Season Preview: Lake Forest Field Hockey Primed for Another State Title Run
The Scouts will be younger in 2012 but deeper than last season's state runner-up team. With more games on West Campus's turf field, they will play a style that is fast and furious.
The reality of the 2012 season for the Lake Forest High School Scouts Field Hockey team is this: the most challenging opponent they face might be players on their own roster. After losing four all-state players off last season’s state runner-up team (Kelsey Adams, Katherine Skinner, Lauren Yarkony and Lina Trucco), the Scouts coach believes they will be deeper this fall. “We have a strong junior class. Our talent pool is ridiculously deep,” Melanie Walsh, in her fifth year as head coach, said. Consider this: at a recent morning scrimmage, there was no scoring. This is in contrast to recent years when the talent disparity would heavily favor the starters. “We told our girls their hardest days should be when they scrimmage each other. And …
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