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,
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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.
