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After opening the 2019-20 campaign with five consecutive road games, Maine South returned to Park Ridge on Friday night. Behind 6-foot-7 Nick Ostojic (12 points, eight rebounds) and 6-foot-5,Marko Anderson (10 points, six rebounds), the Hawks hammered Glenbrook North 50-33. With the win, the Hawks improve to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Central Suburban South. Casey Clark and Sean Gallery, each hit double figures with 10 points for the Hawks. Senior Danny Locascio contributed five assists to the Hawk win. SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE...
Through the first seven games of the season, Notre Dame College Prep and Minooka were unbeaten and had themselves ranked among the elite teams in Class 8A. Both battled through difficult schedules, made history for their programs, and advanced to the IHSA playoffs, notching at least one win before being eliminated. Both teams are also connected as they produced the 2019 Enterprise Publications Football Players of the Year. SETH LEHR, QB MINOOKA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Aft...
District 202 high school music departments will host their annual Madrigal Dinners in December. Come feast on roast hens, enjoy Figgie pudding and drink wassail while being entertained by costumed characters from medieval times. Plainfield South High School will host its dinner at 7 p.m. Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7, 2019, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 8, 2019 in the cafeteria, 7800 W. Caton Farm Road. Full dinner tickets are sold out, but Pauper tickets can be bought for $5 at the door. Plainfield East High...
A pair of University of St. Francis football senior student-athletes, Kody Randa (SR/Sandwich, Ill.) and Brandon Ruffin (SR/Peoria, Ill.) will be representing the Saints at the 2019 NAIA Senior Football Classic, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14, at Memorial Stadium in Savannah, Ga. The inaugural game will feature around 100-plus seniors from across the nation with team rosters divided into east and west squads. Randa, a three-year starter and 2018 honorable mention All-MSFA Midwest League honoree, compiled a team...
Does someone's name truly define them? In the case of Benet Academy senior Hattie Monson, the answer is a resounding yes. Monson said her parents chose her name as they drove through Hattiesburg, Mississippi and liked how it sounded. However, by its American origin, the name means "Home Ruler." A self-admitted gym rat, Monson made the Benet volleyball court her home the last four years and she ruled it with authority. Monson posted 370 digs, 98 assists and 12 service aces on...
There's no secret the food source and demand for American food has changed dramatically. How American food habits transformed the Midwest from untouched prairies to the nation's farming heartland was something that was discussed at the Plainfield Public Library District by author Bruce Kraig. Kraig, a Professor Emeritus in History at Roosevelt University in Chicago where he taught a wide variety of courses in history, anthropology, and popular culture, has appeared widely in...
In the 2018 York Thanksgiving Tournament championship game, Niles West slipped past Downers Grove South 48-47. The Wolves were led by the 2019 Voyager Media Publications Girls Player of the Year, Sam Galanopoulos. The Mustangs were led by the 2019 All-Area Selection Holly Lueken. All-Stater Galanpoulos is now a freshman at Loyola University and All-Stater Lueken is a freshman at Colgate University. Without those stars, the two schools opened the 2019 York Thanksgiving Tournament. Behind a Lueken-like performance from Mustang...
On Tuesday night at Bolingbrook High School those who attended the Chicago Marshall-Bolingbrook girls varsity basketball game witnessed the presence of USA Girls High School Basketball royalty. On the Marshall sideline, in her 45th season of coaching, with her two-time defending IHSA Class 2A state champion Commandos stood the venerable, Dorothy L. Gaters. Gaters, who has won more girls high school basketball games than any other girls high school coach (1,133), in the nation, led her Commandos out to face senior Jayden...
On a cold Saturday evening in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago, the historic 2019 football campaign of the Minooka Indians came to an end. After winning a school-record 11 consecutive games to open up the season, the Indians (11-1) fell 38-21 to Chicago Catholic League Blue-power Brother Rice (8-4) in their IHSA Class 8A quarterfinal game. "Turnovers," Minooka Hall of Fame coach John Belskis said. "We drove right down the field on Rice on our first two drives of the game and threw interceptions that kept us out of...
The Plainfield North volleyball team had a goal this season – and that goal was met. With a 22-25, 25-23, 29-27 win over Naperville North on Halloween night, the Tigers won the Oswego Regional championship and met their goal set at the beginning of the season. "We had a tremendous season overall," said Plainfield North coach Matthew Slechta, "Our goal was to win regionals and see what happened, so everything after that was icing on the cake." The regional championship was the...
Joliet Information on recent arrests is provided by the Joliet Police Department. Persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Jesus Reyez-Santos, 71, of the 2200 block of Avalon Avenue, was arrested Oct. 29 on a charge of criminal sexual abuse. Jeremiah M. Hill, 20, of the 200 block of South Hammes Avenue, was arrested Oct. 25 in the 100 block of North Raynor Avenue on a charge of aggravated domestic battery. Ryan M. Purkart, 23, of the 1100 block of North Center Street, was arrested Oct....
Jake Farley, a native of Plainfield, IL, and graduate of Plainfield North High School, is one of 10 members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's soccer team who were selected All-American Collegiate Athletic Conference for their performances during the 2019 season. Three of those Warhawks garnered major awards from the ACAA. Senior forward Hozai Ceballos (Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig) was named Player of the Year, senior defender Garrett Morgando (St. Charles,...
Lewis' eighth ranked women's volleyball team bounced back after a tough four set loss on Friday night sweeping McKendree on Saturday afternoon in Lebanon, Ill. The Flyers improve to 22-4, 8-3 GLVC while the Bearcats drop to 11-14, 4-7 GLVC. Lewis fell behind 3-0 to begin the match before coming back to even things at 10 on a kill by Juliana Van Loo (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs). The Flyers took the lead for a good with a 6-3 run. McKendree cut the lead to 16-15 on a...
In a complete turnaround from its 2018 season where Plainfield North finished 4-5, the Tigers rebounded and went (6-3, 5-2) in the 2019 regular season. Unfortunately for first year head coach Anthony Imbordino, that wasn't enough. The Tigers season came to a close last Friday night when they took on the Fremd Vikings with a 19-0 defeat. "We just had a lot of missed opportunities, they're a really good football team and their record shows that," Imbordino said. "We had a great...
Combining both the 100th anniversary of the National Football League and the Chicago Bears franchise with the University of St. Francis' upcoming 100th year as an academic institution of higher learning, the University of St. Francis Athletic Department has announced that 2018 NFL Hall of Fame inductee and Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher will be the guest speaker at its 43rd annual Brown & Gold Night. The event will take place at the Pat Sullivan Center on Friday,...
Friday night's IHSA Class 8A First-Round game between Minooka and Joliet West was also a de facto Southwest Prairie Conference Championship Game as the SPC East champion Tigers (4-6) invaded Minooka to take on the SPC West champion Indians. The Indians were coming off a monumental SPC West championship game victory at Oswego (9-1) and were facing a Joliet West team it defeated 49-7 in the opening week of the season. The Tigers took the opening kickoff and drove 83 yards, took...
The IHSA playoffs open this weekend and 13 Enterprise Newspapers teams advanced to the second season, including Class 8A No. 1 seed Minooka. Class 8A No. 32 Joliet West @ No. 1 Minooka Friday, Nov. 1 - 7 p.m. In Class 8A, the No. 32 seed Tigers are the lone 4-5 team in the field, getting in the postseason because of winning the Southwest Prairie Conference East Division. West, Plainfield East and Plainfield South all had 4-1 league records and the Tigers held the tiebreaker...
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST Minooka 28 Oswego 21 The Indians (9-0, 5-0) rallied past Oswego (8-1,4-1), to win the SPC West. The 2019 Indians are the first team in Minooka football history to finish a perfect 9-0 for the regular season. Yorkville 31 Plainfield North 7 The 6-3 playoff-bound Tigers were buried by the Foxes (7-2, 3-2) on Friday CSL SOUTH Maine South 44 New Trier 7 The Hawks (7-2, 5-0) won for the seventh consecutive game and routed the Trevians (4-5, 1-4). It was the Hawks' 17th CSL South championship in 18 years. CCL...
Over the last eight-plus Southwest Prairie Conference seasons, Oswego High School has won eight consecutive SPC football championships. In that time period, the Panthers have amassed a 66-2 SPC record. The only Panther SPC losses were to Plainfield North 12-7 in 2011 and 37-25 in 2015. On September 28, the Tigers almost did it to the Panthers again falling 14-13. On Friday night, at historic Ken Pickerill Stadium on the campus of Oswego High School, the Panthers (8-0, 4-0) will shoot for their ninth consecutive SPC football...
SPC WEST Minooka 27 West Aurora 13 Minooka improved to 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the Southwest Prairie West with the senior night victory over West Aurora (2-6, 0-4). Oswego (8-0, 4-0) ran past Yorkville 28-20, setting up an SPC West championship game at Oswego between the Indians and the Panthers Friday night. Plainfield North 14 Oswego East 9 The playoff-bound Tigers (5-3, 2-2) traveled to Oswego and rolled past the Wolves (4-4, 0-4). CCL/ESCC CROSSOVERS Nazareth 21 Notre Dame Without Dons’ leading rusher Julian Schurr, the C...
The Plainfield Band Boosters organization will host its 22nd annual fall craft show on October 26 and 27, 2019 at Plainfield High School – Central Campus, 24120 West Fort Beggs Drive, Plainfield. All proceeds from the craft show will support the band programs at Plainfield High School-Central Campus, and Plainfield East, North and South high schools. The show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 26; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 27, 2019. The s...
It was Homecoming 2019 at Minooka High School Friday night as the Indians welcomed undefeated and state-ranked Yorkville. After 48 minutes, the Foxes were no longer undefeated. Improving to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Southwest Prairie West, Minooka, rallied past the Foxes 19-10, before an overflow homecoming crowd. Noah Ellens one-yard touchdown run gave the Indians a 6-3 lead at the half. After Yorkville (6-1, 2-1) grabbed a 10-6 lead with seven minutes to go in the third quarter, the Indians and Connor Etzkorn answered. Etz...
Entering Friday night's crucial Southwest Prairie West match-up, Minooka was ranked No. 7, in the Associated Press Class 8A state rankings, while Plainfield North, were looking to bounce back, from a heartbreaking, 14-13 SPC West loss No. 8- Oswego last week. Led by senior quarterback, Seth Lehr (11-for-14, 193 yards, TD; 82 yards rushing), Minooka (6-0, 2-0) posted scoring drives of 88, 81, 74, 80 and 68 yards to for a 34-0 victory and spoil Homecoming 2019 for Plainfield...
Entering Friday night's crucial Southwest Prairie West match-up, Minooka was ranked No. 7, in the Associated Press Class 8A state rankings, while Plainfield North, were looking to bounce back, from a heartbreaking, 14-13 SPC West loss No. 8- Oswego last week. Led by senior quarterback, Seth Lehr (11-for-14, 193 yards, TD; 82 yards rushing), Minooka (6-0, 2-0) posted scoring drives of 88, 81, 74, 80 and 68 yards to for a 34-0 victory and spoil Homecoming 2019 for Plainfield...
With 36 seconds remaining in Saturday afternoon's Southwest Prairie Conference West Division opener, Plainfield North senior quarterback, Adam Smith (8-for-13, 78 yards), connected with senior wide receiver, Jaylon Tillman (2 catches, 22 yards), for a 20-yard scoring strike. Tillman, hauled in Smith's pass with two Oswego defenders, draped all-over him. The touchdown pass was Smith's 14th on the season. Ten of those touchdown strikes have been hauled in by Tillman. First-year...