Wonderful time of the year for many in sports
Spring training baseball, March Madness, both high school and college, other Spring sports evolve. It might be many fans’ favorite time of the year. Just the good, fresh, warm, air might be a part of good feeling. But, in some years, early March can be bitter cold and repressive. We
East Aurora High School graduate, Colon Maldanado, earne cross-country All-America honors
Colon Maldanado, an East Aurora High School graduate, runs to become the first Aurora University woman to earn cross-country All-America honors by taking 29th place in the NCAA Division III Championship event recently.
High school boys basketball schedule February 23; results 13 – 19
Friday, Feb. 23IHSA State Tournament Class 4A(Regional Championships)Elgin SectionalDundee-CrownChampionship, 7Guilford (Rock Valley) SectionalDeKalbChampionship, 7JacobsChampionship, 7East Aurora SectionalYorkvilleChampionship, 7Oswego EastChampionship, 7Downers Grove NorthChampionship, 7Metea ValleyChampionship, 7Rich SectionalStaggChampionship, 6Lincoln-Way WestChampionship, 6ThornwoodChampionship, 7AndrewChampionship, 6Riverside-Brookfield SectionalLyonsChampionship, 7YoungChampionship, 7KenwoodChampionship, 6Hinsdale CentralChampionship, 7Addison Trail SectionalWillowbrookChampionship, 7Glenbard NorthChampionship, 7St. Charles EastChampionship, 7BataviaChampionship, 6Maine South SectionalMaine EastChampionship, 7Oak
Final Select Boys High School Basketball Conference Standings
Chicago Catholic White Conf. All W L W L St. Laurence 8 0 19 12 St. Francis 7 1 17 13 Providence 6 2 15 13 IC Catholic 5 3 18 13 Marmion 4 4 14 17 St. Francis de Sales 3 5 10 19 Montini 2 6 13 18
Davino, Edwards, prevail in State wrestling
By Bobby Narang St. Charles East High School senior Ben Davino capped a perfect season with a near perfect State tournament at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Yorkville Christian senior Ty Edwards capped a season-long question with an ideal celebration. The 2024 IHSA (Illinois High School Association) State wrestling
St. Mary’s only undefeated conference team
By Woodrow Carroll Those who follow the college basketball scene will be quick to say that there are no undefeated Division-I men’s programs remaining.. In fact, there are no teams with only a single defeat as we go to the latter quarter of college basketball’s regular season. Going undefeated in
University of Illinois Men’s College Basketball schedule January 18 – March 10
Thu, Jan. 18at Michigan, W 88-73Sun, Jan. 21vs. Rutgers, W 86-63Wed, Jan. 24at Northwestern, L 96-91, otSat, Jan. 27vs. Indiana, W 70-62Tue, Jan. 30at Ohio State, W 87-75Sun, Feb. 4vs. Nebraska, W 87-84, otSat, Feb. 10at Michigan State, L 88-80Tue, Feb. 13vs. Michigan, W 97-68Sat, Feb. 17at Maryland, W 85-80Wed,
Northwestern Men’s College Basketball schedule January 17 – March 9
Wed, Jan. 17vs. Maryland, W 72-69Sat, Jan. 20at Nebraska, L 75-69Wed, Jan. 24vs. Illinois, W 96-91, otSat, Jan. 27vs. Ohio State, W 83-58Wed, Jan. 31at Purdue, L 105-96, otSat, Feb. 3at Minnesota, L 75-66, otWed, Feb. 7vs. Nebraska, W 80-68Sun, Feb. 11vs. Penn State, W 68-63Thu, Feb. 15at Rutgers, L
Northern Illinois Men’s College Basketball schedule January 16 – March 8
Tue, Jan. 16vs. Kent State, L 83-76Tue, Jan. 23vs. Toledo, L 89-73Sat, Jan. 27at Ball State, L 81-71Tue, Jan. 30at Central Michigan, L 84-77, 2 otSat, Feb. 3vs. Eastern Michigan, W 76-66Tue, Feb. 6at Miami, W 62-59Sat, Feb. 10at South Alabama, L 75-66Tue, Feb. 13vs. Buffalo, W 72-68Sat, Feb. 17at
March Madness and progression of the game
March Madness is here! Well, almost here. High school and college basketball both used to start at the beginning of March and for three or four weeks the countdown consumed the daily activities on the way to finding tournament champions through single elimination and the brackets would furnish two remaining
College basketball: Aurora University vs. Dominican University
Aurora University’s Dewayne Jervier, Jr. (22) and Dominican University’s Joshua West (4) chase a loose ball the in Saturday, Feb. 17
Aurora Lions, teachers, Cubs, Sox trips
Aurora Lions Club and retired teachers will sponsor bus trips to Chicago Cubs and White Sox games. The public is invited. Included will be transportation, game admission and potluck tailgate parties. A Sunday, June 2, road trip will be for the Sox vs. Milwaukee Brewers game at 1 p.m. in
High school boys basketball schedule February 15 – 18; results 6 – 12
Thursday, Feb. 15Fox ValleyJacobs at Crystal Lake Central, 7Non-conferenceMinooka at Geneva, 5:30Mooseheart at IMSA, 7Morris at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:30Nazareth at Downers Grove South, 6:30Newark at Aurora Christian, 7 Friday, Feb. 16Fox ValleyBurlington Central at Cary-Grove, 7Hampshire at Crystal Lake South, 7Huntley at McHenry, 7Prairie Ridge at Dundee-Crown, 7Interstate EightKaneland at
NCAA men’s basketball: San Fran. to Indiana
By Woodrow Carroll With the college basketball season heading into the stretch, we might enjoy looking into some of the past NCAA men’s finals and the story that went with them. The first men’s final was held in 1939 with Oregon the victor. Each and every final since has produced
High School basketball: East Aurora vs. West Aurora
Gabe Gutierrez, 24, of West Aurora High School, prevails over East Aurora High School’s Yurem Harta, 12, and Trevor Cole, 24, in the Saturday, Feb. 10 East-West junior varsity boys basketball game.
Trials and tribulations: NFL to high schools
The Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 11 was a good game. Any three-point overtime game should be a good game. Kansas City prevailed over San Francisco, 25-22, in only the Super Bowl overtime game. Of greater significance to Chicago Bears fans is the quarterback situation. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes guided
Men’s College Basketball Schedules
Aurora UniversityWed, Jan. 3, at Dominican University, L 66-62Wed, Jan. 10, at Edgewood College, W 79-67Sat, Jan. 13, vs. Marian University, L 67-61 otWed, Jan. 17, vs. Wisconsin Luth. Col., L 94-78Sat, Jan. 20, at Rockford University, L 77-74Wed, Jan. 24, vs. Illinois Inst. of Tech., L 81-69Sat, Jan. 27,
Women’s College Basketball
University of IllinoisWed, Jan. 17, vs. Rutgers, W 96-68Sat, Jan. 20, at Maryland, L 90-82Thu, Jan. 25, vs. Ohio State, L 67-59Sun, Jan. 28, vs. Minnesota, W 73-68Wed, Jan. 31, at Michigan, W 77-64Mon, Feb. 5, at Purdue, L 77-72, otThu, Feb. 8, vs. Northwestern, W 82-71Sun, Feb. 11, vs.