Shield, Bauer share in collegiate football achievement
Former Lake Zurich teammates Mike Shield and Jerry Bauer received postseason honors for their respective football teams this fall.
Shield, a linebacker at Rhodes College, was named the Southern Athletic Association's defensive player of the year.
He capped an outstanding career for the Lynx, collecting 86 tackles this past fall, fifth-most in the league.
Shield's 8.6 tackles per contest rate also ranked fifth in the SAA while his 42 assists were fourth-best. He has 13.0 tackles for loss (fourth in the SAA). He also posted a variety of game-changing plays including 2.5 sacks, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an interception on the season.
His biggest game of the season came in a huge win over Birmingham-Southern, where Shield finished with 15 tackles, a sack, an interception, a forced fumble, and three quarterback hurries.
Bauer, a junior offensive lineman for Washington University in St. Louis, received first-team honors on the University Athletic Association all-conference team.
He helped Washington claim a share of the UAA championship and retained possession of the Founders Cup with a 37-23 victory against the University of Chicago.
Bauer was a three-year letter winner at Lake Zurich when the Bears were three-time North Suburban Conference champions.
His sisters Lydia and Audrey played basketball at Lake Zurich and went on to play at UW-Green Bay and Navy, respectively.
Their mother Rachel coached the Wheeling girls basketball team from 1997 to 2004.
Bauer and Shield met on the football field for the final time on Oct. 10, when Washington defeated Rhode Island 37-7 in St. Louis.
Men's track and field
Lewis has earned the No. 15 ranking in the inaugural U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Preseason National Team Computer Rankings.
The Flyers, who finished eighth overall at the 2015 NCAA Indoor championships, return the services of 2015 NCAA Division II high jump champion, Isaac Jean-Paul (Warren).
Jean-Paul, who participated in the USATF Outdoor Championships in June, owns both the indoor and outdoor school-records in the high jump.
College Football Night
This year's "Chicagoland College Football Night" for Lake County will be held on Thursday, Dec 17 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Libertyville High School in the main gym.
The college fair will involve over 42 Division III, NAIA and junior colleges and their staffs. The colleges will be from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa.
All junior or senior football players from a Chicagoland-area school along with their parents, are invited to attend.
The evening is for interested players to meet and talk with prospective coaches and representatives from several colleges and universities.
Any questions should be directed to Libertyville head football coach Mike Jones at (847) 327-7554 or by email at mike.jones@d128.org.
Women's track and field
Lewis enters the season at No. 11 in the inaugural U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Indoor Team Computer Rankings.
Flyers senior Amber Cook (Warren) should help solidify the Flyers' No. 11 ranking, as she was a national qualifier in the triple jump at the NCAA outdoor championships.
Senior Kristen Bonsor of Antioch also earned an NCAA Provisional mark in the 3,000-meter run last season.
Women's tennis
Augustana junior standout Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove) was selected as the school's female winner of the Jack Swartz Award in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Jack Swartz Award is given to one male and one female athlete at the end of each athletic season.
The only requirement is that the winners must earn a varsity letter in his/her sport and have a grade-point average of at least 3.50. The award is named after the late Jack Swartz, who served as the Commissioner of the CCIW until his death in 1998.
Goggin handled the No. 1 singles position for head coach Jon Miedema's CCIW champions. She compiled a sparkling 13-5 record this past fall while consistently playing against the top players of each opponent. She finished second at number one in the CCIW Tournament and took second at No. 2 doubles (13-2 mark).
Goggin earned first team all-conference honors for the third straight time in her career. She has compiled an overall record (singles & doubles combined) of 117-49 with the Vikings and ranks 16th on the school's all-time victory list. Goggin is 57-25 in her career in singles and 60-24 in doubles and with the spring season and all of her senior year in front of her she is already tied for 13th in both categories on the all-time lists.
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