Category: Five minutes

On Wednesday, Loyola travels to Northfield to play New Trier in a game that features two of the best teams in the state and arguably the Midwest. It’s extra special for Loyola senior attack Claire Caffery, whose brother and...

Senior Grace Balestrery lives Loyola’s mission. A Glencoe resident and graduate of Central School, Balestrery is an accomplished student-athlete who gives back to her community. She was captain on the field hockey team and...

A four-year varsity tennis player and two-time team captain, senior Andy Paden is chasing his third consecutive Catholic League doubles championship. He also is in search of his first trip to the state tournament. Another...

Jake Gonzalez is a rare high school athlete. Not only does the junior play football and hockey at Loyola, Gonzalez is a two-year varsity starter at safety and a two-year veteran of Loyola Gold, the top hockey team at the school....

Junior Armoni Dixon is an imposing presence on the basketball court as a 6-foot-3, 220-pound forward. He came off the bench Friday to help the Ramblers to the Class 4A Maine South Regional championship. They play Evanston on...

Hamid Bullie was one of six senior basketball players honored prior to Loyola’s 73-25 win over Steinmetz on Tuesday. But he was the only one who never played at all during the regular season. Bullie’s season ended before it...

Senior basketball player and Georgetown-bound Lilly Wehman comes from a family of accomplished athletes. Her father, Rich Wehman, played basketball at Loyola and in college at Holy Cross. Her sister, Molly, played basketball and...

Sophomore Peter Gianaris has gotten a headstart on his varsity athletic career at Loyola. In the fall, the Park Ridge resident started on Loyola’s offensive line, helping the Ramblers capture the Catholic Blue championship and...

Pat Mahoney is a Loyola lifer. A three-sport athlete for the Ramblers while in high school and baseball player at Central Michigan University, the 1990 graduate has been Loyola’s athletic director since 2004. Under his...

Michael Felish is Loyola’s public address announcer for football as well as boys and girls basketball. A Glenview resident who was raised in Wilmette and graduated from St. Francis Xavier, Felish became interested in calling...

Senior Adie Morrill is a starting guard for Loyola, and the left-hander is one of the best shooters on the team. As a junior, she was a key contributor off the bench during the Ramblers’ run to a Class 4A regional championship....

Loyola starts its wrestling season Friday at Vernon Hills’ tournament, but one Rambler will be noticeably missing. A varsity wrestler since freshman year, senior Peter Kennedy won’t be able to compete after tearing the ACL in...