The city government of Naperville and the North Central College campus community will celebrate North Central’s recent National Championship football championship with a rally Friday, Jan. 31. The Naperville Police and Fire Departments will lead players and coaches in a 3:30 p.m. processional from Fire Station 7, 1380 Aurora Avenue,
The high school Winter sports season is slipping away. The first Winter State tournament will be boys bowling January 31-February 1. Fans and players will enjoy the process the rest of the season. There are big games, conference championship showdown games, and shootouts and fests on the horizon. In boys
One of more than 400 contestants returns a ball at the seventh annual Aurora Cup table-tennis tournament in Aurora.
West Aurora High School’s Christian Nieves, right, and East Aurora’s Amarion Savage vie for a rebound.
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s men’s basketball team can end a perplexing trend. Now in his ninth season as men’s basketball head coach at Northern Illinois, Mark Montgomery has yet to see his players finish with a winning record in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Montgomery has flirted with conference
Preston Larrison, Class of 1998, baseball.
Tuesday Jan. 14 Lakes Naperville Central 58, Nazareth 34 Thursday, Jan. 16 Burlington Central* Burlington Central 64, Johnsburg 32 Friday, Jan. 17 Burlington Central* Lyons 48, Waubonsie Valley 46 Saturday, Jan. 18 Burlington Central* Waubonsie Val. 64, Woodstock N. 44 Burlington Central 68, Marian Cen. 43 Waubonsie Valley 65, Belvidere
By Bobby Narang Batavia High School girls basketball head coach Kevin Jensen wanted to organize an event that would include numerous Batavia area teams and pit them against another conference. That’s how the inaugural MLK Day Conference Challenge that pit the DuKane Conference and Mid-Suburban League was formed. The six-game
East Aurora High School’s Alasha Moore scores in front of West Aurora’s Isabelle Lambert Saturday.
• See MLK tournament results at thevoice.us/high-school-boys-basketball-selected-mlk-tournament-schedule Thursday, Jan. 23 Northeastern Athletic Mooseheart at Harvest Christian, 7 Upstate Eight Glenbard East at Fenton, 7 Larkin at West Chicago, 7 Streamwood at South Elgin, 7 Non-conference Crane at Downers Grove South, 6 Friday, Jan. 24 DuKane Geneva at Glenbard North, 7
When Mooseheart received a $10,000 grant through the Dick’s Sporting Goods “Sports Matter Foundation,” the campus received funding for much-needed sporting equipment. Just as important, however, is that Mooseheart began a relationship with Dick’s employees, which both organizations feel will prove mutually beneficial in years to come. “Dick’s Sporting Goods
Aurora is living up to its reputation for high school basketball excellence and enthusiasm. • The celebration focus will be generated by the East-West girls and boys games at West Aurora Saturday, Jan. 18. The West Aurora Hall of Fame induction will take place between the girls varsity 4 p.m.
The Little Ten Conference held a special meeting at Somonauk High School Wednesday Dec. 4, 2019. All schools were represented at both the athletic directors/principals meeting, followed by the legislative meeting. During that meeting the Little Ten Conference voted to accept DePue Unit School 103 into the conference beginning in
Aurora Christian High School’s Taaj Davis, 13, drives past visiting Bishop McNamara’s Nolan Czako, 25, on his way to setting a single-game school record 56 points Friday.
West Aurora High School’s Axel Motola drives the lane against visiting Joliet Central Friday.
By Woodrow Carroll The college football season came to an end with the National championship game. LSU defeated Clemson, 42-25. With 40 bowl games in all, some are bound to be good, bad, ugly, and exotic. Perhaps a bit overlooked at times is the sponsorship of the bowl games. The
Aurora University’s Will Hrubes dunks in the first half of AU’s 87-71 victory over visiting Rockford University Saturday, Jan. 10.
The Oswego co-op boys swimming & diving team continues its amazing 2019-2020 season with a second place finish out of 13 teams at the 65th Annual Riverside-Brookfield High School Invitational Saturday, Jan. 11.
December 26, 2019Dear editor; Summer is on the way and the cry of play ball soon will be heard every where. I urge all young persons to get out and enjoy the great American past time. The Village of North Aurora has an excellent program and I urge those who
The Fox Valley Park District resumes its partnership with six schools throughout Aurora and North Aurora to offer its traditionally-popular Sports Saturdays program. Free to resident families with children in grades first through fifth, Sports Saturdays provide a supervised environment for children to interact in activities that include sports, crafts,
