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A fresh look at a shocking murder

urder on the North Shore is as rare here as a beach day in January. Though the South Side of Chicago is beset weekly with unimaginable violence, the lakefront suburbs remain tranquil. Which is why the first murder ever in Kenilworth continues to resonate nearly a half-century later. Valerie Percy, 21, was repeatedly stabbed in her bedroom before sunrise after an intruder broke into the three-acre Lake Michigan estate owned by her father, the soon-to-be U.S. Sen. Charles Percy. Her body was so severely damaged, a neighbor — Dr. Robert Hohf — who appeared soon after the bludgeoning did not recognize her. The killer fled — and the case has never been solved. The tiny Kenilworth Police Department, understandably overwhelmed, was not able to handle the crime scene in a way that would be standard today (Dr. Hohf was not even interviewed). It has remained an open case for decades, and police pursue new leads whenever they appear. A new e-book titled “Sympathy Vote” (whose title reflects that Percy was elected weeks after the murder) takes a fresh look at the evidence. Crafted by Glenn Wall — who has written about the murder for the Chicago Tribune and other publications — the book brings up the name of a one-time Kenilworth resident who lived near the Percys as

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Murder, he wrote: Author Glenn Wall stands by the Coast Guard station where the suspected murder weapon was found in a boat.

photography by joel lerner ■ by scott holleran The quiet village of Kenilworth — the square-mile town pocketed between Wilmette and Winnetka — recorded its first murder 47 years ago. It happened to the twin daughter of a wealthy businessman, who would be propelled into the U.S. Senate later that same year, in part due to sympathy votes after the brutal killing. Nearly half a century later, the crime remains unsolved. The man and the mystery are the subjects of a new e-book by author Glenn Wall, who wrote the work in Northbrook, where his mother lives. “Sympathy Vote” went on sale on Amazon recently. It’s the first book about the murder of Charles Percy’s daughter, Valerie, who was 21 at the time. Freelance writer Wall, who grew up in Wilmette, attended Central Elementary, Howard Junior High and New Trier East, had lived next door to a volunteer for Percy’s Senate campaign. Wall — whose articles about the murder have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere — had never heard such fantastic stories. Valerie Percy’s murder at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, 1966 at the three-acre lakeshore estate haunted Wall for more than 30 years. He’d heard about the murder during childhood drives past the house at 40 Devonshire Lane, and he’d grown up with Percy — who stunned Democratic incumbent Paul Douglas in the fall of 1966, capturing 56 percent of the vote — as an Illinois senator. The political moderate — a Christian Scientist, New Trier East graduate and former president of Bell + Howell — fascinated Wall. “All his friends believed in him,” Wall said in an interview. “My next-door neighbor was one of them.” Over the years, he’d talk to people who knew the Percy family, collecting facts and data and writing articles. A few years ago, he decided to write a book. Wall started with the people who knew the most about what happened that night. He interviewed cops, friends, family, campaign staffers and Kenilworth residents. He reached out to Valerie’s twin sister, Sharon Percy Rockefeller (married to Sen. Jay Rockefeller) and brother Roger, whom Wall met and interviewed about the homicide. He had previously been in touch with Mrs. Charles Percy. “Loraine Percy had already disclosed that at some point she herself personally had an investigation done through a law firm and that a plausible theory had resulted from the

investigation,” he said. “She didn’t elaborate.” That got Wall thinking. The Cal State University Fullerton graduate pursued leads, tips and police files and, though “Sympathy Vote” covers various possibilities and leaves the case unsolved, his research led to a circumstantial case against an previously unnamed suspect; a young North Shore resident who was, like Valerie Percy, the child of a North Shore businessman. His name is William Thoresen III — the son of a steel executive — and Wall asserts that the North Shore native should have been a prime suspect. Thoresen himself was killed in 1970 by his wife, Louise Thoresen, who admitted shooting him. But she was acquitted of murder when the jury said it was done in self-defense, according to newspaper reports. His brother, Richard Thoresen, was killed or committed suicide in Lake Forest in 1965 in another case that remains unsolved — though Louise Thoresen said during her trial that her husband had admitted to her he killed his brother. Says Wall of the Percy murder, “It was a home invasion while people were home. The murderer came into Percy’s house like a bull in a china shop.” In fact, Wall says, the break-in woke Mrs. Percy — she’d heard glass breaking — and then the murderer went upstairs, entered Valerie’s bedroom and bludgeoned her, stopping only when her stepmother entered after hearing someone moan. Then, the killer fled. As Wall put it: “Whomever did this came away with nothing.” He continued. “If you look at William Thoresen at this time, he was reckless—his wife called him ‘suicidially nihilistic’— and he was raised a block and a half away from the Percys. He was in the neighborhood doing bad stuff that year.” At first, Wall says he didn’t think Thoresen was responsible for Valerie Percy’s brutal murder. He says answering a single question became crucial to solving the crime: who was most likely to be walking around that part of Kenilworth in the wee hours of that September morning? It is believed Valerie Percy was butchered with a bayonet — a discarded one was found in Lake Michigan soon after. “A bayonet is basically a gigantic knife,” Wall explained. “Thoresen was arrested six months later (with more than 70 tons of) military weapons — including bayonets.” In “Sympathy Vote,” Wall captures the horrifying moment when the murderer was seen by the crime’s sole eyewitness, Valerie’s stepmother, Loraine Percy, who told the inquest:

“I got up and walked down the hall calling out Valerie’s name. I called out Valerie! Valerie! I saw a light coming from under the door of her bedroom. “I opened the door, and I saw a man leaning over her bed with a flashlight. I saw he had on a light or white shirt or jacket, and it was checkered, wide checks. The shirt or jacket did not go to his wrists, because I saw his forearms. His trousers and belt were a dark color. Then he turned and shone the light in my face and I noticed a dark outline, and the shape of his head and hairline. I was frozen for a moment, and he just stood there.” Lorraine Percy said the killer was Caucasian and had dark hair, which both described Thoresen. One lingering question: Why didn’t the Percy family’s dog bark when the intruder broke in? Wall said that when the second Kenilworth police officer, Vernon Roddy, arrived on the scene, he reported that he thought the morning’s wind was buffeting every noise, and Roddy speculated that’s why the dog didn’t bark. There was also a dog door from the house to a pen, so the pet may not have been in the house at the time the murderer entered. When asked why solving Valerie Percy’s murder hasn’t attracted more interest, Wall said he thinks North Shore subculture may play a role. “People don’t want to believe that someone just randomly came up from the beach and did this horrific crime and then just disappeared,” he said. “I remember growing up on the North Shore and the big thing was bicycle theft – all of our family’s bikes were swiped – and it’s like there was this belief that when anything bad happens, it’s some guy that came up on the El and did it — it’s never our kids on the North Shore. There is denial in play.” Wall, who says he asked police about DNA testing and other investigation data, didn’t expect to write about the murder when he started the project. “I didn’t think I had anything to add,” he said. “It started as a campaign book. I was fortunate to have excellent sources, including people who were Thoresen’s neighbors and classmates. Of course, I didn’t get access to all the police records, and I definitely believe that police are sitting on information.” So Glenn Wall hopes that “Sympathy Vote” is a catalyst for solving the horrible crime that occurred 47 years ago on an estate featuring an indoor pool and tennis courts in Kenilworth (the house was razed in 2010). “From what I’ve heard, readers who are into cold cases are buying the book,” he said. ■

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Broadcast news a family affair for NBC anchor ■ by gregg shapiro

If you watch NBC 5 News in Chicago, then Wilmette native Anthony Ponce’s face will be familiar to you. A general assignment reporter, Ponce can be seen reporting both on location and from behind the anchor desk. Broadcast news runs in Ponce’s family. His father, Phil, is the host of WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight” program, and brother Dan reports for WGN. Anthony, in his seventh year as a newscaster on NBC, told me that he started his career with the CBS affiliate in Fort Wayne, Ind. He worked there for a year and a half, followed by two years for the CBS affiliate in Indianapolis before landing a job in Chicago. I recently spoke with Anthony about his career and his memories of Wilmette. Gregg Shapiro: Did you always plan to be a broadcast journalist? Anthony Ponce: I had originally gone back to journalism in graduate school to become a print journalist. But during the curriculum, the print students had an opportunity to produce a TV news broadcast. I really had fun that day and decided to switch tracks and pursue a career in broadcasting. GS: As a newscaster himself, was your father supportive of your decision? AP: [Laughs] I think my dad may have had mixed feelings when I first told him that this is the path I wanted to go down. But it wasn’t too long before he was supportive. At first, he was maybe a little skeptical, but he’s changed his tune. GS: I don’t know if this is the case in other cities, but there appears to be a legacy in Chicago network news. You and your brother Dan both followed in your father Phil’s footsteps, as did Lester Holt’s son Stefan, Robert Jordan’s daughter Karen, and the late Tim Weigel’s daughter Jennifer and son Rafer. What do you think that says about families and the industry? AP: I don’t think it’s anything to read too much into, actually. If you look across any professional field, how many lawyers do I know whose parents are lawyers? How many doctors do I know whose parents are doctors? I have a lot of business friends whose parents are also business people. I think that in journalism and in broadcast you find the same thing happens. I don’t think it’s necessarily unique to the field of broadcasting. I just think that we’re in the public eye more than those other career paths. It’s not just a coincidence. I think you find that happening in a lot of different fields. GS: I mentioned your brother Dan, who is also a newscaster.

Something else you and Dan share is your love of music and performing. Was music ever a career consideration for you? AP: Never a serious career consideration for me. Music has always been very close to my heart and something that I love and that I’ve always loved as a hobby. I never really seriously considered taking it to the next level like my brother. I’m not sure I have the talent to take it to the next level, to be quite honest [laughs]. GS: How old were you when you started taking piano lessons? AP: I was five. GS: And you still play to this day? AP: I play every single day. I’ve always kept it as a hobby. It’s something that I continue to pursue. I get a lot of excitement out of occasionally performing. GS: Your Facebook page says that when you were a seventh-grader at Wilmette Junior High School, you were Student of the Month. What did that honor mean to you? AP: [Big laugh] It was the first and only time I received the coveted Wilmette Junior High Student of the Month award. I was honored and relieved to get it because it was one of those things where you see other kids getting it and you want to get [laughs]. When I finally got it, I Anthony Ponce was pretty excited. photography by joel lerner GS: What are some of your fondest memories of growing up in Wilmette? AP: I have countless memories of growing up in Wilmette. super-cheesy `90s movie that I just happen to be obsessed The brick streets, the walk to school, walking to the candy with [laughs]. stores downtown. I remember there were three (candy stores) GS: Speaking of movies, there have been many movwhen I was growing up. Lyman Sargent’s, LP3 and Linden ies made over the years about your profession, including Pharmacy -- those were the three options. It was really “Network,” “Broadcast News” and, of course, “Anchorman.” exciting if you could scrounge up enough change around the Do you have a personal favorite, maybe one I didn’t house to get a pack of candy or a candy bar or something mention? and walk with your friend downtown Wilmette and go to AP: “Bruce Almighty” is kind of a “news” movie, too. Jim LP3’s, Lyman Sargent’s, or walk to Fourth and Linden. Carrey plays a reporter that’s gunning for the anchor job, One of my most vivid childhood memories is going to which actually rings a little more true for me than the oththe El station where Leo -- he was this character, he was ers you mentioned. Although, in “Broadcast News,” Albert old and hunched over, and I’m not sure if it was truth or Brooks does have to fill in for William Hurt’s character on rumor, but it was said he was a Holocaust survivor -- he the anchor desk. Obviously, in terms of quality, you’ve got ran the newspaper stand at the Fourth and Linden El to go with “Network” or “Broadcast News.” But for laughs, stop. There is not a kid who grew up in my generation in you’ve got to go with “Anchorman.” Wilmette who doesn’t remember Leo. It was a beautiful GS: You and your wife Maggie are coming up on your place to grow up. I remember that the hardest decisions in first wedding anniversary. Do you have any special plans the summer were whether to go to the beach or the pool. to mark the occasion? It was a privilege to grow up in Wilmette. AP: We will be in Nebraska visiting Maggie’s family GS: Your Facebook page also describes you as an “Anchor. the weekend of our wedding anniversary. I’m hoping that Reporter. Student of the movie ‘Point Break.’ ” we’ll be able to celebrate at our favorite pizza place there, AP: [Laughs] “Point Break” is the best bad movie ever. which is called The Isles. It has a very high re-watchability factor. Keanu Reeves, GS: Better pizza than in Chicago? Patrick Swayze and surfing and bank robbers. It’s a AP: Can’t be better than Chicago. But it’s good. ■

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■ by joanna brown Lake Foresters Stephen and Hilary Krawczyk are trying to make life a little simpler. Specifically, they are trying to reduce their reliance on chemicals and increase their use of natural products. “We certainly eat differently than we ever have before, and we’re trying to avoid packaged foods and live healthier lives. I’m not anti-synthetics, but I’m trying to simplify.” said Stephen Krawczyk, who a 30-year veteran of the beauty industry. “I believe the future of beauty products is in the natural world. People want to take the chemicals out of their lives and are seeking out natural alternatives.” It was a proud day, therefore, when Krawczyk’s line of natural, salon-quality haircare products — NATU — launched late last year. The shampoos, conditioners and leave-in mists are free of sulfates, silicones, parabens, petrolatum, artificial colors and synthetic fragrances. Rather, they use proteins, amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients to mimic hair’s natural structure. “Every time you wash, you should get the same results because there is no residue,” Krawczyk said. As proof of its claim, NATU products are delivered with a glossary of ingredients, which outlines the scientific name for each naturally derived ingredient and also its role. For example, cetyl alcohol comes from coconut/palm oil; it’s a fatty alcohol with moisturizing properties. “Natural products are definitely a trend in what the consumer is looking for right now, and manufacturers are responding to that trend,” said beauty and style expert Nicole Pearl, a Highland Park native who blogs about new products, trends and tips at www.thebeautygirl.com. “Major brands are

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doing natural lines and using more plantbased ingredients, and I’m seeing a lot of packaging that’s advertising paraben-free and fragrance free.” With a resume filled with names that similarly fill local make-up bags — Revlon, Neutrogena and Vidal Sassoon, among others — it’s no wonder why Krawczyk would start his own business: it was the inevitable combustion when the changes he made in her personal life met up with his experience in the beauty industry. “Those changes helped get us interested in this and got us to learn and see how things are made,” he explained. “I understand what’s out there and knew there were other options that would yield better results. “If you look at a bottle in a store, there are lots of ingredients derived from what? What do you use them for? Why are they in the formula? We wanted to tell everyone what they are and why we use them. “There is a purpose for everything we put into our product, and we want to educate the consumer.” This California native, who moved to Lake Forest in 1999, has found significant support for entrepreneurship along the North Shore. “You have to be committed, almost to the point of constant determination to make something hapen,” he said of anyone who tries to start a business. “But once they found out about it, the comunity has been very supportive and encouraging, and friends are turning me on to other people who can help us get the word out. People here have been very responsive; it’s not like living in New York.” NATU products are available online and in New England’s Whole Foods stores, but Krawczyk hope to see them moving East soon. Find more information at http://www. natuhaircare.com. ■

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Lake Forest Moody’s Investors Service gave a triple-A rating to The City of Lake Forest, which was assigned to the city’s $9.84 million general obligation refunding bonds. The bond issue was approved at the Sept. 16 City Council meeting. “Retaining its AAA rating is a testament to the city’s outstanding fiscal management. In uncertain financial times, we should be very proud of the work done to preserve this excellent assessment,” said Mayor Don Schoenheider.

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Northfield The New Trier Township High School Board of Education on Sept. 16 approved the high school’s budget, with $96.1 million earmarked to the operating fund for the 2013-14 school year. Salaries will increase about 3 percent, while benefits will rise close to 1.7 percent. The energy budget jumped 11 percent, as another mild winter and low natural gas prices are unlikely to occur again, the board concluded. District 203 boasts a balanced budget and increased its reserves.

Robert Bolt’s drama “A Man For All Seasons” will take place Oct. 4, 5, 11, and 12 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. at Bowen Park Theatre in Waukegan. North Shore residents are a big part of robert mankoff/the new yorker collection/www.cartoonbank.com the play. Barbara Anderson (director) lives in Glencoe, as does Edward Kuffert (the Common Man). Stuart Conlon (attendant to Spanish 1145 Wilmette Ave., on Oct. 1 and will run until the end of ambassador) lives in Wilmette, the month. David Miller (lighting and sound designer and operator) The exhibit is open during normal bank hours: Mondaylives in Lake Bluff, while Rachel Martindale (photographer) Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to lives in Lake Forest. 1 p.m. For more information, please call 847-360-4740.

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Family Service: Prevention, Education & Counseling NFP will host a seminar on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Monday, Oct. 21. The seminar is complimentary and will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. in The Commons at Highland Park High School,

The Village of Wilmette, Wilmette Park District, and Go Green Wilmette are co-sponsoring a guided tree walk in Mallinckrodt Park on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9 a.m. Refreshments will be served in the gazebo following the Tree Walk from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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While attending a summer digital cinematography course at University of Southern California’s film school, Lake Forest High School senior Strawn Dixon took away an important lesson: young filmmakers often lack life experience to make good stories. Yet his own life experiences have already led to an impressive achievement — a commission from the Asia Society. As a sophomore, Dixon participated in the high school’s popular China exchange program. The rigorous application process included an interview with program coordinator and history teacher Kelley McKee, who remembers what got Dixon selected: a genuine curiosity and passion for capturing his experience on film. After hosting a Chinese student in the fall of 2011, Dixon was off to No. 2 Secondary School East China Normal University in Shanghai for two weeks the following spring. “That experience opened my eyes,” said Dixon. “I’ve never taken a 12-hour plane ride to a country that was so foreign yet had a lot of familiar aspects.” From scenes throughout the highly populated city to landmarks such as the Great Wall of China, Dixon created a short documentary that McKee eventually passed along to the Asia Society. The institution, which was created by John D. Rockefeller III to enhance relations between America and Asia, also promotes cultural exchanges. After viewing Dixon’s film, the society commissioned him to return to China to make a promotional film on student exchanges. Dixon will join the school’s exchange program this year with an all-expenses-paid trip to China — only now with a more professional mindset and mature perspective. “Strawn going back a second time is really going to be eye-opening for him, because he’s going to see so much

more,” said McKee. “Having that new set of eyes to be able to revisit with will give him a much broader perspective.” The theme — exploring the familiar and the foreign — will highlight the interactions between Chinese and American students in both Chicago and Shanghai. The familiarity lies in the same goal to strive for a better future, but Dixon notes that the Chinese students seem more motivated and serious about their studies. “They were interested in what we were learning and how we were learning it,” said Dixon. “In math, my partner tried to prove my textbook wrong — it shows in their test scores and how they sweep the States right now.” Dixon’s passion for visual storytelling stems from being a visual learner. At a young age, he was diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder, prompting him to draw on top of flash cards and check out picture books from the library. It evolved to re-creating movie sequences in middle school and filming documentaries in high school. Dixon does freelance work for local non-profits, and his videos can be viewed at www.strawndixonmedia.com. “Filmmaking became a medium where I could express myself and leave my frustrations of school behind,” he explained. Wanting to have a “true high school experience,” Dixon is also involved in sports and music. He started lacrosse his freshman year, noting that “it’s a unique sport, like filmmaking is a unique form of art.” He plans to play defense in the spring. Because he’s a visual learner, music, he adds, came naturally. He took up percussion in middle school and plays in the drum line at football games. His knowledge in music comes in handy when he’s cutting soundtracks for film. Steve Douglass, LFHS’s new media teacher, enlisted Dixon as his teacher’s assistant because of his dedication

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■ by katie rose mceneely Arielle Weininger is the chief curator of collections and exhibitions at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie. She orchestrated the Midwest premiere of “Keep Calm and Carry On: Textiles on the Home Front in WWII Britain,” an exhibition formed by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which is now on view. Reading: A backlog of “New Yorker” magazines. They have taken over my life, and it’s been this way for a number of years — it’s put me in the position where, outside of work, I haven’t read a book in ages! Listening: On the ride to work, it’s typically NPR, WBEZ. This summer, my husband and I saw Garrison Keillor at Ravinia, which was great. We drove Sheridan all the way up to Ravinia, it’s just such a lovely drive. I grew up in Wilmette and went to New Trier, so I’m more familiar with the area. Watching: “Antiques Roadshow.” As a museum professional, watching the work going into appraisals is very interesting. The auction house industry is different from the world I know, and it’s exciting to see what people bring in. Following: I follow a number of different art feeds — some of them deal with the museum world, some just deal with art. I also follow “Installator” (installator.tumblr.com). It’s by a friend of mine, and it is photographs of installations of museum exhibitions. You never really get to see that — you see the finished project, or you see a project up, but you don’t see people putting it together. It’s fascinating and it’s great for us, too, because in the museum world, I’ve had people ask what I do for the three or four weeks between changing exhibitions. Seeing some of the work in these photos helps people understand the work that goes into the exhibits. Activity: I’m in charge of what happens in all

our exhibition spaces — that includes our permanent exhibition. We also have, on the second floor of the museum, a contemporary art gallery that is a specific show called “The Legacy of Absence.” They’re contemporary artworks that represent either the Holocaust or other genocides. There’s a youth exhibit downstairs that’s more about character education. The other thing I’m responsible for is the temporary exhibition gallery, where I have 3-4 exhibitions a year. What I’m working on now is called “Keep Calm and Carry On: Textiles on the Home Front in WWII Britain.” (The exhibit opened Sept. 29.) It’s from the MFA Boston, pieces from their textiles department. This will be the first time that we’ve addressed anything about Britain during the war, and it’s our first textile show. Within our permanent exhibition, we’re working on our first major rotation. We’ve been open since April 2009, and the exhibit was fully up a little later than that, but all of the papers and artifacts and textiles need to be rotated out and we’re working on finding replacement pieces. We have about 550 objects on display, and we have 20,000 records in our database. It’s important to understand that those numbers are, a lot of it, documents and photographs. You think of the Holocaust and you wonder, how do people have these records of their family? Oftentimes the photos were sent over to relatives in the U.S., with the New Year’s card or whatever. Eating: Matzo ball soup. My aunt and cousin own Kaufman’s on Dempster in Skokie (kaufmansdeli. com), so every once in a while on the way home I’ll stop by. What is your best mistake? Both my husband and I were previously married to other people, and we learned that those were not the right relationships for us. But we met each other, and the commonality in our stories brought us together. ■

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Writer delves into fiction — and forgotten history

Had Beth Ann Fennelly’s childhood home in Lake Forest possessed air conditioning, who knows what career she would have chosen. But the 1927 house was muggy, not cool. And one summer, when “you’re too old to sit around and too young to get a job,” she wandered to the nearby Lake Forest Library, a comfortable spot with cold air pumped in. “I remember the serendipity of the library,” says Fennelly. “I was discovering books no had told me to read. I picked ‘The Optimist’s Daughter’ by Eudora Welty because I liked the cursive font. I read Virginia Wolff because I liked her last name.”

“There were a ton of parallels,” she notes. “The government assurances that the levees will hold. There wasn’t a speedy response. The President (Calvin Coolidge then) was ineffectual. All of this is happening in my mind — these parallels.” Around the same time, her husband had started a post-apocalyptic zombie story and asked Beth to work on it. It was unlikely to go anywhere. “I’m not interested in zombies — real people are so interesting and weird,” Fennelly says. She made the work about the flood — and it was printed in Best A mer ican Shor t Stories. They spoke little about it, until their agent found out about the piece. He said it should be turned into a novel. “I told Tommy I would never stoop so low to write fiction. But I was also used to poetry being the Rodney Dangerfield of the writing world — no respect,” Fennelly says. “So I had to get over my aversion of fiction to write this.” But plenty of Fennelly’s role involved real-life research. She visited the flood museum, and she met people whose grandparents survived the devastation. She Beth Ann Fennelly immersed herself in diaries and letters.

“When I came to Mississippi, I actually knew nothing about the flood. When I heard about it, it amazed me.” | Beth Ann Fennelly Today, Fennelly runs the master of fine arts program at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, where she also teaches. She has published three volumes of poetry along with a non-fiction book, “Great with Child.” And at the beginning of this month, her first work of fiction — crafted with her husband Tom Franklin, a New York Times bestselling author — hit bookstores: “The Tilted World,” published by William Morrow. It is a tale of love, moonshine and more in the 1920s South. And the work of historical fiction delves into a forgotten natural disaster that struck America — The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, the worst one in the history of the United States. More than a million people lost their homes. Nearly 15 percent of Arkansas was covered in floodwater; the Mississippi River expanded to 60 miles wide in certain spots. “When I came to Mississippi, I actually knew nothing about the flood,” says Fennelly. “When I heard about it, it amazed me. Why didn’t it make a big impact on history? Because many of those affected were very poor — sharecroppers.” Despite the fascination, Fennelly wasn’t prepared to write about it until Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and beyond in 2005.

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Then, she had to stop. “It got the to the point where more research was just another word for procrastination,” she explains. Fennelly and her husband will be in town Wednesday, Oct. 23 to promote the book at Jolly Good Fellows in Lake Forest (10 a.m.) and at the Highland Park Library (7 p.m.). Were she to stay until Sunday, she knows where she’d head for breakfast — the Deer Path Inn, where she worked as a waitress for three years. The book tour — which started Tuesday and which will run intermittently until Dec. 8 — poses a challenge for the couple, who have three children (Anna Claire, Thomas, and Nolan) along with their full-time jobs (Tom teaches in Beth’s department at Ole Miss). Her mother, Mary Anna Malich of Lake Bluff (“the book’s biggest fan”), will help as much as possible. “It will be a little convoluted,” Fennelly admits. “ The kids will come with us on the shorter trips.” Despite her busy schedule, Fennelly has no complaints “I don’t have time to have writer’s block. The things taking up my time are pleasurable illustration by barry blitt activities. I’m really fortunate.” ■

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it’s a very clean fashion show - very Parisian.” And yet, Bigelow and Hines agreed that the allure of their involvement with the Women’s Board has always been the handson activities that members engage in, which are far more frequent than its fundraising efforts. Craft projects with pediatric patients, the gift shop, the library and countless other projects have had them interacting with patients and staff over the years. A significant number of volunteers are needed to put on the annual Fashion Show. Bigelow said all are proud of their contributions. “We’re representing the hospital and helping so many people, making a difference in patient care,” Bigelow said. “Go with your girlfriends for a night out or bring your husband and some other couples you enjoy visiting. Watch the show, learn a bit about the hospital, have a bite to eat, and see a lot of other people. It’s a great way to catch up after the summer and kick off the weekend.” Find more information about the Fashion Show at www.thefashionshow.org. ■

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Shop poised to help non-profits ■ by kevin beese Ellen Stirling cannot imagine the community without the non-profit organizations and the work they do for residents. That is why for the past 10 years, Stirling has annually carved out a chunk of time for local non-profits to conduct a fund-raiser at her business, The Lake Forest Shop. This year’s Shop Your Cause event will run from Wednesday (Oct. 9) through Oct. 12. The home of women’s apparel holds the annual event to boost non-profits’ exposure in the community and to bring residents together for a common cause, according to Stirling. “It is to celebrate not-for-profits, which are the soul of our community,” Stirling said. “It is also to raise awareness with and for them by bringing groups all together at one time. Everyone is under one silo doing things and all working with each other. “It is a chance to reach out to the community and to bring the community into The Lake Forest Shop.” During the four-day fund-raiser, the shop will donate 10 percent of sales to the nonprofit of the patron’s choice. Shoppers can designate that one or more of the following organizations receive their 10 percent: - Ragdale Foundation - Learning Disabilities Foundation - Food Allergy Research & Education - Lake Forest Symphony - Deer Path Art League - Lake Forest Preservation Foundation - Lake Forest Open Lands - Elawa Farm Foundation

- Bernie’s Book Bank “It means a great deal to have this event,” Stirling said. “We would not do this if we didn’t believe so much in it. I’m committed to the community; and our community has been committed to us during our 91 years in Market Square. “We want to give back as best we can and we do that by giving back community-wide. It is a way to bring people together and celebrate together. We have a lot to be thankful for, living where we do.” Opening night festivities will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and include Magaschoni president Denise Seegal unveiling pieces and an appearance by Laura Lance Carreira of the Laura Lance Collection. Stirling, whose father was the first president of Lake Forest Open Lands, noted that this year’s event will feature a representative of each of the nine non-profits being honored for his or her work. Ashley Maentz, immediate past president of the Elawa Farm Foundation, is that organization’s honoree for the event. Maentz, who has been with the organization since its inception in 1998, was president of the foundation for 10 years. She has seen the farm go from an “unkempt, uncared for” facility to one that is “beautiful and thriving.” The 16-acre parcel is a public-private partnership dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of natural settings, designed landscapes and buildings of architectural and historical significance. It has been the site of weddings, cooking classes, birthday parties and flower-arranging demonstrations. “We have come a long way and it is very

Ellen Stirling and The Lake Forest Shop will be putting on their yearly Shop Your Cause.

photography by joel lerner much a group effort,” Maentz said. “I think we are all very proud of how much we have been able to accomplish. “Fifteen years sounds like a long time, but not when you are working with a community asset of this magnitude. It is an ongoing process and we have to continue growing what we started.”

The Elawa Farm Foundation gets no local or state funding and is solely run through donations. “That is how we have always done it and how we will always operate,” Maentz said. The Lake Forest Shop is located at 265 E. Market Square and can be reached at (847) 234-0548. ■

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Beauty is in the eye of the photographer

The work of Ted Preuss will be on display at ZIA Gallery in Winnetka starting Oct. 19. Above Demeter, “Simple Beauty” series.

■ by katie rose mceneely Creativity is often subject to the (perennial) argument of what came first; this chicken-or-egg dichotomy applies to Ted Preuss’ figurative photography series, “Simple Beauty,” which depicts women, clothed and unclothed, posed and poised, both aware of the photographer and ignorant of his presence. Preuss originally worked as an architectural photographer, and that structural focus comes through in every line and shadow of his models. That’s one influence, but Preuss claims few others, despite embracing a photographic method originating in the 1860s and known for its archival properties. Preuss shoots with 100-year-old wooden view cameras and even older, handmade lenses. “They have no apertures, no shutters; it’s basically lens cap on, lens cap off, hope for the best,” he says. Preuss then creates hand-coated platinumpalladium contact prints from the negatives, essentially embedding the image deep into the paper. It’s an intricate, deliberate process, requiring impeccable measurements and unwavering discipline: between setup, focusing, and lighting, it can take nearly an hour to shoot a single image. The processing methods for platinum-palladium contact prints are no less laborious. Preuss mixes precious metals and raw chemicals using old formulas and brushes the solution on paper, letting it dry before exposing both paper and negative plate to UV light. “It takes days to get a print right,” he says. “I really love the soft tones, the warmth of it. It’s one of the longest gray tones in photography.” In a way, the processing method is the most deliberate element of Preuss’ artwork. This is a common theme with many contemporary artists — one of chance and opportunity. In photography, one can only relinquish so much control, however, Preuss interviews his models before the process and refers to the modeling sessions as “a collaboration” more than anything else, classifying them as another of his influences. “I don’t just hire a model. It’s kind of a working together; it’s just as much their input as mine,” he says. But the graceful postures exhibited in the “Simple Beauty” series owe a debt to Western

visual art and dance; many of the models are classically trained dancers. “They know the gestures and their body and balance. I concentrate on shapes and lighting and lines, rather than the actual person.” It’s not uncommon, Preuss says, for the model to absently move from one pose to another, and for him to look up and say, “Stay there!” Preuss’ focus is on the lighting and shape of his subject; that doesn’t mean the body is inconsequential. Because of this, and perhaps without realizing it, Preuss’ nudes are highly academic, drawing on poses favored by classical sculpture and later revisited in Baroque paintings: The women are arranged in attitudes of lassitude, spines twisting and hips rolling along after them. While these poses have an element of practicality to them — live models have human limits, and art is a tedious business — classical nudity is more about beauty of form than it is about prurient interest.

“I really love the soft tones, the warmth of it. It’s one of the longest gray tones in photography.” | Ted Preuss Preuss’ models arrange themselves into shapes that evoke an organic geometry and celebrate their unedited bodies (a welcome relief from the contemporary tendency to apply Photoshop to any given situation). At heart, Preuss is committed to structure and to mechanical processes. This contributes to the sense of stillness and distance his models wear, even when they wear nothing else. In the words of photographer Diane Arbus, the image becomes “a secret about a secret. The more you know, the less it tells you.” This mysterious place serves as the foundation for all of Preuss’ imagery. Coupled with the iconography of another era, it’s what makes his work both timeless and immediate. Selections from the “Simple Beauty” series will be on exhibit at ZIA Gallery from Oct. 19 to Nov. 23 at a joint show with landscape photographer Clyde Butcher. There will be an opening reception Oct. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit preussphotography.com and ziagallery.net for more information. ■

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‘Gatsby’ event great for charities

Steven and Melissa Esposito (left) and their children Michael and Stephanie Esposito (top right) pose with an old Ford pickup truck at Lake Forest Sportscars with Air-One co-chairs Rick Sheffler, Lori Rozdolsky and Elizabeth Van Holt.

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■ by kevin beese Get some spats. Get the tuxedo out of storage. Google “how to do the Charleston?” A “Gatsby” event, supporting two local charities, is being planned for later this month; and the event organizer expects an evening of “wild fun.” Air-One Emergency Response Coalition, which provides air search and rescue operations in Lake County, and Association of Horizon, Inc., which offers camps for adults with disabilities, will be the beneficiaries of the Oct. 19 fund-raiser being put on at Lake Forest Sportscars in Lake Bluff. Heal Team 6, a nonprofit looking to help charities connect with businesses and potential supporters, is coordinating the event. The Heal Team 6 organization is the brainchild of Steven Esposito, senior vice president of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. He and his family have turned the hobby of helping charities into an organization to give charities all they need to have a successful fund-raiser. “Young charities have all this energy, but do not know how to go about raising awareness of their organization and promoting businesses that want to support them,” Esposito said. “There is not that connection. We are that missing link.” With Ferrari and Aston Martin cars serving as a backdrop, this event, which will run from 6-11:30 p.m., will feature a fashion show, full casino, five bars, food from seven restaurants, and live and silent auctions. Brad Thor, a 13-time best-selling author, also will be present. Through Esposito’s friends, clients and business associates, enough funds have already been raised to cover the cost of the event. Because of that, he said, 100 percent of the money raised through the event will go to the two charities. Esposito said that all Air-One and Horizon have to do for the event is sell tickets and provide some volunteer help for the event. He hopes to raise close to $100,000 for the two charities through ticket sales, which are $150 for general admission and $250 for VIP services. Cocktail attire is requested

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and “Great Gatsby” attire is encouraged. Old-fashioned streetlights are being brought in to add to the ambiance; and members of the Citadel Theatre Company will be present in “Gatsby” wear and attitude, Esposito noted. Heal Team 6 looks to be a resource for charities. “We give them the venue. They give us some volunteers to work,” Esposito said. “The boards of these organizations get to mingle rather than take tickets and work tables. They can network more to get money for their organization. Fund-raising events often stop being fun for board members.” This is the first event being put on by Heal Team 6, which includes Esposito; his wife, Melissa; his children, Stephanie and Michael; and three of his friends, Neal Heriaud, Elizabeth Van Holt and Rick Popp. He said the “Gatsby” theme came out of the idea of putting on an event to get people to dress up. He said combining fashion, money, cars and fun should be a hit. “You do not want to do your typical rubber chicken dinner,” Esposito advised local charities. “You want events people want to go to because they’re fun. “It is our family hobby,” Esposito said of charity work. “We put in hundreds of man-hours.” Kathy Kingston, who, with friends, started Horizon in 1991, said the fund-raiser is an opportunity to raise close to half of the funds needed to run the weeklong summer camp for adults with disabilities. “As the economy has gotten worse, it has gotten harder and harder to raise money,” Kingston said. “We are constantly asking family and friends for funds. This event will put us in connection with people who we do not get access to normally. “We can’t thank Heal Team 6 enough for this benefit. Because of Heal Team 6’s support, we can use funds for a video to show at other events. We want to get out there and share the message that we transcend barriers and all who come to our camp are treated equally.” For information about attending the Oct. 19 event, go to http://healteam6.org/healteam6/ or call Esposito at (847) 922-9250. ■

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Wendy Thornycroft: Catharsis | Re-invent Gallery | 202 Wisconsin Ave., Lake Forest | Opening reception 6:30-9:30 p.m. | reinventlf.com | Evanston native and Lake Forest resident Wendy Thornycroft creates large-scale acrylic abstract paintings that are full of nuance and that are meant to evoke an emotional landscape. Show runs through Nov. 8.

Mazehome.com | Maze Home hosts the launch of the new book by Lisa Cregan for House Beautiful. The book, “Color: The Perfect Shade for Every Room,” is the latest in a series.

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Graeme Simsion, author of “The Rosie Project” | Aspiritech Benefit Luncheon | Longitud315, 315 Waukegan Ave., Highwood |

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Tickets: $50 at the door | 11:30 a.m. | aspiritechrosieproject.eventbrite.com | Hear Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project, speak at a luncheon benefitting Aspiritech, an organization that helps individuals on the autism spectrum realize their potential. Ticket price includes author’s talk, luncheon and a hardcover copy of “The Rosie Project.” Books are provided by Simon & Schuster and Books on Vernon in Glencoe.

Lake Forest Open Lands: Fall Volunteer Work Day | Skokie River Nature Preserve | 9 a.m.–noon | lfola.org | Join Lake Forest Open Lands land management staff at a public workday to help maintain the nature preserves. Appropriate for families and all ages. Volunteers can contact Michael Hahn, volunteer coordinator, at mhahn@lfola.org.

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Author Event with Susan Cooper

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| The Book Stall at Chestnut Court | 811 Elm Street, Winnetka | 4 p.m. |

Oct. 11 | $2 admission charge | pennyposh.net | Penny Posh, children’s brand name consignments, will be holding their fall sale at Faith Lutheran Church in Lake Forest, a military-friendly congregation that has several community outreach programs. Faith’s proceeds from the sale will benefit their future activities with Sidewalk Sunday School in Zion.

thebookstall.com | Susan Cooper will discuss her new novel about life in Colonial America, “Ghost Hawk.” This event is free and open to the public and recommended for young readers ages 10 and up, as well as parents, educators, and librarians. She is the author of the five-book sequence “The Dark is Rising,” which won a Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor Award, and two Carnegie Honor Awards.

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What is New Thought? | The International New Thought Alliance at Glenview Public Library | 1930 Glenview Road, Glenview | 1:30 p.m. | Chris Pusateri, 847-998-0580 | The International New Thought Alliance is offering a free viewing of the film “What Is New Thought?” to the public at the Glenview Public Library. The film will be shown in the Community Room on the first-floor entrance to the building. This is not a library-sponsored event.

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No monkey business, just tasty food at baking company

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photography by joel lerner ■ by katie rose mceneely Cindy Kienzle is the owner of Hungry Monkey Baking Company, based in Lake Forest. She also will teach kids’ cooking and baking classes at Elawa Farm starting Oct. 6. How did you start cooking? My grandmother and my aunt were good bakers, and I loved doing it. I’d wake up in the morning on Sunday and start baking. It was what I always enjoyed, and it was my passion. Years cooking? Professionally for 3 ½ years. What made you decide to become a professional chef? I followed chefs around, asked questions — every time I went out I wanted to talk to the pastry chef — and I took cooking classes wherever I could. One day I was baking for a friend, and she asked me to bake for a charity event. It sold out, and I thought, Hmm, maybe I have something here. I started in April, and by May I was cooking out of a commercial kitchen. I started out with the Northfield and Highwood farmers markets and at Sunset Foods — the original farm-to-table grocer. If it weren’t for Sunset Foods, I wouldn’t have had a start. Best recipe tweak? There aren’t a lot of things out there that really taste homemade. One thing I’ve done is to incorporate buttermilk into our teacakes; it’s my secret weapon. Buttermilk is low-fat, but it makes cakes more tender. Signature dish? Chocolate chip banana bread. I’ve been making it for 25 years. It’s our best seller by far. Favorite cuisine to make? My favorite meal to make is maple chicken with sage, oregano and thyme. The other thing I like to make is a very rich chocolate cake with a buttercream frosting — it’s my personal signature for friends and family. What do you like to eat at home? I cook dinner most nights. It’s not always gourmet! Pretty simple food. Worthwhile gadget? An offset spatula. Favorite cookbook? My favorite has to be “Cook’s Illustrated.” It’s like the consumer reports of cooking and baking. Favorite fruit? Mango. Funniest or most memorable kitchen incident? Last year I was having a party at Prairie Grass in Northbrook — I invited my Facebook fans out to help choose my next cake. I was making variations on chocolate cake: plain, candied orange, raspberry. As I’m making them, I’m smelling mint! I looked at the bottle of orange extract — it said it was orange, but it smelled like peppermint. It was the number two favorite. Sometimes accidents happen, and they turn out okay. Hungry Monkey Baking Co. products are sold at Sunset Foods and Mariano’s. For more information, visit hungrymonkeybaking.com. ■

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Conway Farms Golf Club Member Event photography by larry miller The Occasion: Before Zach Johnson walked off with the trophy from the BMW Championship, the members of Conway Farms Golf Club gathered together a few days before the event to celebrate the tournament’s arrival in Lake Forest. The Details: Under a big white tent on the 17th green, guests enjoyed an evening of food and friends, while chatting with Conway Farms President Dave McDonough. The End Result: Many raised a glass to the tournament, as well as to Conway Farm’s dedication to the rich tradition of golf. conwayfarmsgolfclub.org

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Playing like a world-beater Wiczer turns in strong performance in HP’s win over Deerfield ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com This was a Charles Atlas game for Jacob Wiczer. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound senior, who started at middle linebacker and center, spent a good portion of his night flexing and posing. In helping the Highland Park High School football team grind its way to a 17-6 victory over archrival Deerfield at Wolters Field on Sept. 27, Wiczer supplied the muscle on defense. He was the BMOC. He was the Wizard at Wolters. He was all over the … map. By overpowering and outmaneuvering the blockers in front of him, Wiczer was conspicuous by his actions. No. 50 in your program came up with a series of splash plays. He recorded four tackles for loss, including a nineyard quarterback sack. “He was fired up,” said Giants defensive coordinator Mike Harrison. “You saw him flex out there.” And if you followed Wiczer’s tracks after the game, you saw him sing — with his fellow teammates — the HP Loyalty Song with the HP marching band and then pose for a camera — traveling trophy in hand — with his father, Elliot. “I’m big on family,” said Wiczer, explaining the essence of that moment. “My dad motivates me to work hard and never let up. He tells me that work ethic is what gets you everything in life.” With the win, life took a nice turn Highland Park High School quarterback Tommy Sutker tries to break a tackle during win over Deerfield. for Wiczer and the Giants. The team, which will host Maine West on Oct. 4 photography by ting shen (7 p.m.), is looking good with its shiny game. We were scared to death of their 4-1 record. “I put my whole heart on the line tonight,” said an excit- option offense. Their quarterback (Ben able Wiczer, noting that HP’s senior class had never beaten Ethridge) and fullback (Landen Hinds) Deerfield — at any level. “And winning tonight is insane. were our biggest concerns.” Crazy.” Notable: HP senior quarterback Wiczer said the Giants’ defense was prepared and keenly Tommy Sutker had another solid peraware of Deerfield’s explosive option offense. formance. He accounted for 84 of the “We watched a lot of film of them. We studied them hard,” team’s 109 rushing yards, and he comhe said. “We knew their tendencies. We knew their offense pleted 13 of 27 passes for 139 yards. inside and out.” Sutker displayed outstanding speed Playing the game with passion is the norm for Wiczer. on a keeper, racing into the end zone “Having a guy like him on our team is so beneficial,” from 41 yards with 11:49 left in the secsaid Giants senior Grant Paley. “He loves football and it ond period. shows with the way he practices every day.” With 6:23 left in regulation, the senior “He’s always ready to play football,” HP head coach Hal tossed a 42-yard TD pass to Paley (5 Chiodo added. catches, 77 yards). Don’t even think about taking him off the field. Senior kicker/punter Josh Pollack also Wiczer, who teams with guards James Hermann and played a major role. The University of Jason Goldsmith and tackles Charlie Quirk and Jeremy Arizona recruit drilled a 36-yard field Trudell, has become one of the centerpieces on HP’s offen- goal with 42 seconds left in the first sive line. half. He also made two PATs, while the “I take the same mentality to offense,” he said. “I’m try- Deerfield kicker had his PAT attempt ing to beat the guy in front of me. Punish him. Pummel blocked by Tommy Rudman. him. Pound him. Paley finished the game with 13 tack“Yeah, I like alliteration,” he said. les, including an eight-yard tackle for Off the bat: This game didn’t start off well for the home loss. HP’s other leading tacklers were team. On the opening series, the Warriors (1-4) went 58 Goldsmith (10) and Hallvard Lundevall yards on seven plays. Senior running back Sam Modro (7). Junior Teddy Sutker came up with capped off the drive with a 25-yard sweep to the right side. two big plays (3-yard TFL and 8-yard Jacob Wiczer of the Giants finished the game with four tackles for loss. “They marched it right down the field, and I said, ‘Oh QB sack), while Jason Shulruff added boy,’ ’’ said Chiodo. “I knew that we were in for a heck of a a five-yard sack. ■

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Sokal possesses all the right soccer ingredients — speed, fearlessness and smarts ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com An unblinking and stunned Kevin Sokal sat in total silence on the turf of a sideline, with his arms wrapped securely around his knees. His New Trier High School soccer teammates — some sitting nearby in various poses, some walking near their home bench in Northfield on Sept. 28 — had also suddenly turned into mime graduate students. Minutes earlier, Maine South’s visiting Hawks edged NT’s Trevians 2-1 on a goal with only 21.2 seconds left in the second half. The setback was the Trevians’ second in three days — after an 8-0-3 start. “I was frustrated; we all were,” said Sokal, a 6-foot-1 senior center-back and Class 3A all-sectional pick a year ago. “But I was also focusing on what’s ahead for us. “Soccer, it’s such a great sport,” he added. “I’m so glad it’s not like football, where players have to wait a whole week to play again.” Sokal appeared to want to play another match as soon as Maine South’s players headed for their bus last weekend. The last thing the tri-captain wanted to dwell on, for any amount of time, was NT’s 2-2 record in the Central Suburban League South. The optimist in Sokal made an appearance afterward, as did the leader. “I have complete faith in our defense; I’m not at all worried,” Sokal said, alluding to junior defenders Tim Moriarty, Sam Boyd and Tanner Walsh, along with goalkeepers Jonathon Jaggard, a junior, and Andrew Gjertsen, a senior. “We’ll be fine.” Last year’s team MVP and a third-year varsity member, Sokal could play effectively anywhere on the field, but he’s

always preferred defense because it allows him to see the entire field while watching what unfolds on it at all times. Against Maine South he displayed his impressive versatility, thwarting a forward on a rush one minute and dribbling through and around midfielders and forwards the next. Sokal also boomed high and lengthy free kicks through a stiff wind in the second half. “He’s certainly a beast for us, highly capable of holding us together in the back,” NT first-year head coach Wes Molyneaux said. “Kevin has speed and fearlessness, and he’s really smart. When you have three things like that going for you and you’re a center-back, it’s a good thing … a very good thing.” Blessed with Division-I soccer skills, Sokal is looking at a few Division III schools. He’s bright off soccer pitches as well, with a serious interest in double-majoring in mechanical engineering and business. “I’m a science guy, yes,” said Sokal, named New Trier’s most improved player after the 2011 season, when he was promoted to varsity after a handful of under-level matches. “My favorite science is physics. And I’ve been liking calculus lately. It’s cool, learning about how the world works in classes and labs.” It’s soothing, knowing Sokal patrols the back for the Trevians, New Trier assistant Sean Palacios noted last weekend. “Kevin’s play gives everybody around him a sense of comfort,” he said. “He’s strong in all phases of the game, and his teammate srespect him because there’s never a drop-off in training with him. “He demands the best from everybody,” the assistant added, “because he demands a lot from himself.” Notable: Junior Duncan Gill scored the Trevians’ goal in the 2-1 loss to Maine South on Sept. 28. “Tough loss,” Molyneaux said. “We didn’t play very well; we weren’t sharp. We had two, three very good opportunities to score, like we had [in a 2-0 loss to host Evanston on Sept. 26].” … Molyneaux succeeded longtime coach Craig Fairbairn before the start of the season. Fairbairn guided Trevians to state

New Trier High School’s Kevin Sokal takes control of the ball during a game against Lake Forest High School earlier this fall.

photography by george pfoertner championships in 2006 (AA) and ’08 (3A). “He’s such a great guy, and we see him around a lot; he can’t stay away [from NT matches],” Sokal said. Sokal, on Molyneaux: “He’s doing an excellent job.” … New Trier’s three ties last month came in succession, beginning with a 0-0 stalemate with Wheaton Warrenville South on Sept. 3 and ending with another 0-0 match with Lake Zurich on Sept. 7. In between was a 2-2 tie with Rockford Boylan on Sept. 6; senior forward Charlie Malkin and sophomore forward/midfielder Spencer Farina scored NT’s goals. … The Trevians erupted for four secondhalf goals in their 5-1 defeat of Niles North on Sept. 12. Senior midfielder Jack Cornelo recorded a hat trick. ■

Schoder, Trevians extend win streak to three games ■ by t.j. brown

sports@northshoreweekend.com Speed thrills. Just ask New Trier High School junior two-way player Charlie Schoder, who looked on in amazement as Waukegan High School wideout Jaleel Darr-Duffie put up Xbox numbers (7 catches, 305 yards, 4 touchdowns) on Sept. 27 at the Northfield campus. Or you can instead watch the 5-foot-10, 190pound Schoder, whose speed played a major part in the Trevians’ third consecutive win, a 41-39 decision over the Bulldogs. A wideout/defensive back, Schoder exploded for a 65-yard TD run on a reverse, breaking a tackle 20 yards downfield along the right sideline before blasting through a hole as he cut across the width of the field. “He showed some good speed on that play,” New Trier coach Dan Starkey said of his second-year starter. “Charlie is a playmaker on both sides of the ball.” He wasn’t New Trier’s only playmaker, but he certainly showed he’s one of the Trevians’ more electric ones. Earlier in the game, Schoder returned a kickoff 86 yards only to have a holding penalty around midfield nullify the touchdown. “That hole was huge,” Schoder said. “I could have actually run through three or four holes. It’s unfortunate that (the penalty) happened.” On defense, Schoder had the chore of defending wide receiver Catoni Collins, a 6-foot-2 receiver who is built to haul in the high pass. However, Schoder won a big jump ball in the third quarter, when he picked off a Melvin Bobo pass intended for Collins (4 catches, 111 yards, 1 TD) “I don’t know what happened on that play,” Schoder said. “Maybe it was timing.” Schoder will tell you exactly what happened on the reverse, though.

“I had a couple blockers in front of me, and there were three defenders pursuing down the line,” Schoder said. “I saw a couple linemen coming upfield in the middle (of the field). I knew I was able to get blocks from them so I just ran around them.” Notable: Schoder and Starkey both raved about the performance of the offensive line, led by tackles John Polydoris and Matt Caskey, guards Mike Frett and Nick Balch and center Danny Elfman. New Trier rushed for 269 yards, with junior Kevin Mulhern gaining 117 yards on 21 carries and scoring a pair of TDs before suffering a leg injury in the fourth quarter. Senior running back Jordan Garrett (16-79, TD) scored the game’s first touchdown and then picked up key yardage after Mulhern’s injury. The Trevians led 33-13 at halftime but had to hold off a Waukegan rally to improve to 3-2 (1-0 Central Suburban League South). Up six points in the fourth quarter, the Trevians faced third-and-15 at their own 30. That’s when senior quarterback Matt McCaffrey found receiver Scott Hammes on the right sideline for a 19-yard gain. It kept the drive alive, which McCaffrey capped with a 1-yard dive. The QB then tallied a two-point conversion on a draw, swelling the lead to 41-27. Hammes used his mitts to make another pivotal play on the ensuing Waukegan series, intercepting a Bobo pass inside the Trevians’ 20. The line was led by Jack Johnson (4 tackles, 3 assists, 1 tackle for loss, 2 sacks), Mick Donahue (4 tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack) and Michael Sernus (3 tackles, 3 for loss, 1 sack). Linebackers Will Francke (2 tackles, 3 assists, 1 forced fumble) and Matt Klem (3 assists, 1 fumble recovery) also stood out. New Trier hosts Maine South Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Hawks (3-2, 1-0 CSL South) topped Glenbrook South 42-21 on Sept. 27. ■

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Scouts sparkle early … but Bears shine late to avoid upset ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com It was impossible to miss the Lake Zurich High School student fans at LZ’s home football game against Lake Forest High School last weekend. They stood together and took up about a third of a set of packed bleachers, wearing neon yellow, lime or pink get-ups. The fashion statements were loud — and blinding. At times the students looked like bouncing, oversized Hi-Liter markers during Lake Zurich’s 21-10 victory on Sept. 27. But Lake Forest’s Scouts produced most of the significant highlights on the field in the first three quarters. The visitors raced out to a 10-0 lead after one quarter and didn’t allow points until the Bears scored a touchdown with 1:01 left in the second quarter. “We were in control,” Lake Forest senior outside linebacker Trent Williams said. “We played really well for most of the game.” Williams practically lived in the Bears’ backfield, disrupting LZ’s vaunted running attack and making senior quarterback Noah Allgood scramble often. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Williams was too good when he sacked Allgood for a 10-yard loss late in the third quarter. “[Trent] played very well,” Scouts coach Chuck Spagnoli said of the Colgate recruit. “We need him to play like he did tonight, and we expect him to play like he did tonight.” Williams and fellow linebackers Jack Kutschke and Jack Traynor helped reduce LZ breakaway threat Ben Klett, a sophomore, to that of a running back looking desperately to escape red numbers in the early going. The 6-1, 190-pounder had minus-10 yards rushing after seven carries. But Klett ended up a hero, sprinting for a 77-yard, gamesealing TD in the fourth quarter and finishing with 189 total yards from scrimmage (98 rushing on 11 carries; 91 receiving yards on four catches; and three TDs). His other rushing TD in the fourth quarter, a 13-yard sprint, put LZ (5-0, 3-0) up 13-10 in the first minute of the final quarter. Klett also caught a 27-yard TD pass from Allgood. “I thought our kids played hard and gave a great effort,” Spagnoli said after his club slipped to 4-1, 1-1 in the Lake division of the North Suburban Conference. “But we turned the ball over [on a muffed punt] and gave up critical plays, long plays [in the second half]. “I love these guys, and I wouldn’t want to battle with any other group. We just have to do a better job of finishing.” LF senior quarterback Regis Durbin (11-for-22, 131 yards; 13 rushes for 52 yards) started the scoring with a nine-yard TD run at 4:26 of the first quarter, capping an impressive 92-yard drive. The trip began with a 46-yard run from

Bear down: Lake Forest High School’s Jack Yale and Connor Adams team up to take down LZ’s Brent Sweetwood.

photography by joel lerner Scouts senior running back Hub Cirame (24 rushes for 153 yards; three receptions for 68 yards). Junior Kyle Gattari booted an 18-yard field goal to give LF a 10-0 advantage against a program that had reached at least the Class 7A state semifinals in six of the last seven seasons. LF made it to a Class 6A semifinal last fall. Lake Forest’s final two possessions ended in deep LZ territory (seven- and six-yard line). Durbin epitomized LF’s spirit and fight in the final one, gaining 14 yards on the ground and 56 more via the air, including a 24-yard toss to Cirame and 20-yarder to senior wideout David Glynn (two receptions, 30 yards). “He’s a great competitor,” Spagnoli said of the 5-11, 205pound Durbin, a defensive back last fall. “He always does

what’s best for the team, for the program.” Lake Forest visits Zion-Benton Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Z-B beat Mundelein 34-14 on Sept. 27, improving to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the NSC Lake. Notable: Lake Zurich football coach Dave Proffitt went out of his way to shake Williams’ hand and praise the OLB after last weekend’s game. … Kutschke recovered a fumble caused by senior DB Charles Moss at 11:19 of the third quarter. … Traynor and senior linebacker Joseph Beible combined on a tackle for a 10-yard loss. … Kutschke finished with a team-high 10 tackles, while three of Williams’ stops went for a loss. … Traynor made seven tackles, with two resulting in a loss. … LF outgained LZ 356-328 in total yards. … Lake Forest’s sophomore team routed LZ 30-0 before the varsity game. ■

Press Box HP’s Redei nets inclusion in select company

Soccer: Zoe Redei turns 16 on Oct. 8. But the Highland Park High School sophomore received some sweet news last week. The Eclipse Select Soccer Club forward was one of 19 players — and the lone pick from Illinois — named to the U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team on Sept. 26. After training Oct. 13-19 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., the group heads to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to vie for one of two 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup berths at the CONCACAF Women’s Championship from Oct. 30-Nov. 9. The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup runs March 15-April 5 in Costa Rica. Redei had a fabulous summer on soccer pitches, helping Eclipse Select’s U-15 team capture an Elite Clubs National League championship in mid-July and leading another Eclipse Select team to the U-15 title at the US Youth Soccer Association National Championships in late July in Overland, Kan. She scored two goals in the title match of the latter tournament and was named to the USYSA U-15 Best XI.

Local players team up at Carleton College

Soccer: Lake Forest High School graduate Peter Passalino is teaming up with a pair of Glenbrook South grads — Branden McGarritty and Nathan Park — at Carleton College. Passalino, who played club ball (Chicago Magic) with McGarritty for two years, has two goals and two assists during his freshman campaign at Carleton. McGarritty, a sophomore, has four goals and two assists for the Knights (6-1-2).

Shipp leads Fighting Irish in scoring

Soccer: Senior Harrison Shipp, one of the team captains for Notre Dame (4-0-3), has scored nine points (3 goals, 3 assists) goal, in seven games this fall. The Lake Forest High School grad now has 12 goals and 17 assists during his career with the Fighting Irish. He has not missed a game in his three-plus seasons. His brother, Michael Shipp, is a sophomore defender for ND.

‘Wild’ about Kipnis

Baseball: Glenbrook North High School product and Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis got to hunt for success in October after Cleveland earned the top American League wild card berth on Sept. 30. Cleveland was scheduled to host Tampa Bay on Oct. 2, with the winner slated to meet Boston in a divisional series. Kipnis (Glenbrook North HS, ’05) batted .284 with 17 home runs and 84 RBI in 149 games for the 92-70 Indians. The 26-year-old native of Northbrook was drafted in the second round of the 2009 Major League Draft. A 2013 All-Star, he made his Major League debut on July 22, 2011.

Glenbrook South’s Tursi commits to SIU-Edwardsville

Baseball: According the Prep Baseball Report (PBR), Mario Tursi, a smooth-fielding middle infielder, has made a verbal commitment to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Tursi is ranked No. 74 in the class of 2014 by PBR. ■

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‘He’s got golf on the brain’

Owning a healthy — and heady perspective — works in Abrahamson’s favor ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Loyola Academy senior golfer Michael Abrahamson got a taste of coaching at the prep level after a practice last month. Ramblers coach Tim Kane approached his ace and challenged him to come up with LA’s strongest lineup, No. 1 through No. 6. Kane was thinking of the postseason at the time, even though the season hadn’t even reached the 10th hole tee box. “I wanted Michael to put himself in my shoes,” Kane recalled. “I wanted a player’s perspective, and I knew he would be honest. He’d pick the lineup that was best for the team, not one with all of his buddies in it. “His lineup was not very different than mine,” the coach added. “That was nice to hear.” Abrahamson put a premium on each teammate’s mental makeup when he selected his lineup. Length off the tee wasn’t as important to him as the ability to recover consistently from a bogey — or as the fortitude and patience to weather tough weather conditions. “Success in the postseason usually comes to those who best handle pressure,” Abrahamson said. “You want people in your lineup who are strong mentally.” You want a Michael Abrahamson on your side. The 6-foot3, 170-pounder from Sauganash has competed in two Class 3A state meets in Bloomington, helping the Ramblers place third in 2011 with rounds of 77 and 81 and shooting an 83 at last year’s rain-shortened edition for 11th-place Loyola. The University of Wisconsin recruit returned to the state meet course — The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course — on August 21 and earned medalist honors with a 70 at the Raider Invite, two days after needing only 71 strokes to tour Rolling Green Country Club at the Hersey Invite in Arlington Heights. Iron play has been his primary strength for years. He hits greens in regulation regularly. “Michael has really grown as a golfer,” Kane noted after last month’s Highland Park Quad, in which Abrahamson struggled to a nine-hole total of 42 at Northmoor Country Club. “He no longer beats himself up after a tough round. “He was fine as soon as he sat in a cart following his

final hole,” the coach added. “Michael simply told me, ‘I love this event, but I never do well here for whatever reason.’ He wasn’t upset in the least, and he immediately put the round behind him.” Abrahamson’s breakthrough round was a 69, shot two years ago at Deerfield Golf Course. There’s something about breaking 70 in golf. It lifts a golfer to another level, and the recollection of it convinces the golfer that there’s always that potential to go that low again — and get hooked on the game forever. Abrahamson shot a team-low and third-place 74 at the McDermand Invite at Lake Bluff Golf Club on Sept. 28, pacing the Ramblers’ runner-up showing (306) to Highland Park’s Giants (305) in windy conditions. Scores from seniors Peter Leinenweber (77), Chris Nolan (77) and George Galanis (78) also counted for Loyola. Like most avid golfers, Abrahamson likes to talk golf with anybody after his rounds, no matter how he fared that day. “Michael will discuss the course, clubs … anything else that involves golf,” Kane said. “He’s got golf on the brain.” No doubt he’ll put that noggin to good use — on and off the courses — as a Wisconsin Badger beginning next fall. Abrahamson plans to major in business in Madison. “It’s a good school, with brand-new golf facilities,” he said. “When it gets cold or snows, you can still use the program’s driving range by hitting from a spot indoors and watching your shots end up outdoors. And they’ve got an indoor putting lab with a tracking system. “I’m looking forward to going there.” But Abrahamson certainly hasn’t lost his focus on the season at hand. His name, after all, is entrenched in Loyola’s lineup. “So many factors must be considered when making out a lineup,” Kane said. “Experience, how players handle pressure and the team members’ scoring trends, to name a few. There’s health, too. We have three players dealing with back issues. “I remember Michael saying to me, ‘Wow, it’s pretty hard, figuring out a lineup.’ ” Notable: The Ramblers were scheduled to compete in the Chicago Catholic League meet Oct. 3 at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont. ■

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Loyola Academy’s Michael Abrahamson follows through on his drive during the HP Quad. He will play college golf at Wisconsin.

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Back(stroke) to business

Being captain a big deal for Lake Forest’s Rancap ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com After swimming at the Lake County Invite in the home water last weekend, Lake Forest High School senior Hillary Rancap sat poolside and praised the captains of former Scouts teams. West Point’s Mika Hlavin (LFHS, ’12) was one of them. “I swam on teams with great captains,” Rancap said on Sept. 28. “Mika, she’s one of my best friends. I tried to copy her when we were teammates, though we did swim different events. “I liked her tempo when she swam.” Lake Forest’s varsity members like Rancap. They voted her to serve as captain for this year’s squad after last fall’s season, in which she qualified for the state meet as the lead-off leg of LF’s 200-yard medley relay (20th place, 1:49.4) and in the 100-yard backstroke. Rancap advanced to state in the 100 back after placing third in the event at a sectional meet. “Hillary is a captain because she’s compassionate and has high energy, and she’s one of those who’s always concerned about her teammates and howthey’re doing and feeling,” Scouts coach Carolyn Grevers said. “Teammates,” she added, “look up to her.” Grevers’ crew looked up to only Stevenson at the Lake County Invite. LF tallied a runner-up total of 249 points to the Patriots’ 288, as Scouts sophomore standout Reilly Lanigan touched first in the 200 IM (2:08.49) and 100 butterfly (58.04) events. Rancap, freshman Kayla Smith, junior Eleanor Meeks and sophomore Haley Nelson combined legs for a third-place effort (1:52.78) in the 200 medley relay. “I love the high school swimming season,” said Rancap, who topped the 100 back field with a 1:01.6 in Lake Forest’s 132-54 defeat of visiting Libertyville on Sept. 26. “It’s exciting to be a captain. I try to be organized and energetic, and I do what

Lake Forest High School senior Hillary Rancap is one of the team's top backstrokers.

photography by joel lerner I can to get everybody ready and pumped up before meets.” Rancap and her family moved from Grayslake to Lake Forest’s school district the summer before Rancap entered the third grade. She later joined Scout Aquatics — coached by Grevers and Flo Burke, among others — as a freestyler and backstroker. Rancap sped to her first Junior Olympics cut in the backstroke at a club meet held at Lake Forest High School’s natatorium. “I want to swim in college, for sure,” she said, adding she hopes to do so at a school with either a medium or large enrollment. “My list of schools [she is considering] — it

keeps changing.” What won’t changed anytime soon is Rancap’s interest in business, her intended major. She was active in a business club (Business Professionals of America) at Glenbrook South High School last year, when the club qualified to compete at nationals in Florida in the spring. But Rancap did not head south because of her commitment to AP testing. “I would like to own a business, maybe in the field of fashion,” she said of her dream job after college. “Who knows? Maybe I’ll get into a business involving swimsuits.” Rancap’s bottom line this fall is her team’s results. She hopes to continue to make an impact as a backstroker. With a seventh-place showing (1:01.01) in the 100 back at the Lake County Invite, she finished second among teammates in the event; Nelson took runner-up honors (58.99), and senior Caitlin Lanigan placed eighth (1:01.11). “My start and my fly kicks,” Rancap said, referring to two of the keys to her backstroke. “And tempo — it’s all about racing at a good tempo. “We [the team’s backstrokers] all push each other.” Notable: Meeks (59.9, 100 fly) and senior Mary Rose Donahue (355.95 points, diving) earned Lake Forest’s other third-place medals at last weekend’s Lake County Invite. The team received fourth-place showings from Nelson (1:56.69, 200 freestyle), freshman Daria Pyshnenko (53.63, 100 free) and sophomore Elise Vondra (5:16.75, 500 free). Pyshnenko and Reilly Lanigan swam on the fourth-place 200 (1:40.38) and 400 (3:39.84) free relays, with Meeks and freshman Maddie Smith joining the pair on the 200 unit and Nelson and Caitlin Lanigan completing legs for the 400 quartet. … Paced by Zeynep Kivanc, Lili Mae Kinney, Ellie Snyder and Jasmine Sawyer, Lake Forest Academy finished ninth (29 points) at the meet. The foursome placed eighth in the 200 medley (2:03.81) and 200 free (1:51.84) relays. ■

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THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND Hedstrom had the team’s top score (42). Joe Egan, Northridge Prep Boys Golf: The Lake Forest resident shot a threeunder 69 to claim an eight-stroke victory at the Independent School League championship on Sept. 24. Egan helped his team to a second-place finish (323 points).

Kathryn House, Loyola Cross Country: The sophomore came up with a fine performance in the Palatine Invite on Sept. 28, finishing 12th (18:08) in a field of 189 runners. The Ramblers placed 16th (369 points) in the team standings. In the boys race, the Ramblers finished 11th (339 points) in the 30-team meet at the Deer Grove East Forest Preserve in Palatine. Matt Randolph (31st, 15:38.7) and Christian Swenson (35th, 15:41) led the way. Peter Cotsirilos, New Trier Cross Country: He raced to an eighth-place finish in the Palatine Invite on Sept. 28. He was clocked in 15:03.5, which was 20 seconds behind the winner: York’s Alex Bashqawi. NT took fourth in the meet with 161 points. Chase Silverman placed 16th in 15:20.8. He was followed in by Om Kanwar (44th, 15:48), Connor Trapp (46th, 15:50.0) and Josh Rosenkranz (47th, 15:50.1). Mimi Smith, New Trier Cross Country: She ran a 17:22.4 to claim runnerup honors in the Roy Gummerson Invite on Sept. 28 at Schiller Woods in Chicago. She led the way as the Trevians cruised to a team title with 30 points. The team put six runners in the top 11: Kelli Schmidt (5th, 18:27.2), Molly Schmidt (6th, 18:28.5), Kaitlin Frei (8th, 18:30.5), Cara Keleher (9 th, 18:38.9) and Oona Jung-Beem (11th, 18:52.1). Claire Yandell, Lake Forest Cross Country: Her strong season continued on Sept. 28, when she placed fifth at the Grant Invite (19:52.13). The Scouts, who also received solid efforts from Nora Burgener (14th, 20:20), Emma Allen (17th, 20:29), Gabrielle Simeck (19th, 20:31) and Haley Click (22nd, 20:51), just missed overtaking Woodstock 66-73 in the team standings. Emily Cavalaris/ Katherine Kallergis Lake Forest Field Hockey: This duo tallied five goals and two assists each as the Scouts took first place in the Huskie Invite on Sept. 27-28 in Oak Park. In a 22-hour span, the Scouts defeated five out-of-state teams. They downed Dupont Manual (Ky.) 3-1, Ursuline (Mo.) 3-1 and Huron (Mich.) 5-0 in pool play. Then, they topped Sacred Heart (Ky.) 2-0 in the semifinals and Assumption (Ky.) 3-1 in the championship. Emily George had a goal and a team-high three assists. Mackenzie Adams and Sheridan Weiss each had a goal and two assists. Halle Frain, Mackenzie Mick and Lindsey Close had the other goals, while Frain, Mary Alice Arnstein and Nicole Beshilas had the other assists. The defense was paced by Chandler Scoco (11 saves), Payton Mickey (3 defensives saves), Elise Wong (2 defensive saves), Val Wood, Mick and Beshilas. Mackenzie Nolan, NSCD Field Hockey: Her goal broke a 1-1 tie as the Raiders topped Deerfield 2-1 on Sept. 25. Tonya Piergies had the other goal. On Sept. 28, North Shore Country Day took care of Woodlands Academy 6-2. Heather Mabie and Nolan had two goals each. Joe Joyce, Loyola Football: The wide receiver had himself a day. He caught 10 passes for 105 yards in LA’s 24-3 victory

over host Brother Rice on Sept. 27. His biggest catch came in the second period, when he scored on a 18-yard pass from quarterback Jack Penn (20-26-0, 218 yards). Penn also threw a three-yard TD pass to Owen Buscaglia (7-93) in the third quarter. Penn led the team in rushing (11-54). Julius Holley (22 yards) had a nine-yard TD run in the opening quarter. Fellow running back Donnel Haley had 32 yards on seven carries. Mike Kurzydlowski scored the team’s other six points: a 25-yard field goal and three PATs. And now, the 5-0 Ramblers will compete in the state’s game of the week, when they host unbeaten Mt. Carmel on Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m. Daniel Joseph/ Christopher John Karamanos Lake Forest Academy Football: On the third play from scrimmage, Joseph intercepted a pass and ran it back 51 yards for a touchdown in LFA’s 28-18 victory over visiting Hales Franciscan. The sophomore defensive lineman ended the game with seven tackles. Karamanos finished with 120 yards with two TDs (1 and 35 yards). The senior quarterback also threw for 69 yards, including a 57-yarder to Dejon Brissett which set up the 1-yard TD run. Kurtis Burton-Rowe had eight carries for 65 yards, including a two-yard score. The defense helped LFA (1-4) to prevail. BurtonRowe had a team-high 10 tackles, while four Caxys finished with two tackles for loss: Alec Mesrobian, Thomas Shaffer, Malcolm Chaka and Joseph. Patrick Flavin, Highland Park Boys Golf: The senior star took medalist honors at the McDermand Invite on Sept. 28. But it wasn’t easy. After shooting a 71 and tying Glenbrook North’s Nick Hardy, Flavin needed five playoff holes to take the title. His strong showing helped the Giants to a one-stroke victory over Loyola 305-306. Sam Meitus also stood out for the Giants. He shot a 74 to finish in a four-way tie for third. Noah Fishbein and Daniel Hetlinger added 80s. On Sept. 26, the Giants, who were slated to play in the CSL Tournament on Oct. 1, scored a 164 to take third in the Green Acres Invite behind Glenbrook North (159) and Evanston (161). Flavin shot a 38 and finished second behind Hardy (36). Apter (41), Meitus (42) and Fishbein (43) were the other HP scorers.

Andrew Blechman/Sam Reategui/Will Skinner/ Daniel Viellieu North Shore Country Day Boys Golf: All four finished in the top 10 and helped the Raiders to a first-place finish in the Independent School League tournament on Sept. 24. They scored a 317 to beat Northridge Prep by six strokes. It was their seventh straight league title. Liza Kraff, Highland Park Girls Golf: She sparkled at Sunset Valley on Sept. 28, when she claimed medalist honors in the Giant Invite. She shot a 79 to win the event by two strokes over Vernon Hills’ Kari Lee. Teammate Kelli Ono shot an 83 to finish third overall. HP, which received a 91 from Nicole Berardi and a 96 from Daniella Cohen, scored a 348 to finish second behind Loyola (346) in the seven-meet tournament. John 0’Connor/John Moderwell Lake Forest Soccer: O’Connor and Moderwell tallied goals as the Scouts defeated Glenbrook North 2-1 on Sept. 28 to improve their overall record to 7-5-1. On Sept. 24, the Scouts shut out Vernon Hills 3-0. Robert Schyns, Keegan Filkin and Moderwell scored the goals. Michale Munteanu, Highland Park Soccer: He found the net twice as the Giants (4-53) took down Maine East 2-1 to improve their CSL North record to 2-1-1 on Sept. 26. Juan Marban was credited with both assists. Alex Karmin, NSCD Soccer: The junior goalie made some outstanding saves in action last week. North Shore Country Day (8-1-2, 3-0-1) topped University High 1-0 on Sept. 27. And, thanks to Karmin’s 12 saves, the Raiders ended up 0-0 against Northridge Prep on Sept. 24.

Sophomore Ben Potter had the team’s lone goal against University High. Gordie Rorhbach assisted. Tess Lubin/Michelle Buyer New Trier Tennis: Highlighted by their first-place finishes, the Trevians earned runner-up honors at the Fall Classic at Prospect High School on Sept. 28. The team, which was playing without top singles Carol Finke (college visit) and Lily Schroeder (injury), finished with 68 points. Stevenson had 74 points. Lubin, a sophomore, claimed the No. 2 singles title. Buyer, a freshman, was the champ at No. 3 singles. Annie Keller/Ashley Williams Lake Forest Volleyball: Keller, a senior, and Williams, a freshman, led the way at the Scouts topped visiting Mundelein 25-20, 16-25, 25-23 on Sept. 26. Keller finished the contest with six kills and two blocks. Williams had nine kills. The team also received solid play from Lucy Ward (8 kills), Maria Pesek (5 kills, 2 blocks), Maddie Locey (5 digs, 3 aces) and Emma Patlovich (21 assists, 5 kills). On Sept. 25, the Scouts fell to Warren 25-18, 26-24. Williams seven kills. Jenna Dethlefsen had five kills and two blocks. Pesek had five kills, while Emma Butler finished with nine assists. Kate Revord/Becca Slotkin North Shore Country Day Volleyball: Revord had five kills, while Slotkin contributed six digs as the Raiders handled Roycemore 25-17, 25-13 on Sept. 27. Katie Randolph, Loyola Volleyball: She had quite the performance in her team’s 25-18, 26-24 victory over St. Ignatius on Sept. 26. St. Ignatius had a commanding 24-16 lead until Randolph took center stage and served 10 consecutive points to close out the match. She also finished the match with 18 assists. Kelsey O’Neill wound up with five kills and five blocks at the Ramblers improved to 13-1 overall. On Sept. 24, Victoria Lord (5 kills) led the way as LA defeated De La Salle 29-17, 25-11. Julie Murphy helped out with four blocks, while Randolph had three aces and 19 assists.

Tommy Dee, Lake Forest Boys Golf: He shot a 74 to end up in a four-way tie for third place in the McDermand Invite at Lake Bluff Golf Club on Sept. 28. Junior Jacques Zureikat carded a 76 to finish in a three-tie for seventh place. The Scouts, who were scheduled to play in the NSC Tournament on Oct. 1, scored a 309 to place third in the 16-team tourney. Drew Barrett shot a 78, while Jake Kunz added an 81. Will Connelly, New Trier Boys Golf: He recorded a 76 (tied for seventh) to pace NT at the McDermand Invite on Sept. 28. Nick Iserloth also finished in the top 10 with a 77. The team finished with a 310 to share fourth place with Evanston. David Brandfonbrener shot a 78, while Jack Junge added a 79. On Sept. 26, New Trier competed in the Green Acres Invite and finished fifth with a 176. Jack

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