Archived Awards and Game Summaries--WINTER, 2010-11

Archived Awards and Game Summaries--WINTER, 2009-10

03/25/10
Mitch Stoehr--Pioneer Press' 13-team All-Lake Shore Swimmer of the Year! (read more)
Mitch will compete in June for the Junior National Team in Barcelona, Spain.

03/14/10
Tribune/WGN-Ch. 9 Athlete of the Month: Lake Forest swimmer Mitch Stoehr (read more)
view video on WGN

03/10/10
Last night at the All-State Swimming and Diving banquet, Mitch Stoehr was awarded Illinois Senior Swimmer of the Year.  The award was quite an exclamation point on Mitch's career at Lake Forest High School.

02/27/10 Congratulations to Mitch Stoehr, who capped a spectacular high-school career by winning state titles in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle races on Saturday at the IHSA boys swimming championships hosted by Evanston High.
	photos by Joel Lerner/Pioneer Press

02/20/10--Sectional Competition at Lake Forest
Lake Forest (250 points) captured its sixth straight sectional title under Scouts' coach Cindy Dell. The team qualified in 13 of 15 events and in three events, the Scouts qualified two--for a total of 25 entries for the state meet. Coach Dell described it as "an incredibly special day where everything came together!"

Senior Michael Gannon recorded a pool- and school-record 59.23 in the 100 breast stroke.

Other sectional champs: Lake Forest's 200 medley relay consisting of Bryan Bunning, Michael Gannon, Colin Rowe & Mitch Stoehr (1:36.35)--pool and school record; Lake Forest's Mitch Stoehr-- 200 free, (1:41.16)--Pool record

State qualifiers: 200 IM--4th place Michael Gannon (1:59.5); 50 free--2nd place Patrick Kaufmann (:21.77); 100 fly--3rd place Bryan Bunning (:53.48); 100 free--2nd place Mitch Stoehr (:46.76) and 6th place Patrick Kaufman (:48.58); 500 free--2nd place Davis Malone (4:40.97) and 4th place Peter Grumhaus (4:47.04); 100 back--2nd place Bryan Bunning (:54.38) and 4th place Peter Grumhaus (:54.97); 400 free relay--2nd place Lake Forest (3:13.76) Diving--8th place Marsh (335.45)

02/02/10
The Lake Forest High School Boys' Swimming and Diving Team had a great meet on 2/2/10 versus Zion Benton and Waukegan. This is the first year of swimming for Waukegan, so the Scouts were glad to welcome them to Lake Forest High School. The Scouts won the meet and a good time was had by all courtesy of the diving team as they showed off their "clown moves" halfway through the meet.

JV FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS WERE: Augie Athenson - 200 free, Alex Wang - 200 IM, 100 Back, Owen Chang - 50 Free, Matt Duong - 100 Free, and Kevin Li - 100 Breaststroke.

VARSITY FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS WERE: Mitch Burns - 200 Free, Alex Reid - 200 IM, 100 Butterfly, Jason Thomson - 500 Freestyle, Thomas Remissong - 100 Back, Ryan Liu - 100 Breaststroke.

The final dual-meet competition of the season for the Scouts is tonight, 02/04/10 at Vernon Hills. The Scouts are back into competition next week with JV Conference on Friday, Feb. 12, at Vernon Hills and Varsity Conference Saturday, Feb. 13, at Vernon Hills. GO SCOUTS!!

01/21/10 Senior Night
A great time was had by all last night at Senior Night. The Scouts swam against Mundelein and came away with wins at the Varsity and JV levels. We celebrated our seniors and honored teachers that had a tremendous impact on them during their four years at Lake Forest High School.

The parent-child relay followed the meet, and the Burns family came out victorious. Double winners for the Scouts were Mitch Stoehr--100, 200 Freestyle, and Peter Grumhaus--500 Free and 100 Back. Individual event winners for the Scouts were Michael Gannon - 100 Breast, Bryan Bunning - 100 Fly, Patrick Kaufmann - 50 Free. First place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay added to the excitement. Our Seniors that were honored are as follows: Wes Cary, Owen Chang, Jack Crowe, Matt Ehrhardt, Trey Frame, Michael Gannon, Will Howard, Patrick Kaufmann, Derek Mohrmann, Nick Pabich, Patrick Pesch, Mitch Stoehr and Austin Zielinski. Congratulations and GO SCOUTS!

01/09/10--Evanston Invite
Lake Forest High School competed in the Evanston Invite on Saturday January 9, and placed 9th out of 18 teams. The Scouts competed against some of the top teams in the state and raced extremely well. Mitch Stoehr was the Scouts' top finisher, finishing 1st in the 200 free and 2nd in the 100 free. The 200 Medley Relay made up of Bryan Bunning - back, Michael Gannon - breast, Patrick Kaufmann - fly and Mitch Stoehr - free, placed 3rd with a state qualifying time of 1:39.82.

The Scouts next competition is Thursday January 14 at Stevenson. GO SCOUTS!

The Lake Forest High School JV team competed in the St. Charles North Pentathalon on Saturday January 9. Alex Reid and Thomas Remissong were the Scouts' top finishers. Each individual swam 100 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly and 200 IM.

12/29/09----2009 Officials Metro Invite
The Lake Forest High School Boy's Swim Team competed in the 2009 Officials Metro Invite on Tuesday December 29 at Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin. The Scouts came away with a fantastic 3rd place finish out of 17 teams competing. The meet is a college-event meet, so many of the events were different than the normal high school format. The 200 medley relay, consisting of Peter Grumhaus, Michael Gannon and Mitch Stoehr, finished 3rd and the 200 free relay, consisting of Mitch Stoehr, Patrick Kaufmann, Michael Gannon and Peter Grumhaus, also finished 3rd. The meet scored through 16, and the following were top 16 finishers. Mitch Stoehr, 1st in the 200 free, 1st in the 1000 free - Bryan Bunning, 5th in the 400 IM, 3rd in the 200 fly - Davis Malone, 7th in the 200 free, 3rd in the 1000 free - Peter Grumhaus, 2nd in the 200 back, 7th in the 100 back - Michael Gannon, 2nd in the 100 breast, 7th in the 100 free - Colin Rowe, 10th in the 50 free, 8th in the 100 back - Jack Crowe, 14th in the 50 free - Peter McCormick, 11th in the 100 fly, 13th in the 200 fly - Alex Reid, 14th in the 100 fly. The meet was a great diversion from the five hours of training that the boys have been doing each day this entire Christmas break. GO SCOUTS!!

12/19/09
Lake Forest Places Second at Lake County Meet Held at Stevenson
Stevenson scored 262 points, followed by Lake Forest (213). Warren and Mundelein tied for third-place with 178-point totals, just ahead of fifth-place Barrington (174). Mitch Stoehr won the 50 free (21.84) and 100 free (47.47)

12/17/09
Scouts Begin Season at Barrington Meet
LF swimming is alive and well. Scouts finished first in the 850 crescendo and sped to top-three acts in four other relays. LF freshman David Hayes, sophomore Bryan Bunning, junior Davis Malone and senior Mitch Stoehr clocked a first-place 7:56.11 in the crescendo; Bunning and freshmen Peter Grumhaus, Peter McCormick and Colin Rowe silvered in the frosh/soph 200 medley (1:46.91); Stoehr, Bunning, McCormick and senior Patrick Kaufmann took second in the 300 butterfly relay (2:42.35).

A pair of LF relays placed third: the frosh/soph 400 free (3:28.88) with Bunning, Rowe, McCormick and Grumhaus; and 300 back relay (2:49.09) with Rowe, Grumhaus, Malone and Kaufmann.

Archived Awards and Game Summaries--WINTER, 2008-09
10/09/09
Congratulations to Mitch Stoehr, who was selected to be a member of the National Junior Team that will be competing internationally this fall and next spring. He was selected based on his performance at Junior Nationals, World Trials and US Open. This is a great honor for Mitch.

Also, Mitch Stoehr was named NISCA All-American for last year in the 100 and 200 freestyle. Lake Forest High School also had three relays that were also named NISCS All-Americans. They were the 200 Medley Relay - Mike Hoelterhoff, Michael Gannon, Michael Davitt and Sheng Hu. The 200 Free Relay that consisted of Patrick Kaufman, Mitch Stoehr, Sheng Hu and Michael Hoelterhoff and the 400 Free Relay where MItch Stoehr, Michael Davitt, MIke Holeterhoff and Sheng Hu were members. The Lake Forest High School Boy's Swimming and Diving team placed 6th nationally based on our size. Congratulations to all of the boys!

03/14/09
This past weekend at the NCSA Junior National meet in Orlando Florida, Mitch Stoehr won the 200 meter freestyle with a World Championship Trials Cut time of 1:52.46. Overall, Mitch finished 3rd in the 100 free, 13th in the 500 free and 10th in the 50 free.  Other Lake Forest High School qualifiers who participated in the meet were Michael Davitt, Rachel Stoehr and Mika Hlavin.  Congrats to all!!

02/28/09
Scouts Finish Eighth at State Meet!
The Lake Forest High School Boys' Swimming and Diving finished their season this past weekend with a fantastic eighth-place finish at State.  This was the first time that the Scouts have finished in the top 10 since 2003.  Great swims were had by all in a record-setting state meet.  Seven of eleven state records fell and the Scouts posted best times in each of their events.  

The Scouts were led by Mitch Stoehr.  Mitch placed 4th in the 200 free with a new school record time of 2:37.58, and placed 3rd in the 100 free with a time of 44.62 in prelims on Friday pm. Both of those swims were automatic All-American times.  Mitch was also the anchor on the 8th place 200 Free Relay along with Patrick Kaufmann, Sheng Hu and Michael Hoelterhoff and the 5th place 400 Free Relay with Sheng Hu, Michael Hoelterhoff and Mikey Davitt.  Both of those relays were also automatic All-American times.  

The Scouts represented Lake Forest High School very well.  Mikey Davitt droppped four seconds in route to a 14th-place finish in the 200 IM with an All-American consideration time and 26th in the 100 fly.  Mikey was also a member of the 13th place 200 Medley Relay along with Michael Gannon, Michael Hoelterhoff and Sheng Hu--that relay was also automatic All-America.  Michael Hoelterhoff, who swam in all three relays, placed 16th in the 50 free with an All-American consideration time, Sheng Hu placed 18th in the 500 free and was also a member of all three relays. Davis Malone did great by finishing 26th in the 500 free.  Michael Gannon dropped another two seconds in the 100 breaststroke from last week's sectional meet to break the one-minute mark for the first time and placed 21st.  There were 137 teams that participated in the State Meet and our Scouts did a phenomenal job in placing 8th.  GREAT JOB SCOUTS!!!

Congratulations to Cindy Dell!
Sectional Coach of the Year--Boys' Swimming!

02/21/09
Scouts Win 09 Swimming Sectional Meet!
Great news for the Scouts!!  Lake Forest High School Boys' Swimming and Diving won the 2009 swimming sectional meet hosted by Vernon Hills High School this past Saturday, February 21, 2009.  Down by six points prior to the start of the last event, the 400 Free Relay, the Scouts won the relay and took home the first place trophy!
 
The Scouts were led by Junior Mitch Stoehr, who was victorious in the 200 Free and the 100 Free. Other first place individual finishes were:  Mikey Davitt--200 IM, and Sheng Hu in the 500 free - First place finishers automatically qualify for state - Lake Forest High School qualified seven swimmers for State - Those qualifiers are as follows:  Mitch Stoehr - 100 and 200 Free, Mikey Davitt - 200 IM and 100 Fly, Mike Hoelterhoff - 50 Free, Sheng Hu - 500 Free, Davis Malone - 500 Free and Michael Gannon - 100 Breast.  All three Lake Forest High School Scout relays also qualifed - Member of those relays are Michael Hoelterhoff, Michael Gannon, Mikey Davitt, Sheng Hu, Patrick Kaufmann and Mitch Stoehr.  

Competetion resumes with State Preliminaries on Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm at New Trier High School and Finals on Saturday, February 28, 1:00 pm at New Trier High School.  

02/13-14/09
Lake Forest High School's JV Swimming and Diving team finished their season with a great third place finish last Friday, February 13 at Vernon Hills High School.  A good time was had by all, with some fantastic final swims for these boys that have worked so hard all season.

The varsity boys' team participated in conference on Saturday, February 14 at Stevenson High School.  Lake Forest High School finished a very respectable 2nd after winning all but three events.  LF divers gave a gallant effort in the morning and got good experience going into sectionals this weekend at Vernon Hills High School.  Our swimmers--paced by Mitch Stoehr and Mike Hoelterhoff who each won two individual events--competed hard at a tough time in the season.  LFHS started the meet with Mike Hoelterhoff, Michael Gannon, Mikey Davitt and Patrick Kaufmann winning the 200 medley relay with a season best time.  Mitch Stoehr won the 200 free in a pool record time, besting that of former LFHS swimmer Sammy Kintz, and Sheng Hu placed 3rd.  Mikey Davitt and Michael Gannon placed a respectable 2nd and 4th in the 200 IM and Michael Hoelterhoff followed that with a first place finish in the 50 free and Patrick Kaufmann an sixth place finish with a season best.  

The team's success continued with Mikey Davitt placing 4th and freshman Bryan Bunning 8th in the 100 fly.  First place finishes continued with Mitch Stoehr in the 100 free, and Sheng Hu in the 500 free. Sophomore Davis Malone finished 3rd in the 500 free with a season best.  Lake Forest's 200 free relay was just touched out to finish 2nd in a season best time.  Michael Hoelterhoff continued his rash of 1st place finishes by winning the 100 back and Bryan Bunning finished 5th.  Our 400 Free Relay team consisting of Sheng Hu, Michael Hoelterhoff, Mikey Davitt and Mitch Stoehr, that is ranked 2nd in the state as of right now, finished in first place.

 The Scouts are really looking forward to the upcoming weeks of competition.  LFHS participates in the sectional meet (state qualifying) on Saturday February 21, at Vernon Hills High School with diving starting at 9:00 a.m. and swimming starting at 1:00 p.m.  

02/06/09
Boy's swimming and diving has been very busy the past few weeks - After finally being able to compete at home again, the SCOUTS posted victories against Stevenson, Evanson, Hinsdale Central and Warren.  Great swims were had by all!!

01/17/09
On January 17th, our JV Scouts traveled to the St. Charles Invite where they raced hard after weeks of hard training.  The Varsity competed at the Trevian Relays at New Trier High School. The Scouts finished 5th again in a very competetive field.  Top six finishes at the Trevian Relays were as follows:  200 Medley Relay - 3rd; Mitch Stoehr, 2nd; 200 Free, Mike Davitt, 5th; 100 fly, Mike Hoelterhoff, 4th; 100 Free, Mitch Stoehr, 1st; 500 free, Sheng Hu, 3rd; 500 Free, Mike Hoelterhoff, 3rd; 100 Back, and our 400 Free Relay (Hu, Hoelterhoff, Davitt, Stoehr) placed 2nd. The Scouts are looking forward to their next competition at Zion Benton on 1/23 and finally home again on 1/29 versus Stevenson.  Come out and cheer the Scouts on!   

01/15/09
The Scouts traveled to Mundelein and were victorious at both the JV and Varsity levels.  First place finishes at the JV level were: 200 Medley Relay (Remissong, Thomson, Smith and Athenson) 200 IM - Remissong, 50 Free - Chang, 500 Free - Alex Nelson, 100 Back - Remissong, 100 Breastroke - Jason Thomson and our 400 Free Relay (Chang, Athenson, Remissong, Smith)  On the Varsity level events won by the Scouts were: 200 Medley Relay, Stoehr - 200 Free, Hoelterhoff - 50 Free, Hoelterhoff - 100 Fly, Hu - 100 free, Davitt - 500 free, Stoehr - 100 Breast and the 400 Free Relay.

01/10/09
Lake Forest placed a very respectable 5th out of 18 teams at the Evanston Invite This meet featured the top teams in the state and gave LF swimmers a great opportunity to race against the top swimmers prior to the State meet.  Mitch Stoehr won the 100 and 200 free, Sheng Hu finished 3rd in the 500 free, Mike Hoelterhoff finished 5th in the 50 free and Mike Davitt placed 6th in the 100 fly.  The 200 and 400 free relays placed a very respectable 5th and 2nd

1/05/09
The boys' swim team finished an intense two-week training period where they practiced twice daily during the Christmas break. On Saturday,  following practice, the boys were served a huge breakfast by a group of pancake, egg and bacon making dads.  It was a nice way to end the holiday training.  Left over bagels, oranges, pancake mix, syrup, butter and creme cheese was donated to PADS.

The boys' swimming and diving teams next competition is the Evanston Invite on Saturday, January 10, at Evanston High School.  The Evanston Invite features 18 of the premier teams in the state along with Arrowhead High School from Wisconsin.  Diving begins at 10:00 am and the swimming competition begins at 1:00 pm.

12/30/08Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel meet summary
The Lake Forest High School Boy's Swim Team had a great day, winning the 2008 Metro Invite at Homestead High School in Mequon, WI.  Thirteen teams particpated in the invite and the Scouts came out victorious ahead of highly rated Arrowhead High School.  Mitch Stoehr set two meet records in the 500 free and the 1000 free.  The meet started with freshman Bryan Bunning placing second in the 400 IM.  The Scouts then recorded victories in the 200 Medley Relay, and the 200 Free Relay.  First place finishes by Sheng Hu in the 200 Free and Mike Hoelterhoff in the 50 Free were very exciting.  Sheng was second in the 1000 along with other second place finishes by Mikey Davitt in the 200 Fly and 500 free and Mike Hoelterhoff in the 200 backstroke.  Michael Gannon placed 4th in the 100 breast and 3rd in the 200 breast.  Other point scorers for the Scouts were Davis Malone, Derek Mohrmann, Arnett Shen, Mitch Burns, Patrick Kaufman, and Zack Telander.  This was truly a team effort and hard earned especially in the middle of Christmas training, where the boys are swimming twice a day during the entire Christmas break.

12/20/08
Lake Forest takes first in County meet. (Waukegan News Sun recap)
The Scouts scored 258 points in the 10-team event, while Barrington had 239 and Stevenson 220. Libertyville and Warren rounded out the top five. Mitch Stoehr won the 200 freestyle (1:41.85) and the 500 freestyle (4:40.09). Michael Hoelterhoff won the 50 freestyle (22.37).

12/13/08
Winners for the Scouts at the Barrington Relays were: 400-yard medley relay team, the 800 crescendo relay team (one member from each class), the 800 freestyle relay team and the 400 freestyle relay team. The Scouts placed third in the 300 backstroke relay and finished 5th in the upper division of the meet - a good time was had by all!


09/10/08
NISCA All-America athletes were announced and we have a few to be proud of -
Mitch Stoehr - 200 and 500 Free
200 Free Relay - Mitch Stoehr, Johnny Nelson, Sheng Hu and Mike Hoelterhoff
400 Free Relay - Mitch Stoehr, Mikey Davitt, Sheng Hu and Mike Hoelterhoff

200 Medley Relay - All-America Consideration
Mike Hoelterhoff, Teddy Burns, Mikey Davitt and John Skinner