentary. Indeed, the term ‘Chiraq’ has become modern parlance for some in Chicago, and Lee himself, at a recent rally in the city, made his position clear: “This is real life and death and that’s the way we’re going to approach this.” Continued on PG 12

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IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ] 12 r ebel with a cause

John Cusack on his career and new film Chi-Raq

13 h ere’s carson!

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[LIFESTYLE & ARTS ] 15 STUDENT STANDOUT

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[ SPORTS ] 33 they’re no. 1

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walking down the street, she noticed a bright yellow parking meter, and read that all of the collected change was going to support the homeless in South Beach. “I was inspired to bring this unique and innovative idea back home to Highland Park,” she said. “I wanted to use the meter idea to address a more prominent issue here: food insecurity. Addressing food insecurity in Moraine Township is part of Seeds of Knowledge’s mission. Namrita founded the community service project “Seeds of Knowledge” last March. Over the summer she harvested and donated 93 pounds of fresh produce from “Seeds of Knowledge’s” plot at the Moraine Township Food Pantry garden, and her goal is to continue supporting the township throughout the year. “All of the change collected from the meters will be used to purchase fresh produce for the food pantry,” said Namrita.

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After Namrita presented her “Feed The Meters, Feed Your Neighbors” idea to the City Council, she was introduced to Ramesh Kanapareddy, director of public works. “He and Tony Ferrari, facility technician located two meters for the project, worked with me to choose optimum locations with high foot traffic, and helped me work out other installation glitches over these past

couple of months,” explained Namrita. She continued, “I then started working with the local artists to finalize the designs that would best reflect the mission of ‘Feed The Meters, Feed Your Neighbors.’ We had to do research and visit hardware stores to find out what type of paint, primer, and sealer would work best on metal and hold up well in the extreme climate we face in Chicagoland. It has definitely been a learning experience.” Local artist Scott Okin designed the second meter, while another local artist, Marilee Cole, and Namrita executed the design. “The second meter carries the same message, but it looks quite different,” said Namrita. “It is light green and has colorful fruits and vegetables painted all over it. I really appreciate all of the time and effort that the artists put in to help me make my vision come to life.” The second meter will be installed next week near

Michael’s Hot Dogs, 1879 Second Street. During Thanksgiving, Moraine Township Food Pantry receives a lot of support from community members and local businesses. “I am working with Anne Bassi, supervisor, and I am looking at new ways to help them reach their clients in the coming year,” said Namrita. “Through Seeds of Knowledge, I have learned that any idea you have can become a reality,” reflected Namrita. “I think it’s really important for kids my age to understand that with passion and hard work, they can accomplish any goals that they set forth. There will always be obstacles along the way. It is important to be persistent and flexible and not give up. When you start a project, you won’t have all the answers, but you will always learn along the way.” Namrita spromises to leave more room on her plate to continue her quest to help others.

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NEWS DIGEST Lots New at 20th Annunal Woodlands Academy Winter Wonderwalk/ Boutique In addition to tours of four architecturally significant Lake Forest homes, this year’s Winter Wonderwalk & Holiday Boutique benefit for Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart offers a first-hand look at the transformation the former Barat College’s library building, designed by architect Dirk Lohan (grandson of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), has undergone. Renamed the Gloria Dei Center as part of Woodlands Academy’s recently dedicated expanded campus, the facility will host Boutique shopping events all three days of this year’s Winter Wonderwalk, Thursday, Dec. 10, throughSaturday, Dec. 12. The ticket pick-up and reception desk also will be located there. This is one of the first examples of the many ways the repurposed building and its approximately 20,000 square feet of floor space will be utilized both by Woodlands Academy and the surrounding community. Other new features this year include the addition of Saturday Boutique shopping hours (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 12) along with seminars, demonstrations, hourly prize drawings and a Pop-up Alley including additional Saturday-only vendors. A Boutique preview party themed “Let it Snow” will be held Thursday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. featuring cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres, first-look shopping, door prizes and more. The Housewalk tours are scheduled on a Friday (Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) this year. Friday’s Boutique hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.offer a full day of shopping. Winter Wonderwalk tickets may be picked up at Woodlands Academy’s Gloria Dei Center from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30.p.m. on Dec. 10 and beginning at 9 a.m. onDec. 11. For Winter Wonderwalk & Holiday Boutique information visit either the school’s website or www. winterwonderwalk.org. You also may contact Kathy Fivelson at kfivelson@woodlandsacademy.org. Wilmette Ready, Set, Shop Free gift cards are being offered by select Downtown Wilmette businesses this holiday season - Don’t miss out! On November 28th a special shopping promotion called Ready, Set Shop kicked off. For

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partnership with the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory (MYA Conservatory) to present a holiday concert: Sounds of the Season. In this first-time, “side-by-side” program, MYA Conservatory students will play alongside professionals, as LFCDS students read original poetry written for each animal in the piece Carnival Winnetka Toys to Tots of the Animals by the French This year the Village is again Romantic composer Camille participating in the US Marine Saint-Saëns. Corp’s Toys for Tots campaign. The 60- minute program will Collection boxes are located in include a festive Holiday Overthe Police Department lobby, 410 ture, composed by Lake Forest Green Bay Road, or at Public resident and the Symphony’s composer-in residence, James Works, 1390 Willow Road. Stephenson, as well as his humorLake Bluff Women’s Club ous Bassoon It Will Be ChristChristmas Luncheon mas, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh The annual Christmas lun- Ride, a Hanukkah medley, and cheon and program of the Lake other holiday favorites. Bluff Women’s Club will be held For further information and to on Tuesday, December 8. The purchase tickets, please call (847) doors will open at 11:00 for 295.2135 or visit http://lakeforestholiday boutique shopping. An symphony.org/sounds-of-the-seaassorted array of home baked son/ cookies, jams and festive decorations will be among the many Highland Park Seeks Public items in the boutique. Money Feedback from the event will help provide The City is seeking public scholarships for Lake Bluff and feedback in an effort to strengthLake Forest high school seniors. en the City of Highland Park (the Lunch will be served at noon fol- City) Sustainability Work Plan. lowed by the barber shop music Specifically, resident input regardof the Sweet Adelines under the ing stormwater management, direction of Shannon Russo. The water conservation, waste manevent will be held at the Graced agement, and light pollution is United Methodist Church, 244 requested. Developed in partnerE. Center Avenue, Lake Bluff. ship with the City’s sustainabilFor reservations and information ity advisor, Quercus Consulting, contact Donna Beer at 847/295- the survey is available on the 7108. City’s website and will be distributed electronically, via hard copy Winnetka Curbside Leaf at City Hall and to a random Collection Ends Dec. 7 selection of residents via direct Due to the unseasonably early mail. snowfall in November, the Village The City regularly takes proacis extending the fall curbside leaf tive steps to become a more suscollection by one week. The last tainable community through its day to have leaves placed at the sustainability program established curb for collection will be more than a decade ago. The Monday, December 7, 2015. program will focus on four areas Under this program, residents over the coming year - stormwamay rake their leaves to the ter management, water conservaparkway just inside the edge of tion, waste management and light the curb for collection by the pollution. The survey will assist Village. After December 7, a yard the City in understanding resiwaste bag will be required. Yard dents’ perspectives on these four waste bags and refuse stickers may issues, identifying solutions to be purchased for $2 at The Grand common obstacles, and determinFood Center or Lakeside Foods. ing how our community can maintain our high quality of life while reducing our environmenLake Forest Country Day tal impact. School Hosts Lake Forest Symphony Holiday Concert We are asking residents to take On Saturday, December 19 at the survey by Friday, December 4:00 p.m., Lake Forest Country 11. It can be completed online Day School (LFCDS) will host at https://www.surveymonkey. the Lake Forest Symphony in com/r/SustainableHighlandPark.

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NEWS BEN CARSON Cont. from PG 1 Bass said in an email to Daily North Shore. Jeffrey Parnell and Carson are both physicians. Before running for president, Carson practiced as a pediatric neurosurgeon, according to his campaign website. People making a $2,700 donation will get an invitation with name recognition, a photo opportunity and entrance to the VIP reception preceding the general event, according to the invitation. The $1,000 donors also get into the VIP event and their picture taken with Carson. The requested $500 contribution earns a donor entry to the general reception. Presidential candidates holding fundraising events in Lake Forest is nothing new. Mitt Romney, the GOP candidate who ran against President Barack Obama in 2012, made two stops there, according to Mark Shaw of Lake Forest. Shaw is the 10th District State Central Committeeman and the West Deerfield Township Republican chairman. “It’s not unusual to see presi-

In an average of the latest polls by MSNBC reported Nov. 23, Carson is in second place averaging 22 percent trailing Donald Trump with 32 percent. dential candidates here,” Shaw said. “Mitt Romney came here twice in the last election cycle.” Shaw said he has not decided if he is going to the event and has not yet decided to back any of the 14 contenders for the Republican nomination. “As the state central commit-

teeman I try to be less engaged with candidates so I can reach out to everyone,” he said. “I do this to help unite the party (when there is a nominee).” Lou Atsaves of Lake Forest, who is the Moraine Township Republican chair, also said candidates for high office frequent Lake Forest, particularly to raise money. He was not aware of the Carson event when contacted by Daily North Shore but he said he is backing a different candidate. “I’m not surprised he is coming to Lake Forest,” Atsaves said. “Presidential candidates regularly come in and out of Lake Forest. I have decided to be an alternate delegate for Jeb Bush.” In an average of the latest polls by MSNBC reported Nov. 23, Carson is in second place averaging 22 percent trailing Donald Trump with 32 percent. Behind Carson are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) with 11 percent, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) with eight percent and Bush with six percent and nine others. The Parnells did not return multiple calls to Daily North Shore to comment for this story.

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Junior Wins First Place at Illinois Student Congress Tournament Congress with the Illinois Congressional Debate Association atthew Miller first expe- (ICDA), where students from all rienced the power of over Illinois gather to debate a debate at an activities fair series of 12 bills for which they’ve during his final semester of had time to research and prepare middle school. As he moved their arguments. It mimics the through the halls of Deerfield style of debate practiced by High School (DHS) with the Senators and Representatives in various after-school activities the chambers of Washington trying to convince the incoming D.C. when arguing for legislafreshman to join their clubs, one tion. With ICDA, each tournagroup stood out. ment breaks into chambers of 20 “Of course, being the debate students and argues three sesclub, they were pretty compel- sions, getting to six or seven of ling,” says Miller, now a junior at the 12 bills in a tournament. Each DHS. “They argued for me to join of the sessions has a different Student Congress. So, I put my Presiding Officer elected from name down on the sign-up list.” the students gathered in the Though the idea of high school chamber whose job it is to call debate conjures images of one- upon students to argue on either on-one arguments at podiums, side of the current bill. Presiding Lincoln-Douglas style, that’s not Officers only serve for one session a form of debate practiced by the so that they may rack up their DHS team. They practice Student speaking points during the other BY JAKE JARVI

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two sessions. Miller has developed his skills as both a speaker and a Presiding Officer. At the October tournament at Schaumburg High School, Miller was elected the top Presiding Officer in his chamber and he had the highest speaking average of the 500 students assembled, earning the title First Place Quality Speaker. “The part that I like most is that you have to refute other people’s arguments in the moment, refer to what other people have said, and also bring in new points,” Miller says. “You can’t just go up there with a prerehearsed speech that really doesn’t advance the discussion at all. I think that really strikes a nice balance between being extemporaneous and having prepared beforehand.” The skillsets of research,

forming arguments, and defending his point of view over his two and half years in Student Congress come into play in his other extracurricular activities as well. He sits on the executive board of the DHS Student Council; he participates in the Scholastic Bowl, the DHS version of a quiz team; and at a Model UN conference in February, he’ll speak on behalf of Columbia. “You really learn how to be an advocate for different things you believe in,” Miller says. “Also, to present your viewpoints and have discussions in which you are very persuasive. It really brings your confidence up when you’re talking to other people. You realize that, with a little practice and a little work, you really have a voice. That’s probably the most empowering part.”rative, I’ll do it that way.”

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Your boyfriend can’t read your mind. Get this App and share the things that he should find.” It’s a simple program that Robinson is advertising for a big box retailer. Make a wish list in the store and share it on social media and email to take the guesswork

out of holiday shopping. This is a big deal, given how much Americans are expected to spend. The National Retail Federation found that the average shopper will spend $805.65 on holiday gifts, food and decorations in November and December, up just $3.20 from 2014. And we’ll spend more on our spouses than on both our parents combined, according to a British survey for the Nationwide Building Society. (But we still spend the most on our kids.) Robinson’s boss isn’t the first retailer to organize a digital wish list, but it begs the question: does using an app to shop for your spouse take the whimsy and romance out of the holiday gift tradition? It shouldn’t, logically, but in my heart it kind of does. Who of us as children didn’t make list for Santa and take it with when we went to visit him at the mall? My son will mail his letter to Santa this month, including a few suggestion for gifts if my son’s name is on the Nice List, through our local Park District. But somehow that afternoon activity

seems light years away from my thirty-something self standing in a big box store tapping away on my smart phone. Nevertheless, I know that spouses across the North Shore, as at the North Pole, will seek out help selecting the perfect gift. In honor of Small Business Saturday Nov. 28, I asked two local retailers to share their advice. They agreed that the key to great gifting is to pay attention; know where your spouse shops and note the details of his or her favorite home accessories. Megan Stockton, owner of Gifted in Lake Forest, said local retailers often know their customers by name and those customers’ preferences; they are happy to reach contact a spouse when new items that meet a customer’s preferences are in stock. “We all have enough of everything we need, and so often we love to receive things we can use,” Stockton said. “And sometimes the most obscure gifts can be just perfect. “But if you have a favorite retailer and you have your eye on

something, I bet that retailer would be happy to reach out to your spouse and say, ‘hey, we’ve got what your wife is looking for.’” Sherry Smith, a four-year veteran of the Chalet’s Home and Holiday department, said local retailers can help any spouse find just the right thing if you know what is already in use at home. “If you know that your spouse shops here a lot, we can look up her past purchases to get ideas for other things she might like, or else

we can just pick your brain,” Smith said. Look at the tags on a favorite tablecloth and note the scent on a favorite candle, she suggested, and let your local retailer work from there. “If you know her favorite scent is Frasier fir, we can put together a really romantic night with a faux fur throw blanket and some other items.” Tell me about the best gift you’ve ever given or received from your spouse, via email at joanna@northshoreweekend.com.

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NORTH SHORE FOODIE Chef Sergio Correa prepares Taste on Chestnut’s Lobster Papperdelle - Truffle, Parmesan Broth, Asparagus, Portobella, Butter Poached Lobster Tail, Tarragon. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

Taste On Chestnut Provides Downtown Feel hotels and private clubs. Leviton studied in the kitchen aste on Chestnut was expe- of one of Switzerland’s most riencing a mid-afternoon famous restaurants, Auberge du lull when equal parts chef Lion d’Or on Lake Geneva; and and owner, Steve Leviton, invited Moulin de Mougins, a 16th me to sit across from him at one century mill turned restaurant of the white table-clothed tables on the French Riviera. (In 1977, in front. The cozy dining area— the famed French chef and with its mocha-colored walls, blue Michelin-star whisperer, Alain table napkins, and modern Ducasse, worked there as an asartwork—was a nice compliment sistant, where he learned the to the admittedly lavish, up- Provençal-style cooking methods tempo American cuisine Leviton for which he later became rehad laid out on the table. nowned.) At each, respectfully, If you’re looking for a “down- Leviton received certificates in town feel” out of your restaurant, the culinary arts. look no further than Winnetka’s But he’s also a local boy newest fine-dining experience. through and through. At age 12, Leviton wants his customers to Leviton learned how to cook ‘Taste’ with their eyeballs as well from the short order cooks at a as their palates: a benchmark you Skokie deli. Growing up five can aspire to when you’re a chef miles away in Evanston means with more than 20 years experi- Leviton is well aware of the ence in chalets and auberges, storied history in this space, with BY SIMON MURRAY

the precursor to Taste on Chestnut being Jerry’s/Corner Cook’s. Patrons of Jerry’s will be glad to know Leviton has kept the original space’s open kitchen layout intact, which means diners can watch the chef ’s prepare their meal right before their very eyes. In January they will celebrate their one-year anniversary. Has anything changed, I asked him, since opening the restaurant? “We certainly evaluate all the time: this is a restaurant that people like dining at; people like eating here,” said Leviton. “They like breaking apart our menu because there are so many interesting things to it: people like having entrees for appetizers, they like having entrée salads being shared at the table, they’re not afraid to have what they like and have it the way they like to have it.”

Professional experience working as executive chef at Kiki’s Bistro and Wolfgang Puck Catering in Chicago, as well as director of dining in country clubs along the North Shore, Leviton has a wealth of recipes he brought with him to Taste on Chestnut. One of which is the creamy lobster pappardelle— or large, very broad, flat past noodles, similar to wide fettuccine. The name derives from the Italian verb “pappare”, to gobble up. Which is exactly what in-house diners and those who make this dish at home will be very keen on doing. Said Marino, “Having the name Nick wasn’t a prerequisite, but it certainly has worked out really well.” For more information, to view their menu or make a reservation, please visit tasteonchestnut.com or call 847-441-0134.

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Hundreds gathered in the Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve for Lake Forest Open Land’s Bagpipes and Bonfire, an autumnal North Shore favorite held at the end of September. The late afternoon included games, Scottish entertainment, a picnic feast, beer, and spirits, all culminating with the landing of kilted skydivers as dramatic bagpipers led a procession to the lighting of the enormous bonfire. The event was chaired by John and Paula Lillard, Ned and Lynn Lillard Jessen, Jonathan and Margaret Jessen Kelley, George and Caitlyn Myers, and James and Paula Lillard Preschlack. lfola.org

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Come and join us for festive fun, great shopping, delicious fare and chances to win great gifts What better way to get into the spirit of the season than to experience traditional sights and sounds, warm hospitality, and the delightful offerings of charming Lake Forest and Lake Bluff? Make a day of it at our wonderful shops and eateries and be sure to mark your calendar for these fabulous annual events – grab your passport to holiday specials, drawings, gifts and good cheer. We look forward to seeing you!

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Bring the family to downtown Lake Bluff, the “North Pole of the North Shore,” for a horse-drawn carriage ride, a bag of roasted chestnuts, carolers, a visit with Santa and his reindeer (yes, live ones!), tour historic homes, and enjoy some delicious nibbles and sips. Pick up a “Holly Jolly Passport” to complete and win fabulous items from the shops and eateries, then end the afternoon with the traditional gazebo lighting and holiday caroling on the Village Green. Old-fashioned holiday fun at its best!

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Businesses open for holiday shopping Artists on the Bluff at the LB Train Station & AOTB Gallery Story time with Santa’s elf at the Lake Bluff Library Historic Home Tour from Lake Bluff History Museum (ChristmasLakeBluff.com) Live reindeer with their elves visit on the Village Green Horse-drawn carriage rides courtesy of Lake Forest Bank & Trust Visit with Santa at the Lake Bluff History Museum Decorating party at the Library Jim Kendros performs on rare, historic musical instruments at the train station LFHS Holiday Brass Ensemble performs through town The Buckthorns perform seasonal favorites at Inovasi Gazebo lighting celebration on the Green with LBMS choristers

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Submit $250 in receipts for purchases bought in 60044 and 60045 during the month of December and enter to win $500 in Chamber gift certificates, redeemable at the shops and eateries throughout our towns. Entry forms available at shops – winner announced January 4, 2016.

For a complete schedule of events and directory of stores visit www.ShopLFLB.com

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DOMINANT IN DEKALB: Loyola Academy’s football team basks in the glory of being No. 1 in the state. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

t was early August, the first day of football practice for high school teams in Illinois. Loyola Academy senior Emmett Clifford looked left, looked right, looked in front of him. He was surrounded by fast guys, strong guys, talented guys, smart guys. Boy. Oh, boy. Clifford would get to steer them and manage them in the months of September and October and November, a helmet-wearing

CEO with a bevy of padded assets. He could not wait for the venture to begin. His business suit on Fridays and Saturdays this fall featured a No. 2 on the front and a No. 2 on the back. “I knew in the summer, before the summer, really, that this would be a special group,” Clifford, one of four captains, recalled last weekend in DeKalb, nearly an hour after he and the Ramblers routed Marist’s RedHawks 41-0

in the Class 8A state championship in Huskie Stadium on the Northern Illinois University campus. No. 2 had become a part of a No. 1 on Nov. 28. Loyola Academy’s frighteningly dominant defense, in its sixth shutout of a 14-0 season, held Marist (9-5) to 174 yards of total offense, minus-two rushing, and sacked senior quarterback Brendan Skalitzky five times. Clifford (16

of 24, 195 yards) connected with senior wide receiver Jonah Isaac for a nine-yard touchdown and ran for a four-yard TD, the game’s first TD at 9:36 of the first quarter. Senior running back Dara Laja rushed for 152 yards on 24 carries and entered the end zone twice, his scores covering nine and six yards in the second quarter. Ramblers junior wideout/tight end Jake Marwede, practically college football-ready, secured four recep-

tions for 83 yards and rushed his 6-5, 220-pound frame for two third-quarter TDs (two yards, one yard). Special. “We never talked about having a perfect season,” John Holecek, the Ramblers’ 10th-year coach, said. “We always talked about the next game, just the next game, never long-term. Our goal each week was, ‘Win this week, get better.’ Five playoff games … we

played five playoff games this season. That’s a lot of weeks, a long time. “It’s pretty cool, being a part of an undefeated team,” added the coach of Class 8A state runner-up squads in 2011 and ’13 and the second state champion football coach in program history ( John Hoerster, in 1993, became the first). “These guys will go down in Continued on PG 44

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STAR ATTRACTION Lake Forest’s Edwards taking his game to new heights BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

orenzo Edwards might have a difficult time ever replicating what he did in the 2015-16 season opener. ’Zo was in a zone. In a 64-54 victory over Glenbrook South in the opening pool play game of the New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 23, the 6-foot-7 Lake Forest High School senior — with the phenomenal wing span — elevated his game. Edwards took flight. Took it to airplane-hangar heights. He was Mr. Mismatch. There are double doubles. And then, there are DOUBLE DOUBLES. Wearing jersey No. 1, Edwards, a likely all-state candidate, hung 27 points and 23 rebounds on the Titans. “He (Edwards) was impressive,” Glenbrook South coach Ben Widner said. “He really turned it on in the fourth quarter.” Edwards’ performance in those final eight minutes was matchless: 15 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. He also rattled down a dunk. Edwards finished the fourgame set averaging 18.5 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. The left-handed shooting Edwards was good last year. He turned more than few heads being the steady sidekick of 6-8 Evan Boudreaux, who is now tearing it up at Dartmouth University (18.0 points, 8.3 rebounds per game). But this year, the new and improved Edwards is looking turnstile good. He’s a top attraction. He’s a player to watch. Eyeballs tend to follow him. Without question, Edwards is one of the top unsigned players in the state. “That’s a pretty good player right there,” said Loyola Academy coach Tom Livatino, following his team’s 37-35 overtime victory over Lake Forest in the thirdplace game of the NT Tournament on Nov. 28. “He’s really, really under-offered right now. “He’s skilled. He’s athletic. He’s solid off the dribble, and he’s got a really soft touch,” Livatino added. “It takes a lot to guard him. With him in there, Lake

would go up, and I’d think, ‘Where’s Evan?’ ” Boudreaux, who averaged 24.8 points and 13.6 rebounds per game as a senior, wasn’t the only major loss to graduation. Lake Forest’s 2014-15 squad also featured Noah Karras (University of Chicago recruit), Jack Traynor (playing football at Dartmouth), Steven Vogrich, Tommy Trkla and Scott Dent. In the early going, the Scouts have been leaning heavily on Edwards in the scoring department. But Edwards believes that things in time will balance out. “We’ve got shooters on this team,” Edwards said. “I’ve seen it in practice. I know these guys have it in them. Varsity games are different than practices. We’ll eventually get there.” “I think we’re starting to jell as a team,” he added. “I like my teammates. I’m having a lot of fun.”

’ZO GOOD: Lorenzo Edwards of the Scouts eyes the hoop during action against Glenbrook North at the New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.

Forest is a difficult team to match up against.” In this unusually low-scoring game, Edwards ended up with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. He had five points, five rebounds and one block in the fourth quarter. The Scouts went 2-2 in the season-opening tourney. Edwards had 18 points and 11 rebounds in a 56-45 setback to Benet Academy — the eventual tourney champs — on Nov. 24, while he tallied 15 points and nine re-

bounds in a 44-38 victory over St. Ignatius on Nov. 25. “It was nice to start the season off the way I did (against GBS). I’m just doing what I can to try and help us win,” said Edwards, son of Kevin Edwards, who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic and Vancouver Grizzlies. “Stats don’t matter to me. Only winning matters.” Mismatch players are made.

Not born. Edwards is constantly working on his game. Getting up early and shooting with his dad or teammate Justin McMahon before school is a common occurrence. “The more you practice, the more it will pay off for you,” said Edwards, who averaged 8.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a junior. “I try to get better every day.” He played his AAU ball with Mean Streets over the summer. “I think playing with them

made me a lot tougher,” said Edwards. He definitely has taken his rebounding to the next level. He was like a vulture near the glass in the win over GBS. And he continued to be a carom magnet against LA, Benet and St. Ignatius. Making a haul on the boards is one of his missions. “If the ball’s up there, I want it,” said Edwards. “Last year,” he added, “I’d look for Evan (Boudreaux). A shot

Notable: Junior point guard Justin McMahon has been a bright spot in the LF lineup. He’s averaging just under 10 points per game. He came up with 12 points and four boards in the game against GBS. He’s pretty much automatic on free throws: 12 for 14. He helped to seal LF’s win over St. Ignatius by going 4-for-4 from the foul line. McMahon also has been rebounding well from the guard position. He had 16 boards in the four games. … Junior Reed Thomas also gave the Scouts some scoring punch. He had eight points against GBS and eight more against St. Ignatius. … The Scouts, who play at Lake Zurich on Dec. 4, are not at full strength. Senior Danny Carollo is sidelined with a thumb injury, while 6-4 junior Brian Stickler is out with a hip injury. … “We’ve got a lot of basketball-instinctive players on this team,” said LF coach Phil LaScala, following his team’s win over GBS. And LF’s head man didn’t like the outcome, but he liked his team’s effort against Loyola. “This was a good preparation game for when we start league play. It was a good game to be involved in.”

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HIGH ON SASLOW Senior guard ‘point’-ing Giants in the right direction BY BILL MCLEAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

oey Saslow, a starter, had to sit on a bench for a stretch in the third quarter of a Thanksgiving boys basketball tournament last weekend. Coach’s decision. It was the last place the Highland Park High School senior point guard wanted to be. Saslow wanted to run and pass and jump and shoot, his team — 0-2 at the time — leading Prospect 23-17 at St. Viator in Arlington Heights on Nov. 27. He did not stew, knowing he’d return to the court. He also did not relax on a chair. Saslow sat on the edge of the seat, crouched and intense, with his elbows on his thighs, with his eyes wide and focused on the activity unfolding in front of him. If there is such a thing as an alert defensive stance in a folding chair, Saslow was in it. “Look at all the guys on our bench during a game, at any time,” Saslow, a 5-foot-7, 155pounder, said after HP’s 42-31 victory. “They’re always sitting like that, really into the game, ready to go.” Saslow essentially did all of his basketball work last winter under the cover of Giants practices, a scout team shooter, unsung but invaluable to a team preparing for an opponent with a high-scoring guard. The Giants’ top seven hoopsters last winter were Class of 2015 hoopsters. “That built his confidence, shooting against our starters last year,” HP coach Paul Harris said. “Joey worked hard every day.” Joey Saslow, these days, works hard at every practice, plays hard in every game. He poured in eight of his team’s 12 first-quarter points against Prospect and finished with 13, two fewer points than the total of the Giants’ top scorer, sophomore guard Ziv Tal. Saslow netted a team-high 20 points, including four three-pointers, in HP’s 54-44 loss to Conant in the Giants’ second St. Viator tourney game on Nov. 25. He is averaging 13.3 points per game after three games. “He plays with a bounce in his JUMPIN’ JOEY: Highland Park High School’s Joey Saslow scores two in his team’s win over Prospect step,” Harris said. “On paper he’s at the St. Viator Thanksgiving Tournament. HP finished 1-2 in the tourney. PHOTOGRAPHY BY 5-7, but he plays a lot bigger than GEORGE PFOERTNER.

that. He jumps well, works hard to get his shot off against taller players. Joey, like a lot of our seniors this year, knew he’d get the opportunity to play a big role for us, and he’s doing that, playing well.” The late Dean Smith, coach of University of North Carolina men’s basketball teams from 1961-1997, wanted his scorers to thank the passer after made baskets. “The Point” was born. A scorer pointing to the passer, in transition, means, “Thank you.” Saslow points right at the passer after he hits a shot. Saslow also points right at a shooter after the shooter sinks a shot following a Saslow pass. That point means, unofficially, “Nice going.” “Great shooter, team leader, nice guy,” Highland Park senior forward Zach Fleisher said of Saslow. Saslow’s leadership qualities emerged during the simple act of returning, with his teammates, to the court after halftime of the Highland Park-Prospect game last weekend, his team up 18-14. Saslow tapped the backs of teammates, offered words of encouragement, fist-bumped a Giant one minute, another Giant the next. He then clapped for a ball, eager to warm up his shot. He bounced. He smiled at a teammate. He took another shot. He bounced again. Seniors all over the country have written at least one essay to satisfy a requirement for a college application. One of Saslow’s essays was about a 5-7 basketball player, initials J.S. “I wrote about what it’s like to be a 5-foot-7 player, about how I’m using my height to my advantage in games,” Saslow said. The Giants (1-2) limited Prospect’s Knights to four points in the third quarter and enjoyed a 34-20 lead at 6:04 of the fourth quarter. Prospect then went on a 9-0 run, six coming on back-toback treys at the start of the surge, before HP established another comfortable advantage with an 8-0 run. Two free throws and a bucket from Fleisher (10 points, six rebounds, two steals), in a 19-second span, put the Giants up 42-29.

Prospect scored only two points in the final 3:14, none from a starter. Tal and senior forward Blake Schwartz each finished with four steals. Tal’s final steal of the game led to his final assist, a pass to Fleisher at 1:08 of the fourth quarter. Tal also came down with four rebounds. “We felt we put a good product on the floor in this tournament,” Harris said. “We had four goals coming in — play great defense, take care of the basketball, take good shots, win the ‘hustle game.’ We did that, especially [vs. Prospect]. You do those things well, good things usually happen. Those are the same goals [Boston Celtics coach and former Butler University coach] Brad Stevens wants his teams to reach each game.” Notable: Senior forward Zach Fleisher and 6-foot-2 senior guard Toby Tigges saw more floor time than any of the other eight returning HP seniors did in the 2014-15 season. Both earned starting nods this winter. Tigges, a quarterback in the fall, aggravated a knee injury in the Giants’ basketball opener on Nov. 24, a 38-35 loss to the host school in the St. Viator Tournament. He was scheduled to undergo an MRI, Giants coach Paul Harris noted last weekend. “That’s tough, because Toby had worked so hard to get ready for the season,” Harris said. … Fleisher, after the Giants’ first win of the season, a 42-31 defeat of Prospect on Nov. 27: “Great. This feels great. We won because we played together … played together the whole time. People say we’re inexperienced. But we’re a close-knit team, and that’s one of our strengths.” … Fleisher netted a team-high 14 points in the loss to St. Viator. Giants sophomore guard Ziv Tal (two treys) scored 12, and senior guard Joey Saslow tallied seven. … Six of Fleisher’s 13 points came from three-point territory in HP’s 54-44 loss to Conant on Nov. 25. … Fleisher, on his roles this winter: “To be a leader, to be sure we do the right things and to be sure we have fun.”

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s a kid growing up in Cleveland, home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Will Plodzeen fell in love with the threepointer. In his world, two of the best words in the English language were: Shoot. It. “I still recall setting up behind the three-point line and having my grade school coach yelling, ‘shoot it,’ ” said Plodzeen, who is now in his senior season at Loyola Academy. For him, it was: Music. To. His. Ears. “It went in, and I’ve loved shooting the three ever since,” Plodzeen said. But, after moving to Illinois, he soon found out — courtesy of LA head coach Tom Livatino — that players at Loyola don’t live on the three-point shot alone. Having game at LA means getting after it and going all out — at all times. It can safely be said that Plodzeen has added that element to his game. “I found out freshman year that if you wanted to play varsity basketball here, then you better be willing to take charges and dive on the floor after loose balls,” said the 6-foot-2 guard. After seeing very little playing time last winter, Plodzeen has emerged on the scene. He started and played big minutes in last week’s New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament. His 13 points on three three-pointers helped the Ramblers to a 37-35 overtime victory over Lake Forest in the third-place game on Nov. 28. The Ramblers went 3-1 in the four-game set. In pool play, they defeated Mather 65-52 on Nov. 24 and New Trier 52-49 on Nov. 25, while they fell to Lincoln Park 49-40 on Nov. 23. “I’m super excited about going 3-1 in this tournament,” said Livatino. “Beating Lake Forest, New Trier and Mather is pretty solid.”

The veteran LA coach also raved about Plodzeen’s play. “Will and Ramar (Evans) are the two guys who jumped off the page for me tonight,” said Livatino. “I’m really proud of Will,” the coach added. “To gain my basketball respect, you’ve got to be a tough guy on the court. Tough guys make winning plays. And Will is a tough guy. “He’s a tough guy who makes tough shots.” Plodzeen’s toughest shot of the night came in overtime. Down by two points at the time, 33-31, he ignited the partisan crowd with a rare four-point play. He was fouled after drilling a three-pointer out on top. “I was pretty amped up after that play,” said Plodzeen. His three-ball was on target — and trigger ready — throughout the four tournament games. He went 9-for-16 (53 percent) from beyond the arc. His other double-figures game (11 points) came against New Trier. Plodzeen, who fittingly wears the No. 3 jersey, drained three threes in that rivalry game. “Take shot to make shots,” said Plodzeen, who played his club basketball with Fundamental U this past summer. “And shoot with confidence.” And having a shot doctor like LA assistant coach Aaron Hamilton around doesn’t hurt matters. “Coach Hamilton has been a big help,” Plodzeen added. “He’s always making adjustments on our shots. Always perfecting everyone’s shot.” And that other thing? That defensive thing? Plodzeen said that he learned how to play “tough” by watching 2015 grad Mark Dowdle. “I’m just trying to fill Dowdle’s role,” said Plodzeen. “From a defensive perspective, I want to do the things that he did last year. He wasn’t a scorer for us, but he did all of the little things. He was the man on defense.” Plodzeen has gone a long way in adopting Dowdle’s approach. “You know it’s going to hurt, when you dive on the floor. You get

“I’d be the first doctor in the family,” he said. Notable: First, Ramar Evans took over in the early minutes of the second half.The Loyola junior came out of the locker room red hot in the third-place game of the New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 28 at Loyola. He went on his own personal 8-0 run by hitting two free throws and two threepointers. Then, with precious few seconds left in overtime, Evans took — and made — the shot of the night. On an isolation play out on top, Evans (17 points) let the clock run down to five seconds before driving on his man and knocking down a step-back 17-footer with 1.3 seconds on the clock to give the Ramblers a 37-35 victory over Lake Forest. “Pretty hard to defend that,” Loyola head coach Tom Livatino said. “Our guy had a hand in his face,” said Lake Forest coach Phil LaScala. “He made a tough shot.” Meanwhile, one of the best games of the tourney was held on Nov. 25 in a pool play game on the New Trier court. In a game that went down to the wire, the Ramblers made six of eight free throws in the final 46 seconds to pull out a 52-49 win. Evans led the way with 13 points and five rebounds. “This is a great rivalry game,” said Livatino. “There was a lot of back and forth. We were fortunate to win.” In the game against Mather, guard Brandon Danowski paced the LA attack with 16 points on four three-pointers. And, in the opener against Lincoln Park, Evans (14 points) and Danowski (12 points) paced WILL-ING AND ABLE: Loyola Academy senior Will Plodzeen (right) drives against New Trier’s Teddy the Ramblers. McGregor during tournament play. Plodzeen made 9 of 16 three-pointers in LA’s four-game set. In the game against Mather, PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER. guard Brandon Danowski paced “I’m a future intramural player,” the LA attack with 16 points on a lot of bruises. But you suck it up,” not LeBron James. said Plodzeen. “He might not be their most he said. four three-pointers. And he hopes to go to medical One of his other role models skilled player, but he’s the one diving And, in the opener against school one day. plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, on the floor,” said Plodzeen. Lincoln Park, Evans (14 points) and the name might surprise you. Plodzeen is not planning to play Which has to be music to the and Danowski (12 points) paced It’s guard Matthew Dellavedova, basketball at the next level. ears of his parents. the Ramblers.

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SOCCER 24/7 Lake Forest’s Kullby has an undying passion for the game BY BILL MCLEAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

eegan Kullby finds himself on an outdoor soccer pitch, a five-minute walk from his house in Lake Forest. It is 30-something degrees and dropping, rainy, another late November day, a Saturday afternoon. His father, Kevin, a longtime prep soccer coach and the current boys varsity coach at Lakes Community High School, is nearby. The son, a Lake Forest High School senior, taps a soccer ball to his father. The father taps the ball back to his son. They run around on the grass pitch at Lake Forest College. They drill and chat and bond. The son works on his touch, his finishes. The father — in his 50s and still the leader in career assists (39) at the University of Wisconsin — offers observations, runs around some more. Dad’s favorite orders, reminders: Keep it simple. Pass to feet. “My dad is out there to get exercise,” Keegan, a 5-foot-8, 165-pound center-midfielder, says. “I’m out there to get better.” Saturday turns into Sunday, early Sunday morning. A television is on in the Kullby house. It is 6 a.m., time for Keegan’s beloved Tottenham to battle Chelsea in a Premier League match. Keegan, blink-blink, wide awake now, watches every minute of the 0-0 tie. “Boring, a nil-nil-er,” Kullby, fluent in soccer-speak, says, though he’d watch it all over it again if the next televised soccer match had to be postponed because of severe weather conditions. A basketball enthusiast is a gym rat. A hockey enthusiast is a rink rat. A soccer enthusiast is, well, … exactly what Kullby is today. His desire to get as many teammates involved in a soccer match means as much to him as a match-winning goal off his foot or his head does, or as much as an assist to a teammate’s foot or head does. “Keegan loves the sport, is addicted to it,” Scouts varsity soccer Rob Parry says of the

Keegan Kullby of the Scouts (right) races to the ball during action this fall. Kullby missed earning all-state honors by one point. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

four-year varsity booter and member of FC 1974, a soccer club based in Libertyville. “I’ve known him since he was in diapers, when his dad coached here at Lake Forest High School. If Keegan is here, in a hallway at the school, and he’s not thinking about one of his recent games, he’s thinking about the soccer game he last watched on TV. “Keegan has,” the coach adds, “a great feel for the tempo of the game. He knows when to get

quicker, when to slow it down, and he has a wonderful range of passing. He can pick out a guy, 40 yards away, and get the ball to that guy.” Kullby was the recipient of a lengthy pass, this one measuring about 50 yards, in a match against Warren this past fall. Matt Moderwell, a senior midfielder/forward, had delivered it. The ball found a side of Kullby’s left foot, on the fly. The ball popped over a defender’s head. Kullby sped past the defender,

caught up to the ball and then sprint-dribbled for about 25 yards, the goalie his last obstacle. Kullby toe-poked the ball to the right corner of the net. The match ended in a 1-1 tie, not boring at all, thanks to Kullby’s instincts and creative tally near the end of the first half. It was one of Kullby’s seven goals in 2015, perhaps the prettiest. He also dished six assists in his final prep season. He ranked second to Moderwell in goals and assists and earned all-

sectional honors, falling one point short of all-state status. His career numbers at LFHS: 79 matches, 67 starts, 17 goals, 15 assists. Kullby would love nothing more than the opportunity to watch more European soccer matches on TV in between classes and his college soccer matches, ideally at a Big Ten school. He continues to search for the right fit at the next level. “I love soccer … everything about it,” Kullby says. “I’ve been

a diehard Tottenham for seven years now. I remember getting my first Tottenham jersey, then staying home sick one day and watching Tottenham beat one of its biggest rivals, Arsenal, 5-1. “Soccer,” he adds, “was not a big deal in this country decades ago. Now, kids 12 and younger in this county play soccer more than any other sport, and they’re sticking with it. It’s exciting for the sport, for our national teams.” His favorite player is Harry Kane, 22, a striker for — no surprise, no surprise — Tottenham. Kane has been affiliated with Tottenham since the age of nine, Kullby figures. “He’s loyal, and he’s a lovable and charismatic guy, hearing him talk as much as I have,” Kullby says. “He scored 30 goals last year, a great year. If I could spend a day with him, I’d beat him, no doubt, at FIFA (a video game). He would then probably tell me, ‘Let’s go outside. Get in goal.’ ” For close to three years, during his years at Deer Path Middle School, Kullby liked to think, or shout, “Get in the hole!” Keegan Kullby found golf on a rainy day. He was sixthgrader, about to become more than just a soccer player. He and his mother, Susie, and his sister, Greta, walked into a Golf Galaxy. They used the store’s simulator. They got hooked, all three of them, almost immediately. They saw clubs. They had to buy clubs. It was a rainy day, remember. People do save for a day like that. “We all walked out of there with a new set of clubs,” Keegan, a short-game ace, recalls. “I got a pass to play rounds at Deerpath [Golf Course]. I’d play about 150 rounds a year with that pass. My mom is an English teacher at Deer Path Middle. She still plays, hits the ball far. I’d put my clubs in her classroom at the beginning of the school day and pick them up after my last class. Then I’d walk to the course and play a round.”

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Loyola Academy history as players on an undefeated state champion. The last time a football team at our school went undefeated in a season was in the 1960s [before Illinois staged state playoffs].” Loyola Academy’s game plan against Marist on a chilly Thanksgiving weekend night was twopronged: contain Skalitzky’s legs, let Loyola’s offense hum and exhaust the scoreboard operator. Skalitzky gained 17 yards on 13 carries, pedestrian numbers for a RedHawk who had darted and dashed for 1,067 yards on 158 carries (6.75 yards per tote) in Marist’s firsts 13 games. Ramblers senior linebacker Cross Daffada recorded two sacks; senior defensive back Bobby Desherow (seven tackles) and senior lineman Jack Hough had a sack apiece; and senior linebacker Frank Doherty and junior linebacker Anthony Romano (six tackles) dropped Skalitzky together one yard behind the line of scrimmage on a thirdand-1 play in the second quarter. LA’s offense racked up 403 total yards and 22 first downs (to Marist’s nine). It converted seven of 12 third downs and three of four fourth downs. The Ramblers’ final TD of the season, at 3:56 of the third quarter, triggered a running clock. “Some of our guys got robbed of personal awards this year, because they did not play in fourth quarters [of blowouts],” Holecek said. “Our guys had to settle for fewer yards, fewer sacks. But they didn’t care.” One of the guys: Clifford, he of the 33-TD, six-interception, 2,548-yard season, an efficient, unflappable signal caller. You want him to take the snap on a fourthand-long, game on the line. You want him to tell you and some of your panicky neighbors what to do and where to go, tornado approaching, on the warpath. He, like Laja (the program’s career leader in rushing yards ran for 1,854 yards and 22 TDs this year) and the rest of the Ramblers, cared only about the left side of the win-loss record. LA’s season started with a 35-0 victory (over Milwaukee-based Marquette University High School) in Wilmette, way back on Aug. 29, and ended with a shutout in DeKalb, tidy and fitting bookends. Holecek addressed his state champions shortly after the twohour, 16-minute game and just before the trophy presentation and media obligations. The former Buffalo Bill, San Diego Charger and Atlanta Falcon, an NFL employee for eight seasons, was surrounded by fast guys, strong guys, talented guys, smart guys. The

HANG 10: Loyola’s Jonah Isaac (left) celebrates a first-half touchdown with teammate Eric Eshoo. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

former Marian Catholic High School and University of Illinois linebacker praised his Ramblers, congratulated his Ramblers on college turf. He then said something that made them laugh. He ended the gathering, half-smiling, with an emphatic, “We start lifting Monday.”The large huddle broke, smiles plastered above maroonand-gold uniforms. The happy teens had more hands to shake. The champs hunted for more people to embrace. Clifford and the team’s other captains, Laja and Desherow and senior offensive lineman Sam Badovinic, headed, together, toward a platform to receive the program’s second first-place trophy in 22 years. They hoisted the hardware, shook it a little, hoisted it higher. Lifting had commenced. Notable: Loyola Academy senior defensive lineman Ben LeRoy should feel quite comfortable when he suits up for his home college debut next fall. The 6-foot3, 265-pounder, disruptive and powerful, is bound for Northern Illinois University, site of last

weekend’s Class 8A football championship. “A monster of a player,” LA coach John Holecek said. … Ramblers senior defensive back Matt Sheridan preserved the shutout in last weekend’s Class 8A title game when he intercepted a pass in LA’s end zone at 1:45 of the fourth quarter. … LA senior linebacker Anthony Romano finished first among teammates in tackles this fall with 108, ahead of junior linebacker Graham Repp (95). … Senior Patrick Tata kicked six extra points in the state championship game on Nov. 28. LA’s other significant title-game statistics: senior wideout Thomas Smart (four catches, 47 yards); senior Jonah Isaac (three catches, 29 yards); senior running back Dara Laja (two catches, 25 yards). Isaac’s nine-yard TD reception was a well-timed one near a goal line. LA senior quarterback Emmett Clifford threw a quick strike to an in-stride Isaac, inside a trio of scrambling RedHawks defenders when he caught up to it. … Quoteworthy I — Holecek, after winning a state football title on his third attempt as a Loyola Academy coach: “It wasn’t the

worst thing, being the Marv Levy of high school football. It’s nice to win one, to finally kick that door down.” Coach Levy’s Buffalo Bills lost four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s. … Quote-worthy II — Holecek, 43, on preparing for Marist after surviving competitive playoff games against HomewoodFlossmoor (34-28, quarterfinal, on Nov. 14) and Palatine High School (24-22, semifinal, on Nov. 21): “I was worried all week. Ask my wife [Patty]. I aged quite a bit [after the state quarterfinal and state semifinal]. Those were stressful games. It was less stressful tonight [vs. Marist]. We caught fire, and our guys played really well.” … Holecek improved his career record at LA to 110-25 (.815) last weekend. … The tidbit, brought up by Holecek, that startled more than a few folks after last weekend’s Class 8A football championship game was the freshman football record of the Ramblers’ current senior class. That squad went 2-7 in 2012. … Loyola Academy’s football team is ranked No. 1 in state and No. 18 nationally in this week’s MAXPREPS XCELLENT 25.

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SAVING DOGS FROM ABUSE around the tree and packed together on the bay windowsills: a he sun was shining and the donation to goodwill. dogs were out en masse like Stuffed animals. Dog treats. a disorganized leash-pull- Endless attention. This is, uning procession, when I closed the questionably, the good life. But cab door and found Cynthia this life was never a foregone Bathurst and Piglet in Lake conclusion for Piglet, who is a Shore East Park. product of the recent success One had a copy of “A Ruff Safe Humane Chicago (SHC) Road Home: The Court Case has had: pairing court case dogs Dogs of Chicago” tucked away with owners around the under her arm, apologizing pro- country—the first of its kind. fusely for the confusion. The “A Ruff Road Home: The other was happily wagging her Court Case Dogs of Chicago” tail, attached to a pink and published last month and written purple harness with the word by Susan Russell, recounts the “Diva” across the collar. Her gaze stories of dogs caught up in falling, momentarily, on a Chicago’s court system twitchy squirrel. through no fault One is Executive Director of of their own, Safe Humane Chicago. The a n d the other is a one-and-a-half year m a n y old pit-bull mix. But we weren’t humans who alone. “This is her adopted helped them along mom,” said Bathurst, introduc- the way. ing me to Mary Rutherford, “ Today, most Piglet’s owner. “They came out states and large here from Colorado in order to cities have laws be here for the book release this that protect against certain weekend.” “We do have the squirrel dis- kinds of animal traction,” chuckled Rutherford. abuse,” writes Piglet, mouth open, snorted Cook County Circuit Court with glee. It was then decided: All of us Judge E. Kenneth (including a photographer) Wright, Jr., in the book’s would head inside to Bathurst’s foreward. “In fact, Illinois has apartment building. We camped passed some of the toughest in down in the foyer: sitting down our nation.” And yet, before the on lime green sofas next to a SHC’s Court Case Dogs towering Christmas tree that program was formed, dogs taken must’ve been two stories high from neglectful or abusing and completely covered in tinsel owners were impounded, and forced to sit in cages for the and large round ornaments. Piglet, or “Piggy”, sat gnawing whole trial. Sometimes trials on her stuffed animal turkey. would stall, or take years to reach Every so often she would look a verdict. up. Or playfully barked with Dogs in the court systems some confusion at the oversized “would be pretty much cage stuffed animals (one horse in crazy by the end,” said Bathurst. particular) that were crowded Considered dangerous, many BY SIMON MURRAY

“Dogs that look like Piglet often scare people because they assume all the myths and stereotypes about [them are true].” –Cynthia Bathurst

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were euthanized. As little as two percent were making it out alive. But the punishment wasn’t fitting the crime—because the dogs weren’t guilty of anything. So in a bid to do what they could for man’s best friend, a neighborhood association led by Bathurst formed a committee, which then created the non-profit: D.A.W.G. “It was kind of a play

on my southern accent,” explained Bathurst, who grew up in Alabama. (It stands for Dog Advisory Work Group.) Founded on the belief that the safety of a community and the humane treatment of animals are inherently connected, programs were designed to pair at-risk youth and at-risk dogs in disadvantaged communities; while

volunteer court advocates continued to track and monitor criminal cases involving animal abuse and neglect. By then SHC had expanded to the entire city of Chicago. “But [we] could never ever ever do anything about the dogs,” said Bathurst. That changed in 2010, with the beginning of the Court Case Dogs program. When they first started, impounded dogs were in the shelter for an average of 256 days. In recent years they’ve got it down to less than 30. “She’s one of the longer ones,” said Bathurst, intimating to Piglet, who was eyeing the oversized stuffed animal horse with renewed zeal. When Piglet’s former owner was arrested on an abuse charge, Piglet was only three months old. She was one of four other dogs (one didn’t make it) that all came in together. The trial took 6

months for the system to allow Piglet to leave impoundment. Added Bathurst, “She grew up, during the most important time of her life, in a city shelter that’s very crowded. We got a court order that allowed us to at least exercise her and play with her a little bit.” Rutherford had a mutual Facebook friend with Bathurst, Roo Yori, who years ago had adopted a pit-bull, rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting case. She watched Safe Humane’s Court Case Dogs. Then she saw Piglet. Working through her local rescue ColoRADogs, she got in touch with Bathurst and Safe Humane and flew Piglet out to Colorado to foster and then adopt her. Piglet is one of the over 770 dogs SHC has saved, connected with volunteers and youth needing purpose and opportunity, and helped to place in good homes. They hope to recreate their success in other cities. At that moment, two women eyed Piglet warily from the apartment’s lobby desk. Piglet had jumped on the photographer that was sitting with us, Josh Feeney (who contributed his photos to the book), wrestled him to the floor . . . and began licking his face without mercy for five minutes straight. “Dogs that look like Piglet often scare people because they assume all the myths and stereotypes about [them are true],” said Bathurst. “These dogs have been subjugated to every possible obstacle you can imagine,” added Rutherford, who owns three Dalmatians and another pit-bull mix at her home in Colorado. “Every dog has the potential to be amazing.”

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