Friday Five

Over the course of Colin Martens’ high school career, he has certainly made his mark through a variety of school activities. Ranging from managing the Girls Varsity Volleyball team in the fall to playing for himself on the Boys Varsity Volleyball team in the spring, his schedule is packed. But Martens is still willingly ready to volunteer his time to other parts of LFHS. Even as he juggles hi...

If sophomore Dominik Ziaja was an animal, he would be a turtle. The youngest player on the Varsity soccer team is very tough and a bit shy. But a conversation with him - which might just be in a different language - shows a funny, humble future leader of the team. The starting left defender hopes to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Konrad Ziaja, who was captain of the team in 2020. ...

Nastia Belova, the only freshman on the Girls Varsity Tennis squad, is an outgoing teammate who everyone enjoys being around. “Nastia is the type of person where you first meet her but it feels like you’ve been friends for years,” said senior captain Louise Brickman. She has had no problem creating close friendships on the tennis team, despite being the youngest. She is serious during p...

Senior Dakota Fitzgerald is confident enough to speak his mind, even when it's full of randomly funny ideas. For example, senior Jacob Bailey claims that Dakota once had a plan to "paint his whole body blue and lurk in the bottom of a swimming pool and then grab people to their demise.” Bailey said he appreciates the humor, but there's more to Dakota. “He is avid in athletics, and he is a very...

Murderous widow would likely not be the words one would use to describe senior Amelia Myers. They would, however, be an accurate description of her character, Mrs. White, in the upcoming production of Clue. Portraying such an extreme character would prove difficult for many, but good thing Myers is not one to back down from a challenge. Myers’ success on the stage is not just due to her hard wo...