The Forester football team concluded the 2009 season with a 9-3
loss at Carroll University on Saturday (November 7). Lake Forest
finished 2-8 overall and 2-7 in Midwest Conference play. The
Pioneers posted an overall record of 5-5 and a league mark of
5-4.
Forester junior kicker Tim
Gruzwalski (Oakland, Mich./Stoney Creek) scored the visitors
only points of the game on a 25-yard field goal, his first of the
season, midway through the second quarter. Carroll tied the game on
a 22-yard field goal late in the third period and scored the
game-winning touchdown on a 42-yard pass play with 2 minutes and 10
seconds remaining in the contest.
Forester senior wide receiver Dan Carter
(Arlington Heights, Ill./St. Viator) was a bright spot for the Lake
Forest offense, catching nine passes for 156 yards. His sixth
reception of the game gave him the single-season school record in
that category and he finished the year with 77 catches. His 999
receiving yards rank second in program history, just three yards
shy of the record, and his 11 touchdown grabs match his total from
2006 and 2007 and rank third in team annals.
Junior quarterback Geoff Sobey
(Mt. Prospect, Ill./Prospect) completed 20 passes for 270 yards in
the contest. His season totals for touchdown passes (16),
completions (180), and passing yards (1,966) rank second, third,
and fourth in team history, respectively.
Senior defensive end Jaron Eanes
(Cleveland, Ohio/Lake Forest Academy) led the visitors with 10
tackles while senior linebacker Chad
Zimborski (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) and sophomore safety
Luke
Butts (Warrensburg, Ill./Warrensburg) were next on the squad
with seven stops apiece. Zimborski finished with a team-high 97
stops on the season. Butts was next with 85 tackles and led the
squad with four interceptions. Eanes registered 7.5 sacks and 17.0
tackles for loss, the fourth-highest mark in program history.
Zimborski and Eanes finished their careers ranked third in school
history with 314 tackles and 39.0 tackles for loss,
respectively.
The Lake Forest defense forced three turnovers in the game. The
first was on a fumbled punt return late in the first quarter. The
next was the first career interception by freshman defensive back
David
Adams (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) and occurred at the Forester
2-yardline. He returned it to the 28. On the next Carroll
possession Eanes sacked the quarterback, who fumbled away the ball
to junior linebacker Anthony
Garetto (Orland Park, Ill./Marist).
Garetto also posted his most successful and consistent punting
statistics of the year. He booted the ball 10 times and averaged
39.0 yards per punt with a long of 46.
In addition to Carter, Zimborski, and Eanes, the Foresters will
lose 11 other seniors - wide receiver Ryan Glowacz
(Chicago, Ill./Taft), kicker Noah Dion
(Cleveland, Ohio/Shaker Heights), nose guard Rick Storkan
(Pebble Beach, Calif./RL Stevenson), linebackers Donovan
Baldridge (St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade) and Juan
Evereteze (Waltham, Mass./Belmont Hill), and Jeff Waldman
(St. Louis, Mo./Clayton), and defensive backs Mike Bratta
(Carpentersville, Ill./Barrington), Will
Christensen (Park City, Utah/Park City), Hamid Khan
(Chicago, Ill./Loyola), Lorenzo
Ramirez (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver), and Brian
Rategan (Chicago, Ill./St. Patrick) - to graduation in May.
"This group of seniors played their hearts out," notes head coach
Jim Catanzaro. The 12 defensive seniors played the two best
back-to-back games of their careers. When you only give up 12
points defensively in two weeks, you expect to win. Unfortunately,
we didn't. In addition, Ryan Glowacz and Dan Carter, beyond their
stats, leave the offense a legacy of effort, enthusiasm, and
passion for Forester Football. We are losing a group of seniors
that served as the heart of our program for four years. As one
chapter of Forester Football ends, another begins. It is up to our
juniors to build off of this foundation and learn from the trials
of those before them. I am hopeful that the learning curve will be
sharp."
Lake Forest Drops Season Finale at Carroll University
Posted: Nov 07, 2009
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