A year after taking a backseat to Katherine Gjertsen in their senior year at New Trier, Isabelle Sennett was looking to go out and make a name for herself during her freshman
year on Amherst College’s women’s lacrosse team.
And make a name for herself she did.
Ask most people what makes being a member of the Loyola Academy community a great one and the majority will have a similar answer: family.
Whether it be with returning alumni, family, friends or the athletes following the school’s motto of being “Men and Women for Others,” there’s something that stands out about the school.
That was none more evident this spring when the Loyola girls lacrosse team embraced the presence of Ryan O’Connor, 3-year-old son of Loyola alumna, and a lacrosse All-American, Elizabeth O’Connor and her husband Ben.
The recent Loyola graduate could have stayed in the Midwest and gone to Marquette, joining a handful of other North Shore players, or Colorado, the two other schools that
really recruited her, but she chose to go down a different path.
Brynn Holohan wanted to a new experience when it came to choosing where she’d play college lacrosse.
Loyola’s Mia McGrath came into the 2019 girls volleyball season knowing she was going to have some big shoes to fill in her first year on varsity.
Continue readingComing off its best finish at the state meet since 2015, the New Trier boys cross country team was ready to show that last season’s 10th-place showing wasn’t a fluke.
The coronavirus pandemic prompted the Illinois High School Association to cancel all of the state’s spring sports. For much of the summer, it looked like the IHSA was going to do the same with fall sports.
And then, uncertainty hit.
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For Anne Bloomer, putting on her Team USA jersey for the first time is a feeling she’ll never forget.
The Loyola Academy senior hockey player represented the United States on the U18 Women’s National Hockey Team at the World championships Jan. 6-13, 2018, in Russia. Continue reading
New Trier grad Dani Kaufman, a native of Wilmette, had seen the United States Women’s National Team play a handful of times, but all had been just friendlies against nations from across the world.
The third time though?
That was a game to remember. Continue reading
There’s nothing like the bond that siblings share. No matter the age or gender, having that extra someone in your familial life can make one’s life even more special.
That bond is being shown on the basketball court at North Shore Country Day’s Mac Gymnasium this winter, as Loyola Academy graduate Meghan McKeown joined coach Bruce Blair’s staff to coach the Raiders girls basketball squad, which happens to include her sister Ally. Continue reading
Athletic careers all have unique beginnings.
Whether activity initiates because of friends, peer pressure, accessibility, boredom or a combination thereof, each athlete gets a start in his or her own way.
For New Trier basketball players and siblings Griffin and Taite Ryan, it was all about family — and more poetically, a family domino effect. Continue reading
With his team’s season hanging in the balance, New Trier coach Scott Fricke knew exactly who he wanted to take control: his senior point guard Andrew Kirkpatrick.
“I was running everything through him,” the coach said. “He’s been making and taking big shots for a long time and he did it again today.” Continue reading
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