Tag: High school sports

Oswego, St. Charles North, in State softball

By Bobby Narang The high school sports season is entering the last few days, so action is heating up for Chicagoland teams in several sports. In softball, the four-class system concludes with Class 3A and Class 4A competing the coming weekend at the luxurious Louisville Slugger complex in Peoria. In...

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On high school sports success

Success in sports for participants revolves around setting goals, working to achieve them, and taking some joy with the knowledge that it is the process as much or more than the end results. Case in point are high school tournaments, rivalries, and exceeding realistic goals. Former West Aurora High School...

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State Track and Field, Kyle Clabough wins

Yorkville High School's Kyle Clabough is in the middle of a throw in the Illinois High School Association track and field Class 3A State championship in Charleston at Eastern Illinois University Saturday.

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Girls’ State sparkle: Spagnola, Garcia, Molenhouse

By Bobby Narang West Aurora High School senior Victoria Spagnola was a household name before she had even stepped on to the track in her freshman season. Her older sister, Emma, was the most decorated athlete in program history, which put pressure on the younger Spagnola to achieve similar results....

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High school sports to conclude June 19

High School sports, in modified form, has been rescued from the grips of COVID-19 and will finish with competition this Spring. The finals weekend will end Saturday, June 19, one week later than boys baseball and girls softball ended in previous seasons. Girls track and field will conclude Saturday, June...

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Excitement, optimism, in return to high school games

By Bobby Narang The green light was given for the start of the high school basketball season last week. In a shocking turn of events, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced that boys and girls basketball could start immediately with practices and run until March 13 for games with...

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New Sky Candace Parker’s trail started at Naperville Central

High school sports, if we can keep our COVID-19 infections to a minimum, is set to return to competition. The abbreviated schedules will begin just as soon as the required practice time has been completed. The end date for basketball will be March 13 with no postseason games. The first...

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Belated, pleasing, gift! High school sports may start

By Bobby Narang Nearly a month after Christmas, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) delivered a very belated, but pleasing gift to high school athletes. Just when the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly was set to end some sports, in particular football and boys and girls basketball, the IHSA reversed course and...

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State high school Winter sports remain on pause

By Bobby Narang Almost like a soccer game without a winner, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) had its long-awaited meeting with the representatives of governor JB Pritkzer and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) January 6. But there was no winner in the most recent battle to restart...

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On making the best of it in sports

We are making the best of it. The return of Major League Baseball is not ideal with no live fans in the parks, however, the competition and the games have been accorded a welcome. The Chicago teams have been competitive in the first one-third of the season. It does sound...

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