Girls Gymnastics: Carmel, Lake Forest, New Trier advance to state meet

GIRLS GYMNASTICS: There was the expected as well as a couple minor surprises during Thursday’s Niles North sectional. Two-time defending state champion Carmel remained on target for another state title, winning the sectional with 151.760 points, while Stevenson mustered 146.875 points to finish as runner-up.

Girls Track: Lake Forest’s Carmichael — bound for Memphis — is geared, poised to soar to even greater heights

GIRLS TRACK: Scouts senior Carolina Carmichael, who has signed a national letter of intent with the University of Memphis, is looking to rise to even greater heights this spring.

Wrestling: Lake Forest’s Shea qualifies for sectionals

WRESTLING: Lake Forest’s Chance Shea (186 pounds) was the lone Scout to make sectionals from Saturday’s Stevenson Regional. Teammate Regis Durbin comes up just short.

Boys Basketball: Durrett returns in Lake Forest’s win over Deerfield

Here’s a good sign. Lake Forest senior Thomas Durrett, who has been sidelined with a concussion, started and scored nine points in Tuesday’s 56-46 victory over visiting Deerfield. Durrett, who played 17 minutes, made two three-pointers for the Scouts who improved to 13-9. John Hayes …

Boys Basketball: Lake Forest rings up win over LFA on ‘Bling and Blue’ night

BOYS BASKETBALL: Freshman Evan Boudreaux scored a team-high 19 points and Lake Forest pulled away late to knock off private-school rival Lake Forest Academy 59-52 on Saturday in a nonconference game in front of a standing-room-only crowd.

Boys Basketball: Highland Park edges Lake Forest Academy

Highland Park’s boys basketball team got back on track on Tuesday. Led by Jake Norcia’s 17 points, the Giants defeated visiting Lake Forest Academy 54-51. The Giants (13-9, 4-4) received 12 points from Danny Dlugie, while Ross Chukerman finished with nine points and 14 rebounds. …

Football: Proffitt named new head coach at Lake Zurich

You didn’t need to be a prophet to see this coming. Lake Zurich has named David Proffitt as its new head football coach. Proffitt, who has been the Bears’ defensive coordinator for the past six years, will replace Bryan Stortz, who has taken a job …

Boys Basketball: Warren’s defense slows Lake Forest

BOYS BASKETBALL: Warren left its shooting touch in Gurnee on Friday, but played its usual smothering defense and wore down improving Lake Forest 50-38 in a North Suburban Conference Lake Division game.

Girls soccer: Lake Forest’s McGowan heading to National Team camp

GIRLS SOCCER — Three players from the Eclipse Select Soccer Club, including Highland Park’s Zoe Redei and Lake Forest’s Ginny McGowan, have been called up to the U.S. U-15 National Team for a February camp. Kayla McCoy of Lincolnwood also got the nod. Redei will …

Boys Soccer: Lake Forest’s Shipp, Forlow sign national letters of intent

Michael Shipp and Ian Forlow, who helped the Lake Forest boys soccer team to an NSC championship this past fall, have made their college decisions. Shipp signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday and will join his brother Harrison at Notre Dame. Shipp, who …

Wrestling: Lake Forest’s Daniels, Wang, Wasser, Karkazis place at NSC JV meet

A step in the right direction. At the recent NSC JV tournament, which was held at Lake Forest High School, the Scouts came away with four place-winners. Richard Daniels (182 pounds) and Ryan Wang (126) placed third, while Erik Wasser (132) and George Karkazis (138) …

Wrestling: Deer Path takes second in own invite

Highlighted by the championship showings of Peter Kennedy and Keegan Kullby, the Deer Path Middle School wrestling team claimed runner-up honors in own 12-team invitational last weekend. Deer Path finished with 290 1/5 points, while Bradley Central took the team title with 309. Kennedy claimed …

Men’s Basketball: Lake Forest College jumps back into first place

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Lake Forest college jumped back into first place in the Midwest Conference with pair of wins.

Gymnastics: Lake Forest shares conference title with Stevenson

Lake Forest’s girls gymnastics team dined at a Rainforest Café after Friday night’s NSC Meet in Gurnee.

It’s billed as a wild place to shop and eat.

As the Scouts and their coach, Robin Straus, looked at menus, colorful fish — some beautiful, some odd-looking …

Six Lake Forest players earn all-state honors

GIRLS HOCKEY — Highly populated. Six players on the girls hockey team at Lake Forest have been named to the 2012 Amateur Hockey Association Illinois (AHAI) All-State Team. The list includes Lindsay Projansky, Kelsey Patten, Madison Pfalzer, Haley Conroy, Jessica Gould and Bridget Roche. Lake …