Articles filed under Aguilar, Joe

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  Goshe leaves Grayslake Central in good shape May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Nick Goshe gets a kick out of Grayslake Central soccer. The success of the school's girls volleyball, boys track and cross country, baseball, boys and girls basketball and wrestling programs get him equally juiced and make him proud to be a Ram. He's more than just a fan, though. He's also the head football coach. Well, he was until last Thursday, when he informed his players and Grayslake Central's administration that he was resigning. Goshe's passion, attention to detail, organizational skills, fresh ideas and love and knowledge of football were obvious even during his first two years as head coach, when the Rams won all of one game.So after two straight playoff berths and accomplishments that go beyond wins on the field, it's no surprise that the 33-year-old's desire for another challenge has resulted him moving on to what he hopes are "greener" pastures.
  

   
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  Lakes’ Blain goes three and out — to Kentucky May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Lakes' Tanner Blain liked what he saw at Kentucky, enough so that he'll try to walk on to the football team and become the squad's punter next fall.
  

   
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  Given a chance with Bears, Blanchard didn't blink May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Former Lake Zurich quarterback, fresh off back-to-back NCAA Division III championship at Wisconsin-Whitewater, made the most of his recent rookie minicamp. He signed a three-year deal with the Bears.
  

   
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  Pedersen to lead experienced Libertyville coaching staff Apr 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Coach Greg Pedersen has been named to lead the new Libertyville girls basketball coaching staff, which certainly has no shortage of experience. It inlcudes three former head coaches - Amy Holtsford, Bill Mix and Don Zeman.
  

   
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  Rubio completes a trio for Trinity Apr 11, 2012 12:00 AM
  Jordi Rubio's commitment to Trinity Christian makes it a total of three players from Round Lake's boys soccer team who will play for the same college team. Nothing could make coach Hugo Tellez, who passed on a similar opportunity during his own playing days, happier.
  

   
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  Blackhawks Roadwatch a repeat success Apr 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Blackhawks Roadwatch party at the Libertyville Sports Complex last Thursday was another big success. For the second year in a row, Blackhawks fans of all ages and sizes, mostly wearing jerseys or T-shirts with player last names on the back, came out to cheer on their hockey team, watching its road game against the Minnesota Wild on a giant-size TV screen. Jim Cornelison belted out the national anthem again. Hall-of-famer Denis Savard showed up to sign autographs again. We knocked it out of the park again, said a beaming Connie Kowal, the complexs director.
  

   
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  Vernon Hills’ Meline vends quality in all activities Mar 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Vernon Hills' Megan Meline is aiming to conclude a busy senior sports endeavor with a sweet finish in softball.
  

   
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  Vernon Hills’ Bennett-Swanson likes DePaul’s tune Mar 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  Meri Bennett-Swanson, a veteran of wind ensemble, symphony orchestra and varsity basketball at Vernon Hills, made a verbal commitment to play Division I hoops for DePaul University this week. It must have been sweet music to the ears of Blue Demons coach Doug Bruno, who will be securing a 6-foot-2 center who is already her high schools all-time leading scorer with her senior season still to go.
  

   

• Round Lake’s Farley commits to Illinois State Mar 8, 2012 12:00 AM
  The signing of speedy Round Lake senior Antonio Farley with Illinois State University to compete track and field makes him the latest Round Lake student-athlete to announce to his plans to run in college.
  

   
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  Saluting Lake County's all-everything teams Mar 4, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Lake County all-area teams appear next Friday; here's a look at some less conventional groupings of the area's top girls and boys basketball players.
  

   
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  Swanson opts out at Libertyville Mar 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  Girls basketball coach Kathie Swanson has decided to step down at Libertyville after winning the North Suburban Conference title three years in a row. The tall coach with the fiery sideline demeanor leaves Libertyville with a six-year mark of 125-49 that included a 50-22 record in the North Suburban Conference Lake Division.
  

   
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  Proffitt prefers to coach at Lake Zurich Feb 8, 2012 12:00 AM
  David Proffitt becomes a head football coach for the third time in his career after accepting Lake Zurich's offer to run its program. He enjoyed a 12-year run at Marian Central from 1991-2002, taking the Hurricanes to the Class 3A state quarterfinals three times, including the semifinals in 1995. He also coached two years in the late 1970s at now-defunct Weber on the Chicago’s North Side.
  

   
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  Stevenson’s Miller charts a daring future Feb 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  His 6-foot-3 frame figures to keep Carl Miller from piloting a jet for the U.S. Air Force. “I might be a little too tall to fly, from what I’ve heard,” said Miller, 210 pounds, muscular and tough. The Stevenson senior will settle for flying around the football field. He’s sky-high after verbally committing to the Air Force on Monday — about five months after the military academy offered him the chance to head to picturesque Colorado Springs, Colo., and play football for the Falcons, who have been earning bowl bids with regularity in recent years.
  

   
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  Looks like LZ’s Bauer made the right choice Jan 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Lydia Bauer, a former Lake Zurich product, is looking good at Wisconsin-Green Bay. At 17-0, including 7-0 in the Horizon League, Wisconsin-Green Bay is one of only two undefeated women’s basketball teams in Division I (Baylor is the other). The Phoenix, ranked 12th in the AP Top 25 and ninth in the ESPN/USA Today rankings, is off to the best start in the program’s 38-year history.
  

   
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  It all adds up for Jones at Libertyville Jan 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Do the math, and you don’t have to be Mike Jones to understand that the Libertyville football team’s 21-26 record since 2007 doesn’t make the grade. “We just have to build consistency on both sides of the ball,” Jones said. “It seems like we can never put it together.” On Monday night, the District 128 school board approved the hiring of the 43-year-old Jones as Libertyville’s new head football coach, hoping the longtime assistant can put together a program that not long ago was putting up numbers that a math guy like Jones loves.
  

   
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  Kaider to coach Mundelein football Jan 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  The raised-ranch house with the rebuilt lower level in Williams Bay, Wis., hits the market March 1. George Kaider hit his new job running Tuesday night. Before that, actually. His new rebuilding job officially began with Mundelein’s District 120 school board unanimously approving his hiring as the Mustangs’ head varsity football coach.
  

   
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  Stortz sports stellar ‘stats’ Jan 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Bryan Stortz brings a record of achievement to Rock Island after proving himself to be a winner at Lake Zurich.
  

   

• Weber’s booming kicks boost Lake Zurich Nov 5, 2011 12:00 AM
  With its most valuable player the last two weeks out with a broken left foot and sprained ankle, Lake Zurich’s football team turned to its MVP. Mark Weber: Most Valuable Punter. “Ought to be MVP right there!” an excited gentleman, while exiting Glenbard West’s Duchon Field, shouted at Weber, a 6-foot, 185-pound, No. 70-wearing senior who punts for Lake Zurich when not playing tight end.
  

   
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  Avischious takes a shot at reducing youth sports burnout Nov 2, 2011 12:00 AM
  Gary Avischious, a youth coaching expert and 1977 Prospect High School graduate, is speaking at multiple Midtown Athletic Club locations next week with ideas about how parents can avoid souring their kids on sports.
  

   
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  Stevenson’s Miller navigates another state success Oct 15, 2011 12:00 AM
  The drive, about a 200-mile dogleg right, was a good one. “We made it in three hours,” Stephanie Miller said happily Saturday night after arriving to her home in Kildeer from Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur. Stevenson’s peppy and petite junior — who’s 5 feet 3 “maybe with my new spikes on,” she says, and whose perspective matches her brilliant golf game — was equally pleased with her performance (drives included) in the Class 2A state tournament. No, Miller didn’t successfully defend her state championship. She settled for sixth, shooting a 5-over 77 Saturday to finish with a two-day total of 11-over 155, six shots back of champion Allison Walsh of Prospect (5-over 144). Hampshire senior Connie Ellett (plus 6), Crystal Lake Central (Coop) sophomore Lexi Harkins (plus 7), Buffalo Grove junior Grace Kil (plus 8) and Waubonsie Valley freshman Bing Singhsumalee (plus 8) rounded out the top five.