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DHS’s Baron Wins State Title as Scout
Deerfield High School senior Lucy Baron ends her high school hockey career with a second state championship in three years.
Deerfield High School may not have a girls’ hockey team but senior Lucy Baron was able to trade Warrior red for Lake Forest blue and gold to become a champion.
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That swap gave her the opportunity to play for a state championship all four of her high school years as part of Lake Forest’s coop team featuring athletes from Lake Forest High School, Stevenson, Libertyville and Woodlands Academy along with Deerfield.
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Baron was part of the effort that gave Lake Forest a 2-0 victory over Fenwick Sunday on United Center ice to win the Blackhawk Cup, symbolic of hockey prep supremacy in the state of Illinois.
Playing hockey since she was four, Baron jumped at the chance when Scout captain Madison Pfalzer suggested she be part of the team. “I’m friends with Maddie (Pfalzer) and she asked me to join,” Baron said.
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Listen to Baron talk about her experience in the video with this story. Her hockey career continues next year at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.
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