North Central College’s Connor Raridon, 32, above, moves in to block a shot by Dominic Genco of Elmhurst Friday in the semifinal game of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s basketball tournament in Naperville.
By Bob Narang Aurora Christian High School’s Cam Johnson became an unexpected bystander during the Class 2A State individual wrestling tournament in Champaign February 22. Johnson missed an opportunity for a third State championship because of an illness which forced him to wait to be cleared to return to the
At West Aurora’s Board of Education Meeting held March 2, the Blackhawk Sports Boosters announced their pledge of $250,000 towards the West Aurora Stadium Complex Modernization. The pledge comes as a response to an anonymous $250,000 challenge grant for the project and will require fundraising on behalf of the group.
March Madness spreads its wings. In the basketball world, college and high school, March Madness is frenzy filled with facing sudden elimination, or, advancement for another game, or more games. Winter sports other than basketball have their own form of madness in their journeys to finality. Girls high school basketball
By Woodrow Carroll When two even teams go all out, it can be an exciting game. That was the case Saturday when the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team played host to Central Michigan in a key Mid-American Conference (MAC) game. It took an overtime before Northern Illinois, 16-11 and
Aurora University forward Michael Finley, 20, shoots over visiting Concordia University Chicago’s Raushaun Amos, 21, in Aurora’s 96-77 victory Saturday at Lancaster Court.
Yorkville High School senior Ty McCurdy, 34, denies an entry pass into the post to Oswego’s Connor McCance in spite of a nine-inch height disadvantage Friday in a Southwest Prairie Conference West game.
By Bobby Narang The smirk of Aurora Christian High School’s Noah Villarreal told the story of a satisfied journey. The senior wrestler capped a dominating showing at the Class 2A State wrestling tournament with a 10-1 victory over a Bloomington’s Ryan Gardner in Saturday’s Class 2A 138-pound division to claim
By John Schutt NASCAR Xfinity Series, Racing Experience 300, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 15. The Xfinity Series race was run with Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson trading place through the 300-mile race. After the last restart Gragson took the lead and won the race for JR
Naperville North High School girls basketball team poses with the championship plaque Thursday, Feb. 20 after capturing the Yorkville Regional championship with a 49-43 victory over West Aurora.
Three of four teams which qualified from the Plainfield North Sectional girls bowling meet and individual qualifiers gather for a photo after the meet Saturday at Echo Lanes in Morris.
By Craig Lynch The Benet Academy Redwings boys basketball team won its 20th game Friday evening, 45-43, over Notre Dame of Niles, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 3A in the four-class system. The Redwings knew their calling card would be defense. “We have to play good defense,” said
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 17. The race was delayed approximately 23 hours due to rain and was started in the afternoon. On the final lap of the race Ryan Newman was in the lead until he was bumped from behind
Jonathan Burgess, 2001, J. Reed “Whiz” O’Malley, 1956, and Dr. Francis VanWisse 1994 are three of the four alumni inducted into the Marmion Athletic Hall of Fame of Friday, Feb. 7, Nicholas Burgess, 2001, was absent from the ceremony.
By Bobby Narang After setting a program record with 29 victories last season, the York High School boys basketball team was not expected to be among the top teams in the State this season. After all, the Dukes lost four key starters who had carved a memorable identity as a
The high school Winter sports season is hurtling to its final call, to its final weeks. The sectional-qualifying girls bowling teams will be in the State meet Friday and Saturday in Rockford. See pages 13 and 16. The others sports will not be far behind. The individual State wrestling tournaments
The menu of sports is wide open this time of the year. Following the Super Bowl, fans can be faced with choices: Major League Baseball Spring training; basketball, high school, college, professional; ice hockey at three professional levels; college hockey with the growth of the Big Ten Conference, which includes
By Woodrow Carroll Illinois’ oldest high school basketball conference, the Little Ten Conference, held its 101st basketball tournament last week at Somonauk High School. The Indian Creek High School Timberwolves more than upheld the team’s No. 1 tournament seed, and it ended a long-running struggle to win the school’s first
Aurora University forward Justin Wierzgac, 13, drives against Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Josh Herzog.
By Bobby Narang The Benet Academy High School girls basketball team did not want to leave Welsh-Ryan Arena Saturday night. After pulling out an improbable 75-71 comeback double-overtime victory over Evanston in the third game of the inaugural E-Town Showdown, the Redwings’ players, coaches, and family members milled around the
