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Before the arrival of Afroditi Baltsas, the Maine East girls gymnastics program was an afterthought, one of the lowest rated teams in the state. Four years later, that is no longer true. Baltsas capped an impressive high school career on Friday at the state meet at Palatine. In her second appearance at state, the senior finished 29th in the all-around with a 35.75 total, which included 9.225 on vault, 9.2 on uneven bars, 8.75 on balance beam and 8.4 on floor exercise. That... Full story
Maine South senior swimmer Annika Wagner is always ready for a new challenge. That's why the Northwestern recruit decided not to defend her state championship in the 200-yard individual medley this year. "Swimming for me is all about setting my goals and achieving them," Wagner said. "My goal for high school swimming was to win the 200 I.M. and make the state record and I did that last year. "So I didn't think it would be as fun to do that event and not have as many high... Full story
Downers Grove North setter Grace Malone's senior season has been bittersweet, to say the least. She is one of only three returning seniors - one fewer than should be on the roster. Malone inherited the starting setter role from classmate Beth Dunlap, who died on February 22, three days after being struck by an alleged inebriated driver while crossing the street outside of school. Dunlap was a Division I recruit who guided the Trojans to their best season ever last fall,... Full story
Downers Grove North setter Grace Malone's senior season has been bittersweet, to say the least. She is one of only three returning seniors - one fewer than should be on the roster. Malone inherited the starting setter role from classmate Beth Dunlap, who died on February 22, three days after being struck by an alleged inebriated driver while crossing the street outside of school. Dunlap was a Division I recruit who guided the Trojans to their best season ever last fall,... Full story
Soccer players from Downers Grove North and Downers Grove South have never lacked for motivation when playing against each other. Now they have even more to get excited about. The crosstown rivalry got an added boost this season with the introduction of the Downers Cup, a traveling trophy which will be given to the winner each year. “We’ve talked about it for a couple years and (assistant) coach (Nate) Terry is the one who found it and picked it up for us,” Downers Grove South coach Jon Stapleton said. “We didn’t have time... Full story