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1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 3-0 Hilltoppers survive St.Ignatius, hold razor-thin lead over No. 2 2. MAINE SOUTH 3-0 They're screaming at us in Park Ridge....Hawks No. 1 3. LOCKPORT 2-1 Porters bomb the Brook; defending Class 8A champs next 4. BENET ACADEMY 1-0 Is Redwings season in jeopardy due to virus? 5. NOTRE DAME 0-3 Dons may be best 0-3 team in Illinois 6. BOLINGBROOK 1-2 Raiders look to bounce-back at Sandburg (1-2) on Friday 7. PLAINFIELD NORTH 2-1 "The Tiger Kanon" PK Kanon Woodill ends Indians streak 8. PLAINFIELD SOUTH 2-1...
After rolling past Sandburg 23-0 to pick up their first Southwest Suburban Blue victory last week, the Lockport Porters went looking for bigger gains on Saturday. In the way stood the Bolingbrook Raiders and the area's leading passer Vince Meschi. Meschi completed 24 of his 39 passes for 305 yards and one touchdown. Not bad. Totally overlooked in Saturday's quarterback match-up, however, was Lockport senior quarterback Riley Pfeiffer. All Pfeiffer did was complete four of his...
On Friday night, the defending Southwest Prairie Conference West champion Minooka Indians hosted the Plainfield North Tigers in the awesome, newly-renovated Central Stadium Field. The Indians entered the game with an 11-game regular-season winning streak. The Indians also entered the game averaging 45.5 points-per-game after their first two victories of the season. After unleashing "The Tiger Kanon", NIU-bound Plainfield North placekicker, Kanon Woodill, and the senior Danny Nuccio-led Tigers defense, the Indians...
They weren't "The Big Bad Wolves". They certainly were "The little bad wolves". We are talking about the Wolves of St.Ignatius from Chicago's West Side. The St. Ignatius Wolves (0-3, 0-1) gave the Associated Press' Class 5A No. 3-ranked Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers (3-0, 2-0) everything they could handle on Thursday night before falling 21-7. Behind the passing combination of 5-foot-10, 160 pound quarterback Leo Rugai (5-for-9, 77 yards) and his favorite receiver, 5-foot-9 160 pound EJ Talarico (4 catches 47 yards), the...
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN MONTINI 7, NOTRE DAME 0 CCL/ESCC ORANGE ST. LAURENCE BENET ACADEMY — CANCELLED CCL/ESCC/WHITE JOLIET CATHOLIC 21, ST IGNATIUS 7 CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH MAINE WEST 37, MAINE EAST 12 ILLINOIS CENTRAL 8 COAL CITY 33, LISLE 6 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST ROMEOVILLE 37, JOLIET CENTRAL 9 WEST SUBURBAN GOLD DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH 28, ADDISON TRAIL 14 WEST SUBURBAN SILVER GLENBARD WEST, DOWNERS GROVE NORTH — CANCELLED FRIDAY APRIL 2 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD SOUTH AT PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 6 PLAINFIELD EAS...
After falling to the defending Class 8A State Champions from Lincoln-Way East 42-14 on March 19, the Bolingbrook Raiders (1-1, 0-1) were looking to bounce back in their home-opener on Saturday. The Raiders rebounded from the Lincoln-Way East loss in devastating fashion, destroying their guests from Bradley-Bourbonnais 44-6. After falling behind 23-0, Bradley Bourbonnais (0-2, 0-1), scored with 45 seconds remaining in the first half on a seven-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Neal May, Jr., to junior wide receiver...
De' ja vu - Psychological feeling that a present-day event has been experienced in the past. "De' ja vu' all over again" - The late, great Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and philosopher Lawrence "Yogi" Berra (1925-2015) Back on Saturday, September 28, 2019, Plainfield North, then junior quarterback Adam Smith and his Tigers lost a 14-13 heart-breaker at the hands of the Oswego Panthers. The Southwest Prairie West showdown between the 4-0 Tigers and the 4-0 Panthers was originally scheduled for the night before on...
Last Friday night, the Lisle Lions traveled to historic Jeff Reents Stadium on the campus of Wilmington High School and fell to the host Wildcats 35-24. In a special edition of Thursday Night Football at Benedictine University in Lisle, the host Lions took on the undefeated Comets of Reed Custer. Reed-Custer had demolished Illinois Central 8 Conference title contender Manteno 33-8 in week one. After taking the opening kickoff, the Lions marched 69 yards in 11 plays, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by senior Brett Weber (...
GAME OF THE WEEK JOLIET CATHOLIC (1-0 AP CLASS 5A NO.3) AT FENWICK (0-0 AP CLASS NO.9) TRITON COLLEGE RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 6 P.M. Sunday Night Football in River Grove. This Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic-White Division Class 5A Top Ten battle was originally scheduled for Friday night. On March 19, Fenwick had their season opener with Nazareth Academy (AP Class 7A No.3) cancelled due to a Fenwick athlete testing positive for the world-wide virus. The Friars will come off quarantine on...
PASSING attempts comp yards TD INT Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbook 53 26 301 2 6 Luke Leongas Maine South 15 12 252 4 0 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 20 16 208 2 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 31 12 149 1 3 Ryan Domin Westmont 23 13 103 0 2 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 15 11 95 1 2 Adam Smith Plainfield North 14 8 77 1 0 Josh Davis Minooka 16 7 75 1 0 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 5 3 71 1 0 Jack Leons Niles West 15 6 68 1 2 Hayden Timosciek Lockport 12 7 56 1 0 RUSHING YARDAGE attempts yards TDs Hunter Ryan Minooka 16 146 3 Jared...
The Associated Press released its first Illinois high school football state rankings on Tuesday night. Checking in at No. 3 in the AP's Class 5A rankings are the Hilltoppers of Joliet Catholic Academy. JCA garnished two first-place votes, trailing Rochester who were voted No.1 and Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, who checked in at No. 2 in Class 5A. Checking in at No. 9 in Class 5A are the Hilltoppers' Sunday night opponent, the Fenwick Friars. The Hilltoppers and the Friars will be engaged in a Class 5A Top Ten battle at...
The 2020-21 Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers girls and boys basketball season will never be forgotten. With the world-wide virus creating havoc for high school sports in Illinois on February 5 the IHSA allowed high school basketball to begin. Overjoyed to be playing, girls and boys hoopsters went out and had one of the most successful basketball seasons in recent history. Local girls won eight conference championships, while the boys took home five conference championships. Enterprise Newspapers Girls Conference Championships...
Three touchdowns in 20 seconds. Five touchdowns in 3e minutes, 27 seconds. Leading 7-0 with 3:45 remaining in the second quarter of their 2020-21 season-opener the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers (1-0) unleashed sheer destruction on the host Vikings of St. Laurence (0-1). With 3:45 remaining in the second quarter, Joliet Catholic senior defensive end Pat Strocchia recovered a Viking fumble at the St. Laurence 18 yard-line. On the ensuing play Hilltopper junior quarterback Aidan Voss (3-for-5, 71 yards,TD; 3 rushes, 52 yards)...
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 1-0 3 TD's in 20 seconds....Hilltoppers demolish St.Laurence 49-0 2. MAINE SOUTH 1-0 QB Luke Leongas 3TD passes in Niles West win. 3. MINOOKA 1-0 Indians crush Bengals for head coach Matt Harding's first win... 4. PLAINFIELD NORTH 1-0 QB Adam Smith 2 TD passes in win at "The Ville; Oswego next! 5. BENET ACADEMY 1-0 After scoreless first-half, Redwings roll to victory. 6. D.G. NORTH 1-0 Crush Proviso East. "Old Oaken Bucket Game" vs. Hinsdale Central cancelled. 7. NOTRE DAME 0-1 Dons look to bounce back at...
It may be only an abbreviated six-game season but for the state of Illinois' thousands of high school football players excitement reigns supreme. Tonight, all across Illinois, the 534 football playing schools will kick-off the 2020 season. For the Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers football playing schools joy also reigns supreme. "It is just so awesome to be playing football again," Joliet Catholic junior quarterback Aidan Voss said. Joliet Catholic returns 15 starters from their 2019 IHSA Class 5A quarterfinalist. With an Illinois...
Senior night success - well almost. It was senior night at Benet Academy in Lisle as 10 Redwing seniors were honored with their parents in an emotional pregame ceremony. After the ceremony, the entire Redwings roster demolished Marist 62-33 in the 'Wings final East Suburban Catholic Conference game of the abbreviated season. The Benet victory was the 300th as a Redwing for the venerable Gene Heidkamp, in his 13th season in Lisle. About 50 miles to the southeast in Chicago...
On Saturday afternoon, with the blaring sounds of Queen's 1977 rock anthem 'We are the Champions', the Joliet West Tiger girls hoisted the Southwest Prairie Conference championship trophy after defeating Plainfield North 68-53. The Tiger girls had done their part, toward the goal of a Joliet West Tigers sweep, of the Southwest Prairie Conference championships. Following the Tiger girls' postgame celebration, the surprising Cougars of Plainfield South were set to face the SPC East Division champions from Joliet West in the...
Southwest Prairie Conference East Division champions, Southwest Prairie Conference champions, 14-1 overall record — all in 2020-21. The above accomplishments of Joliet West girls varsity basketball head coach John Placher's Tigers may be only the beginning. On Saturday morning on Joliet's west side, a pair of Tigers were getting together for the 2021 Southwest Prairie Conference championship game. The visiting SPC West Division champion Tigers of Plainfield North (9-4) and the SPC East champs the Tigers of Joliet West (...
Back on February 24, 2020 in an IHSA Class 4A Girls Maine West Sectional semifinal, Evanston defeated Maine South 65-51. Evanston totally dominated the game and led by as many as 28 points. For the third consecutive season, the Wildkits ended a Hawks season. For the 2019-20 season, Maine South finished 24-6 with three of the losses coming to Evanston. On Friday night in Park Ridge, Maine South met up again with their nemesis. The Hawk girls entered the game with a one-game lead over the Wildkits in the CSL South in the first...
Maine South played 11 games in the last 15 days and have played 23 games overall in the 36 days of the season. After the most physically demanding high school basketball schedule in IHSA state history, Maine South senior Sean Gallery stood at the free throw line. Thirteen seconds remained in the Hawks' (13-10) season-ending finale with St. Viator (6-5) with the two teams deadlocked at 53-53. Gallery knocked down both charity tosses and a last second desperation shot by St. Viator went wide and the physically-drained Hawks...
On Wednesday night the Minooka Indian boys' basketball tea, boarded their bus for the 8.5 mile ride up Ridge Road to Plainfield South High School. In another edition of the traditional 'Battle of Ridge Road' rivalry, the two schools met in a Southwest Prairie Conference postseason tournament quarterfinal. Led by 6-foot-5 senior Cooper Schmid, the host Cougars held off the Indians 66-62. Schmid scored 24 points, hauled down 18 rebounds, blocked three Indian shots, dished out four assists and added three steals. Other than...
For his high-flying, rim-rattling, monster-slam dunks we at The Niles Bugle refer to Notre Dame's 6-foot-5 Paris France native Louis Lesmond,as "The Flying Frenchman." Along with seniors Troy D'Amico and Anthony Sayles, Lesmond led the 2019-20 Notre Dame Dons to the Associated Press' Illinois State rankings No.1 spot. On Monday night in Niles, Lesmond — instead of flying above the rim for two points — the Flying Frenchman was deadly from 20-30 feet away from the basket. Burying a career-high eight three-point bombs and sco...
On Friday night in Arlington Heights, The Associated Press' Illinois Class 3A, No.1-ranked Dons of Notre Dame, met St. Viator's 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, Eli Aldana up close and personal. Aldana, scored nine of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter, erasing an 11-point Dons lead and leading his Lions to a stunning 47-46 victory. Aldana buried a three-pointer to pull the Lions within 46-45 and turned the Dons over and then hit a game-winning runner with five seconds left for the victory. But they say defense wins. In...
"We really wanted to get this one. We have been playing against those guys from Loyola since we were little kids. It always feels great to beat Loyola." Those were the postgame comments from Notre Dame senior forward Troy D'Amico. In the second of three consecutive games versus the fiercest rivals of the Notre Dame Dons, the Loyola Ramblers invaded Niles on Saturday afternoon. There were about 25 Dons' parents in attendance, yet one would have thought the cavernous Notre Dame gymnasium was packed to the rafters. The Loyola...
Friday, March 13, 2020. Almost one year ago to the day, the Notre Dame Dons and the St.Viator Lions were to meet in the IHSA Class 3A Grayslake North Sectional championship game. Sadly, the day before the State government in Springfield decided to close Illinois' schools to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With their decree, they shattered the hopes and dreams of many Illinois student-athletes On that day, "The Original March Madness" died. Friday, March 5, 2021. In Arlington Heights on Friday night, the...