It's a Dual Sports Celebration at Woodlands Academy

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart students, faculty and staff gathered in front of the school in a display of the Cubs' Fever and school spirit that was sweeping the all-girls high school in Lake Forest Friday, Oct. 28.

They were celebrating the first World Series game to be played at Wrigley Field since 1945 later that day as well as their volleyball team's IHSA Class 2A Regional championship won the day before.

Woodlands Academy advances to the Latin School of Chicago Sectional following the team's win over Chicago's DePaul College Prep (25-19; 25-19) in the final round of the Willows Academy Regional in Des Plaines Oct. 27. The Wildcats will face IC Catholic Prep from Elmhurst Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the first round of sectional play.

Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women. It's part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans the United States and 40 other countries. A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy's identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat's desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org