Thornton and Sullivan helped Montini to a third-place trophy last season; now at Willowbrook, they are waiting to take the court The 2020-21 Willowbrook girls basketball team should have played several games by now. Of course, this hasn’t been a typical year. The Warriors, along with every other high school […]
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York hockey players Paschen and Lee sign Canadian juniors contracts
All-staters headed to Cochrane, Ontario to continue careers By Mike Miazga CORRESPONDENT Former York hockey players Billy Paschen and Christopher Lee are taking their games to the next level. Paschen and Lee have signed contracts to play for the Cochrane Crunch in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, regarded as […]
IC Catholic Prep boys track
IC Catholic Prep’s Michael Johnson competed in the shot put at the recent Class 1A boys track and field state meet in Charleston. Johnson finished second in his preliminary flight of the shot put with a toss of 46-10 1/4. The only thrower out of Johnson’s flight that advanced to […]
Timothy’s Jones fifth in the state in triple jump
By Mike Miazga Correspondent The Timothy Christian boys track team had a pair of entrants in Danardo Jones and freshman Jake Postma at the recent Class 1A state boys track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University. Jones finished fifth in the state in the triple jump with a […]
York’s 3,200 relay fifth at state; Hill sixth in pole vault
By Mike Miazga Correspondent The York boys track team brought home a pair of state medals recently. York’s 3,200 relay team finished fifth in the state, while pole-vaulter Brendan Hill took sixth in the state. York’s 3,200 team of Daniel Klysh, Ethan Kern, Brian Pratt and Michael Moriarty, all juniors, […]
Freshmen Calcagno, Manchester bring home state medals for IC Catholic Prep girls track
Knights girls soccer team headed to Class 1A supersectional By Mike Miazga Correspondent The freshmen ruled the day for IC Catholic Prep’s girls track team at the recent Class 1A state finals meet. Freshman Kennedy Calcagno finished fifth in the state in the 800 and 1,600 runs, while classmate Carly […]
Timothy Christian’s Clark 10th in state in the 3,200. York’s May 11th in the 1,600
Timothy Christian’s Clark 10th in the state in the 3,200 York’s May 11th in the 1,600 By Mike Miazga Correspondent Timothy Christian junior Hope Clark finished 10th in the state in the 3,200 run at the recent Class 1A girls track and field state finals at Eastern Illinois University. Clark […]
York girl’s lacrosse team not skimping on strength of schedule; Dukes playing top teams from the Midwest out of the gates
By Mike Miazga Correspondent The York girls lacrosse team’s schedule, to put it mildly, is not easy. Coach Ryan Walz ticked off a laundry list of quality foes the Dukes will face in the early part of the season, including Loyola Academy (earlier this week), which is ranked No. 1 […]
York girls gymnastics team posts numerous successes
By Mike Miazga Correspondent The York girls gymnastics team took second at the regional level this year and was third in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division. Lailah Waddell earned all-WSC Silver honors on vault, while Angelina Deblasio was all-conference on vault. Coach Anthony Colant also had high praise for […]
Timothy’s Groenewold competes at state swimming
By Mike Miazga Correspondent Timothy Christian’s Calvin Groenewold competed in the recent IHSA boys swimming state finals meet in Winnetka at New Trier High School where he competed in the 100 breaststroke event. Groenewold finished 27th in the preliminaries at state with a time of 59.90. and did not qualify […]