Articles filed under Christian Liberty Academy

• Christian Liberty drops dome opener Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  With no signs of the weather cooperating for outside action, Christian Liberty Academy may not play another softball game for a while. But at least the Chargers got one in on Thursday. They became the first area team to play this season, dropping a 16-3 decision in 5 innings to Regina at the Rosemont Indoor Dome, a sparkling new facility on the south end of town.
  

   

• Softball: Scouting Northwest Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  Here's a look at the softball season ahead for teams in the Mid-Suburban League plus Maine West, St. Viator, Leyden and Christian Liberty.
  

   

• Christian Liberty eager for indoors opener Mar 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  Are you ready for some softball? With the adverse weather conditions canceling all outdoor action since March 11 when the season was supposed to open, Christian Liberty will kick things off on Thursday with a game against Regina. Snow, rain or cold will not be a factor. The game will be played indoors at 3:30 p.m. at the new Rosemont Dome. It is part of the fourth annual Indoor High School Spring Jamboree hosted by Jim Goranson's Illinois Bash.
  

   
• 

  Girls basketball: Northwest all-area team Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Introducing the Daily Herald's girls basketball all-area team for the Northwest suburbs.
  

   

• Christian Liberty’s Moriarty repeats as 1A 3-point champ Feb 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  Jess Moriarty didn't lose her touch in 12 months. After winning the IHSA 3-point shooting contest as a freshman, the Christian Liberty guard defended her title on Friday. Moriarty told Chargers coach Steve Rowland she wasn't as nervous heading into the competition this time at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal. Maybe until she got to Friday's shootout.
  

   
• 

  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from basketball, swimming and gymnastics.
  

   
• 

  Westminster nails down 1A regional crown Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian guard Kinsley Donahue was disappointed that Thursday’s snowstorm pushed the Class 1A Harvest Christian girls basketball regional final to Friday. Even more so for the pumped-up Donahue, as the game began Friday night, she waited even longer being the sixth man in Ken Flickinger’s group. But when Flickinger called for her to settle her teammates down when the Warriors were trailing by 3 points with 1:43 left in the first quarter, Donahue’s role became even more important. Westminster needed her spark off the bench to get the team back in the flow. “I kind of prayed a lot before the game and I feel I kind of got the strength,” said Donahue. “Coach encouraged me to make an effort when I came off the bench to spark something.” Donahue rose to the occasion. Her 13 points and 4 rebounds, including 6 points in the second quarter, helped Westminster fight off Christian Liberty, which hung around in the first half. Freshman Maddie Versluys took care of the rest with a game-high 21 points, including 7 rebounds as top-seeded Westminster grabbed a second-straight regional crown in a 62-43 win over No. 2 Christian Liberty at the Mitchell Swaback Athletic Center in Elgin.
  

   

• Class 1A girls basketball final in Elgin postponed Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Class 1A Harvest Christian girls baskletball regional championship game in Elgin scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to the snowstorm. Westminster Christian and Christian Liberty will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Harvest Christian for the regional title.
  

   

• Prospect nips Wheeling, clinches share of East Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• LFA gives Christian Liberty some postseason prep Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
  Playing its last home game, Christian Liberty's girls basketball team faced it toughest test of the regular season against visiting Lake Forest Academy. "I told the girls this is the toughest game we'll see before regionals," said Chargers coach Steve Rowland. "We just wanted to see how we matched up." Unfortunately for the Chargers, they had to match up for nearly 11 minutes without junior Shelbi Hernandez, due to foul trouble. That allowed the visiting Caxys to make a big 26-7 run to close the first half en route to a 51-27 nonconference victory.
  

   

• Rolling Meadows clinches in MSL East Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  After playing in only one Mid-Suburban League girls basketball championship game in 30 years, Rolling Meadows is now going to the showcase game for the second season in a row. With an 85-29 victory over visiting Wheeling, the Mustangs (23-1) clinched the MSL East on Tuesday with a 9-0 record and one game left on Friday. Meadows will host Fremd (21-7, 7-2) for the MSL crown a week from today.
  

   

• Elk Grove zings Zion-Benton Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  After giving state-ranked Rolling Meadows one of its toughest tests of the season on Friday night, Elk Grove's girls basketball team had plenty in reserve on Saturday afternoon. The Grenadiers recovered from a first-quarter 12-8 deficit and limited visiting Zion-Benton to 2 points in the second quarter to gain a 17-14 edge at half before pulling away to a 46-39 nonconference triumph.
  

   

• Road win for Christian Liberty Jan 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  Led by Wesley Swiderik (19 points), Marcus Silva (12) and Aaron Cunningham (10), the Christian Liberty boys basketball team posted a 60-45 victory at Hiawatha on Thursday night.David Colbert had a pair of 3-pointers for the Chargers (5-15) while Swiderik had one.
  

   
• 

  Special win for Christian Liberty, with Spicer in mind Jan 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  It was a special night at Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights.The private school, which used to be the old Arlington High School, draws students from towns as far as Chicago, Elgin and Crystal Lake.Tuesday night, it drew a lot of visitors from the northwest suburbs and elsewhere in a benefit for well-known and longtime official Bill Spicer, who is battling a rare form of leukemia.Spicer stays involved with the Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association, which he has guided as its president since 1989, and with the Prospect Performing Arts Endowment, which he helped to form after his three children graduated from Prospect High School.A total of $36,000 from admission, concessions, donations and raffles was raised in support of Spicer as the Chargers hosted a junior high boys basketball game and varsity girls and boys contests against Harvest Christian of Elgin.The Chargers’ girls varsity team received 16 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots from junior center Shelbi Hernandez in a 44-27 Northeastern Athletic Conference victory.
  

   

• Niles North tops Prospect; last-second bucket sinks Chargers Jan 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Niles North, runner-up in the recent Hardwood Classic at Wheeling, was too much for visiting Prospect in nonconference play Tuesday. The Vikings (11-3) got a game-high 22 points from Lorenzo Dillard in a 82-57 victory over the Mid-Suburban East-leading Knights, who have dropped two straight. Prospect (11-6) was led by 13 points from Mike Houghton.
  

   

• The Soapbox Jan 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  Daily Herald editors take the news of the week and offer up their quick-hit opinions in The Soapbox.
  

   

• Highland Park tips Maine West in OT Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Host Maine West took Highland Park to overtime before falling 45-41 on Friday in a Central Suburban North boys basketball game.The Warriors (9-7, 1-4) led 31-27 after the third quarter but managed only 5 points in the fourth quarter and another 5 in OT.Highland Park converted 14 of 22 foul shots, while Maine West was awarded just three trips to the line and made 2.Tom Kukec led the Warriors with 9 points, and Matt Finnander, Allante Bates and Anthony Dones had 8 apiece.
  

   

• Highland Park tops Maine West Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Senior guard Lena Munzer scored 35 points to lead the Highland Park girls basketball team to a 49-39 victory over Maine West in the Central Suburban North contest. Junior Brittany Collins tossed home 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Warriors (6-12, 3-3).
  

   
• 

  Friends, colleagues leap to help suburban basketball refereeJan 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  A rare form of leukemia has taken Bill Spicer off the court for nearly a year, but student athletes whom he officiated and his peers in the prep sports world have not forgotten him. They are organizing a fundraiser Jan. 15 to help Spicer and his family meet his mounting medical bills not covered by insurance. "I am so gratified and lifted up by the outpouring of support for next week," he says.
  

   

• At full strength, Fremd edges BG Jan 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Buffalo Grove girls basketball team gave host Fremd a tough test from start to finish in Tuesday night’s Mid-Suburban League crossover.But when it was over, the Vikings had passed their first test of 2013 with a 61-53 victory.