Boys varsity soccer advances into postseason
Tommy Layden, Sports Co-Editor
November 7, 2019
In the boys last game of the regular season the team played Argo on Oct. 17. The Lions prevailed in a 1-0 victory despite changing things up on the field. The team will have play Argo again in the second round of the playoffs on Friday Oct. 25 at Argo Highschool. “[We were] pretty sad being out [there]...
LT V. HC
Maggie Kahn, Sports Co-Editor
October 31, 2019
After a season full of ups and downs, the varsity football team looks to end the season on a high note, as they approach the Hinsdale Central away game on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. “I think that [varsity Coach Dan] Hartman’s experience with [Hinsdale Central] could give us an advantage, but it will real...
Two perspectives: A look into native Chicagoan, Virgil Abloh’s, exhibit at the MCA
Paige Darling and Alfonso Fernandez
October 24, 2019
Click here to view two LION staffers' perspectives on Virgil Abloh's exhibit in Chicago's very own Museum of Contemporary Art....
ATOM: Trell Harris
Kate Ferrel, Reporter
October 24, 2019
On the North Field of New Trier on Aug 30. the varsity football team had its first game of the season. Wide receiver Trell Harris ’22 opened the season with the first touchdown of the year. “I’ve been dreaming about this ever since I started playing football,” Harris said. Harris starte...
Girls cross country prepares for postseason meets
Max Dike, Reporter
October 24, 2019
With the girl’s state cross country meet only weeks away, LT cross country coach Alex Lyons is helping his athletes make their final preparations for the postseason races. However, the most important steps have already been taken, he said. “If you’re doing a lot of prep before meets, you’ve ...
Weirdos return to promote school spirit
Liz Gremer, Co-Art Director
October 24, 2019
The student section was filled to the brim on Sept. 6, the first home football game of the year. While eyes were on the team as they played, there was an equal attention to the Weirdos: LT’s renowned student section group. During games, an eruption of screams and chants were echoed back from students...
Fall blues
Liz Gremer, Co-Art Director
October 24, 2019
Full disclosure: this isn’t a column about why fall sports are the worst because they interfere with the athlete’s rest of the year. I believe that being involved in any sport, no matter the time of the year, is a great experience to have. Being on a team taught me not only about myself, but how ...
LT poms prepares for competition season
Nicole Klein, Website Editor
October 24, 2019
Towards the end of the bus ride to competitions, varsity poms co-captain Sarah Tobin ‘20 and her teammates turn the lights off, silently listen to the song they dance to and envision themselves doing the dance. “At competitions I get nervous because the judges are watching everything to make s...
XC Boys wrap up season
Diane Makovic, Co-Editor In Chief
October 24, 2019
When the cross country season started this year, the boys team had a new assistant coach on the roster, Joe Pontrelli. Pontrelli had previously coached for the girls cross country and track teams but switched to helping the boys team this year. “It has been one big learning experience,” Pontrell...
The Grands
Diane Makovic, Co-Editor In Chief
October 24, 2019
On the morning of Sept. 7, I woke up at 5:30 to get ready for the LT Invite. It was the first meet of the cross country season, and I was feeling really nervous for the race. Once I got to LT, my teammates and I sat in the team area listening to hype-up music to get ready. After a little while, I wen...
Tennis works to bring late season success
Lizzie Patel, Reporter
October 24, 2019
Whether it is winning big matches in weekend invitationals or competing well against a tough schedule, this year’s girls varsity tennis team is working to continue their success through the end of the season, head varsity coach Dave Robare said. Seniors leaders, particularly McKenna Sands ‘20 and Greta Fr...
Girls Swim and Dive create blankets for hospitals
Adriana Serrano, Reporter
September 20, 2019
As the girls swim and dive season started on Aug.12, fourth year diver and one of the team captains, Cerys Egan ’20, worked alongside the entire team early Saturday morning on Aug. 17 to make blankets for children’s hospitals. Egan and the other captains coordinated the drive and collected fabric...
Scott Walker Returns
Maggie Kahn, Co-Sports Editor
September 20, 2019
A year after walking away from nearly 30 years of coaching at LT, Scott Walker has returned to the SC pool as the head varsity girls swim coach. When Kurt Johns, the previous girls swim coach, was promoted to be the division chair of Physical Welfare, Walker decided he would come back and take Johns...
Lizzie Patel ‘21 named AAU Academic All-American
Liz Gremer, Co-Art Director
September 20, 2019
Over the summer, Lizzie Patel ‘21 got a text from her 1st Alliance club coach telling her she had been named an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Academic All-American. Weeks later, Patel gleamed with delight and pride upon finding the certificate in her mailbox. “I want to do well,” Patel said. ...
Boys soccer prepares to build on last season’s success
Lizzie Patel, Reporter
September 20, 2019
Silence fills the air before every varsity soccer game. All 22 players sit in the locker room silently and listen to the song “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. They wait to make any sound until they all bang on the lockers when the drum solo hits. They stand, one by one, motivating each other...
Student graduates early, pursues college volleyball
Robert Sullivan, Reporter
September 20, 2019
This coming January, as the LT community braces for another Chicago winter, volleyball star and college commit Grace Asleson ‘20 will board a plane headed to Deland, Fla. There, she will spend her spring practicing with Stetson University’s girls’ volleyball team. “I am really looking forw...
Alfonso Fernandez, Reporter
October 24, 2019 • No Comments
During their freshman year, Andrew Hojjat ‘21 and Alexandar Kostich’s ‘21 AP Human Geography class had a Rotary International sponsor arrive to discuss the organization’s...
German exchange students come to LT
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LT seniors create college football podcast
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