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For 25 years, George Shimko has been teaching basketball – and for most of that time his family looked on. Now, they are following in his footsteps. Through his George Shimko Basketball School in Oak Lawn, he coached his children, but never pushed them to go into athletics, especially as coaches, it just happened naturally. "I have always coached my children like players," George said. "I have never coached them like my child and I think that is why they became successful. I...
This season, Romeoville has been without its head coach and its offense. The Spartans (0-3) have been outscored 138-10 on the season, most recently 42-0 at Plainfield North last week. All this has happened without head coach Oliver Gibson, who has not coached a game this season. He is on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave with a "Oliver is on medical leave with the district, (his foot) has been in a cast," said Romeoville Athletics Director Mike Strode. "That leave carr...
After completing her internship at Argo High School at the end of last school year, Kristen Shimko was looking for a job. She went into Morton College in Cicero looking for a position as an academic advisor and ended up landing that position as well as head women's basketball coach. In her first head coaching position, Shimko takes over a Panthers' program that went 16-15 last season. "I am really, really blessed by the opportunity," she said. "I interviewed for the Academic...
The purpose of an all-star game is to have fun. There was no doubt that the players on the court during the Voyager Media Boys Basketball All-Star Shootout, on Sunday, March 18 at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, had fun. But in the end the South squad had a little more fun. That’s because they rallied to win. Led by a game-high 25 points from MVP Ryan Saunders from Joliet Central, the South rallied in the second half to come away with a 120-116 victory in the 10th annual event with showcases some of the areas seniors...
As the only senior starter for the Benet Academy girl basketball team, Tsimba Malonga knew she was capable of scoring. But after suffering a hyperextended knee and missing a few weeks in the middle of the season, she didn’t always get that opportunity. So playing in her final high school game, the University of Denver recruit showed what she is capable of. Malonga poured in all 21 of her points in the second half to easily help her North squad double up the South team 88-44 in the Voyager Media Girls Basketball All-Star S...
For anyone who plays college football, their ultimate dream is to hear their name called at the NFL Draft as one of the more than 250 selections by one of the 32 teams of the National Football League. That was the dream of Plainfield East graduate Tyler Lancaster — at least for 240 or so picks. Toward the end of the seventh — and final — round, Lancaster and his agent had agreed to terms with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent. And with a Packer hat in hand, he informed those close to him of the exciting news....
In 2013 and 2014, under head coach Mike Romeli, the Bengals of Plainfield East High School made consecutive trips to the IHSA Class 7A playoffs. Since that 2014 Class 7A Playoff loss to St. Rita, the Bengals have won just 10 games. When the time came for a change, Plainfield East Athletic Director Paul Raspolich, looked to Plano High School for the man to resurrect the Bengal football program — Brad Kunz. Kunz a 2005 graduate of “The U” the University of Miami played all three offensive line positions for the ‘Canes from 20...
First-year Plainfield North football coach Anthony Imbordino is on a three-week run of facing his former teams. And if they all goes as the first one did, the Tigers will be happy. North defeated Romeoville 42-0. Imbordino was an assistant for the Spartans under former head coach Jeff Kuna. Over the next two weeks, the Tigers will travel to Plainfield Central, where Imbordino was a star defensive lineman and Oswego, where he coached just before coming to North. "I try and...
After fours years as head boys soccer coach at Plainfield North, Steve Berry is out. According to North Athletics Director Ron Lear, Berry "resigned for personal reasons" last week. Former Plainfield South boys and girls soccer coach David Brown, who is the Division Chair for English and Social Studies at North, got a call on game day and was asked to take over the program on an interim basis. "Obviously, this is a different situation than I have ever experienced as a coach,...
Bolingbrook and Plainfield East soccer are on two different tracks. For the Bengals, a sub .500 record so far in the early season has coach Cosimo Patano searching for answers. "We're still trying to establish our identity at this point in the season," Patano said. "Our style and what brand of soccer we want to play is still something this team is trying to figure out." Senior leaders including Brayden Saunders and Kolin Goss headline the young Bengals roster, but Patano said...
The Plainfield Harvest 5K run/walk is scheduled for Sunday, September 29th, 2019. Due to construction around the Village Green, this year's event will have a new route and location. The Harvest 5K Run will begin and end at the Avery YMCA. The "KIDZ MILER" mile run starts at 8:30 a.m. The 5K run/walk will start at 9:00 a.m. The KIDZ MILER will start near Ira Jones Middle School, run around the school property and then travel East on Ottawa Street. Just past Ingersoll Street,...
Friday night at Oswego East, two undefeated and state-ranked football teams, were scheduled to meet, in a crucial Southwest Prairie Conference West Division opener. Mother Nature, as she had done all spring and summer, struck again with her favorite weapon - lightning and torrential rain. Thus, on Saturday night, the undefeated guests from Minooka and the hosts from Oswego East, began SPC West play. Minooka entered the contest ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press week 5 state...