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HOME IS WHERE THE STORY IS, TOO

CHEERS TO 50 YEARS As the Shlifka Family celebrates 50 years of owning and operating Kiddles Sports in downtown Lake Forest, it marks the milestone by thanking customers for the memories

Glencoe’s virtual map enlightens and educates

BY JULIE KEMP PICK THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

The online Historic Glencoe Story-Map has a short history.

It first appeared on the village’s website in 2017.

But the story-map features bits of interesting information about Glencoe homes — those designated either “landmark properties” or “historically significant properties” — that go way back for residents, realtors, history buffs and others.

Glencoe was incorporated in 1869. One of the village’s landmark homes, located at 599 Greenleaf Avenue, was constructed in 1869 in Italianate style and altered to Classic Revival in 1902, the story-map reveals. Original owner Dr. Samuel Bartlett was the first minister of Glencoe Congregational Church (now Glencoe Union Church) and later served as Dartmouth College president from 1877-1892.

Some of the notable architects of Glencoe homes include Frank Lloyd Wright, Howard Continued on PG 11

THEY LIKE BIKES: Aric, Lee and Jay Shlifka of Kiddles Sports in Lake Forest. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR

BY ANN MARIE SCHEIDLER THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

It was just a typical late-summer, sunny day at Lake Forest’s Kiddles Sports, with families coming and going and stocking up on back-to-school team uniforms and sporting goods.

Until Lake Forest High School alumnus

and Hollywood megastar Vince Vaughn walked in to buy bicycles for his children while they were visiting town.

But as typical of the customer service delivered at Kiddles, Aric Shlifka didn’t want to sell bikes that Vaughn’s children weren’t ready to ride.

“I went and pulled some bikes from the garage that looked to be about the right size for Vince’s kids to learn how to ride,” Aric

explains. “I let him borrow them until he was sure what they wanted.

“I’m looking forward to him letting us know how the riding lessons went.”

You don’t have to be in the movies to receive this kind of star treatment from the Shlifka Family — Jay and Denise and their sons Aric Continued on PG 10

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When asked what has been the biggest change in his 50 years with Kiddles, the family patriarch can’t help but get sentimental.

“I think what’s more remarkable is what hasn’t changed — the virtues and values we see every day from our customers,” Jay says. “My Dad taught me that you have to love what you do, and as long as the boys and I continue to love this, there will always be Kiddles. This is more than a business; we’re really part of the fabric of this community.

“If our customers thought it would help them for me to learn how to fly, I would do it because that’s how much this community means to me.”

CHEERS TO 50 YEARS Continued from PG 1

and Lee, as well as their long-time staffers; it’s the norm for all who have crossed their threshold for the last 50 years. Kiddles Sports is a third-generation, family-owned sporting goods and bicycle store. Established in 1968 by Ron, Millie and Jay Shlifka, this shop was built on providing personal, customized and knowledgeable service.

Whether you need a pair of running shoes, or a new bicycle, or you are designing custom team uniforms, Kiddles is there to help you.

“Amazon is always going to have more stuff than we do,” says Lee, who says the family pays great attention to what its customers want and purchases inventory accordingly. “We watch what turns, but bikes, shoes and any type of customization still make up the major portion of our sales.”

As far as working side-by-side with family members, the Shlifkas make it look effortless.

“Even though we see a lot of one another, we have our different roles,” says Aric, who is the primary buyer for what’s shown on the store floor, while Jay keeps the books and Lee manages the Kiddles Sports is located at 258 Market Square in team merchandise orders.

“We’re definitely organized differently than when Lake Forest. For more information, call 847-234-0025 my Dad ran the store with my grandfather; they or visit kiddlessports.com.

Ron Shlifka, in an archival photo.

‘Peter’ principally enthralling CTW’s high-flying acts highlight ‘Peter Pan’ run

BY LIBBY ELLIOTT THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

A merry cast of Lost Boys, tangoing pirates, dancing Indians and winged fairies took to the stage last month when the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka (CTW) raised the curtain on its 2018 production of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie’s timeless tale of an impish Neverland boy who won’t grow up.

Eighty-six children in two alternating casts staged six sold-out performances of Peter Pan from November 15-18 at the Winnetka Community House, marking CTW’s fifth official production of the play and third collaboration by co-directors Cathy Hirschmann and Toby Nicholson. CTW last performed Peter Pan in 2006.

“Everyone loves Peter Pan,” Nicholson says. “And how could you not? It’s full of storybook characters who are bigger than life.”

Hirschmann, a 20-year veteran director at CTW, offers her take on the enduring success of Barrie’s classic story.

“There’s a part of every adult that would like to stay a child at heart,” Hirschmann says.

Adults played roles in each CTW production, too.

Backstage roles. But they were anything but bit parts.

A team of 16 parent volunteers worked to fasten the harnesses and operate the ropes required to lift and suspend Peter Pan and the Darling children above the stage. The show’s technical flying gear came courtesy of Flying by Foy — the same Las Vegasbased company that flew theater legend Mary Martin when Peter Pan first opened on Broadway in 1954.

“Our volunteers completed four training sessions to learn the flying equipment,” Hirschmann says.

“They really stepped up.”

CTW’s production of Peter Pan supplied non-stop action, from the moment Peter and Tinkerbell flew through the window of the Darling Family nursery to the end of Act II, when Wendy, Michael and John join Peter and the Lost Boys in a battle royale against the bearded, campy buffoon Captain Hook.

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Annika Juliusson, as Captain Hook.

Isabelle Ornstein, as Peter Pan, dances with shadows as she sings “I’ve Got to Crow” during the production of Peter Pan at the Winnetka Community House.

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cated to promoting theatrical experiences for New Trier Township children, grades 4-8. Children participate both onstage and backstage in two productions annually.

CTW has earned a reputation for producing high-quality youth performances since its inception.

Dozens of CTW alumni have gone on to launch successful careers in the performing arts.

CTW’s 2018 production of Peter Pan preserves all the charm of Barrie’s Victorian tale — first adapted for stage in 1904 — while also incorporating contemporary updates like creative casting and new ensemble characters.

The character of Peter Pan — traditionally cast as female — was alternately played by Charlie VerEecke and Isabelle Ornstein, while Captain Hook — traditionally portrayed by a male actor — was brought to life by both Beau Bauer and Annika Juliusson.

“Each brings [his or her] interpretation to the part,” Hirschmann says.

context and explained the show’s outdated stereotypes of Native Americans.

When Barrie’s stage version of Peter Pan first opened to audiences in 1904, Hirschmann notes, it was considered innovative and technically difficult.

“But times have changed since this play was written more than 100 years ago,” Hirschmann says. “We don’t refer to Native Americans as ‘Redskins’ or ‘Injuns’ anymore.”

Still, key highlights of the original show remained unchanged. Tiger Lily and her ensemble of Indians sang and danced to “Ugg-a-Wug” using the original choreography created by five-time Tony Awardwinner Jerome Robbins.

‘This is an iconic, famous dance,” Hirschmann says. “We worked with our cast to recreate it, stepby-step.”

Whether it was breaking gender and cultural stereotypes or preserving treasured pieces of theatrical history, CTW’s production of Peter Pan delivered the same swashbuckling action and magical fairy dust that has made this story an enduring favorite for multiple generations.

And while Peter Pan is an ensemble-driven show that lends itself to a large inclusive cast, CTW’s production created even more onstage opportunities for the company’s roster of talented young actors.

Hirschmann and Nicholson added an ensemble of singing shadows — which joins Peter in his opening number, “I Gotta’ Crow” — as well as new choruses of Neverland mermaids, fairies and fairytale characters.

Hirschmann and Nicholson also took creative liberties with their portrayals of Peter Pan’s Neverland pal Tiger Lily and her loyal tribe of Native Americans.

“We empowered our Indians by making it an all-female cast,” Hirschmann says. “And we omitted some of the culturally insensitive language used in the original script.”

CTW returns to the stage this spring with its producDuring brief opening remarks at a benefit preview performance for 250 young students from Chicago’s tion of Wizard of Oz, set to open April 25-29, 2019.

Learn EXCEL charter school on November 14, Auditions take place January 13-14, 2019. For more Hirschmann placed the original script in historical information please visit childrenstheatrewinnetka.com.

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NEWS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Cont. from PG 1 Van Doren Shaw, Robert Seyfarth and Keck & Keck.

Landmarks are properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Glencoe’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) — a committee of community volunteers responsible for updating and maintaining the village’s Historical Architectural Survey — determined Glencoe’s historically significant properties.

Nearly 90 of the properties in Glencoe received “landmark” status.

“That is a pretty big number for our community,” says HPC Staff Liaison Jordan Lester, who also works as management analyst and deputy village clerk of Glencoe.

The total of historically significant properties in Glencoe, as of mid-October, totaled 242.

The village has a house file for every single home.

“I’ve had a couple homeowners say, ‘I didn’t know my home had this type of history,’ or, ‘I didn’t know that this was so important to the community,’ ” Lester says. “The map is beneficial in so many different ways. It’s an educational tool for residents, realtors, architects and build-

ers. It offers details about the rich history of the village.”

Access to the Historic Glencoe Story-Map is available on the Village of Glencoe site (villageofglencoe.org). Click “Historic Preservation Commission” under “GOVERNMENT” at the top of the home page. Then click “Historic Glencoe Story-Map” under Related Pages.

Some samples of information found on the Historic Glencoe Story-Map: 1027 Meadow Road • Certified by the board as a village landmark in 2014.

• One of nine homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Glencoe.

• Design plan was derived from Wright’s “A Fireproof Home Design”, published in Ladies Home Journal in 1907.

• Represents what was once considered a “modestly designed home” for the middle class.

• Current homeowners are Historic Preservation Commissioner John Eifler and Bonnie Phoenix.

• Built circa 1840 and altered in 1876.

• Owned throughout the years by Matthew Coe and Walter S. Gurnee. Gurnee served as Chicago’s mayor from 1851 to 1853 and president of Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad.

• Home was purchased in 1876 by lumber baron George Ligare, (village president from 1878 to 1887) who altered the original farmhouse to a “second empire” architectural style.

740 Greenwood Avenue • Certified by the board as a village landmark in 2000.

• Built circa 1894 in the Queen Anne architectural style.

• First owners were James K. Calhoun and Blanche Hurford.

• Calhoun was a banker, founder of Glencoe Board of Education, and village president from 1908 to 1909.

• Son Roland Calhoun was village president from 1968 to 1976.

• Home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

• Built in 1958.

• Architect Dennis Blair trained under Frank Lloyd Wright in the mid-1940s.

• One of three African American-built homes in the community.

Though the story-map currently displays information on only single family homes, Lester says the commission wants to add copy about all properties in the community, including residential, commercial, parks and religious structures, by the end of the year.

“Our commission is incredibly proud of this story-map, and we’re trying to make the residents more aware of it because it’s such a cool interactive tool,” Lester says.

Lester is also excited about the upcoming Glencoe sesquicentennial.

The village kicks off the celebration of its 150th-year anniversary in November.

“We want to begin getting the community engaged and inspire community pride for how great Glencoe is,” Lester says.

Please visit glencoe150.org for more information 470 Vernon Avenue about the village’s sesquicentennial activities in 750 Glencoe Drive • Certified by the board as a village landmark 2018-19.

• Certified by the board as a village landmark in 2014. in 1996.

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An interview with actress and North Shore native Virginia Madsen

BY GREGG SHAPIRO

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Once in a while you see a movie at a film festival and you know that it is destined for greatness, as in the case of Yen Tan’s 1985 (Wolfe Video).

Like critically acclaimed projects such as the FX series Pose and Rebecca Makkai’s novel The Great Believers, 1985 focuses on the mid-1980s and AIDS. Shot in black and white, which somehow gives the movie even more of a period-piece feeling, 1985 is a first-rate tearjerker, so be sure to have tissues handy, especially for the goodbye scene at the airport between son Adrian (Cory Michael Smith) and mother Eileen (Virginia Madsen, in a breathtaking performance).

Madsen (New Trier High School, ’79) has been a familiar face in movies for almost 35 years, ranging from Electric Dreams and Candyman to The Rainmaker and Sideways (for which she received an Oscar nomination). I had the pleasure of speaking with Madsen, 57, before 1985 was released late last month for a limited theatrical run and on home video.

Gregg Shapiro: Virginia, early in your acting career you starred in the classic horror film Candyman and later in The Number 23 and The Haunting in Connecticut. What is it about this genre of movies that appeals to you as an actress?

Virginia Madsen: It’s just very fun making a horror film. It’s like it’s Halloween, and you’re a little kid, and you’re pretending to be afraid of a ghost that’s not really there. It’s playing dress-up.

It should also be very good storytelling. I haven’t done more of them because the stories were never any good; the focus was more on the slasher aspect and less on the story. That’s why I loved Candyman; it was really like a classic Dracula. It was a legend and into past lives and very romantic. When you look at the classic horror villains, you felt for them.

You loved Frankenstein, and you hated when the castle collapsed because you have empathy for the monster. We all have a bit of the monster within us.

GS: You have worked with an incredible array of directors, including Alexander Payne, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, David O. Russell, Rob Reiner, David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, Joel Schumacher and Catherine Hardwicke.

VM: When you put it like that, it sounds like I’ve had a great career [laughs].

GS: What have those experiences meant to you?

GS: Like you, Jim Belushi, with whom you co-starred in 2017’s A Change of Heart, is also a Chicago native. When you work with another actor from the Chicago area, does it feel like you automatically have a connection and a common language?

VM: Yes, 100 percent yes! I think we’re like magnets. I’ll be in some unusual place somewhere, and I’ll meet another Chicagoan. Because we’re Midwestern and grounded and a little bit square, you just immediately bond. It’s hard for Chicago people to leave Chicago. The same with New Yorkers or Canadians. It’s hard for us to feel at home because it’s harder to find community in Los Angeles. When we find each other, we hang on tight. We sense that community and feeling of home.

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VM: I feel blessed that I was able to be a student, in a way. Those directors that you listed are truly great directors. They take you by the hand and teach you how to do it better. I learned an incredible amount about acting from Francis Ford Coppola.

Because I didn’t go in to the audition nervous, they gave me the role (of Jackie, in The Rainmaker). He trusted that I would be tough enough to go through it and not be destroyed. I think a lot of these directors see a strength in me; they know I can go the distance. When someone like Alexander Payne has confidence in you, you in turn lead with that confidence. I gained a lot of confidence, and I learned a lot working with those directors.

GS: I think your work in Yen Tan’s new movie, 1985, is breathtaking. What can you tell me about the character of Eileen that made you want to portray her?

VM: I’m a mother; it’s the most important thing I’ll ever do in my lifetime. I’m very close to my son.

Also, I lived during that period of time where friends were dying and people were getting really sick. Nobody wanted to talk about it, and everybody was getting scared. Those are two defining moments in my life. It was my feeling that this mother, like most mothers, knows [her son Adrian] is gay. I think for the vast majority, certainly not all — young people hide their true identity because they have to — mothers know their child is different. My mom recognized that I was different because I was artistic and flamboyant, and she supported me. I think Eileen doesn’t want him to be gay; she’s a mother who would know how difficult that would make his life. She doesn’t know he’s sick [with the

AIDS virus], but she knows he’s gay. I think it sets up a hopeful message for the younger brother — she’ll be supportive of that boy being gay, as well.

GS: There are two particularly heart-wrenching scenes in 1985. The first is a scene between Adrian and his ex-girlfriend Carly, and the other is the scene between Eileen and Adrian when she drops him off at the airport.

VM: Oh, God, that was so hard!

GS: As an actress, how did you prepare for a scene like that?

VM: That part was easy because that’s how my mother was when she put me on a plane to California to be an actress. She so desperately didn’t want her kid to leave home; that’s a classic parental moment. I remember trying so hard to hold back tears. I had my cat with me, and I was such a little girl, only 19. But she [my mother] was all for it. She was like, “Go get ’em!” But I remember her crying just like that, so that scene was right out of my own life. After we cut [while filming], I would run around to Cory’s side of the car, and we would just hug each other and cry. I just love him! He’s not just a really gifted actor; he’s a really genuine person. I have great affection for him. When he would start to cry, I’d be like, “Now I’m going to cry!” We didn’t milk it. It didn’t take long to shoot it because we had to get out of the airport. [Director] Yen and [co-writer] Hutch both [made sure] that everything was set and ready to go so we didn’t have to do very many takes of such a sensitive scene.

If you pare this movie down to what it really is, this movie is about love. That’s why the very last shot

GS: You are a New Trier High School alumna.

Did you perform in any theater productions while you were a student there?

VM: I did! Most high school plays are musicals.

I had a phobia about singing, and I’m terribly embarrassed to sing. So I worked on [stage] crew. Once a year they would do a comedy or drama; I was able to participate in those plays. I did a few of them. I directed a play my senior year, and it was a disaster.

That school had an incredible theater department.

One of my teachers, Suzanne Adams, was such a mentor and a source of inspiration. She knew that I had something special. The school had that kind of Debbie Allen [in Fame] teacher, a Stand and Deliver teacher. For a kid who was an outsider, they gave me a place to land so I could pursue my chosen profession — acting. It was a struggle for me because I didn’t fit in, but they gave me what I needed … theater and training. I felt like I was in acting school from the age of 15 on. I love returning, on occasion.

I love wandering the halls. For the most part, I am enormously grateful. I still have the same best friend.

I didn’t have very many friends, but I still have the same best friend from high school.

GS: Is there something that you miss about the North Shore, something that makes you homesick?

VM: What I miss the most, aside from the lake, are the trees. I miss that drive down Sheridan Road, going through the ravines. We don’t really have seasons out here [in Los Angeles]. I miss the foliage and the colors of fall. I miss the crocuses poking their brave little heads up in the spring. I miss the cardinals. The sights, sounds and smells … your senses are alive when the seasons change. I miss that.

COMMUNITY CAN-ORAH

Students at Wilmette Community Hebrew School embrace Chanukah challenge Every family has a different way of celebrating Chanukah, which starts this weekend—earlier than in recent years. At Wilmette Community Hebrew School, students were given a challenge to mark the celebration with a project that gives back to the community.

School Director Esther Leah Teldon challenged students to build a giant Menorah out of cans of

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kosher food that would then be distributed to those in need. The “Can-orah” goal was set— 770 cans of food would go a long way to helping those who were struggling to feed their families.

Incelebration of the first night of Chanukah, the students, together with the wider community, are gathering in the school’s atrium for a grand lighting, using the completed menorah. A representative of Chicago

Chesed Fund—a local nonprofit committed to helping families in crisis and beneficiary of this drive—will thank the students in person for their commitment and hard work.

“I think it is such an important lesson to teach our kids today,” Teldon says. “We have such a caring community. It’s something so special, with everybody involved here.”

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The New Trier High School girls basketball team means the world to Colleen Floyd.

Watch the junior during a game, any game.

The reserve forward is the consummate team player on the bench, cheering after every Trevians basket, after every Trevians defensive stop. When a starter heads to the bench for a respite and a cup of water, guess who’s there to greet her with a high five or a smile or a, “Nice going!”

Floyd, that’s who.

“I love our team,” Floyd, a Wilmette resident, says. “I’m so lucky, being a member of it, because it has the best mixture of good people.”

But her all-time favorite team — aka her family — suffered a major loss last year. Colleen’s father, Dan, died at the age of 45.

“He had the biggest heart,” Floyd says. “I miss him; we all miss him.

“Since he died, I’ve learned I’m stronger than I thought.”

The A/B student and older sister of Sean, 14, and Erin, 12, will summon the strength (plus plenty of courage) to deliver a speech before hundreds of students on New Trier’s Northfield campus December 4. Mostly freshmen will hear what Floyd has to say during the Identity Project event.

Her speech is expected to last five to six minutes — make that, five to six impactful minutes.

The Identity Project champions community, identity and empathy.

“That freshman program is all about being proud of who you are and accepting people for who they are,” says New Trier varsity girls basketball coach Teri Rodgers, who notched her 500th career victory on November 17.

“Colleen epitomizes that kind of thinking. A great, great kid, and she loves our basketball team, loves being a part of it. Supports her teammates, fully.

“A really good person,” the coach adds.

Floyd hinted last month she’d likely address her loss of a parent to the audience. Her father — a graduate of Marquette University and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University — was young when he died. Colleen was young when she attended his funeral in Mequon, Wisconsin, in the spring of 2017.

“Do you know what I want to say to someone who has experienced what I have experienced?” she says. “It’s, ‘You are not alone.’

If that helps, even a little, great. It’s an important message.”

Floyd, also a New Trier cross country runner, has been active in Enriching Lives Through Service (ELS) at the school since the beginning of her sophomore year. The

New Trier High School junior Colleen Floyd. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

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ELS Club was created to help NTHS students with special needs during the school day. Student volunteers, like Floyd, interact with the special-needs students in a range of settings, from classrooms and gymnasiums to the cafeteria and a student’s workplace.

The volunteers, in essence, are teaching assistants.

Floyd has helped Special Olympics basketball and volleyball players.

“I’m very outgoing and inclusive,” Floyd says. “When I see my athletes in the hallways at school, yes, they’re excited to see me, and that’s always nice. But I’m just as excited as they are. My day instantly becomes a better day whenever I get the opportunity to say hi to any of them or high five any of them.”

Floyd’s college search is its infancy, with interest in Indiana University and the University of Denver. Psychology has fascinated her for years. A career in medical research is a possibility, as is one in neuroscience.

One of her major influences?

Her mother, Megan.

“Her resiliency, it impresses me,” Floyd says.

“It has impressed me for some time now. She went from a stay-at-home mother of three to a professional in technology sales.”

What’s next for Colleen Floyd?

To do what she does best — major in positivity. On the basketball court. In school.

At home.

Wherever she happens to be.

“Keep pushing through, don’t get down … never get down,” Floyd says. “And spread some kindness along the way.”

Do you know a teen doing outstanding work in the field of charity, science, arts, business or education? Please send your suggestion for Standout Student to bill@northshoreweekend.com.

The reserve forward on New Trier High School’s girls basketball team is set to deliver a slam-dunk speech on NT’s Northfield campus December 4. Floyd, a junior, will address an audience of freshmen involved in the Identity Project, which emphasizes community, identity and empathy.

An A/B student and a cross country runner in the fall, Floyd also volunteers her time as a member of NT’s Enriching Lives Through Service (ELS Club), coaching Special Olympics basketball and volleyball players.

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High and (delightfully) dry Loyola Academy ‘D’ comes up with another A-one effort, throttles Brother Rice in Class 8A football title game

BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

been in football since I was 7.”

No. 8 for Loyola Academy, junior Trevor Cabanban, might have had the run of the night vs.

Brother Rice last weekend. On a third-and-10 in LA’s penultimate drive, the diminutive and determined running back seemingly carried at least nine Crusaders on his back en route to an 11-yard gain. Give a handful of Cabanban-pushing LA linemen an assist on that critical journey.

But the most important drive of the game for “This was one of the Loyola Academy bridged the third and fourth most special football quarters. It covered 47 yards on 16 plays and gobbled up 7 minutes and 49 seconds on Thanksseasons in my life, giving weekend. On a third-and-12 from LA’s 31-yard line, senior quarterback Jack Fallon (13and I’ve been in of-20, 130 yards) hit classmate Rory Boos for a football since I was 7.”

12-yard connection and later used his legs to gain 12 more yards on a third-and-8. Senior running back Michael Gavric — who had scored the lone touchdown of the night, on a four-yard run in the second quarter — rushed for three big yards on a fourth-and-1 from the Crusaders’ 34.

Moments after the start of the celebration at Fallon later found senior wideout Artie Collins Memorial Stadium on the campus of the Uni(four catches, team-high 62 yards) for an 11-yard completion and tossed an 8-yarder to senior versity of Illinois, Holecek —a former linebacker at Illinois — battled his Gatorade-coolerrunning back Jared Lombardi (five receptions, 35 wielding son, junior reserve linebacker Jacob yards).

Van Zelst capped the trip with a 37-yard field Holecek. goal, upping the Wilmette school’s lead to 13-3.

The son wanted to douse his dad with a victory shower.

Brother Rice senior quarterback John Bean The dad, darting here and shifting there, wanted (11-for-26-1, 151 yards) went 1-for-4 on his to stay dry. team’s final possession before attempting to avoid HUG AND BLISS: Loyola Academy junior linebacker Jacob Holecek and his father, LA head football Dad won. the pass rush from Thompson, who tripped up coach John Holecek, embrace after the Class 8A state championship game last weekend in Champaign. the signal caller for a sack at 2:10 of the fourth Dad stopped his son. Cold.

John Holecek had simply followed his Ram- LA, seeded 19th, beat top-seeded Brother Rice 13-3 for its third state title in program history. quarter.

Brother Rice had the ball for only 1:10 of the blers’ lead. His squad’s dominant defense allowed PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER 12-minute fourth quarter. an average of only 6.6 points per game in LA’s record on September 29, following a 28-27 home “Crazy,” a thrilled Fallon said after the postfive playoff triumphs, including back-to-back the other sacks.

Senior linebacker Patrick Daniels made six loss to Montini. Eight wins and eight weeks later, game press conference. “It’s been kind of crazy, shutouts of Oswego High School and Maine South in state second-round and quarterfinal stops, and senior defensive back Jack Burke con- the 19th-seeded Ramblers had captured the pro- our season. A long ride. But it’s nice, finishing on contests. Brother Rice’s three-point total last tributed four tackles and a pass breakup. Senior gram’s third state championship in school history top.”

Coach Holecek was elated, too. weekend was 32 points lighter than its point total defensive back Michael Byrne returned a second- and second in four seasons. Holecek’s undaunted And dry. in a 35-3 September defeat of … Loyola Academy. quarter interception 41 yards to the Crusaders’ boys dismissed Maine South 17-0 and Lincoln“Pumped, I’m so pumped,” said Ramblers senior 9-yard line, setting up the first of sophomore Way East 24-16 in successive weekends in Nodefensive back and University of Pennsylvania- kicker Nate Van Zelst’s two field goals (24 and vember, avenging Class 8A state-title losses in Notable: LA sophomore kicker Nate Van Zelst bound Jake Gonzalez, who had four tackles and 37 yards), and junior lineman Luke Desherow 2016 and ’17, respectively. ended up scoring more than half (two field goals Brother Rice (2-7 last fall) had entered last and an extra point) of his team’s points in last two pass breakups in the title game and finished recovered a fumble (forced by Eastman) and advanced it 10 yards in the second quarter. weekend’s final with a 13-0 mark. as the program’s leader in career tackles (300-plus). weekend’s 13-3 defeat of Brother Rice in the “They got after it better than they did [in the Holecek, in his 13th season at LA, upped his Class 8A state championship game. … Ramblers “Our coaches came up with a great game plan. regular-season meeting between the teams, in mark in state championship tilts to 2-4.

We knew, defensively, we had to grind it out.” football coach John Holecek improved his overall “Terrific group of guys,” the 46-year-old mark at the school to 146-30 (.830) with last Top-seeded Brother Rice rushed 23 times and Week 4],” Brother Rice coach Brian Badke said gained five yards. Five, only five. Four sacks — two of LA’s relentless defensive players. “They didn’t Holecek said of his ’18 crew. “When we were 3-3, weekend’s win. … LA’s appearance in the Class

by Ramblers senior lineman Edward Eastman do anything differently; they just executed better. our mindset became, ‘Every week is a playoff 8A title game was its sixth in the last eight years.

“They got hot in the playoffs,” the coach added. week.’ We got better every day. The guys had faith … LA senior defensive back Jake Gonzalez earned — resulted in a combined minus-46 yards. Senior Did. They. Ever. in each other, in the program. This was one of the Illinois Football Coaches Association Class 8A linebacker Armoni Dixon (team-high seven Hard to believe, but LA (11-3) owned a 3-3 most special football seasons in my life, and I’ve all-state honors. tackles) and lineman Tim Thompson recorded It was funny and fitting at the same time.

Loyola Academy football coach John Holecek chose to use a prevent defense — after his Ramblers had defeated Brother Rice’s Crusaders 13-3 in the Class 8A state championship game in Champaign on November 24.

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SPORTS

Wave of treys lifts Trevians New Trier’s hoopsters edge Loyola Academy before settling for tourney runner-up honors

BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Noah’s arc was working.

The arc of his three-point shot, that is.

New Trier High School senior guard Noah Osher hit three of his team’s 10 treys in a 55-52 defeat of the host school at the Loyola Academy Thanksgiving boys basketball tournament on November 21.

His first triple — at 6:06 of the third quarter — ignited an electric 9-0 run in Wilmette. The scoring surge lasted only 51 seconds and swelled NT’s lead to 34-22.

But the 6-foot Trevian, who did not build a vessel for animals before tipoff, refused to talk about Noah Osher afterward.

“Not a lot of schools get to play a competitive game like this at such an early point in the season.

I’m grateful for an opportunity like this.

It’s a special game, win or lose.”

“Great team win, great team defense,” said Osher, who finished with a team-high 15 points — one of four NT hoopsters in double figures. “No one person can take credit for this win.”

All 12 of senior reserve guard Chuck Sweat’s points came from three-point territory. Trevians senior guard Samuel Silverstein hit a pair of treys en route to 14 points, and 6-foot-8 senior forward Spencer Boehm poured in half of his 10 points in a tight fourth quarter.

Peter Burnside, another NT senior guard, netted the other three-pointer, this one coming in the first minute of the game.

“Not a lot of schools get to play a competitive game like this at such an early point in the season,” said NT coach Scott Fricke, whose boys of winter led 24-17 at halftime. “I’m grateful for an opportunity like this.

“It’s a special game, win or lose,” he added.

NT (3-0) raced to a 9-2 advantage; LA (2-1) STUFFING — BEFORE THANKSGIVING: New Trier senior guard Samuel Silverstein, seen here in earlier didn’t score its second bucket until the 1:18 mark Loyola Academy Thanksgiving Tournament action, netted 14 points in NT’s 55-52 defeat of the host school on Thanksgiving Eve. He and classmate Spencer Boehm made the all-tournament team. of the first quarter. But the Ramblers capped the PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

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first frame with a 7-3 stretch, highlighted by junior Jordan Kwiecinski’s three-pointer to cut NT’s gap to 11-7.

LA fell behind 40-28 at 2:09 of the second quarter before tallying the final eight points of the eight-minute stanza. Ramblers senior sharpshooter Connor Barrett (11 points) started the momentum-turning span with a three-pointer at 1:36 and junior guard William Pujols ended it with three free throws with 1.7 left.

NT owned a 40-36 lead after three quarters.

“Our guys showed some gumption,” LA coach Tom Livatino said.

The fourth quarter featured the game’s most competitive minutes. Ramblers senior Nikko Landon (game-high 19 points) — LA’s fans in the student section of the gym chanted, playfully, “He’s a freshman!” after each of his big baskets — hit two free throws at 1:03 to give the hosts their first lead (50-49) of the clash.

Sixteen seconds later Boehm scored an emphatic basket in the paint.

New Trier never trailed again.

“That’s a four-year starter for you,” an impressed Fricke said of Boehm, who played an integral role in NT’s run to a Class 4A sectional final at Maine East High School last winter. “We had, it seemed, three-minute spans throughout the game where everything went wrong for us. But our kids’ poise helped us pull this one out. Senior leadership, too.

Chuck [Sweat] sure came through with big shots, big three-pointers. So did Noah [Osher] and Sam [Silverstein].”

Silverstein came down with a game-high eight rebounds. Boehm grabbed six boards, and 6-9 Trevians senior Ciaran Brayboy finished with five.

Loyola Academy’s leading rebounder was Barrett, with five.

Jordan Kwiecinski and senior William Bodkin each scored five points for LA. “This game came down to, ‘Who will be the toughest?’ ” Livatino said. “The toughest team wins a game like this. New Trier was tougher today.

Kudos to New Trier. We have to prepare better.

We, as coaches, have to better prepare our players.

“There nothing wrong with losing the game,” he added. “We have to learn from this, and there’s plenty to learn.”

Notable: New Trier fell 57-56 to Lincoln Park High School in the Loyola Academy Thanksgiving Tournament championship game on November 24. NT senior forward Spencer Boehm and senior guard Samuel Silverstein earned all-tournament team honors. The Trevians went 3-1 at the tourney. … New Trier senior guard Noah Osher, on his roles this winter: “Be a leader, be an example, make the smart plays.”

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2016. “At one point the chunk of ice ended up in two pieces. A lot of us then got into an argument

Sit down with longtime sports scribe Rick Telander and you’d get transported back to your childhood. Guaranteed. Pick-up games. Remember those? Telander sure does.

But, sadly, they’ve been extinct for years, recreation’s flightless dodo.

“I knew each player’s personality in a pick-up game before the end of the game when I was a kid,” says Telander, a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a current Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist. “That was cool, finding things out like a player’s character on a basketball court or on a football field. There also was nothing like feeling childlike joy in the middle of a pick-up game or running around in the woods with my friends. Why does that have to go away?

“If my knees and ankles were right today,” the 69-year-old adds, “I’d want to play in a pick-up game today. And then play in another one tomorrow.”

Telander was a sixth-grader at Kellar Primary School in Peoria when he played in an unusual pick-up soccer game. The kids created a soccer-sized ice ball (total cost: $0) and booted that around for an hour or two.

“We played until the ball disintegrated,” Telander, boyish and genuinely curious forever, recalls at Sandy’s, a cozy restaurant in Highwood, Telander’s hometown since

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over the ball — which piece was the ball?”

Telander, who had pedaled his bicycle to Sandy’s, chuckles. The author of Heaven Is a Playground (1976), a compelling book about playground hoops in Brooklyn and avid teenagers who couldn’t live without the diversion, had also written an award-winning, riveting five-part series (“A Season Under the Gun”) for the Sun-Times in 2017. Telander chronicled the lives of Orr High School boys basketball players in the 2016-17 season. What he learned disturbed him.

And saddened him.

“The violence is pernicious down there,” Telander says of Chicago’s West Side. “Those kids, those athletes, live in a war zone.

Daily. It’s deeply ironic and tragic, not being able to play on playgrounds because they’re no longer safe. They should call them ‘gungrounds’.”

Telander, a Sun-Times sports columnist since 1995, and his wife, Judy (a New Trier High School graduate), resided in Lake Forest for decades, raising their children Lauren (now 36), Cary (35), Robin (31) and Zack (28). Cary Telander Fortin followed in her father’s creative handsteps, having co-authored (with Kyle Louise Quilici) the book New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living (2018). Zack is an Olympic Weightlifting coach at Texas A & M University.

The Chicago Bears’ original Halas Hall was located a short field goal’s distance from the Telanders’ Lake Forest back yard. Footballs used by Bears kickers practicing extra points occasionally scattered the fallen leaves on the Telanders’ property. Rick Telander often saw former Bears head coach Mike Ditka guiding a practice from his seat in a golf cart. Sightings of former Bears owner George Halas were common, too.

Halas died in 1983.

An all-conference quarterback at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Telander played cornerback (and punted some) at Northwestern University, earning All-Big Ten honors in his senior season (1970) and All-Big Ten Academic status as a junior and a senior.

His defensive backs coach at NU was Bob Zeman.

“Bob thought my name was Dave at the start of

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Writing has helped me understand people and the way the world works.

my first preseason at Northwestern,” says Telander, who downed a glass of orange juice and several cups of coffee and inhaled two scrambled eggs, bacon and whole-wheat toast during an absorbing 90-minute get-together that felt like 20 minutes to the questioner. “For two weeks Bob called me ‘Dave’. No way was I going to correct him; my position on the team was too fragile at that point, and the last thing I wanted to do was upset my position coach by bringing up something like that.

“When Coach Zeman realized my name wasn’t Dave, he was embarrassed, turned red. I liked Bob, because he was a calm coach. As a cornerback with a lot of responsibilities, including covering guys with 4.4 speed [in the 40-yard dash] all over the field, I needed and wanted a calm position coach, a soothing presence. That was a time when players wanted their coaches to be teachers, not father figures.”

Telander’s father was Dick Telander, who sang silly bedtime songs to help young Rick fall asleep at night. Dick Telander, who died in 2013 at the age of 92, answered to the nickname “Sweetie” for most of his adult life. Imagine Rick introducing his father to a certain former Bears head coach: “Sweetie, Lovie.

Lovie, Sweetie.” Sweetie requested that his ashes be shot out of a cannon near Lake Superior.

The Telander family did just that, honoring the World War II flyboy with a one-bang salute.

“All you need to know about my father is his nickname,” Telander says. “His nickname captured him, fit him perfectly. He was a sweet, gentle man, always whistling, always happy.”

Sweetie’s son has written eight books. Sports Illustrated named Heaven Is a Playground one of “The Ten Best Sports Books of All Time”. He has another book in him, maybe two. Rick Telander — a ninetime Peter Lisagor Award winner for sports journalism and the 2014 Ring Lardner Award recipient for Excellence in Sports Journalism — also paints. The same Rick Telander has been a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Del-Crustaceans for 47 years; the roots rock band (formed in 1971 by members who had met in a poetry class at Northwestern) performs every New Year’s Eve at Lilly’s in Chicago.

But the man’s most potent instruments are his written words. Still. Read his readable copy. It’s lively and descriptive, hard-hitting at times and lighthearted at times, thought-provoking and fun.

“Writing,”Telander says, “is incredibly hard, never easy. For a column, I like to say hello to the readers and then say what I want to say. Sometimes it takes me 200 words to ‘clear my throat.’ Writing has helped me understand people and the way the world works.

“Writing is what I am, what I do.”

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