By Bobby Narang The Montini Catholic High School girls basketball season ended with a victory. But the Broncos’ victory arrived a few hours earlier than veteran head coach Jason Nichols would’ve liked at Redbird Arena in Normal Saturday. The Broncos defeated Springfield Lanphier 55-43 Saturday afternoon in the Class 3A
High school boys basketball head coaches at East Aurora and at West Aurora (see page 11 photos) each developed a keen sense of his team’s character and destiny during the season. That sense for each coach constituted a part of a regional championship this season and a biggest school Class
It’s March Madness continued. It only heats up. Schools in The Voice circulation area see the statement as more than basketball. The do-or-die process includes St. Charles North High School, for example as the State swimming and diving champion, which was determined Saturday at Evanston High School. The North Stars
Mooseheart’s Joel Williams has the ball stripped by Aurora Christian High School players Karsen Olsen, left, and Taaj Davis, right, in the Class 1A regional championship game at Aurora Christian Friday.
By Woodrow Carroll There are 13 Division I men’s college basketball teams in Illinois. Loyola University Chicago has the most victories and came into the week with 21. Thanks to a 67-66 victory at Bradley Saturday, Loyola improved its overall record to 21-10. The Ramblers closed out Missouri Valley Conference
The St. Charles North boys swimming and diving team poses for a team photo Saturday after capturing the State championship at Evanston High School.
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.
