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After serving as interim coach of Romeoville for all nine games last season when Oliver Gibson was away from the team and never returned, Justin Trovato is now the official head coach of the Spartans and the team is responding. With a 37-9 win over Joliet Central, Romeoville sits at 2-1 halfway through the six-game shortened season. This is the first time since weeks eight and nine of the 2013-14 season that the Spartans have won two games in a row and it is the first time in...
Sunday Night Football in River Grove. In a battle between the Associated Press's Class 5A No. 3-ranked Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers and the Class 5A No. 9-ranked Fenwick Friars, about 50 Hilltoppers fans made the trip to Triton College to cheer for their beloved Hilltoppers. A large contingent of Fenwick Friar fans also made the trip to River Grove. Missing in action were NBC Sunday Night Football hosts Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth. Michaels and Collinswoth missed...
Will County Health Department held a Special Needs Vaccine Clinic on Saturday, March 27th at the St. Charles Center at Lewis University, where 600 special needs individuals 16 and older and their caregivers received their vaccine in a caring and nurturing environment built specifically for them. The clinic was coordinated by Katie Weber, an Emergency Planning and Response Coordinator with the Will County Health Department. Katie is also an "Angel Mom" who has a child with Ange...
Mike Foltynewicz is at home again in Texas. Coming out of Minooka High School in 2010, the man they call Folty signed to play collegiate baseball for the University of Texas in Austin, however, after being the Houston Astros' first-round draft, 19th overall selection of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, he decided to sign and play professionally. Foltynewicz made his major league debut for the Astros on August 2, 2014 and after 16 relief appearances, he was traded in the...
As the polls close, Will County mayor races are in the books. In the Village of Bolingbrook, Mary Alexander-Basta, who was appointed the interim mayor after the retirement of Roger Claar, won the election with 42.77 percent of the vote. Jackie Traynere (32.59%) and Sheldon L/ Watts (24.51%) were her challengers. In Plainfield John F. Argoudelis posted 52.65 percent of the vote to defeat Margie Bonuchi (47.35%) Steven Streit retained his seat as mayor of Lockport with 72.95 percent of the vote Catherine M. Perretta tallied...
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...
The Niles Police Department is investigating an electronic email threat that was sent to Emerson Middle School administration on April 2. The email included a threat to "shoot up the school." Niles PD School Resource Officer and detectives are working closely with Emerson School administration and staff on this investigation. Niles PD has partnered with Emerson administration to ensure the safety of students and staff. This is an active and ongoing investig...
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...
PASSING (attempts comp yards TD INT( Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbrook 77 42 498 5 7 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 47 29 449 5 0 Luke Leongas Maine South 38 22 400 4 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 61 28 364 5 3 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 17 11 283 3.1 Josh Davis Minooka 42 24 258 3,1 Izaiah Hureta Plainfield South 23 10 176 1 4 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 26 14 151 2 4 Adam Smith Plainfield North 29 13 116 2 2 Carl Bew Joliet Central 26 13 86 0 3 Skyar Crudup Joliet West 18 9 70 2 1 RUSHING (attempts yards TDs) Jared Gumila Plainfiel...
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...
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN NOTRE DAME (0-2. 0-1) AT MONTINI (AP CLASS 5A NO.11 (0-2, 0-1) 7:30 WEEK 2 ST. RITA 51 MONTINI 13 PROVIDENCE 7 NOTRE DAME 0 NOTRE DAME When the schedules came out, we all thought this would be a battle of undefeated CCL/ESCC powers, however, the Dons shoot for that elusive first win in Lombard on Thursday night. Dons defense has been outstanding in home losses to Marist (AP Class 8A No.4) and Providence. CCL/ESCC ORANGE BENET ACADEMY (1-0, 0-0) AT ST. LAURENCE (0-2, 0-1) 7 WEEK 2 NAZARETH 35...
Ira Jones Middle School seventh-grader Shamita Kollerkandy and her robotics team recently won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for the 14th Congressional District. Three hundred and eight Congress members held the competition in their districts across 49 states. More than 6,500 students competed in the Congressional App Challenge nationwide by submitting 3,088 functioning apps to the competition. The Congressional App Challenge is open to middle school and high school...
The Associated Press released their Illinois State Football Rankings Tuesday. In Class 5A, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (2-0) replaced Rochester (2-0) as the No.1 team, moving up from No.2 after a 54-0 Central State 8 Conference romp over Decatur MacArthur. Rochester (2-0) dropped down to Class 4A and took over No.1 after a 68-34 Central State 8 Conference shootout win over Springfield. St. Rita (1-1), who was No. 4 in Class 5A in week one, moved to No. 2 in Class 5A after a 51-13 blow-out of previously No. 5 Montini. St....
Raphael and Miriam Hersonsky were both visiting the Sea of Galilee when a reporter asked to interview them for an article about their tour. At the time, they had never met. The reporter just plucked them from the group. "I swear by God," Raphael Hersonsky said. After being interviewed together, they decided to go to a movie. The rest, as the expression goes, is history. Russian-born Raphael and Miriam lived in her native land. The couple immigrated to the United States from...
Downers Grove South High School Key Club is hosting a Virtual Mustang Trot 5k Run/Walk during the week of April 10-18 to support DuPagePads. Participants can choose any route, including their neighborhood, a community park/trail or a treadmill. Participants can also choose to run/walk with their family, socially distanced with friends, or on their own. Race registration is now open through April 10. The registration fee will include an official 2021 Mustang Trot T-Shirt,...
This semester, members of the National Art Honor Society at Joliet Catholic Academy partnered with Together We Rise to decorate panels for duffel bags for foster kids. When children enter foster care, they are usually given a trash bag to carry their few belongings. TWR provides NEW duffle bags called "sweet cases" filled with essentials like a teddy bear, blanket, hygiene kit, and much more. TWR works with hundreds of foster agencies, social workers, CASA advocates, and...
The Will County Health Department has moved into Phase 1B-Plus for COVID-19 vaccinations. This means that between now and April 12th, when the entire state of Illinois enters the All-Eligible Phase for vaccination as called for by Governor Pritzker, more vaccine appointments can be made by those who are between the ages of 18 and 64 (16 and 64 if the vaccine is Pfizer). This would apply to those who have underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, heart conditions, cancer, chronic kidney disease, heart conditions, sickle...
In an attempt to get more of its students involved in activities, the Richland Grade School District 88A school board voted unanimously on a staffing plan that included no staff for the baseball, softball or golf teams, ultimately eliminating the sports. "We are looking at the whole picture trying to get more kids involved in activities and athletics at Richland," said school Superintendent Joseph Simpkins. "So, if those athletics and activities are not drawing kids, we want...
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced today that bond has been set for a Willowbrook man accused of striking three DuPage County Sheriff’s Deputies as they attempted to take him into custody yesterday morning following a hearing on a pending domestic battery case against him. Marcus Jenkins, 31, of the 10S500 block of Ivy Lane, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Michael Fleming set bond at $150,000 with 10 percent to apply. Jenkins has been charged wit...
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 2-0 Crush Fenwick in Class 5A Top 10 Showdown 2. MAINE SOUTH 2-0 Sasson's 37-yard FG helps Hawks escape Evanston 3. BOLINGBROOK 1-1 Major error omit Raiders last week; back where they belong 4. MINOOKA 2-0 Davis-to-Hudak leads Indians past Oswego East 5. NOTRE DAME 0-2 Defense played great at home against Providence 6. LOCKPORT 1-1 Porters vault into Top Ten with big win over Sandburg 7. BENET ACADEMY 1-0 Game cancelled 8. PLAINFIELD NORTH 1-1 Tigers can make it all feel better with win at Minooka Friday...
By the end of summer 2021, Scene75 Entertainment will welcome the public to its newest location, a 135,000 square foot indoor entertainment center in Chicago, Illinois. The award-winning Scene75, a family owned and operated brand with 4 other entertainment centers across Ohio, is breaking ground converting a former Romeoville Sam's Club into one of the largest entertainment centers in the country. "We are thrilled to welcome Scene75 to our community and to Illinois," stated...