Articles filed under Maine West High School

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  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.
  

   

• Collinis, Maine West carve out a victory Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Nearly 1,500 spectators were applauding singers and dancers in the Sheely Center for Performing Arts at Glenbrook North on Friday night for the school’s 2013 Variety Show. Not too far down the hall, fans of the Maine West girls basketball team were doing some cheering of their own in the school’s gymnasium. They watched a fine show from the Warriors, who closed out the regular season with a 44-26 victory over the Spartans in the Central Suburban North.
  

   

• Productive day for Glenbard N. at Maine EastFeb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Heading to Champaign next weekend? Your probabilities of running into a few young men with bleached blonde hair are looking strong. And when you do, you will have found Glenbard North's 7 state-qualified wrestlers, all hoping for individual state titles and traditionally wearing the hairdos. Success for the Panthers came easy at the Class 3A Maine East sectional Saturday afternoon as Jon Marmolego (120 pounds), Jered Cortez (126) and Brian Murphy (152) all grabbed first-place wins in their respective weight classes, while Jimique Davis at 160 took second place, Patrick Augstyn (106) and Johnny Gosinski (132) placed third and Colton Wegner (170) sneaked into Champaign in fourth place. “We brought 10 guys here, seven got out and I can remember when we'd be happy if we got one guy out,” said Panthers' coach Mark Hahn. “To get seven guys out that's pretty good. We had five in the finals, pretty good tournament, all the way around.”
  

   

• DCFS places Maine West educators on child abuse, neglect registry Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Department of Children and Family Services has validated several claims of abuse and neglect filed against two Maine West educators following allegations of hazing in the school’s sports program and put their names on a state list of child abusers which is accessible to employers. The department’s investigation concluded Jan. 30.
  

   

• Conant clamps down at Hoffman Estates Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Kevin Schimel (13) and Ryan Blaha (13) and Robert Hudson (12) were double-figures scorer for Conant’s boys basketball team in a 71-36 victory at Hoffman Estates in the Mid-Suburban West.Conant improved to 15-10 and 5-4 in the West.Joe Biko scored 15 points three 3-pointer to lead Hoffman (4-17, 0-9).
  

   

• Second fired Maine West coach in hazing case files appeal Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Fired Maine West High School freshman soccer coach Emilio Rodriguez has requested a hearing to appeal his dismissal over allegations of hazing among team members, Maine Township High School District 207 spokesman Dave Beery said Thursday. Rodriguez, a tenured teacher in the applied arts and technology department, was the second Maine West coach to be fired over the hazing scandal. His dismissal in late January came more than a month after the school board fired head boys varsity soccer coach Michael Divincenzo after accusations surfaced that senior members of the soccer team hazed freshman teammates.
  

   
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  Images: Leyden vs. Maine West, boys basketball Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Leyden High School boys basketball team hosted the Maine West High School boys Tuesday, Feburary 5th, in Franklin Park .
  

   
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  Leyden turns over an OT winner Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  Leyden has prided itself on forcing turnovers this season. Heading into Tuesday night's game against Maine West, Leyden had done plenty of it, as its opponents had committed over 22 turnovers per game. Leyden had forced just 12 turnovers until the final 30 seconds of this game, but came up with two big ones down the stretch to force overtime against Maine West. Leyden then got another key turnover in overtime as the Eagles bounced Maine West 49-42 in Franklin Park.
  

   

• Verber’s impact was widespread in high school sports Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  There are not many coaches from the Chicago suburbs who can say they were part of an IHSA state basketball championship team. But that's what happened for George Verber as an assistant to Maine South coach Quitman Sullins when the Hawks won the 1979 Class AA state title. Verber, who died from leukemia on Jan. 22, went on to become the head coach at Maine West for three seasons and led the Warriors to a conference championship in the 1981-82 season. That was the same year Derril Kipp took over the girls basketball program at Maine West. "He helped teach our kids the 1-3-1 defense we used in 1985 when we beat Maine South to go downstate," said Kipp, a Hall of Fame coach. "Maine South was No. 1 in state and we beat them in the Conant supersectional."
  

   

• Maine West nips Elk Grove Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  Maine West knew the game was not over.The Warriors believed they could will their way back from a slow start.But thinking those thoughts, and performing them are often two different challenges.In Maine West’s home boys basketball contest with Elk Grove on Saturday night, what the Warriors believed wound up coming true.The final score read 47-46 in favor of Maine West, but the story of the game goes well beyond that.At one point in the first quarter, Elk Grove led 22-5.
  

   

• Rolling Meadows suffers tough OT loss at Quincy NDFeb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  With nearly 2,000 spectators in the stands and going up against one of the state girls basketball powerhouses, Rolling Meadows coach Ryan Kirkosky said his Mustangs got everything they could have asked for on Saturday night. “Except a win,” he added.But it took the undefeated Raiders (22-0), ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, overtime before posting an 87-82 victory the Mustangs, ranked No. 3 in Class 4A.
  

   

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

   

• Meadows prepares for Quincy ND with 24th win Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  It was fitting that Angie Kirchoff’s shooting touch gave Barrington the breathing room it needed needed to pick up a victory on Friday night.After all, it was Kirchoff’s sweet shooting in the third quarter that helped the Fillies girls basketball team erase a 6-point deficit. And her most important shots came in a pressure-packed situation at the foul line as her 2 free throws with eight seconds left turned a 1-point lead into a 41-38 victory over Conant in Mid-Suburban West action.
  

   

• Smiles all around for Wheeling Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  As Chris Pierro, Nate Majkowski, Nick Riccardi, Kameron Hill and Nate Laude walked off Wheeling's floor Tuesday night, they were all smiles. And they had plenty of reason to be happy. The Wildcats overcame an 8-point second half deficit and got a game-winning free throw from Majkowski before Maine West's potential game-winning shot glanced off the rim at the buzzer to give Wheeling a 43-42 victory.
  

   

• Fremd absorbs beam bobbles; Meadows' Johnston excelsJan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  Fremd wobbled a bit at the finish, but the Viking were able to keep it together. Fremd cruised through the first two events on the vault (36.475) and bars (36.775) and looked to be headed for an impressive score. The beam (34.825) put a dent in the Vikings’ attack, but they survived four falls in winning a 21st consecutive regional title with 143.525 points at their own gym in Palatine. Lake Park took second with 136.275 points, followed by Rolling Meadows (130.575), and Maine West (115.175). Fremd advances to its own sectional next Monday at 6:30 p.m.
  

   
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  Maine West, South lose hall of fame coach, teacher Jan 27, 2013 12:00 AM
  George Verber hated to lose. His intensity as a longtime teacher and coach at Maine South and Maine West was infamous, but the coach finally lost a battle with leukemia he couldn't win. "He was one in a million," said Dave Scott, who took over the basketball program from Verber at Maine West in 1990.
  

   

• 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.
  

   

• The winner, and still champion in the MSL East, is BG Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  In a setting befitting a prize fight, the heavyweights of Mid-Suburban East boys swimming slugged it out on Friday as Prospect hosted Buffalo Grove at Wheeling High School. The Bison and Knights had both defeated each of their previous four East opponents, so the divisional championship belt was hanging in the balance. Oddly, though there was no clear knockout blow delivered as the Bison held on for a 94.5-91.5 victory to wrap up their second straight East title.
  

   

• Potnick’s 24 points power Buffalo Grove Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Fenwick bests Maine West Jan 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  Playing its third game in four days, Fenwick’s girls basketball team defeated visiting Maine West 71-59 in Oak Park on Thursday night.