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De' ja vu - Psychological feeling that a present-day event has been experienced in the past. "De' ja vu' all over again" - The late, great Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and philosopher Lawrence "Yogi" Berra (1925-2015) Back on Saturday, September 28, 2019, Plainfield North, then junior quarterback Adam Smith and his Tigers lost a 14-13 heart-breaker at the hands of the Oswego Panthers. The Southwest Prairie West showdown between the 4-0 Tigers and the 4-0 Panthers was originally scheduled for the night before on...
GAME OF THE WEEK JOLIET CATHOLIC (1-0 AP CLASS 5A NO.3) AT FENWICK (0-0 AP CLASS NO.9) TRITON COLLEGE RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 6 P.M. Sunday Night Football in River Grove. This Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic-White Division Class 5A Top Ten battle was originally scheduled for Friday night. On March 19, Fenwick had their season opener with Nazareth Academy (AP Class 7A No.3) cancelled due to a Fenwick athlete testing positive for the world-wide virus. The Friars will come off quarantine on...
PASSING attempts comp yards TD INT Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbook 53 26 301 2 6 Luke Leongas Maine South 15 12 252 4 0 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 20 16 208 2 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 31 12 149 1 3 Ryan Domin Westmont 23 13 103 0 2 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 15 11 95 1 2 Adam Smith Plainfield North 14 8 77 1 0 Josh Davis Minooka 16 7 75 1 0 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 5 3 71 1 0 Jack Leons Niles West 15 6 68 1 2 Hayden Timosciek Lockport 12 7 56 1 0 RUSHING YARDAGE attempts yards TDs Hunter Ryan Minooka 16 146 3 Jared...
The 2020-21 Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers girls and boys basketball season will never be forgotten. With the world-wide virus creating havoc for high school sports in Illinois on February 5 the IHSA allowed high school basketball to begin. Overjoyed to be playing, girls and boys hoopsters went out and had one of the most successful basketball seasons in recent history. Local girls won eight conference championships, while the boys took home five conference championships. Enterprise Newspapers Girls Conference Championships...
As the COVID-19 pandemic caused havoc all over the country, it was routinely stated that those most impacted were the elderly and those with preexisting conditions and that, for the most part, children and teenagers were not at risk. That would be determined by how you define risk. Sure, the teenage population was not lying in hospital beds or on ventilators - but they were still impacted. These teens lost school, prom and graduation. The artists lost inspiration, the musician...
CCL/ESCC MARIST 34 NOTRE DAME 13 BENET 14 ST.IGNATIUS 7 CCL/ESCC CROSSOVER JOLIET CATHOLIC 49 ST LAURENCE 0 CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH MAINE SOUTH 49 NILES WEST 6 ILLINOIS CENTRAL 8 WILMINGTON 35 LISLE 24 METRO SUBURBAN CHICAGO CHRISTIAN 48 WESTMONT 24 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE MINOOKA 58 PLAINFIELD EAST 20 PLAINFIELD NORTH 35 ROMEOVILLE 0 OSWEGO 24 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 0 OSWEGO EAST 35 JOLIET WEST 14 YORKVILLE 26 PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 14 SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN LINCOLN-WAY EAST 42 BOLINGBROOK 14 HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR 41 LOCKPORT14 WEST SUBURBAN...
It may be only an abbreviated six-game season but for the state of Illinois' thousands of high school football players excitement reigns supreme. Tonight, all across Illinois, the 534 football playing schools will kick-off the 2020 season. For the Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers football playing schools joy also reigns supreme. "It is just so awesome to be playing football again," Joliet Catholic junior quarterback Aidan Voss said. Joliet Catholic returns 15 starters from their 2019 IHSA Class 5A quarterfinalist. With an Illinois...
On Saturday afternoon, with the blaring sounds of Queen's 1977 rock anthem 'We are the Champions', the Joliet West Tiger girls hoisted the Southwest Prairie Conference championship trophy after defeating Plainfield North 68-53. The Tiger girls had done their part, toward the goal of a Joliet West Tigers sweep, of the Southwest Prairie Conference championships. Following the Tiger girls' postgame celebration, the surprising Cougars of Plainfield South were set to face the SPC East Division champions from Joliet West in the...
Southwest Prairie Conference East Division champions, Southwest Prairie Conference champions, 14-1 overall record — all in 2020-21. The above accomplishments of Joliet West girls varsity basketball head coach John Placher's Tigers may be only the beginning. On Saturday morning on Joliet's west side, a pair of Tigers were getting together for the 2021 Southwest Prairie Conference championship game. The visiting SPC West Division champion Tigers of Plainfield North (9-4) and the SPC East champs the Tigers of Joliet West (...
In a Southwest Prairie Conference crossover battle on Plainfield's North Side, the Steelmen of Joliet Central and the host Tigers of Plainfield North put on a show for 32 minutes. With 9.7 seconds remaining in regulation, Steelmen 6-foot-4 senior Ryan Wisneski (eight points, seven rebounds,two blocks) stood at the free-throw line with Joliet Central up 51-50. Wisneski had two shots. "I went to the line thinking that I was in the gym practicing my free-throws," Wisneski said. Swish. Swish. All net. Steelmen 53, Tigers 50....
With the high school sports seasons still suspended in Illinois and the poor play from the Bulls and Bears and abbreviated college football seasons, there has not been much for local fans to cheer about. Welcome college basketball. Locally, Joliet Jr. College, the University of St. Francis and Lewis University all have area athletes on the men's and women's basketball rosters. There are also a plethora of local talents playing across the nation at the Division-I level....
Thirty-three District 202 high school student musicians will take part virtually in the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) district event this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual ILMEA district in-person festivals will be replaced with two, half-day digital master class events on November 14 and 21, 2020. Students were selected based on submitted video auditions. The ILMEA Conference is scheduled for January 27 to January 30 in Peoria but is pending due to the pandemic. These District 202 students will...
The Illinois Department of Public Health will conduct FREE mobile testing for Covid-19 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Plainfield High School — Central Campus, 24120 W. Fort Beggs Drive. Drive-through testing will be done in the North parking lot. Simple nasal swabs will be used and results will be ready in 4-7 days. There is no cost for testing, however, they ask you bring your insurance card. You do not need insurance and can get tested for free even if you don’t have insurance. You don’t have to have...
Thirty student athletes from Plainfield High School-Central Campus, Plainfield South High School and Plainfield North High School donated $500 to honor and thank a Plainfield restaurant owner for his efforts helping the community. The group made the donation to Gus Alexopoulus, long-time owner of Larry's Diner, for all he and his staff have contributed to Plainfield. PHSCC senior Kaylie Dahms organized the event on August 30, 2020 with help from the nonprofit Buddy's HELPERS...
The District 202 Board of Education is recognizing 19 exceptional educators, staff and community members through its 28th annual Awards of Excellence program. The annual awards ceremony was scheduled for April 8, 2020 but has been postponed because of the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic. “Even though we can’t honor these exceptional people in a public ceremony this year, we are still very proud and grateful for the talent, hard work and commitment shown by each of this year’s winners,” said Board of Education Vice Preside...
Making its 14th trip to the IHSA state girls basketball finals is nothing new to Montini Catholic. The Lombard-based school made its 14th consecutive trip to the finals this season, placing third in Class 3A with a 55-43 win over Springfield Lamphier. What is rare for the Broncos this season is the age of the players they accomplished the feat with. Montini featured only two seniors, two juniors, eight sophomores and three freshmen. Among the trio of ninth graders are Madisyn...
CLASS 4A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ROMEOVILLE JOLIET WEST 61 ROMEOVILLE 47 The Tigers rolled to the regional championship behind Jemere Hill (19 points), Ashawn Burbridge (13 points) and freshman Jeremy Fears, Jr. (10 points). Plainfield South's Donovan Cranfield and Romeoville's Keedan Foster advanced to the Country Financial 3-Point Showdown Sectional round. OSWEGO EAST EAST AURORA 79 BOLINGBROOK 72 The Tomacats (23-10) led for most of the game and stunned the Raiders, who bow out at 27-6. In his last game as a Raider,...
For the 18th-straight year, downtown Plainfield will be covered in emerald green spectators as the village hosts its annual Irish Parade. This year’s events will step off at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at Plainfield Central High School – the same place the parade will finish when it is completed. “Weather permitting, we will have bounce houses and face painters and that is free,” said event committeeman Bill Markley. “We will have bagpipers and Shriners and that is where the...
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...
Valley View Schools Kindergarten Open Enrollment March 3-13 Valley View School District will welcome the Class of 2033 when Kindergarten Open Enrollment takes place March 3-13 (with the exception of Sun. March 8). Students residing in the District who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2020 are eligible to enroll. Visit our website for complete enrollment information including a checklist for required enrollment documents and forms. The Open Enrollment hours are as follows: 7:30- 4 pm, except for Sat. March 7 (8:30 am...
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...
A win has been a difficult thing for the Plainfield East girls basketball team to come by this season. The Bengals last win came on Jan. 20, with the team losing six straight games after that, making 50-43 win over Romeoville in the opening round of the Class 4A Plainfield North Regional that much sweeter. "It's been awhile for us since we had a win so this was huge for us especially going forward with our confidence," East coach Anthony Waznonis said. With the win, Plainfield...
Romeoville's season ended with a 50-43 back-and-forth loss to Plainfield East in the opening round of the Class 4A Plainfield North Regional. The Spartans (8-21, 3-13) went into halftime with a one-point deficit, but couldn't muster up enough offense in the final minutes of play to come out on top. "The last few minutes of the game were tough because we started to get out of our offense," said coach Julio Carrasco. "Defensively I thought we do a good job and fought, but I thin...