Recent News
The Lake Forest Boy's High School Swimming and Diving Team had a fantastic finish to the year, with a 13th place finish (33 points) in the IHSA State Meet on February 23, 2008.  Some of the highlights were :  

Mitch Stoehr - 5th place, 2nd Team All state in the 500 Free, 6th place, 2nd Team Allstate in the 200 Free, 11th place, All State honorable mention in the 200 Free Relay and 10th place, All State honorable mention in the 400 Free Relay.

All three of the relays: the 200 Medley Relay (Mike Hoelterhoff, Teddy Burns, Mike Davitt and John Skinner - 11th place and All State Honorable Mention), the 200 Free Relay (Mike Hoelterhoff, John Nelson, Sheng Hu and Mitch Stoehr - 11th place and All State Honarable Mention) and the 400 Free Relay (Sheng Hu, Mike Davitt, Mike Hoelterhoff and Mitch Stoehr - 10th place and All State Honorable Mention).  With all of these boys returning next year along with Michael Gannon, Davis Malone, Ben Johnson and Derek Mohrmann, the future looks very bright for the boys.

02/16/08
Lake Forest Wins Sectional Title!--Lake County News Sun recap

02/02/08
Conference Champions!
The highlight of the season came on Saturday, February 9,  when the Scouts claimed the conference championship at the NSC conference meet by 2 1/2 points over conference rival, Libertyville.  The meet came down to the final relay, where LFHS had to beat Libertyville to win the meet.  Mitch Stoehr anchored the 400 Free relay and overtook Libertyville's final swimmer with about 10 yards left in the race for the championship over Libertyville.  Season best were experienced by all.  The Scouts participate in the sectional (state qualifying meet) meet this Saturday, February 16 at Vernon Hills High School.  The meet begins at 1:00 p.m.   Come and cheer the Scouts on!!!

02/08/08
The JV season ended with the exciting Prairie Lake Invite meet on 2/8/08.  The Scouts came in third respectively to Libertyville and Stevenson High School.  1st place finishes were enjoyed by Tony Marasco in the 200 Free with a season best of 1:53.9 and Arnett Shen in the 500 Free with a season best of 5:21.1.  The entire team celebrated the evening with season-best times and really came together as a team.  

01/31/08
Lake Forest Varsity 124 - Warren Varsity 56 -- Lake Forest JV 110 - Warren JV 60
Lake Forest Scouts finished their dual meet schedule with a win over conference foe Warren in the middle of a snow storm.  The Varsity score was Lake Forest 124 Warren  56 and JV, Lake Forest 110-60.  The Lake Forest victory gave the Scouts a final 6-1 season conference record.  Mike Hoelterhoff led the team with 1st place finishes in the 200 Free and the 100 Butterfly. Other 1st place finishes were:  Eric Lipinski - 100 Free, Mike Davitt - 500 Free and Teddy Burns - 100 Breaststroke.  Top JV finishes were:  Nick Pabich in the 200 and 500 Free, Charlie Smith - 200 IM, Arnett Shen - 100 Free and Patrick Kaufman - 100 Butterfly.

01/26/08
Lake Forest 131 - Evanston 105 - Hinsdale Central 91
The Scouts finished the regular season with wins against Evanston and Hinsdale in the Evanston Tri-meet.  Lake Forest came out on top with 131 points to Evanston's 105 and Hinsdale Central's 91 points.  The JV finished second to Evanston with 104 points to Evanston's 131 and Hinsdale's 91 points.  Both Evanston and Hinsdale have been perennial top teams in the state, and the competition came at a good time in our season going into the championship meets.  Great performances by all.

01/23/08
Lake Forest 97 - Stevenon 88
Lake Forest High School defeated Stevenson High School to improve their conference record to 4-1.  Sheng Hu, Mitch Stoehr, Mike Davitt, Mike Hoelterhoff and Teddy Burns each won their events.  JV highlights included Arnett Shen's victory in the 500 Free and Patrick Kaufman's first-place finish in the 50 Free.  The meet probably was determined by the 1,2,3 place finishes in the 500 Free and the 100 Breaststroke.  

Our next competition is this Saturday, January 26 at The Evanston Tri-Meet.  Lake Forest will be competing against Evanston High School and Hinsdale Central.  The competition begins at 1:00 p.m.

01/18/08
Lake Forest 133 - Zion Benton 37
Friday, January 18, was Senior Night.  Lake Forest High School defeated Zion Benton to improve their conference record to 3-1. Seniors, Teddy Burns, Patrick Cowhey, Eric Lipinski, Matt Mitter, Johnny Nelson, John Skinner, Kevin Stockert and Philip Zuska were honored--they will sorely be missed next year.  A fun night was had by all!

01/12/08--Trevian Relays
The Scouts finished fifth in the Trevian Relay Meet, swimming against the top teams in the state.  The boys' 200 Free Relay consisting of Mike Davitt, Sheng Hu, Mike Hoelterhoff, and Mitch Stoehr not only won the event, but set a meet record.  Mitch Stoehr also won the 500 Free in that same meet.  Sheng Hu, Mike Davitt, Teddy Burns, Mike Hoelterhoff, John Nelson, Davis Malone, Eric Lipinski, Philip Zuska, John Skinner and Michael Gannon all swam really well.

01/10/08
Lake Forest Varsity 123 - Mundelein Varsity 62
Lake Forest JV 110 - Mundelein JV 65
This was a fun meet, and many of the swimmers competed in events other than their usual races.  Coming off a grueling Christmas break of training, it was great to see so many good performances by so many team members.  The whole team will be participating in various invites this weekend:  The divers will be competing at the Hinsdale Invitational, JV will be competing at the St. Charles Invite and Varsity wil be at the Trevian Relays.  These are good meets to judge where the team is in the middle of the season.  

The Lake Forest Boy's Swimming and Diving Teams season has begun!!  We had a successful start against Vernon Hills on December 4, 2097.  Varsity won 136-47 and the JV team won 124-52.  "We had some really good swims considering it was our first meet of the season and we had only been practicing for two weeks."  Our Varsity and JV teams are a little smaller this year after losing a lot of seniors last year.  "Our theme this year is, it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog."  We may be small, but we are mighty.  Our team is led this year by captains Johnny Nelson, Teddy Burns, Philip Zuska, and Erick Lipinski.  "The seniors have done a great job leading the team so far this year.  They have included the younger guys in everything they have done.  I feel very fortunate to have these seniors leading the team.  The team as a whole has been working incredibly hard as we head into winter break training.  I am really encouraged by the great attitudes and the hard work."  Lake Forest had a strong performance in the Bronco Relays on December 8, 2007 at Barrington High School.  We had really good performances by the veterans and it was a good meet for some of our younger swimmers to attend, so they know what they have to look forward to.