Aurora Christian State champion
The final weekend of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State tournament play will be held Friday and Saturday in boys baseball and girls softball. Spring sports champions have made indelible impressions with their successes. Aurora Christian High School collected its sixth State championship Saturday when the baseball team took
Plainfield North High School, champion Oswego Sectional softball tournament:
Team members of Plainfield North girls softball celebrate Saturday following a 4-1 victory over Oswego East in the Oswego Class 4A Sectional tournament championship. Plainfield North defeated Sandburg High School, 5-4, in Monday’s Super-sectional at Hinsdale South. Plainfield North will play Palatine at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the State tournament
Neuqua Valley High School, champion, Class 3A boys State track and field meet:
Team members take a victory lap Saturday, May 26 after capturing the State championship at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Neuqua Valley scored 52 points. Homeood-Flossmoor was second with 48 points and Plainfield North was in third place with 43 points. West Aurora was seventh with 20 points and Glenbard
Marmion wins Class 2A State Championship
Marmion Academy coaches and track and field performers show the first place Class 2A State championship trophy. See Bobby Narang’s article here. Kim Groom photo
Sports can be helpful in connecting with youthful growth
Even though there is a tendency to make separate our activities as though they were not part of the whole, the contrary is more visible. Sports do not contain an identity unto their own. There are examples: • Jesse “The Law” Torres is a former Aurora policeman and a former
Jesse “The Law” Torres Boxing Knocking Out Parkinson’s disease
Luis Cano, right, of the Jesse “The Law” Torres Boxing Club in Aurora, absorbs a punch to the face from Kenny Rainer of Chicago, and prevails in a 141-pound three-round unanimous decision Saturday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. Carter Crane/The Voice
Camron Donatlan of West Aurora High School Class 3A IHSA State long jump champion
Camron Donatlan of West Aurora High School soars to a Class 3A IHSA State championship in the long jump Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. His jump was 24-01.75. He was fourth in the high jump with 6-6 after winning State the last two years. Kim Groom photo
Marmion’s Groom performs great at State
Seth Groom propels to a Class 2A State long jump championship for Marmion Academy Saturday. His winning jump was 23-05.00. He won the triple jump in 48-03.5, took second in high jump with 6-9, and was sixth in the 200, 22:30.04. Kim Groom photo
Groom leads Marmion to State championship
By Bobby Narang – Seth Groom was almost a one-man team at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 2A State track and field meet last weekend. After placing second in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump at the 2A meet last season, Groom anticipated a big showing
Dolan and Murphy Fastpitch splits four
By Robin Reder – The Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team finished with a 2-2 record over Memorial Day weekend in Walcott, Iowa. Dolan defeated Walcott, 5-1, behind pitcher Jose DeLeon, who struck out 14 and gave up four hits. Mick Baker led the offense and was three for three
‘Dixie’ Howell’s wait for victory lasted 15 seasons
White Sox pitcher Dylan Covey, in the team’s 11-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, May 23 won for the first time in Major League Baseball. Covey made his major league debut with the Sox last season and in 18 appearances ended up with a 0-7 record. Tack on
Fox Valley Park District’s Long loses battle to cancer
Jeff Long, as a former sports writer, would have understood the change in writing a column with new information just prior to deadline. We learned late Tuesday of the untimely death of Jeff Long, of the Fox Valley Park District. He was in the Batavia High School Class of 1982.
Batavia’s Sam Conger wins 110-high hurdles State Championship
Sam Conger of Batavia High School, second from right, captures the 110-high hurdles State championship in :14.02 Saturday in Charleston at Eastern Illinois University. He took eighth place in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Batavia finished in a tie for 15th place with Kaneland and Collinsville. Kim Groom photo
St. Charles North stops St. Charles East
By Craig Lynch – Two long-time high school rivals met in softball Tuesday at the Fremd Sectional semifinal in Palatine. St. Charles North made up for two earlier losses to St. Charles East. The North Stars rallied to defeat the favored Saints, 7-4. “We have tremendous respect for East,” said