Seniors Isabelle Montagne and Brenna Carberry have Lake Forest on the cusp of Illinois supremacy


‘Just One Win’ By Jonah Rosenblum I


sabelle Montagne and Brenna Carberry took very different paths to the top. Both Lake Forest (Ill.) High seniors were ranked among


ESPN’s Top 50 juniors last year, both are considered elite players in the Midwest and both have played a key role in the Scouts’ sudden ascent from a middling .500 squad to state title contender.


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But that’s where their similarities end. Montagne and Carberry wound up on the Lake Forest midfi eld for different reasons, and they will embark on different journeys after graduation. Montagne is a relative newcomer to the game. In fact, she only started playing lacrosse the summer before her freshman year. Carberry said the Scouts


needed defenders for a tournament, so she gave a stick to Montagne, who was devoted to soccer at the time. “We just told her to run with it, and she gradually started getting better and better,” Carberry said. “By tryouts our freshman year, she understood the game perfectly.”


The result was beyond what either of the friends could have expected. “She has such a presence when she’s


on the fi eld,” Carberry said. “She makes plays that go unnoticed, like getting the check off and zipping the ball and moving it to our offense. She always creates plays like that. Her speed is incredible. She’s so fast.


“The Loyola and New Trier girls always joke, ‘How can we stop Izzy?’” Carberry offered a fl attering comparison, saying Montagne pushes


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