Saturday, May 19, 2012
Deerfield girls’ soccer team blanks Vernon Hills for title as Warriors go undefeated at home this year.
Deerfield High School’s girls’ soccer team completed an undefeated home season at Adams Field Friday night going unscored upon throughout its own Regional by defeating Vernon Hills, 2-0, for the title. The Warriors made it 8-0-5 for the year at home and 12-4-8 so far this year overall by taking the school’s first ever girls’ regional soccer crown. A 5-0 semifinal win Wednesday over Von Steuben left Deerfield unscored upon in league play. The team has yielded only six goals at home all year. The teams were scoreless for the first 32 minutes when one of the Cougars touched the ball with her hand near the goal. Amanda Kellow kicked the ball through the goal on a penalty kick to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later Kellow and…
Jonah Winter takes first place in competition between grades four through eight.
When it comes to chess, Walden Elementary School fourth grader Jonah Winter does not let his elders scare him. Winter won the overall first place award May 12 at the Deerfield Park District’s chess tournament coming out ahead of all players in grades four through eight. The top team at the tourney was the contingent from South Park Elementary School of Danica Sun, Ethan Lesser, Patrick Carrow, Eric Rosenson, Purvendra Bhatt and Joshua Rosenson. Carrow also took the championship trophy among the third graders and Rosenson did the same in the fifth grade grouping. Other winners were Zalan Gyorgy (kindergarten), Ethan Schachter (first grade), Peter Thompson (second grade) and Jeremy Goodsnyder (eighth grade). Earning runner up honors were Sun…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Volleyball squad upends Maine East, girls’ lacrosse unit ends season with loss.
May 17 Boys’ Lacrosse The Final Score: Deerfield 8, Hoffman Estates 7 (overtime) Warriors Star Performers: Andrew Small scored four goals. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Ben Singer, Jimmy Weissbond, Ross Leviton added scores for Deerfield. Who’s Next: The Warriors begin the post season with parings to be announced in the next few days. The Bottom Line: With the score tied 7-7 in overtime, Small, a freshman, scored one of his four goals for the game winner. Volleyball The Final Score: Deerfield defeated Maine East 25-23 and 25-19. Warriors Star Performers: Andrew Hector spiked eight kills and blocked two shots. Scott Laner dished out 15 assists, aced two serves and had four digs. Other Notable …
Katz, Rabushka, Williams and Middlebrook will compete in two events each.
May 17 Boys’ Track The Final Score: Deerfield finished fifth out of 16 teams at the Sectional Meet with 51.5 points. Warriors Star Performers: Danny Katz, Adam Rabushka, Luke Williams and Donald Middlebrook will compete in two events at the State Meet. Katz took second in the 110-meter high hurdles and joined Middlebrook, Williams and Geoff Heiser to place fourth in the 4x200 relay. Rabushka grabbed second in the 300 intermediate hurdles and was part of the quartet of Williams, Middlebrook and Tristan Nunez who ended up fifth in the 4x400 relay. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Makoto Bowering was fourth in the 800 while Alex Gold finished fifth in the 3,200. Who’s Next: The eight Warriors will compete in the State …
Open house Sunday culminates year-long celebration of middle school’s founding.
Three of the four principals who have been stewards of Shepard Middle School will help cap a year-long celebration of 50 years of Spartan spirit with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday starting in the library. Shepard opened its doors in 1961 as Alan B. Shepard Junior High and the community has been doing things all year to commemorate the school’s history. Earlier in 1961, Shepard was the first American astronaut to travel into space. Earlier: Student Video Kicks off Shepard Celebration A highlight of the day will be the initial laying of bricks which will form a display at the school’s entrance with the message “50 years of Spartan spirit” at 3 p.m. Principal Michael Shapiro will be joined by two of his three predecessors—Jay Monier …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Deerfield meets Vernon Hills for title Friday.
May 17 Soccer The Final Score: Deerfield 5, Von Steuben 0. Warriors Star Performers: Amanda Imyak scored two goals and added an assist while Logan Just put the ball in the net once and assisted on two other scores. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Claire Mulert had a pair of assists. Emily Kellow and Leah Heller each scored a goal while both Amanda Kellow and Hannah Rosen chipped in with an assist. Sarah Ginn and Sam Soloway shared goaltending duties in Deerfield’s 12th shutout of the season. Who’s Next: The Warriors entertain Vernon Hills at 6 p.m. Friday for the Regional championship. The Bottom Line: The Warriors grabbed a quick 2-0 lead with goals from Imyak and Just. With 10 minutes left in the first half…
Administration continues to defend denial of FOIA requests for information.
Township High School District 113 has erected a stone wall around the raw data to a survey released in March that measured community interest and opinion in capital improvements to Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools. After a $133 million referendum for improvements at the two schools was defeated a year ago, the District reached out to members of the community to seek input and guidance before developing a new plan. Earlier: Community Joins 113 Effort in Force Patch and at least three others made requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the raw data used to create the marketing committee's report on the survey. All were denied. Patch made its request May 7 and the District denied it May 14. “A majority of the members …
Teams join DestiNation Imagination competition and make new friends from different Deerfield schools.
DestiNation Imagination is one of the ingredients which turn two student bodies—South Park Elementary School and Wilmot Elementary School—into the Caruso Middle School student body. When Frown Is a Four Letter Word became a team in October, Sakina Naqvi, Sarah Solovy, Maddie Thall and Alison Wexler did not know each other that well. They were adjusting to a new life at Caruso after completing their work the year before at South Park and Caruso. Earlier: Caruso Teacher Builds World Powerhouse What the four students did know is that they wanted to put their creativity and teamwork skills together to compete in a tournament requiring them to develop a skit and deal with instant challenges where they may have to put a short production together…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Deerfield improves its record to 16-13 for season.
May 15 Volleyball The Final Score: Deerfield defeated Maine West, 25-22, 25-20. Warriors Star Performers: Kenison Ready spiked 10 kills and blocked a shot. Scott Laner had 12 assists and a pair of aces. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Andrew Hector chipped in six kills and two blocks while Grayson Peacock contributed three kills and a pair of blocks. Matthew Dlugie killed three balls for points and blocked a shot. Jordan Fine had nine assists. Ross Lehrman added eight digs and an ace. Who’s Next: The Warriors travel to Maine East at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Bottom Line: Deerfield improved its season record to 16-13.
Cassidy Rappaport gets her diploma May 29 after teaching in Asia since graduating in January.
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Wednesday, May 16
When Cassidy Rappaport receives her diploma from Deerfield High School May 29, she will have been a graduate of the school for more than four months. Rappaport was one of seven students to earn her diploma in January. While her classmates were studying things like math, English, science and social studies, she was teaching in Thailand, Burma and India. “I planned it,” Rappaport said. “I wanted to do a gap year so I met with my counselors at the start of my junior year so I had one and a half years to plan it.” She scheduled the necessary courses to earn enough credit to graduate a semester early. Not a stranger to Asia when she arrived in January, Rappaport began to develop a passion for human rights and the plight of refugees three years …
Richard Heineman
7:14 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
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