One team has won 10 field hockey state championships, including two of the last three; the other just had its best finish in 20 years, with a fourth-place finish in last year’s state tournament.
On March 14, Loyola Academy, like many school across the nation, took part in the National School Walkout to bring attention to a unified call for change in the way our country addresses school safety, gun violence and adolescent mental health.
At 10 a.m., students who wished to participate had two options.
Many people growing up in Chicago in the 1990s recognized the names Bill Wennington and Dave Wannstedt, even if they weren’t sports fans.
Wennington played for the Chicago Bulls from 1993 to 1999 and won three NBA championships with the team, while Wannstedt served as the Chicago Bears coach from 1993 to 1998. Since their careers have ended, both Wennington and Wannstedt have transitioned over to the media side of sports, with Wannstedt becoming a broadcaster for Fox Sports since 2014 and Wennington the color analyst for Bulls radio broadcasts.