Following Independence Day observances, traditions, and festivities, two things happen in sports, more than the old adage of corn will be knee high by the Fourth of July: There is clarity in status and paths in Major League Baseball (MLB); and football becomes a relevant point of conversation. • In
By Jerry Nowicki Lawmakers, collegiate athletes, and athletic directors from some of the Illinois’ most prominent universities on Tuesday hailed the governor’s signing of a bill allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name and likeness as innovative and equity centric. University of Illinois athletic director
By Woodrow Carroll Can a Major League Baseball franchise win 302 regular-season games over the course of three seasons and still have little to show for it? Depending on the view of the situation little to show is how many observers look upon the 2001, 2002, and 2003 Seattle Mariners’
Senior Mikey Caliendo of Batavia High school captured the 160-pound State wrestling championship Saturday in the special Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association (IWCOA) 3A tournament in Springfield at the Bank of Springfield Center. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) decided in the Spring that theCOVID-19 pandemic would not allow
By Bobby Narang Jaden Schutt is making the most of his delayed Summer. The Yorkville Christian High School incoming senior guard in basketball is among the top players in the State for his class and is attracting attention from a wide range of schools across the Country who are looking
High school sports are instructive to participants, enjoyable for fans, and traditional among adult supporters. The school year was completed with a sense of relief and a sense of joy that better times should be ahead. Think next season, if we, as a society can prevent virus variants from spreading
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.
By Bobby Narang Neuqua Valley High School senior Nicolas Dovalovsky had some unfinished business Saturday. The University of Illinois recruit is a decorated high school athletes with numerous awards and achievements, from personal to the team variety. But Dovalovsky wanted to lead Neuqua Valley to a top-three place in the
By Woodrow Carroll Playing host to the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday of last week, the Chicago White Sox were cruising along with a 7-2 lead. The two teams were in a battle for the best record in Major League Baseball. Tampa Bay had entered the game one-half game better than
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) reached its conclusion Saturday, June 19 with its school-year athletic competition. The year was memorable as much for its lack of games, stymied by the COVID-19, as it was for the competition conducted. Nonetheless the IHSA performed an admirable service under difficult circumstances. The
By Tom Siebert “Say it ain’t so, Joe.” Those famous words from a disappointed young fan more than 100 years ago echoed hauntingly across a ballroom––a baseball room, really––at the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora recently. A retired Cook County judge was presiding over a mock retrial of two Chicago
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.
By Woodrow Carroll With a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers Sunday, the Chicago White Sox raised their season record to 41-24. At 17 games over .500 with 65 games played, the White Sox were only slightly off the franchise’s record-setting pace. The 1915 edition of the White Sox were
We pass the baton of space in this section to the thorough perspective of the Black Sox Scandal. Even in the early years we knew that “Shoeless Joe” Jackson was a premier player for the Chicago White Sox, however, discovered he compiled the third best career batting average. He was
Lisle High School senior Tyshawn Watson runs the 110 meter high hurdles Thursday, June 10, at the IHSA Class 2A Glenbard South Sectional in Glen Ellyn.
Neuqua Valley High School’s James Ammenhauser, a senior, lands following his triple jump bid in the Class 3A Naperville North Sectional Thursday, June 10.
Aurora Central Catholic High School pitcher Tommy Masuras delivers to an Aurora Christian batter in Friday’s Class 2A regional baseball semifinal game at Central.
Marmion Academy in Aurora Monday announced Joe Piekarz has joined the Marmion Athletic Department as the head basketball coach. Piekarz spent the last 15 years as the head boys basketball coach at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona. At Indian Creek, Piekarz and his teams had unprecedented success at the
By Woodrow Carroll Although things can change rather quickly, the Chicago White Sox entered this week with the biggest divisional lead in Major League Baseball. After taking three of four at home from the Detroit Tigers, Thursday through Sunday, the Sox, 36-23, found themselves four games in front of the
One door closes, another door will open. It is a fabric of life and encouragement for disappointment and fuel for hope. The high school athletic competition for the school year draws to a close by putting cancellations in the rear-view mirror and thoughts of the 2021-2022 school year. It is
