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Scouts Place 6th at State!

02/08/12
Scouts Finish Second Behind New Trier at Sectionals and Qualify Entire Team for State for the Fourth Straight Year !

It was truly a special night and total team effort as the Scouts team hit 18 of their 20 routines.  Their combined total of 142.450 narrowly defeated defending state champion Carmel with a score of 142.425.  This second-place finish secured the final at-large team spot for state.

The night began a bit shaky when the Scouts began on Floor.  The scores were a bit lower than expected, but the Scouts hit 4 of 5 routines.  Kylie Carlson finished 4th on the event and qualified to state as an individual and Brittany Moccia finished 7th.

The Scouts held tough and moved to Vault. The team got a needed boost from Brittany Moccia returning to the vault line-up.  Kylie Carlson, Kat McKeon and Carly Schmidt all had strong vaults and the Scouts made up a little ground.  Kylie’s score of 9.55 finished in a tie for 3rd place and qualified to state.

On Bars the Scouts went 5 for 5 just as they did last year at Sectionals.  Tabby Jeffers, Laura Blake and Kylie Carlson all had their season high scores, while Kat McKeon and Carly Schmidt had very solid routines.  When the event was over, Kylie finished tied for 4th and Kat finished 6th.  Both routines have qualified to state for the Scouts.

The final event was Beam. It always comes down to beam. For just the second time this season the Scouts hit 4 of 5 routines.  The Scouts also went 4 of 5 at Regionals.  Laura Blake started the team off with a strong hit routine followed by Carly Schmidt.  Both Kat and Kylie nailed their routines.  Kylie finished the night with a second place finish and Kat was 6th.  Both routines have qualified for state.

Finally in the All-around competition, Kylie finished with her season high score, averaging 9.4625 and placing 2nd.  Kat finished 11th in the all-around and both gymnasts have qualified to state as individuals.

The state meet will be held on Friday 2/15 and Saturday 2/16 at Palatine High School.  The team competition will be Friday beginning at 5:00.  Saturday night will be finals and will begin at 5:30.  Tickets will on sale beginning Tuesday in the athletic office.  The cost for each session is $10.00

Congratulations to the Scouts---Regional Champions!

Sectionals at Stevenson on Thursday, February 7

02/02/13 
Congratulations to the Varsity Scouts on winning their fourth straight regional championship on Saturday night at Lake Forest.  The Scouts placed 1st with a score of 143.45; 2nd place went to Deerfield, 134.175; 3rd place was Vernon Hills, 133.95 and 4th was Niles North with a 122.05

The Scouts team performance was truly outstanding as the team hit 19/20 routines!  This was the Scouts third-highest team score of the season, but best overall team performance.

Scoring was kept tight as 2 judges were used and scores were averaged. The same judges were used in all 4 regionals that feed into our sectional.  They did a great job keeping scores consistent from one meet to the next.

The Scouts got a huge boost as they welcomed back Brittany Moccia into the line-up for two events.  Brittany had been sidelined for 5 weeks with a badly broken finger.

The team began the evening on Bars.  Katherine McKeon led the team with an excellent routine and a 2nd-place finish. She scored a 9.35.  Kylie Carlson was 4th with a strong 9.275 routine, and Carly Schmidt was a solid 5th with a 8.65 score.  Laura Blake and Tabby Jeffers also had solid bar routines.

On Vault the Scouts finished 1st, 2nd and 5th.  Kylie was 1st with a 9.45, followed by Katherine with a 9.4 and Carly with a 9.175.  Laura Blake and Anika Boyd also competed on vault for the Scouts and had strong performances.

The fun continued on Floor when Kylie placed 1st with a beautiful 9.5 routine.  Brittany was 4th with a very gutsy strong performance and a score of 9.15.  Kat was 5th with an 8.95 and Carly was 7th with an 8.7.

On Beam the Scouts nailed 4 out of 5 routines. Laura Blake started the Scouts off with a solid stuck routine, and everyone then followed her lead.   Brittany led the Scouts with her 2nd place finish and a score of 9.30.  Carly was 3rd--nailing her routine and a score of 8.95.  Katherine was 4th with a 8.925, and Kylie was 5th with an 8.875

Finally in the All-Around, Kylie finished in 2nd place with a 37.1 average.  Katherine was 3rd with a 36.625 average.  Carly was 6th with her season-high 35.475 average, and Laura finished in 10th with a 31.1

Twenty-four teams and individual qualifiers  now remain in the state series as the team moves on to sectionals. The top 8 teams will advance to state.

Sectionals with be held at Stevenson High School on Thursday night, February 7, at 6:30 pm.  The meet will be held in the sports center. Hope to see you there.

01/25/13
JV Prairie Lake Invite at Libertyville.
Congratulations to the JV Scouts who finished the season in 4th place at the Prairie Lake Invite on Saturday.  The team was led by Anika Boyd who had a great day.  Anika finished 4th on vault, 5th on bars,4th on floor and 3rd in all-around. In addition Diana Mzyk finished the day 3rd on vault, and 9th in all around.

The JV Scouts had a strong season, rarely competing at full strength.  In addition to Anika and Diana, congrats go out to the rest of the girls:
Kennedy Best competed on bars, beam and floor;
Maddie Foley on vault, beam and floor;
Claire Lawrence, Maeve O’Donovan, Liz Kerndl, Olivia Hill, and Lisa Johnson competed on beam and floor.

Congratulations Conference Champions!

01/24/13--Conference Championship at Lake Forest
Congratulations to the Scouts, who secured the NSC conference championship over the weekend.  The Scouts, who went undefeated in the dual season, scored 140.10 and finished just behind Stevenson in the meet.  The combined dual season and the NSC meet determines the final conference champs.

The final standings have the Scouts in 1st, Stevenson 2nd, Vernon Hills 3rd, Libertyville 4th, Mundelein 5th and Warren 6th.

Each of the Scouts had a nice meet.  Kat Mckeon led the team with a  solid 3rd place finish in All-around.  In addition she was 3rd on bars, 2nd on beam and 4th on floor.

Kylie Carlson had a strong vault--finishing 3rd.  She was also 3rd on floor and 5th all-around.

Carly Schmidt had her season best all-around performance and finished 8th. Carly also finished 6th on floor, 8th on vault and 10th on beam.  She was also honored with the NSC sportsmanship award for the Scouts.

Laura Blake also had a strong all-around day.  Her stuck beam routine was a highlight for the team.

Tabby Jeffers also helped out the Scouts on all-around.  She upgraded her vault and hopes to continue to upgrade floor and bars in time for Regionals.

The Scouts are looking forward to Regionals, which we will host on Saturday night, February 2 at 6:30.  Hope to see you there.

Senior Night 1/18/13
Congratulations to all 6 of our seniors.  They are: Kylie Carlson (Varsity), Katherine Mckeon (Varsity), Carly Schmidt (Varsity), Liz Kerndl (JV), Maddie Foley (JV) and Olivia Hill (JV)

Special thanks to Brittany and Sharon Moccia for their efforts on making this a truly special night for our seniors.  Speeches were great as well as the cake, ice cream and collages.

Varsity
Congratulations to Varsity as it wrapped up an undefeated conference dual meet season.  The Scouts are now 5-0 with its win against Vernon Hills.  The score for the Scouts was 141.35 - 132.85 for Vernon Hills. 

On Vault, Kylie Carlson tied for first with a score of 9.6.  Katherine McKeon was third, and Carly Schmidt finished in fifth.

On Bars, Katherine placed first with a score of 9.65.  This ties her personal-best score, and she holds the school record on bars.  Kylie tied for third with her season-best routine and score of 9.4.

On Beam, Katherine placed second with another beautiful performance.  Kylie placed third, and Laura Blake nailed her routine for a fifth-place finish.

On Floor, Katherine placed third , Carly--fourth , Kylie--fifth, Laura--sixth, and Tabby Jeffers placed seventh.

On All-Around, the Scouts took second (Katherine) 38.00,  fourth (Kylie), Carly (fifth) and Laura (sixth)

The Scouts head into the NSC conference meet in first place!  The dual season counts for ½ the final standings and the meet on Thursday January 24, will count for the other ½.  The meet will be held at Lake Forest and will begin at 6:00 on Thursday night.  Hope to see you all there!

JV
Congratulations to the JV team on their conference victory against Vernon Hills.  The Scouts scored 74.7 points and Vernon Hills scored 59.6. The Scouts finish the dual-meet season with 2 wins and 3 losses.

Anika Boyd led the Scouts with an 8.2 new vault. She placed first on vault, bars, beam, second on floor and first all around.

Diana Mzyk also had a strong all-around night for the Scouts.  She placed  first on floor, second on all around and third on bars.

Kennedy Best had a strong night finishing tied for second on floor and second on beam.

Good Luck to the Scouts as they finish the season on Friday at the Prairie Lake Invite.  The meet will be at Libertyville High School and will begin at 6:00 pm.

01/12/13
Lake County Meet

1/12/13 - Lake County Invite: 
The theme of the meet was the "Sounds of Lake County."  The Scouts were part of a pool.  Their pool mates for the day included Stevenson and Libertyville.  The team jazz pool finished second in the pool competition and fourth place overall with a score of 138.6

The Scout team was led by Katherine McKeon with a solid all-around performance.  Kat finished the day fifth all-around, seventh on vault, third on bars and fourth on beam.

Kylie Carlson finished the day with an eighth place finish in all around, ninth on vault and sixth on floor.

Carly Schmidt placed tenth on vault with a beautiful 9.3 vault.  In addition, the Scouts placed first as a team on vault.

Laura Blake (AA)  Anika Boyd (V) and Tabby Jeffers (BA, BE, FX) also competed for the varsity Scouts and did a solid job.

Next up for the Scouts will be senior night on Friday.  6:00 vs. Vernon Hills.  Hope to see you there.

1/11/13 - Stevenson JV Invite
On Friday, the JV Scouts traveled to Stevenson for the 12-team JV invite.  The Scouts did a great job finishing in sixth place out of 12 teams.  The team finished with its season-high score of 80.775 points.  The team beat out all the other NSC conference teams--even without being at full strength.  Anika and Tabby saw double duty for the Scouts by competing on Friday and then again Saturday morning.

The Scouts were led by all-arounder and Captain Diana Mzyk.  Diana finished with her season best all around score of 26.85.  She also stuck her first beam routine of the season, and led the team on floor with a 7.55 Way to go!

Anika Boyd led the team on beam and bars.  Both scores were her season high performances.  Anika stuck her second beam routine of the season and scored a 6.7

Tabby Jeffers led the team on vault with an 8.05, while Kennedy Best was solid on 3 events

Maddie Foley learned a new vault just in time to compete it on Friday.  She competed on beam as well. Both scores were her season personal best.

Claire Lawrence, Carolyn Kendall, Olivia Hill and Liz Kerndl also competed well for the Scouts.

Next up for the JV Scouts will be senior night next Friday vs. Vernon Hills,  which will be their last conference home meet.  It will begin at 6:00.  Hope to see you all there.

1/9/12 - Lake Forest vs. Warren
On Wednesday the Scouts played host to the Warren Blue Devils.  The Varsity Scouts had a strong night defeating the blue devils by a score of 141.0 to 133.9. It was a total team effort.  The Scouts hit 16/20 events.

On vault the Scouts finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  Kylie led the way with a 9.6, followed by Kat with a 9.5 and Carly with a 9.3

On bars, Kat led the team with a solid 9.5 and Carly had her season-best routine--finishing third with an 8.85. 

On beam, Kat and Kylie finished 1st and 2nd.  Laura Blake also had a nice solid stuck routine.

On floor, Kylie and Kat nailed their routines for season-high 9.7 scores.  Laura Blake, Tabby Jeffers and Anika Boyd also competed on floor and received their season-high scores.

On all-around Kat scored a 38.1 for first, and Kylie placed second.  Laura had her season best all-around and finished fifth for the meet.

The Scouts are now 4-0 in conference with 1 conference meet to go.  The Scouts will compete against Vernon Hills on Friday at 6pm.  It will be senior night.  Hope you can join us.

Friday 12/14/12  Holiday Quad held at Lake Forest
On Friday night the Scouts began celebrating the holidays by playing host to Carmel, Deerfield and Schaumburg in our annual holiday quad invite.

The Varsity  Scouts placed second and just missed defeating Carmel, who is the reigning state champion. Carmel scored 144.925.    Schaumburg placed 3rd with a 139.85 and Deerfield was 4th with a 134.575

The Scouts' 143.80 was their second highest score of the season.  The Scouts did have their season-high team score on vault, bars and beam.  
It was a total team effort on Friday for the Scouts. who hit 17/19 routines.

On vault the Scouts' Brittany Moccia led Lake Fores twith a 3rd place finish score of 9.6
She was followed by 4th place finishers Kylie Carlson and Katherine Mckeon with scores of 9.5
Carly Schmidt finished in 6th with a 9.2

On bars, Katherine and Brittany tied for first with 9.45 scores.

On beam, Kylie, Brittany and Kat nailed their routines and placed 1st, 2nd and 5th.  Laura Blake had a nasty fall on beam. As a result, Lake Forest had to scramble the line-up for floor.  Laura had her season-high score on beam with an 8.0 and also competed on vault and bars.

On floor, Olivia Hill stepped up for the Scouts to fill in at the varsity level and did a very nice job. Brittany tied for first with a beautiful 9.7.  Kylie had her season high with a 9.5 and Kat scored a 9.3.

Finally in all-around, LF placed 2nd, 3rd and 5th.  Brittany had her career-best score of 38.250.  Kat scored 37.65 and Kylie 37.10

Congratulations Scouts on a wonderful effort.  Keep it up!

12/14/12 JV results:  Holiday Quad
The JV Scouts finished 4th on Friday night to Carmel, Schaumburg and Deerfield.
Lake Forest was a bit short handed as all-arounder Anika Boyd was out sick.

The highlights for the meet included a stuck beam routine for Kennedy Best, who scored 7.1.  Kennedy also threw her first floor routine, which counted toward the team total.
Teammate Tabby Jeffers placed 4th with a score of 7.4 on beam.  Tabby also placed 8th in the all-around with a score of 26.3

Other competitors included:
Diana Mzyk on vault and bars
Claire Lawrence on beam and floor

12/13
Niles West Star is Born Meet.

On Thursday the JV Scouts traveled to Niles West for a 13 team invitational.  This is considered a varsity meet for most teams.  It gives the lower level varsity a chance to win awards.  Only girls whose average scores are below 7.8 are eligible  to compete. Our girls held their own and finished 11th out of 13 teams.

On vault Anika Boyd scored a 7.95 and finished 15th.  Diana Mzyk finished 18th with a score of 7.8

Other competitors included:
Diana and Tabby Jeffers on bars
Kennedy and Tabby on beam and Olivia and Anika on floor.

12/10/12
 Lake Forest vs. Mundelein
The Varsity Scouts started the week in a big way by defeating Mundelein 145.80-139.00  The Scouts are now 2-0 in conference.  The score is the highest one posted in the conference to date.

On vault, the Scouts placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  Brittany Moccia and Kat Mckeon led the team with a 9.45 score, and Carly Schmidt was 3rd with a season high score of 9.35

On bars, and beam Kat led the team with scores of 9.6 and 9.55.  

On floor the Scouts swept, with Brittany placing first (9.55), Kylie Carlson second (9.5) and Kat third (9.45).

On all-around Kat placed first with an all-around of 38.05 and Britt was second with a 37.45.

At the JV level the Scouts came up with their first conference win of the season.  The team score for the Scouts was 80.00 and 79.35 for Mundelein.  Strong performances were turned in by all -arounders Tabby Jeffers 28.40 for first and 26.25 for third by Anika Boyd.

Congrats to both teams.

12/08/12
Lake Forest gymnasts excel at Conant, placing second at the ten-team invitational.
 
The team was led by Junior Brittany Moccia, who had a career-best meet on all around and bars. Brittany placed in the top 5 on all events---finishing tied for first on floor with a 9.5, second on bars with a 9.4, third on beam, fifth on vault, and second place all-around with a 9.4375 average.

Senior Katherine Mckeon had a strong day as well. She led the Scouts on vault with a 9.45 for a fourth-place finish.  On bars Kat placed seventh, beam--fifth, floor--eighth, and fifth place all-around.

Senior Carly Schmidt placed a strong seventh on vault while senior Kylie Carlson placed in the top 15 on bars, beam and floor.

Sophomore Laura Blake had her season-high score on floor.

Lake Forest finished second to Carmel, who is the reigning state champs.  The Scouts will get another chance to beat them on Friday when the Scouts host Carmel, Deerfield and Schaumburg at the annual Holiday Quad beginning at 6:00 pm.  Hope to see you there.

JV:
The Junior Varsity team placed sixth  at the Libertyville JV invite on Friday.  The team scored a season-high score of 73.70

The team was led by all-arounders, Tabby Jeffers and Anika Boyd.  Both finished in the top 5 all-around. Tabby placed second with a score of 26.4 and Anika finished fifth with a score of 25.4

Other competitors for the Scouts included Diana Myzk on vault and bars, Kennedy Best on bars and beam,  Maddie Foley on beam, Olivia Hill and Liz Kerndall on floor.

Next up for the JV Scouts will be Mundelein on Monday, December 10.   The Scouts will then compete at Niles West on Thursday at the "Star is Born" meet.  Both Varsity and JV squads then entertain Deerfield, Carmel and Schaumburg at our annual Holiday Quad on Friday night at 6:00pm, December 14.

12/01/12
Rolling Meadows Meet - The Scouts Place Fourth out of 19 Teams!

The team did a great job, as this meet's format is all about team depth.  Each team competes 8 gymnasts--2 per event.  All 8 scores count towards the team score.
The Lake Forest team consisted of our 5 Varsity gymnasts and 3 JV gymnasts.  Everyone did a great job--hitting 7/8 routines.
BEAM:
Kylie Carlson placed first with a 9.4
Laura Blake scored a 7.35
BARS:
Katherine Mckeon placed 2nd with a 9.2
Carly Schmidt placed 7th with an 8.35
FLOOR:
Brittany Moccia placed 4th with a 9.4
Tabby Jeffers upgraded her tumbling passes and scored a 7.45
Anika Boyd and Diana Mzyk both had their season high scores on vault--each scored 8.1

Next up for the Scouts will be the Libertyville JV invite. Proceeds of this meet will go to the American Cancer Society. Varsity will compete at Conant on Saturday, Dec. 8, at noon.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

11/28/12
VARSITY
Lake Forest 139.45 - Libertyville 126.50
Scouts off to a great start against Libertyville even without being at full strength.

VAULT-- Scouts finished 1-3
Brittany Moccia 9.65
Katherine McKeon 9.4
Carly Schmidt 9.05

BARS: Scouts finished 1-4
Brittany Moccia led the team with a 9.2
Katherine McKeon was 2nd with a 9.0
Carly Schmidt was 3rd with a 8.35
Kylie Carlson was 4th with a 8.25

BEAM:  Scouts finished 1-3
Katherine Mckeon led the way with her 9.5 first-place finish
Brittany Moccia was 2nd  with a  9.10
Kylie Carlson was 3rd with an 8.85

FLOOR:
Brittany Moccia led the team with a beautiful 9.5 performance
Katherine Mckeon was 2nd with a 9.4

ALL-AROUND - Scouts finish 1-3
Brittany Moccia 37.45
Katherine McKeon 37.3
Kylie Carlson was 3rd.
Sophomore Tabby Jeffers also filled in for the Varsity Scouts and placed 7th all around

JV SCOUTS
Team score 75.45 for Libertyville and 60.15 for Lake Forest
Anika Boyd led the JV Scouts, placing third on vault and first on floor

Next up for the Varsity Scouts is the Rolling Meadows Invite on Saturday, December 1

Note the time has changed to an 11:00 start.
Bus is leaving at 7:45 am