LT Athletics Fall 2024

The Boys Cross Country Team had multiple top finishes during the course of the 2024 fall season. One highlight included qualifying for and finishing in 2nd place in the West Suburban Conference Meet.

After finishing in second place in the WSC, the Lions went on to host and win their own IHSA Regional Meet. They were led by Ben Wuggazer (2nd), John O'Halloran (8th) and Tyler Gantt (10th) to secure the Regional Plaque.

Then they went on to a second place finish in the IHSA Sectional. In the Sectional Meet, the Lions were led by Ben Wuggazer (3rd) and John O'Halloran (7th) each with top 10 finishes. This finish qualified the entire team for the state meet the following weekend at Detweiller Park in Peoria.

At the state meet, LT took 7th place as a team. They were led by an all-state performance by Ben Wuggazer. Ben finished in 22nd place as an individual. His finish in the state meet earned him an all-state medal.

The Girls Cross Country Team was a young group of athletes, but they continued to improve all season long. They had multiple top finishes during the course of the 2024 fall season. They started their season with a strong finish in the LT Kuharic Invitational.

In the IHSA Regional Meet, LT finished in 3rd place as a team. Three runners Ameila Ludden (11th), Evelyn Thomas (17th) and Addison Powers (18th) all finished in the top 20 at the regional meet to lead the Lions.

The Lions ran the table and won all of their regular season games. They finished the regular season with a perfect 9-0 record, which earned them the second seed in the 8A playoffs. This was the first time the Lions went 9-0 since the 1943 season.

LT started their playoff run with a matchup with Joliet West High School. The Lions won the first round matchup 38-0 to move on to the second round. In the second round of the playoffs, they played WSC Gold Champions, Downers Grove South. They beat DGS by the score of 63-20 to advance to the State Quarterfinals.

In the Quarterfinal game, the Lions hosted Naperville Central. LT fell to Naperville Central 24-7 to be eliminated from the playoffs. LT had three all-state players in 2024. They were Mack Long (1st team IHSFCA), Travis Stamm (1st Team IHSFCA) and Tyler Chambers (Honorable Mention IHSFCA).

In the Girls Flag Football inaugural season, the Lions had incredible success. They won over 83% of their games in the first year of the program.

The Lions were able to get off to a fast start and they looked like they had been playing flag football for years.

With the IHSA Regional Championship victory, they next faced Whiney Young. The Lions fell to Whitney Young 29-14 to finish their season. The Lions had one All-State player in the 2024 season who was Anna Bigenwald (IFFCA).

The girls golf team had many successes during the 2024 season. During the regular season they went 7-3 in dual meets. Including a 6-3 record in the West Suburban Conference.

After the conference meet, the Lions finished in 5th place in the WSC. Next up was a very difficult IHSA Regional field of teams.

The Lions won the IHSA Regional to advance to the IHSA Sectional Tournament. The Lions dominated the Regional and had three medalists (Anderson Palm 2nd, Charlie Forrest 3rd and Garrett Pohl 5th) and 4 players in the top 10 (Finley Tyrrell 8th).

LT finished the most difficult IHSA Sectional in fourth place finishing only 4 shots behind the last state qualifying team. Anderson Palm led the Lions by shooting a 73, which was good enough to qualify him for state as an individual.

The boys soccer program went 13-8-2 overall in another exciting season. They competed in multiple high level tournaments including the Body Armor Series and the New Trier Invitational.

One highlight in the LT soccer season was when the Lions took first place in the Northside College Showcase. They beat Grayslake Central in penalty kicks 6-5 to win the championship.

LT hosted the IHSA Regional again this fall and started by beating Proviso West 2-0 to advance to the Regional Final. In the Regional Final, LT hosted another West Suburban Conference opponent, Downers Grove North. The Lions beat DGN 1-0 to take home the Regional Plaque.

After winning the Regional, LT had to face Morton in the Sectional Final. The Lions fell to the Mustangs 2-0 to finish their season.

The LT girls swimming and diving program had eight individuals who won state medals and were awarded All-State honors. They are Audrey Caviliere, Maeve Collins, Lindsey Forbaugh, Lauren Jablonski, Dylan Jorgensen, Ella Jean Kelly, Anna Pansing and Kylie Thompson.

The girls tennis team continued to improve during the 2024 fall season. They went 4-2 in conference to move up to 3rd place in the West Suburban Conference. They also moved up in the IHSA Sectional standings finishing just 1 point away from 3rd place.

The LT girls tennis team competed in the IHSA Sectional. Both singles and doubles teams made it to the state qualifying round, but lost to ranked opponents. They were able to finish in fourth place as a team in the Sectional Tournament.

The Lions had another great season. They competed against the best teams in the state and held their ground all season long.

They finished in third place in the very competitive West Suburban Conference by going 3-3 in those games.

In the IHSA Regional Tournament, LT beat Nazareth Academy in straight sets to move to the Regional Championship game. They were matched up with a quality WSC team, Oak Park/River Forest. After dropping the first game, LT stormed back to win the second game to tie the match at one game a piece. Unfortunately, Oak Park pulled away in game 3 to take the Regional Title.