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In 2017, Joliet West was gifted a star-studded athlete that changed their football program for the future. Historically, West has not been known to have a dominant football program. The Tigers made their first playoff appearance in 2016 after a 47-year drought since 1969. With the departure of then coach, Jason Aubry following their first playoff appearance, Athletic Director Steve Millsaps hired Bill Lech to commandeer the program in 2018. What followed a new coaching change,...
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced on Friday, July 3, 2020 that its Stage 2 Return To Play Guidelines have been approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), and can be instituted by IHSA schools on July 5. The IHSA also announced that it will no longer reference the guidelines as the Stage 2 Return To Play Guidelines, and will instead will refer to them as the Phase 4 Return To Play Guidelines, matching the verbiage used by the state in its Restore Illinois plan. The IHSA Stage 1 Return To...
On a day when Allie Quigley should have been preparing for the Euro League semifinals, she was instead filming a H-O-R-S-E competition that featured six players from the NBA and one other from her WNBA ranks. The competition aired on ESPN in a two-night event and saw Chicago Sky sharpshooter Quigley, a native of Joliet who starred at both Joliet Catholic Academy and DePaul University, win her first game against 10-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Chris...
“The one constant through all the years, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” James Earl Jones said those words in the movie ‘Field of Dreams,’ the words rang true. Spring sports, led by America’s pastime has been the landscape of the warm weather months from the professional ranks down through high school for generations – until now. While...
As NASCAR returns to competition on Sunday, May 17 at Darlington Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway's NASCAR Cup Series weekend has officially been canceled as part of the revised NASCAR schedule. The NASCAR Cup Series weekend was originally scheduled for June 18-21. NASCAR and Chicagoland have worked closely with public health officials, medical experts and state and federal officials throughout the development of a realigned NASCAR schedule to ensure the safety of competitors,...
In a statement released on April 1, the Illinois High School Association remains optimistic of a May 1 return to school. "Even though Illinois schools will remain closed through April 30 following the March 31 announcement by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, we remain optimistic that a May 1 return to school, followed by a to-be-determined acclimatization practice period, can still result in a truncated spring season that culminates with IHSA state series tournaments and the...
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced on March 12, 2020 that it will significantly limit attendance at the remaining games in the 2020 IHSA Boys Basketball State Series, as well as at other IHSA events, to preemptively reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. The decision comes after consultation with the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Peoria City/County Health Department, the latter of whom made the recommendation that no more than 60 spectators...
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...
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced on March 12, 2020, that it has canceled its remaining winter State Series postseason tournaments, which include Boys Basketball, Scholastic Bowl, Drama & Group Interpretation, Music, Debate and Journalism, over concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We appreciate the patience and understanding that we have received from everyone involved in this process over the past 72 hours,” said Craig Anderson. “We have stressed the fluidity of this situation and have been trans...
The act of stealing signs has come under immense fire recently with a scandal that has rocked the world of sports. Never has the art of decoding messages been more taboo. The Chicago Steel Hockey Team (USHL) will attempt to change that narrative on Friday, April 3 when they present “STEEL”ing Signs for Good” in partnership with the Chicago Hearing Society, a night intended to bring attention to sign language interpreters in our community who work to improve access for deaf/...
In a statement from the Illinois High School Association and Hinsdale South High School, the sectional game between Benet Academy and Hinsdale South has been postponed. “Due to a potential student health emergency at Hinsdale South, the IHSA Class 3A Boys Basketball Sectional that is scheduled to be hosted by the school will be delayed by one day," the statement read. "The sectional semifinal between Benet Academy and Hinsdale South scheduled for March 11 will now be played on March 12 at 7 p.m. The sectional final will be m...
The Joliet Catholic Academy girls basketball team was just two games away from advancing to the IHSA state finals two weeks ago. Despite a 40-36 loss to Seneca in the championship game of the Wilmington Sectional, the Angels were still represented at Redbird arena – twice. Junior Emma Jay won the Class 2A Three-Point Shootout state title, connecting on nine of 15 shots on Feb. 28. That came a day after she connected on 10 shots in the preliminary round to advance to the final...
Every season, counting the third-place and championship games in all four classes, there are only eight teams in the state that end the season with a win. For 10 of the last 13 years, Montini Catholic has been one of them. The Broncos added to that run with a 55-43 win over Springfield Lamphier in the Class 3A third-place game. "We have been down her 10 out of the last 13 years and nine times we have either won it or finished third, the only time we lost was in 2018," said...
On Tuesday night, in their IHSA Class 3A Grayslake North Sectional semifinal, top-ranked Notre Dame (29-5) defeated Deerfield 48-32. Notre Dame's 6-foot-8 junior Troy D' A'mico and 6-foot-7 senior Vince Kilfoy both just scored six points in the game. Notre Dame jumped out to a 27-14 halftime lead behind 10 points from junior Louis Lemond (17 points, eight rebounds, two blocks). Deerfield (20-11) went on a 13-5 run in the third quarter to pull within 32-27 with under a minute remaining in the third quarter. D'Amico (six...
Several girls in the Enterprise Newspaper coverage area were named to one of two All-State teams. For the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association, Benet Academy seniors Kendall Holmes and Brooke Schramek were named to the IBCA first team, while Redwing junior Kendall Moriarty and Bolingbrook senior Treasure Thompson are part of the second team. Joliet West senior Jazz Evans is on the IBCA third team. Maine South senior sisters Niamh Gardiner and Nicole Gardiner, along with Downers Grove senior Ellie Gross, Bolingbrook...
After falling in the IHSA Class 4A state semifinal March 6, Bolingbrook needed a half of basketball to shake off the disappointment and rally from behind for a 63-57 win over Lake Park to claim the program's eighth trophy and first third-place finish. The Raiders had not been to state since winning its third-straight championship in 2011. "Our goal was not only to get down here, but to compete for a state championship and when that didn't happen, it took a while for that to...
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,...
The final score was not indicative of how well Joliet Catholic (15-20) played in its Class 2A Pontiac Sectional final against undefeated Bismarck- Henning-Rossville-Alvin. The scoreboard showed that the now 34-0 Blue Devils triumphed over JCA by a 53-39 margin. With 1:59 remaining, the Hilltoppers were down only 40-34 before Bismarck Henning's All-State senior guard Drew Reifsteck nailed nine of 10 free-throws to break the Hilltoppers' hearts. Reifsteck scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in the second half - 13 in the...
For the first time since 2011, the Bolingbrook girls basketball program will bring home a state trophy, unfortunately it will not be the one the Raiders wanted. With a 68-57 loss to Lincoln-Way West in the IHSA Class 4A semifinal at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University, Bolingbrook will play Lake Park at 5:30 p.m. Saturday for third place in the state. Bolingbrook was plagued all game by missed shots – both at the rim and at the foul line. "We were 20-64 f...
On Monday night, the Joliet Catholic Academy traveled down I-55 to take on the Paxton-Buckley-Loda in an IHSA Class 2A Pontiac Sectional semifinal. For 89 years, Pontiac High School has hosted the longest-running boys holiday basketball tournament in the United States. Playing on the same court as multitudes of NBA and major college basketball stars had before them, the Hilltoppers were just hoping for their 15th win of the season. PBL entered the game with a 27-4 record and were seeded No. 2 in the sectionals sub-sectional...
Led by 6-foot-7 senior Nick Ostojic and 6-foot-5 junior Marko Anderson and a gutsy performance from junior guard Sean Gallery the Hawks held off Schurz 59-51. With the win, Maine South (18-14) advances to the IHSA Class 4A Loyola Academy Regional championship game at 7 p.m. Friday. The top-seeded host Ramblers (28-4) and 6-foot-8 twin brothers, Bennett and Jordan Kwiecinski will create a battle in the clouds on Friday night in Wilmette. On Wednesday night Schurz, from Chicago's Northwest Side, came out with fire in their...
Heading into the IHSA Class 4A Metea Valley Regional final against Bolingbrook, Plainfield South already had achieved more in one season than any other team in program history. The Cougars tied a school record with 16 wins on the season, equaling the same number of wins as last season. With a 46-38 win over District 202 rival Plainfield Central in the regional semifinal round, South advanced to the program's first-ever regional championship game. That said, coach Lincoln...
Before the arrival of Afroditi Baltsas, the Maine East girls gymnastics program was an afterthought, one of the lowest rated teams in the state. Four years later, that is no longer true. Baltsas capped an impressive high school career on Friday at the state meet at Palatine. In her second appearance at state, the senior finished 29th in the all-around with a 35.75 total, which included 9.225 on vault, 9.2 on uneven bars, 8.75 on balance beam and 8.4 on floor exercise. That...
Joliet Catholic junior Dean Hamiti Jr. realized a special moment required a special celebration on Saturday night. Hamiti Jr., had experience on his side with celebrations after winning two state championships in his first two seasons donning a JCA uniform. So when Hamiti defeated Lemont's Grant LaDuke 3-2 in the Class 2A 152-pound final for his third consecutive state title at the State Farm Center, he promptly did a double bow salute to the crowd. "I just tried to look as...
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...