From Wilmette Beacon, July 31, 2019 Michelle Orth knew from a young age that she wanted to be a coach. Even during her playing days, the New Trier graduate was coaching up her teammates, as well as younger kids in club practices and tournaments. While her high school career didn’t go any further than her Trevian playing days, she was able to turn her experience into something more valuable: helping teach younger kids the game of volleyball through coaching.
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Junior Lillian Rausch was selected for 22nd Century Media's All-Area team: Team 22 for soccer. Thanks to help from area coaches and the eyes of 22nd Century Media staff, the best players were selected from eight high schools — Glenbrook North (GBN), Glenbrook South (GBS), Highland Park (HP), Lake Forest (LF), Loyola Academy (LA), North Shore Country Day (NSCD), New Trier (NT) and Regina Dominican (RD) in our coverage area. "Lilly Rausch, RD junior, 15 goals; The Girls Catholic Athletic Conference
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Congratulations to senior Sydney Moore for setting a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in the Triple Jump on Friday, March 8 at the Maine East Invitational track meet! Sydney's jump of 33' 5 1/2" bested the previous record set by Jamie Cieplinski in 2003 by 3".
Congratulations to our varsity basketball team for being Regional Champions in the IHSA tournament. We defeated Timothy Christian 56-53 and unfortunately lost to Marshall in the IHSA Sectionals. The Panthers had a great season though and show promise for a bright future! We are looking forward to next year already!
The RDHS Cross Country Team completed a very successful season at the IHSA State Meet in Peoria last Saturday. Regina Dominican was well represented by junior Erin Phelan and sophomore Lauren Ward. Both girls ended the season on high notes both posting their best times of the year at State. Almost the entire cross country team was at Peoria cheering on Erin and Lauren. The team is already getting excited about next season and the dream to make it back
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Congratulations to sophomore Laura Strenk for qualifying and competing in the IHSA's state tournament. Laura has had a tremendous varsity season this year, winning all of her single's matches. We gathered as a community on Wednesday, October 17 and cheered her on as she ran through the halls on her way to the tournament. A formidable opponent to the very end, she was only defeated in a tie-breaking set after advancing to day two of the state tournament -- and through
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Congratulations to senior Katie Clancy, our new school high jump record holder! Katie tied the school record of 5'1" in February 2018. The 5'1" mark was set by Caroline Wolf in 1989. Katie established a new school record of 5'2" at the Lake Forest Academy meet on May 1, 2018. Go Panthers!
Kelly French, a senior on our varsity basketball team won the Victor Zeinfeld "Spirit of Perseverance" Award in conjunction with The Charity Stripe. Kelly was awarded $1,000 to help her further her education during a Friday, April 13 ceremony. Kelly will be attending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the fall. Congratulations!
Senior, Yaneli Urquiza, has been awarded a Chick Evans Scholarship beginning in the Fall of 2018. This is a full tuition and housing scholarship rewarded to high school seniors who have a strong caddie record, excellent grades, demonstrate outstanding character and are in need of financial aid. Yaneli caddies at Glen Oak Country Club. During her time at Regina Dominican, she has participated in art club, orchesis and was the captain of the JV soccer team last year. She plans to study
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22 percent of Regina Dominican’s class of 2018 were named Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois State Scholar program recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement. Students named State Scholars make up approximately the top ten percent of high school graduates from the State of Illinois, according to isac.org. The Illinois State Scholars from Regina Dominican include Arabella Adams, Katherine Burke, Kaitlin Clancy, Kyleigh Dalkin, Aedin Donahue, Hailey Hoffman, Gillian King, Rachel Lucas, Nina Menon, Jennifer Ovist, Elizabeth Stutz, Grace Tamisiea, and
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Over 27 area grade schools attended our ninth annual Regina Run with 735+ student-athletes participating. Here are the results: The varsity girls' race winner was Catherine Lynch from Haven School, with a time of 5:57. The varsity girls top three teams were: Haven in first, St. Athanasius in second and St. Andrew in third. The varsity boys' race winner was Seichi Shinozaki from St. Athanasius, with a time of 5:25. The varsity boys top three teams were: Haven in first, Wilmette Junior High
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Our Track & Field team finished eighth out of 15 competitive teams in the rain at Richmond-Burton on Wednesday, May 10. The Panthers were led by junior jumper, Katie Clancy, who qualified for State by finishing second in the High Jump. This is the first time in six years that a Panther has qualified in an individual event for State. Sophomore standout, Caitlin Ward, just narrowly lost out on a State bid by finishing third to last year's State Champion in the the 400M
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Regina Dominican sophomore, Elizabeth Loeher spearheaded a service project at school called "Hearts for Haiti", a drive where sports bras and sanitary pads were sent to a children's soccer program in Haiti. Loeher got involved after an idea from one of Regina’s basketball coaches, Trish Andrew. Andrew was also Loeher's basketball coach at St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette. St. Francis Xavier has a sharing parish in Haiti. They wanted to collect sanitary pads for this sharing parish but thought Regina
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On Feb. 20, members of the Panther basketball program volunteered at the Danny Did Foundation's Heart and Hustle Basketball Clinic held at Niles Park District's Golf View facility. The players worked in groups and along with a vast number of other volunteers, provided instruction to more than 100 grammar school students in attendance. The Regina girls who participated did their part to help raise funds for epilepsy and seizure research.
Regina Dominican would like to welcome back Robert Newton as the Varsity Basketball Head Coach. Coach Newton served on the Regina Dominican coaching staff from 1990 to 1998, and has remained a loyal ambassador while away. His ability to understand the dynamics of our institution, families, and community, as well as his excellent basketball knowledge and leadership skills, make him an ideal person to lead our basketball program.
Regina Dominican senior lacrosse captain Nora Byrne proudly committed to play on Butler University’s lacrosse team as a division one midfielder for its founding 2017 spring season. She served on Regina’s lacrosse team throughout her high school career and embodies what it means to be a Regina Dominican athlete: self-confidence, teamwork, resilience, mental toughness, self-control and respect for others. As a two-year captain, Byrne led her teammates through many victories and defeats with steadfast support and unwavering determination. The specific
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Colette Cooney placed third in the 1600M run at the Maine East invitational.
Helena Walo, Jenna Rozhon, Erica Farfan and Kasmira Watson placed third in the frosh/soph 4x320M relay at the Maine East Invitational.
A huge thank you to all the teachers and faculty that came out to play tennis on Tuesday! We had 16 faculty on the courts serving, volleying and playing the net. Awards were giving out to the following faculty: Best Shot – Sr. Jean MVP – Ms. Houston Best Dressed – Ms. Eichler Most Disruptive – Ms. Gianos Best Effort – Mr. Nelson Best Cheerleader – Sr. Mary Margaret Most Serious – Mr. Carlson Longest Ball – Ms. Cassidy Most
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In addition to hours of practice, the volleyball team let lose for their Annual RD Volleyball FUN-draiser. It consisted of Father/Daughter relays and a Mother vs Daughter match. The D'Agostino's won the 2015 Father/Daughter Relay Championship in a close battle accumulating the most points. The mothers showed exactly what they where made of and why they were the true "Mothers of the Program" by winning the first Mother vs Daughter volleyball match. All in all it was a great time!
Tennis has been rocking the court this year! In addition to key wins against Trinity and Resurrection, the team has bonded and practiced with the pros at Westmoreland. Congratulations to the Varsity team for a BIG WIN over Resurrection on Thursday. Final was 4-1. Grace Tamisiea earned a first place finish in singles by crushing her opponent 6-2, 6-1. Elizabeth Hancuch placed second in singles with a score of 6-0, 6-1. Barb Schultz and Nora Loftus at second doubles walked
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Helena Walo qualified for the IHSA State meet at the sectional finals.
On September 1, the team started its season off on a hot two-mile course at Niles West. Four members of the Varsity team completed the course in under 17 minutes! The Cross Country girls had a great road trip and meet in Peoria at Detweiller Park on September 12. Colette Cooney and Helena Walo were the leaders for the Panthers. Five freshmen also had their first three mile race ever! The Regina girls competed in the Warren Invite on Saturday, September 19.
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MISSION
Regina Dominican, a college preparatory Catholic school for women, sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, fosters academic
excellence, truth, peace and justice while challenging each student to develop leadership for life and respect for all races, cultures and faiths.
