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AREA BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 9-1 Cougs' stay No.1; SPC a bit stronger than WSC 2 DOWNERS GROVE S 13-1 Great hitting, great pitching define Mustangs 3 LOCKPORT 9-6 Porters travel to H-F to face angry Vikes Monday 4 MINOOKA 9-6 SPC West leaders ready to roll 5 PLAINFIELD NORTH 8-4 Tigers look to unload on SPC West's last place WA 6 DOWNERS GROVE N 8-6 Trojans ready to make a big run in WSC Silver 7 JOLIET WEST 8-7 Tigers get ready for "Battle of Joliet" with JT 8...
AREA BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 LOCKPORT 6-2 Porters "three-peat" at WJOL/Ladas Tourney 2 PLAINFIELD N 3-0 Alex Brodie (.500) leads Tigers 3 PLAINFIELD S 2-0 Tylor "Puma" Phommachanhom leads Cougs' 4 DG SOUTH 5-1 Huge WSC Gold series with Hinsdale South next 5 PLAINFIELD C 4-2 Carter Prochaska threw a gem in WJOL 6 NILES WEST 7-1 Glenbrook North (6-1) first test for Wolves Tuesday 7 BOLINGBROOK 3-2 The 'Brook is for REAL 8 PLAINFIELD EAST 2-3 Bengals walk-off on Andrew for first win...
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC JOLIET CATHOLIC 8 NOTRE DAME 0 GAME ONE After freshman Jake Gimbel threw a three-hit shut-out at Coal City on Thursday, Hilltopper senior Drew Buss (2-2) would not be outdone by his underclassman teammate. Buss fired a three-hit shutout of his own at the hard-hitting Dons (4-13, 2-5) with 10 strikeouts and did not walk a batter. The Hilltoppers (7-8, 2-1) exploded for their eight runs in the third inning to put this one away. Junior Lorenzo Rios (2-for-3,RBI) continued his hot-hitting with an RBI...
On a cool, crisp May Friday afternoon, it was Opening Day in the Southwest Suburban Blue at historic, 100-year-old Ed Flink Field. Opposing the Lockport Porters were the Vikings of Homewood-Flossmoor. On the mound for the Vikings, was their ace, right-hander pitcher, senior Chad Readey. Readey entered the game with a 3-0 record and a miniscule 0.93 ERA. After Lockport starting and winning pitcher Lucas Pajeau retired the Vikings (13-4, 0-1) in the top of the first, the return of the Porters murders row entered Ed Flink Field...
What a series. Perennial Southwest Prairie Conference powers, the Minooka Indians (8-5, 5-1) and the Plainfield North Tigers (8-3,3-3) put on a show in their crucial SPC West three-game series this week. On Monday, the SPC West-leading Indians prevailed 2-1 in Minooka. On Tuesday in Plainfield, the Tigers won a thrilling 4-3 victory to even up the series. On Thursday, back in Minooka, in the Indians' 4-2 victory, all four Minooka runs were driven home after two outs. Two out Minooka Magic. Indian senior catcher Hunter Ryan...
In another edition of one of Illinois' best high school sports rivalries, the Providence Celtics defeated the Joliet Catholic Academy Hilltoppers 6-4 at Gillespie Field on Wednesday afternoon. With the Hilltoppers leading 3-2, the Celtics (9-6) scored a run in the top of the fifth to tie the contest at 3-3. In the top of the sixth, the Celtics scored three times and roll to the 6-4 victory. Behind their starting left-handed sophomore pitcher T.J. Schlageter (4 IP, 2R.4H.2ER,1K, 1BB), the Hilltoppers (5-8) led 3-2 after four...
Whenever Plainfield South and Plainfield Central meet on a baseball diamond, the game usually goes down to the last pitch. Tuesday's, Southwest Prairie East battle between the host Cougars and the visiting Wildcats was no different. With the area No.1-ranked Cougars clinging to a 6-5 lead with two outs in the top of the seventh, Wildcats senior Jack Irwin stood on third base. On the the mound for the Cougars was senior right-hander Tylor "Puma" Phommachanhom. Phommachanhom had relieved starting pitcher, senior Max Peters (4...
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD SOUTH 10 AT PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 5 The SPC East co-leading Cougars (7-0, 4-0) were trailing 3-2 when they exploded for six runs in the top of the third inning and roll to their seventh consecutive victory. Junior Zander Tubbs (1-for-4, HR, 3RBI) launched a three-run bomb over the left field fence for a 5-3 Cougs' lead. Freshman Blake Phommachanhom's (2-for-4, 2RBI) two-run single extended the South lead to 7-3. South scored on a Wildcat miscue to make it 8-3 after two and a half innings. The...
Great pitching. Solid defense. Clutch hitting. For 17 years, Minooka High School varsity baseball coach Jeff Petrovic has been teaching these fundamental elements of baseball to his Indians. On Monday, in a crucial Southwest Prairie Conference West Division showdown, Petrovic's SPC West-leading Indians (7-4, 4-0) defeated the No. 2 ranked Tigers of Plainfield North, 2-1. Great pitching. Indians senior right-handed pitcher Kyle Walter (2-1) allowed one run, scattered seven hits and struck out eight Tigers in his game-winning...
AREA BASEBALL WEEK 3 RANKINGS 1 PLAINFIELD S. 6-0 Cougs “Puma” Phommachanhom .636 11 RBI 2 PLAINFIELD N 7-1 Take SPC West series from Oswego; Minooka next 3 LOCKPORT 6-3 Could the Porters long lay-off cooled-off bats? 4 DG SOUTH 8-1 Mustangs in drivers seat for another WSC Gold title 5 MINOOKA 6-4 Indians lead SPC West, No. 2 next in Minooka Monday 6 JOLIET WEST 6-5 Camden Karczewski hitting .636 for SPC East co-leaders 7 DG NORTH 5-4 Senior Elijah Carter .438; three triples leads Trojans. 8 PLAINFIELD E 4-5 Senior Mike Bai...
WEST SUBURBAN SILVER DOWNERS GROVE NORTH 8 GLENBARD WEST 1 The Trojans (5-4, 2-4) went above the .500 mark for the first time this season, behind a four-hitter from junior RHP Mike Gorman. The Glenbard West run was unearned. Gorman (1-1) struck out seven Hilltoppers (5-7, 2-6) with two walks. Trojan seniors Dave Marshall, Lucas Nielsen, and Matt Schellbach all had two hits and drove home a Trojans run. Marshall and Schellbach each had doubles and sophomore Sean Ryniec hammered his second home run of the season. EAST SUBURBAN...
Downers Grove South senior Matt Scolan is seeing the baseball very well - thank you. With his Mustangs leading 12-3 over arch rival Hinsdale South, in the bottom of the sixth, Scolan stepped up to the plate. On first base was Mustang senior Richie Pecenka, who's two-RBI single made it 12-3 Mustangs. Scolan, who had hit for the cycle in Thursday's Mustangs 10-0 win at Hinsdale South, had a double and a triple in Friday's game. Add a walk-off RBI double to his batting log, scoring Pecenka and giving the Mustangs the 13-3...
Plainfield East senior catcher Mike Bailey loves to swing the bat against his Bengals' rivals from Plainfield Central. In Tuesday's 13-2 Bengals Southwest Prairie Conference East, the middle game of three game series victory, Bailey drove home seven runs. Plainfield Central won 13-3 on Monday in the series opener. In the rubber game Thursday on Plainfield's East Side, Bailey had a single in three at bats against Central ace, junior Carter Prochaska. In the East bottom of the sixth, with Plainfield Central up 3-1, Prochaska...
PASSING atttempts completions yards touchdowns interceptions Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 108- 73-1,402-16-1 Vince Meschi Bolingbrook 189-104-1,287- 7-8 Ryan Dawson Downers Grove S 96- 65- 956- 9-2 Josh Davis Minooka 126- 74- 851- 9-1 Rowan Keefe Maine South 98- 62- 836- 4-1 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 132- 60- 736- 7-5 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 50- 29- 682 8-2 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 60- 31 484 4-5 Skyar Crudup Joliet West 81 38 442 6-5 Carl Bew Joliet Central 100- 43- 361- 3-8 Adam Smith Plainfield North 82 38 338 3-4...
I logged into the Richland Grade School District 88A Zoom school board meeting April 28 looking for information on a follow-up story to the run I ran a few weeks back about the school cutting three sports – baseball, softball and golf to get more participation. What I got was more confusion. Before we get into the meeting, let's tackle the logic of eliminating sports to get more kids involved. You understand that one? I don't. Cutting three sports that have been in the s...
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD SOUTH 14 JOLIET CENTRAL 0 Plainfield South (4-0, 2-0) senior Max Peters fired a one-hit shutout at the Steelemen (1-7, 0-2) with 11 strikeouts. Brennan Phillips had a pair of singles, two doubles and drove home seven Cougar runs. Tylor Phommachanhom and Jeremy McGuigan homered for the Cougars. JOLIET WEST 15 ROMEOVILLE 10 The Tigers (4-5, 2-0) kept pace atop the SPC East with Plainfield South (4-0, 2-0) with the slugfest win over the 'Ville (3-6, 0-2). Josh Wokurka singled, homered and drove...
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 6-0 Jordan Anderson, 11 starters return; begin "Road to DeKalb" 2. MAINE SOUTH 5-1 QB Rowan Keefe returns to lead 2021 Hawks 3. LOCKPORT 4-2 LoPresti, Little, Cole and Cody Silzer, return for loaded Porters in four months 4 NOTRE DAME 2-4 Forget their record....Dons were one of the best in 2020-21 5.BENET ACADEMY 2-1 Virus-victims blanked Nazareth on Saturday for winning season 6. PLAINFIELD N. 4-2 Tigers SPC Co-Champs; RB Jared Gumila returns in four months 7. MINOOKA 4-2 Indians forced to go to Oswego...
In a game that was worthy of being played on the turf at Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois for the IHSA Class 8A State Championship, Naperville Central defeated Maine South 31-30. Naperville Central (6-0) entered the game ranked fourth in Class 8A by the Associated Press' Illinois high school football writers. Maine South (5-1) was ranked No. 6. Maine South has won five IHSA state football championships in its history, while Naperville Central has won two On a beautiful spring Friday night in Naperville, the...
The Village Board passed a balanced 2021-2022 budget for the Village of Romeoville, which is 12% lower than the previous year. The budget also sees the village property tax rate decrease for the 6th year in a row. The average homeowner can expect to pay the roughly same in village taxes this year as they did in the previous year, depending on their assessed value. Approximately 10-12% of a resident's entire property tax bill goes to the village. "Despite the recent year of...
An English language arts class at William B. Orenic Intermediate School has been given the opportunity to share their thoughts with a national community of student readers about new books they are reading. Beth Kowalczyk, who teaches advanced ELA at the Troy Community School District 30-C school, said the online resource Biblionasium, which describes itself as "the largest social book club for kids," asked if her class would participate in a new kids' online book review...
District 99 community members Beth Fotos and Maura Bates have been honored with the Distinguished Service Award of Excellence by the Illinois chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (INSPRA). It is the highest honor given to community members. Fotos, Downers Grove North High School parent and alumna, and Bates, Downers Grove community member, District 99 Education Foundation Secretary and teacher at Benet Academy, worked together to support the District 99...
Republican Rep. Tim Butler on Thursday accused the new Democratic leadership in the state House of Representatives of preserving practices from previous leadership which Republicans say unfairly benefits the majority party. “So, what the speaker said back in January about this place being different and running in a different manner is a bunch of BS right now,” Butler said in a Thursday night floor speech during which he threw a paper calendar and pounded his desk out of anger. Butler said Democrats have “ignored” importa...
The Will County Executive and Will County Health Department (WCHD) today announced that in the past six weeks, Will County has tripled the number of fully vaccinated individuals from 7.10 percent on March 9 to 25.36 percent on April 23 – moving the county to the sixth most vaccinated county in Illinois, up from 90th in the same time period. “Together we have made great progress in the past six weeks to increase access to vaccinations which has been key to increasing our numbers,” said County Executive Jennifer Berti...
Members of an Illinois Senate committee sparred with officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration Friday in a hearing on tax changes proposed by the governor in an effort to balance the state’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The Senate Revenue and Appropriations committees held the joint hearing, questioning the directors of the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget among others. In his budget proposal released in February, Pritzker outlined nine changes to the corpo...
A Chicago woman who allegedly shot and killed a 28-year-old man in an incident outside an Elmhurst bar last month is slated to have a bond court hearing today on charges of first-degree murder, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on Friday, March 26, Cook County Sheriff's Police were called to Galway Bar and Grill in Unincorporated Proviso Township after being notified a person was shot in the parking lot. The victim, Dominique Bynum,...