Kane County Cougars second baseman Luis Alejandro Basabe, left, seeks to apply a tag on a sliding Beloit Snappers Trace Loehr, earlier in the season at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva. The Cougars, in the Class A affiliated Midwest Baseball League, are on the road this week and will return
By Craig Lynch – Much of the Midwest had been shivering through a long, cold Spring in April. The Kane County Cougars are no exception. The Cougars did not play their second home game until Tuesday, April 24. Their schedule was affected. In one series they were scheduled to play
Now that pleasant Spring air and manageable temperatures have arrived for outdoor Spring sports, after extended Winter-like weather of snow in April more than once, high schools are preparing for Spring tournament countdown time. First will be competition this week for the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) in boys gymnastic
If Chicago White Sox fans are looking for positive signs it is a mixed bag. After the Sox 5-4 loss to the host Kansas City Royals Sunday in the 26th game of the 2018 season for the Sox, their record was 8-18. One year ago, the Sox played game 26
Mayor Richard Irvin of Aurora, right, holds the State champions flag with Marmion Academy club ice hockey team members at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Marmion won the high school White Division State championship March 16 with a 2-1 victory over New Trier Gray in overtime at the United
Registrations are being accepted for the 57th annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race that will be held Sunday, June 3, on the Fox River. The historic event will feature two lengths for paddlers to choose from, a 10-mile run starting in St. Charles, and a six-mile race from Batavia, with
North Aurora resident Mary White explains the benefits of a boxing-inspired fitness routine to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. For three years she has worked out with the Rock Steady Boxing program at Jesse “The Law”
Beau Bennett, 14, right, of the Chicago Wolves maintains possession of the puck from Rockford IceHogs’ Gustav Forsling in the teams’ Calder Cup Central Division semifinal playoff game opener Saturday in Rockford. Rockford won, 2-1, and took a 2-0 series lead into Thursday’s game three at the Rosemont Allstate Arena.
By Bobby Narang – West Aurora High School girls basketball is welcoming another new head coach for next season. Almost two years since legendary West Aurora boys basketball coach Gordie Kerkman stepped down following 39 seasons at the school, the girls basketball program is welcoming a new varsity head coach.
Youth will be served! The Chicago White Sox, however, are not completely weighed down with peach fuzz! José Abreu has become the face of the White Sox. Abreu is, however, 31 years of age having spent 10 seasons playing top-flight baseball in his native Cuba before donning a White Sox
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy, Toyota Owners 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va., Saturday, April 21. Kyle Busch’s victory at Richmond was his third in a row. Chase Elliot, who has yet to win a Cup race this year, finished in second place for the eighth time this season.
Honors arrive in sports for excellence, which may be in many facets. Marmion Academy’s ice hockey team was given honors and a mayoral commendation at Tuesday’s Aurora City Council meeting. Ten members of the State championship team and coaches and administrators were given a special salute for their accomplishments. See
Seventeen athletes from the Class of 2018 at Rosary High School in Aurora signed letters of intent this Spring to pursue their sports at the college level. These 17 girl athletes represent 23% of the graduating Class of 2018. Four will swim, four will play softball, two volleyball, two basketball,
Kane County Cougars first-year manager Blake Lalli, 15, gives a fist bump to second baseman Luis Alejandro Basabe, 1, during introductions prior to the start of their home opener against the Beloit Snappers at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva Friday. Beloit won, 9-6, in the chilly air. The Cougars in
Not since 2000, when the New York Yankees won a World Series championship for the fourth time in five years, has a team repeated as World Series champion. The Yankees won it all in 1996, then captured three consecutive championships, 1998-2000. Since that time teams such as the San Francisco
With April Winter weather comes postponements and cancellations in all outdoor sports from the major league level to the schools. Reverie reveals Spring high school sports offer lush green fields for baseball, softball, track and field, and soccer, all on one complex for the schools fortunate to have installed multiple
By Bobby Narang – Tyler Nubin became the latest western suburban football player to commit to Minnesota head football coach, P.J. Fleck. Nubin, a three-star junior cornerback at St. Charles North High School, became the fifth player from the Class of 2019 to commit to Fleck, a former star wide
By Craig Lynch – Loyola University men’s head basketball coach Porter Moser grew up in Naperville. He was a three-year starting forward for the Benet Academy Redwings in the 1980s. “When I was at Benet our gym was packed and we were in the midst of a long homecourt winning
By Bobby Narang – Northern Illinois University’s football team is set at the quarterback position. For now. After numerous injuries at quarterback for the last three years, the Huskies have a wealth of quality depth and experience at the key position. Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey indicated that soon-to-be
