By Craig Lynch Vince Harrison is the first-year manager of the Kane County Cougars. After Monday’s 9-3 victory over Dayton, the Cougars were 20-10 in the second half of the season and in prime contention for a ticket to the 2019 Midwest Baseball League playoffs in affiliated Class A minor
By John Schutt Nascar Monster Energy Series, Foxwoods Casino Resort 301, Loudon, N.H., Sunday, July 21. Kevin Harvick held off the Toyota of Denny Hamlin to win his first NASCAR Cup race of the season. Following Harvick and Hamlin were Eric Jones in third place, Ryan Blaney in fourth, and
By Woodrow Carroll In spite of taking two of three games from the Tampa Bay Rays to conclude a 10-game road trip, the Chicago White Sox returned home badly bruised after losing eight of 10 road games. The Sox fell to 44-52 with the return home to play a 10-game
Benet Academy: The girls soccer State championship team celebrates following its Class 2A 2-1 overtime championship game victory over Wauconda Saturday at North Central College in Naperville. Al Benson/The Voice
Naperville North:The girls soccer State championship team celebrates following its Class 3A 1-0 victory over Barrington in penalty kicks Saturday at North Central College in Naperville. Chuck Koch photo
Benet Academy’s Abby Casmere and Wauconda’s Jordan Bodden, 2, focus on the ball in Benet’s IHSA Class 2A 2-1 overtime State championship game victory at North Central College in Naperville Saturday. Al Benson/The Voice
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Pocono 400, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond Pa., Sunday, June 2. The race was at the only triangle-shaped track in the Nascar Cup series. Different set-ups, unlike any other track are required for the race cars to handle properly. William Byron won the
By Bobby Narang – Glenbard West High School boys volleyball head coach Christine Giunta-Mayer was overcome with emotion Saturday. After the Hilltoppers suffered a 25-21, 25-23 defeat to Marist in the State championship game at Hoffman Estates, Giunta-Mayer expressed her admiration for her players. Seven years ago, the Hilltoppers, 38-4,
Girls competitive athletics have come a long way in recent decades. With one weekend remaining in the Illinois High School Association girls softball and boys baseball, success can be savored with more on the horizon. St. Charles East will play Joliet West at 3 p.m. Friday in a Class 4A
With a 2-0 shutout of the Cleveland Indians Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field, the host Chicago White Sox closed out a seven-game homestand with a 6-1 record. It was a homestand with plenty of positives. Home runs are in vogue today. The long ball is king! There was a time,
June 3-5, Secaucus, N.J. White Sox Draft Picks 3.. White Sox, Andrew Vaughn, 1B, California 45. White Sox, Matthew Thompson, RHP, Cypress Ranch HS (TX) 81. White Sox, Andrew Dalquist, RHP, Redondo Union HS (CA) 110. White Sox, James Beard, CF, Loyd Star HS (MS) 140. White Sox, Dan Metzdorf,
Oswego East High School’s Ashley Schultz connects in the Class 4A regional softball championship game against Plainfield East Friday. Visiting Plainfield East won, 7-5. Al Benson/The Voice
Naperville North High School’s Taylor Klaiber, 12, hits a head shot defended by a Waubonsie Valley player. North won, 3-0, in the East Aurora Class 3A sectional championship Saturday. Al Benson/The Voice
By Bobby Narang – Despite rough weather conditions, the Hinsdale Central High School boys tennis team added another storybook finish to win a State championship Saturday. The Red Devils, led by singles championship from Danny Schmelka and doubles championship from Joe Daw and Noah Hernandez, tallied 45 points to win
The Naperville North High School girls soccer team poses Saturday at East Aurora following a 3-0 victory over Waubonsie Valley in the Class 3A Sectional championship game. Naperville advanced to Friday’s State tournament at North Central College in Naperville with Tuesday’s 2-1 victory against Minooka in the super-sectional at Lewis
By Robin Reder – Dolan and Murphy men’s fastpitch softball team started its season at the DeKalb Icebreaker recently with a 2-3 record. Dolan played teams from Sycamore, Kenosha Wis., DeKalb, and Chicago. Dolan and Murphy lost the semi-final game, 7-6, to the Chicago Bravos and their picked up pitcher
The Plainfield East High School’s girls softball team poses at Oswego East following a regional championship Friday. Plainfield East defeated Oswego East, 7-5, to advance to the Plainfield North Sectional semifinal which was postponed Tuesday to Wednesday by rain. Al Benson/The Voice
Aurora Christian in Class 2A baseball and Harvest Christian of Elgin in Class 1A baseball are in the weekend State tournaments in Peoria. Aurora Christian, 19-9-1, will play Pleasant Plains at 3 p.m. Friday and Harvest Christian will play at 10 a.m. against Marquette from Ottawa. “We have been jumping
