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SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST Plainfield North 48 Yorkville 39 The Tigers traveled to Yorkville (12-17, 4-12) and defeated the Foxes for their 20th victory of the season. For Plainfield North coach Bob Krahulik, this season's 20-win campaign is the Tigers' first 20-win season since 2014-15. In 2013-14, Krahulik's first year at the helm of the Tigers, Plainfield North finished 21-8. The Tigers, in a defensive first-half, led only 18-17. The Tigers scored 18 points in the third quarter to break away from the Foxes 36-24. Three Tigers...
A year ago in the Class 4A Oswego Regional championship game, Plainfield Central's furious fourth-quarter rally against West Aurora fell short and the Wildcats were defeated 66-65. On Friday, the Wildcats will have a rematch with West Aurora, this time for the 2020 Class 4A West Aurora Regional championship. In the first game of the regional semifinals, the host Blackhawks (10-19), seeded No.14 in the Lockport Sectional, pulled off a shocker eliminating No. 3 Waubonsie Valley (27-5), 47-41. In the second, regional semifinal...
CLASS 3A REGIONAL SEMIFINAL NORTH CHICAGO NOTRE DAME 71 NORTH CHICAGO 31 The top-ranked Dons (27-5), routed the regional hosts from North Chicago (6-26), behind 21 points, from junior, Troy D'Amico. BENET ACADEMY BENET ACADEMY 67 CVS 51 The Redwings cruised past their guests from Chicago Vocational (7-17). CLASS 4A REGIONAL SEMIFINALS OSWEGO EAST BOLINGBROOK 80 PLAINFIELD EAST 61 The Raiders (27-5) won their seventh consecutive game outgunning the feisty Bengals (9-22) in Oswego. The Raiders were led by Elon University-bound...
GIRLS 1. Bolingbrook 24-7 Jayden Marable leads Lady Raiders past Benet 2. Benet Academy 29-3 Redwings say good-bye to seniors 3. DG North 28-7 Trojans' 28 wins, best in DGN history 4. Maine South 26-7 Seven losses in 2019-20; three to Evanston 5. Joliet West 29-4 29 wins ties for most in Tiger history 6. Joliet Central 26-6 50 wins over the last two seasons for Steelwomen 7. Lockport 19-14 "Bits" Sochacki, 6-foot-2 Syd Furr, to lead Porters in 2020-21 8. Plainfeld South 16-13 Maybry, James and Harris, to lead Cougars in...
CHAMPAIGN - Plainfield South senior James Pierandozzi knows the feeling of winning a big match. Pierandozzi's highlight-filled career was missing one key element that alluded him - a state title. Throughout his first three matches in the Class 3A 152-pound class at the State Farm Center, Pierandozzi stayed on the track toward his goal of attaining his first individual state championship. "I felt I wrestled well even with a sprained ankle in my first three (matches), and was...
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC Notre Dame 61 Carmel 52 The Dons fell behind 12-2 in the first quarter and trailed 21-12 in the second quarter before grinding out the ESCC victory at home. With the win, Notre Dame (26-4, 8-1) grabs a share of the ESCC championship with Marian Catholic (22-7, 8-1). Juniors Troy D' Amico and Louis Lesmond, each scored 16 points to lead the Dons. Junior Anthony Sayles chipped in with a dozen points. Benet 43 St. Viator 40 The Redwings (21-8, 7-2) led 8-7 after one quarter, only to be run over by the...
On Wednesday night in Aurora in an IHSA Class 4A Metea Valley Regional opener, Plainfield Central led their District 202 rivals Plainfield South 32-29 at the end of the third quarter. On Dec. 6 at Plainfield Central (12-21), the Wildcats defeated South 61-53. On Feb. 7 at South (16-12), the Cougars romped past the Wildcats 50-32. In the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, the Cougar defense turned the Wildcats over nine times and go on a 17-0 run to lead 46-32 with two minutes left in game. Cougar junior Aniaya Mabry (14...
For Lisle (27-7), its IHSA Class 2A St. Joseph Sectional opener with Chicago Woodlawn (13-6) would be a tune-up for the main event in Westchester on Thursday night at 7. The Illinois Central 8 champions from Lisle overwhelmed the girls from Woodlawn 47-12. After watching the Class 2A defending state champions, from Chicago Marshall (19-10) destroy their sectional semifinal opponent from South Shore 59-9, the Lions put on a similar outstanding performance. Up next for the Lions will be the two-time defending Class 2A state...
Bolingbrook (24-5, 5-1) pulled back to within one full game nof the Southwest Suburban Blue leaders from H-F (22-3, 6-0) with the 72-54 win over Lockport (12-16, 1-5) at the 'Brook. Plainfield North (19-7) traveled to Neuqua Valley (21-8) in Naperville in a nonconference game with IHSA Class 4A Lockport Sectional seeding implications for both teams. The two teams battled for 32 minutes to a 55-55 deadlock in regulation. The overtime was all Tigers. Outscoring their hosts from Neuqua Valley 17-6 in the overtime, North rolled...
Restaurant Week Plainfield Restaurant Week begins February 23. There are 14 local restaurants participating; be sure to check out their delicious specials online and make your reservations soon! For more details, visit plainfieldrestaurantweek.com. Business Expo The Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce Business and Job Expo is February 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Plainfield High School - Central Campus Field House. The Expo features more than 100 local businesses, entertainment, giveaways, a pancake breakfast, a free...
It's not every day a high school student with dreams of becoming a doctor gets to watch a live open-heart surgery. For 73 Plainfield Central High School students, they had that very opportunity. The surgery was held on Wednesday, Feb. 5 from the Heart program at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Students from Debbie Pohlmann's human anatomy and physiology class have participated in this event for the last six years, and she added that there's nothing quite like the...
BOYS 1. Notre Dame 26-4 Dons stunned at Benet 2. Joliet West 23-4 Tigers slip past Steelemen at "The Old Barn" 3. Benet Academy 20-8 Redwings take down No.1 Dons 4. Bolingbrook 22-5 Raiders struggle past LW East in 2 OT 5. Plainfield North 18-7 10 in a row for red-hot Tigers! 6. Maine South 16-13 Hawks finish home season, with Minooka win 7. Romeoville 15-13 Spartans clinch 2nd-place in SPC East 8. Plainfield Central 14-11 Wildcats Valentine's Day loss to Romeoville 9. Lockport 12-15 Porters beat arch-rival Sandburg 10. DG...
Since losing to Joliet West 66-39 on Jan. 20, red-hot Plainfield North (18-7, 10-4) has run off 10 consecutive victories. On Friday night in Plainfield, the Tigers took-apart West Aurora 70-52. The Tigers led 19-18 after one quarter. The North defense held the Blackhawks (8-18, 6-8) to just five second-half points to open up a 32-23 lead at the half. The Tigers extended the lead to 51-37 after three quarters and finished off the Blackhawks. With the win, the Tigers kept pace with Oswego East (18-9, 11-3) in the Southwest Prai...
Rita A. Kozack (nee Esser), age 89, a resident of Palos Hills, IL, formerly of Plainfield, Chicago, Lisle and Shorewood, IL, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at her home. She was born December 24, 1930 in Plainfield. Beloved wife of the late Ronald J. Kozack, whom she married October 8, 1955 at the original St. Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Plainfield, loving mother of Kathleen (James Reich) Mittel of Palos Hills, IL and Sandra (Raymond) Wentler of Braidwood,...
As the season winds down for the Plainfield co-op swim team, the group has its sights set on high goals. The first of those were fulfilled last weekend when Plainfield won the Southwest Prairie Conference title at Oswego with 307 points, bettering the hosts by 24 points. Leading the way for the champions were Marc Avery and Alex Dvorak, who each won a pair of individual conference titles. Avery won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 20.95 seconds and the 100-yard free in 46.95...
Restaurant Week Plainfield’s annual Restaurant Week will be held February 23-29. For a list of participating restaurants, visit plainfieldrestaurantweek.com. Be sure to check back frequently as the restaurants share their specials. Green Village Program: Green Homes The 2020 Green Village Series continues on Monday, February 10 at 7 p.m., at the Plainfield Library. Living healthy and saving money is a win for your family. Discover attractive, affordable, and sustainable building practices that you can add to make your home e...
Plainfield High School – Central Campus senior Gillian Camacho, Plainfield North High School senior Emily Woods and Plainfield East High School senior James Memishi are among about 15,000 National Merit Scholarship 2019-20 finalists nationwide. The trio is competing for 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth about $31 million. The awards will be announced this spring. This is the 65th year of the prestigious program, which honors academically talented high school senio...
Plainfield Central girls basketball coach Armond Frazier is admittedly normally not an overly sensitive guy. January 27 was one of those days where he was. That day, a California helicopter crash had killed nine people, three of them teenage girls basketball players and two coaches – most notably among the dead was former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. The flight was on its way to Bryant's Mamba Academy, where the girls all played basketball f...
Back on December 9 at "The Old Barn" on the campus of Joliet Central High School; Central girls varsity basketball coach the Steelwomen defeated the Tigers, 47-44. Placher's Tigers (26-3, 14-1), have not lost a game since. They have won 21 consecutive games, and 14 of the consecutive games have come in the Southwest Prairie East Conference. The Tigers take a one-gam, Southwest Prairie East lead over Joliet Central (26-4, 13-2) into Tuesday's "Joliet Rumble" at West at 6:30 p.m. The Steelwomen have won 23 of their last 24,...
BOYS 1. Notre Dame 25-3 Dons' smash Shamrocks to clinch ESCC tie 2. Joliet West 22-4 Without 3 starters, Tigers rally past Hillcrest 3. Bolingbrook 21-5 Raiders ambushed by hot-shooting Vikings 4. Benet 18-7 Redwings fall at Marian Catholic; host Dons Friday 5. Plainfield N. 16-7 8 in a row for SPC West 2nd-place Tigers 6. Maine South 15-12 Win battle of Park Ridge vs. Maine East 7. Plainfield C 14-10 Beat South in OT, fall to mighty Neuqua Valley 8. DG North 12-12 Back to .500 for the young Trojans 9. Romeoville 14-13 Up...
Winning for the 22nd time in 23 games, Joliet Central (25-4, 13-2) received a battle in the first half from Romeoville (7-21, 2-13) before exploding for a 55-29 Southwest Prairie East victory. With the SPC East win, the big game is all set up for Tuesday night on Joliet's West Side between the SPC East leaders from West (26-3, 14-1) and the Steelwomen at 6:30 p.m. The host Tigers have won 21 consecutive games since losing to Central on Dec. 9, 47-44 at Joliet Central. Behind nine, first half points, from Lindsay Novak, the...
SATURDAY Notre Dame 65 Hersey 48 The top-ranked Dons (25-3), led 24-15 after one quarter, 43-32 at the half and 59-41 after three quarters at Hersey (8-16) in Arlington Heights on Saturday. Bolingbrook 68 West Aurora 56 The Raiders (21-5) bounced back from Friday's loss at H-F by rallying past West Aurora (8-17) at the Ernie Kivisto Shootout at East Aurora. The two teams were deadlocked at 15-15 after one quarter. The Brook led 29-27 at the half. The Blackhawks soared into the lead at 34-32 after three quarters. Enter the Rai...
On Thursday, the Bolingbrook Raiders (20-6,6-1) traveled to Orland Park in search of win No. 20 for the season at Sandburg (17-10, 1-6). The Lady Raiders won the game 63-51. The Southwest Suburban Blue victory pulled Bolingbrook to within one game of SWSC Blue leader, Homewood-Flossmoor (21-4, 7-0). The two SWSC Blue powers will clash for the conference title at Bolingbrook on Tuesday. Bolingbrook coach Chris Smith experimented with some lineup changes tonight to get the Lady Raiders ready for the upcoming IHSA Class 4A Girls...
Restaurant Week is back Plainfield’s annual Restaurant Week will be held February 23-29. For a list of participating restaurants, visit plainfieldrestaurantweek.com. Be sure to check back frequently as the restaurants share their specials. New Traffic Signal The traffic signal at the intersection of 143rd Street and Meadow Lane is now operational. When driving in the area, please be aware of this new signal. Green Village Program: Green Homes The 2020 Green Village Series continues on Monday, February 10 at 7 p.m., at the P...
Lewis University's seventh ranked men's volleyball team finished off a perfect weekend with a sweep of Charleston (W.V.) at Neil Carey Arena on Saturday evening. The Flyers improve to 5-3 while the Golden Eagles fall to 1-7. Lewis used a 7-2 run midway through the opening set to break open a close match as it went onto win 25-15. The Flyers hit .455 in the stanza and were led offensively by Kyle Bugée (Cupertino, Calif./Homestead) with four kills while Tyler Mitchem...