By Woodrow Carroll Two weeks into the college football season, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) combined record was 10-13. Each of the 12 MAC members had played two games with the exception of Toledo, which had a bye. At first glance, a record of 10-13 doesn’t look bad, however, a closer
By Woodrow Carroll It was not a classic victory! But for Northern Illinois University first-year head coach Thomas Hammock it was a welcome debut. Hammock, who played at Northern Illinois for two seasons, 2000-2001, before a heart ailment ended his playing days early his junior year, was 1-0 after his
By Bobby Narang The high school West Suburban Silver Conference had a strong showing in football in week one. Three teams won three significant non-conference games. The highlight victory for the Conference came in host Glenbard West’s dominating 45-28 victory over powerhouse Maine South Saturday in an annual non-conference game
Friday, Sept. 6 Fox Valley* Dundee-Crown at McHenry, 7 Crystal Lake C. at Cary-Grove, 7 Crystal Lake S. at Burlington Central, 7 Huntley at Jacobs, 7 Upstate Eight Bartlett at Glenbard East, 7:30 Larkin at Streamwood, 7:30 Glenbard South at Elgin, 7:30 South Elgin at East Aurora, 7:30 West Chicago
By Woodrow Carroll Lovie Smith is in his fourth season as head coach of the University of Illinois football fortunes. The Orange and Blue are 9-27 after his first three years. Smith is the first Illinois head football coach not to get a team into a bowl game within three
The Professional Bowlers Association returned to Parkside Lanes in Aurora in a week-long, three-event series later this week, the finale to the FloBowling PBA Summer Swing that will award three PBA Tour championships and decide three important competition points races. The Summer Swing, presented by the Brands of Ebonite International,
Friday, Aug. 30 Fox Valley Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7 Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, 7 Jacobs at Hampshire, 7 McHenry at Huntley, 7 Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake Central, 7 Upstate Eight East Aurora at Bartlett, 7:30 Glenbard East at Elgin, 7:30 Larkin at Fenton, 7:30 South Elgin at
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn., Sunday, Aug. 17. It was not clean and nice, but Denny Hamlin overcame issues of early contact and defeated Matt DiBenedetto in the last 11 laps of the race for the victory.
By Woodrow Carroll Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s Wildcats will play at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., August 31, to kick off this season. It will mark Fitzgerald’s 14th season as the school’s head coach. In 2006, when Fitzgerald at age 32 took over after the unexpected
By Robin Reder Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team finished 0-2 in the International Softball Congress (ISC) tournament an was 2-2 in the ISC II bracket to finish the season with a 16-17 record. In Dolan’s first ISC tournament game against Niagara, Ont., in the first inning Robert Reder was
By Steve J. Moga Long-time late baseball and basket ball coaches Denny Short, Ray Lumpp, Bill Prince, and Don Jungels, Sr. made impacts on many athletes throughout the Aurora area the last five decades. All four legendary coaches passed away in the last year Each left a lasting legacy. They
By Woodrow Carroll When Northern Illinois University starts this football season, August 31, at home in DeKalb against Illinois State, a new, yet familiar, face will be in charge of Huskies’ fortunes: The Age of Coach Thomas Hammock will be upon us. Hammock is one of Northern Illinois’ own! As
High school sports start workouts this week for the Fall teams. West Aurora High School, above, and Aurora Central Catholic, were among them. Al Benson/The Voice
By Robin Reder Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team won the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) AA State tournament with a 5-0 record. Dolan and Murphy’s record was 14-13 for the year. Dolan will play Saturday in the International Softball Congress World Tournament against the Niagara Stompers in Denmark, Wis..
