Baseball, Summer basketball, fundraiser, in vogue
The Summer sports season is in full swing: • The Aurora Legion League baseball for boys has the best of both worlds. Even though the league teams have been trimmed from eight to six teams this year, League members are in the Fox Valley Colt Baseball League. Each American Legion
Montini Catholic High School girls softball team State champion
Montini Catholic High School girls softball team poses outside of the school in Lombard following a Class 3A State championship in East Peoria last weekend. Montini rallied to defeat Kaneland, 15-8, in the championship game. Click here to see the article by Bobby Narang. Montini Catholic photo
Montini overcomes Kaneland for State championship
By Bobby Narang – Two years ago, the Montini Catholic High School girls softball team had a rather easy two games at the State tournament on the way to a Class 3A championship. The Broncos defeated Carmel and Washington by a combined 16-3 score to notch the program’s first State
Avendano induction in Skyway Hall of Fame
Former Waubonsee Community College student-athlete, coach, and administrator, Dr. John Avendano will be formally inducted into the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference’s (ISCC) Hall of Fame (HOF) at the annual year-end awards luncheon June 14 at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines. Avendano was an All-ISCC first team baseball player for
Dolan and Murphy seeks ISC berth
By Robin Reder – Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team finished 1-3 last weekend in Kimberly, Wis.. Dolan and Murphy’s record is 8-5 for the season. Dolan will be back in action Friday through Sunday in Walcott, Iowa for the International Softball Congress (ISC) qualifier. Dolan and Murphy defeated LaCrosse,
Chicago White Sox Dylan Covey emerging pitcher
By denying Chris Sale his 97th career Major League Baseball (MLB) victory last week in Boston, the Chicago White Sox’ Dylan Covey picked up MLB victory No. 2 of his career. And, thanks in part to Covey’s effort, the White Sox’s record was 4-3 on a seven-game road trip last
Plainfield North Class 4A State baseball champion
Plainfield North High School has established it prominence in athletics in recent years. Will this Spring be the culmination, or, the springboard to greater success? The boys baseball team won the Class 4A State championship Saturday in Joliet and the girls softball team captured second place in the Class 4A
Batavia’s Coffey drafted by Chicago White Sox
Micah Coffey of Batavia High School, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox last week in the Major League Baseball amateur draft in the 30th round. Coffey, a senior who played shortstop for the University of Minnesota in the recently-completed season, is a graduate of Batavia’s Class of 2014 and
Aurora Christian High School wins Class 1A IHSA State Baseball Championship
Aurora Christian High School’s baseball team, shortly after capturing the Class 1A IHSA State championship in Peoria, poses for photos. See Carter Crane’s article here. Dan Anderson of Dan Anderson Productions
Rockford Peaches manager in Yorkville
Rebecca Tulloch, manager of the Rockford Peaches vintage woman’s baseball team, will trace the truth and fiction about the Tom Hanks film, “A League of their Own,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road in Yorkville. Admission is free. This year is the
‘Good experience,’ Neuqua Valley second in State volleyball
By Bobby Narang – The Neuqua Valley High School boys volleyball team nearly made history last weekend. The Wildcats, in their third State appearance in program history, came within a few points of winning their first State championship. Lincoln-Way East pulled away with two straight points to take a 20-25,
Derkowski guides York to State
By Craig Lynch – High school freshman softball pitcher Lauren Derkowski took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and York High School held off scrappy St. Charles North, 5-3, in the Rosemont Class 4A Super-sectional Monday night. “Lauren is a real go-getter,” said York head coach Elizabeth Munn. The Dukes
Sox struggle in interleague
Major League Baseball started interleague play in 1997. With some modification, the format has remained the same as it was in 1997. There were 214 interleague games played in 1997. The number of scheduled interleague games is now 300. The biggest change was made when the Houston Astros moved from
Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch, triumph
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy series, Pocono 400, Pocono Raceway, Pocono, Pa., Sunday, June 3. On a cool day in the Pocono Mountains, Martin Truex, Jr. took his second victory of the season over Kyle Larson. Following in third place was Kyle Busch, in fourth was Kevin Harvick,