Month: December 2017

Sports

Willowbrook girls bowling team placed fourth

COURTESY PHOTO On a roll The Willowbrook girls bowling team placed fourth out of 24 teams at the recent Plainfield Central Invitational. Sophomore Makaylah Jones led the Warriors with an 1,134 series with a 210 high game. Junior Holly Helsper had an 1,131 series with a 227 high game. Senior […]

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The score of a lifetime

George Bosman and Ken Huizinga have been the official basketball scorekeepers at Timothy Christian for 50 years. By Mike Miazga Correspondent In most cases, long-term labors of love start out of necessity. Retired Timothy Christian teachers George Bosman and Ken Huizinga fall into that category. Bosman and Huizinga are celebrating […]

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York boys basketball team off to strong start

Dukes 5-1 overall to start season By Mike Miazga Correspondent The York boys basketball team moved to 5-1 overall after opening West Suburban Conference Silver Division action with a 61-37 win against Glenbard West and then defeating East Aurora 60-52 in non-conference play. Earlier, the Dukes advanced to the Palatine […]

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Team chemistry a key for York girls bowling team

Conference-champion Gould returns for Dukes. By Mike Miazga Correspondent On any sports team, chemistry can mean the difference between a good season and a not-so-good one. In terms of the York girls bowling team, coach Katie Turnbull is fired up about her team’s chemistry as it heads into the 2017-2018 […]

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York wrestlers primed for continued improvement

Dukes return 26-match winner Gutierrez. By Mike Miazga Correspondent The York wrestling team is young this season, but that’s OK with coach Mike DiNovo. “We’re a young team, but the guys are ‘coachable’ and they work hard,” the second-year head coach said. York is coming off a 2016-2017 season where […]

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Hustle play

CHRIS FOX PHOTO Elmhurst Independent York freshman Jeff Grace gets in front of a Glenbard West defender during the Dukes 61-37 WSC Silver Conference home victory over the Hilltoppers on Friday, Dec. 1.

Obituaries

Peter J. Borger, 70

Peter J. Borger, a 44-year resident of Glen Ellyn, passed away Nov. 28, 2017, at the age of 70. He was born on March 20, 1947, in Elmhurst, where he was raised. He graduated from Immaculate Conception High School, Elmhurst College (BA), National Louis University (MA), and Northern Illinois University […]