Articles filed under Oberhelman, Dave

• Get your Gordie Burger this summer May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  It's near the end of the 2011-12 academic year. Here is a brief potpourri of summer activities and such for your entertainment.
  

   
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  Naperville Central’s Real Bearded Santa Clause set to retire May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. For years now, from August to June he's been tooling around Naperville Central in his sleigh. It's really more of a bulked-up golf cart.
  

   

• Work on Geneva's new FieldTurf begins Monday May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Capping a process more than a year in the making, on Monday work commences to renovate Geneva High School's Burgess Field.
  

   

• From Addison Trail to New Mexico to Detroit May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Retired Addison Trail football coach and teacher Paul Parpet knows Carmen Messina as well as anyone. Parpet can take pride that Messina, a 2007 Blazers graduate who went on to star for New Mexico, signed a free-agent contract with the Detroit Lions.
  

   

• Geneva volleyball makes quick climb; Coffey enjoys big season in return May 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Theyre one of the boys, now. Genevas boys volleyball team has rounded into form in its second season as a varsity program. After understandably struggling in 2011 to a 3-12 record, 1-4 in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division, the Vikings entered Thursday with a 12-8 mark and at 3-1 in the River are vying for a conference title.
  

   

• Glenbard North beginning equipment update with Jungle May 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  This summer hopefully more equipment will beef up Glenbard Norths weight room renovation project, which aims to raise $60,000 to update gear that dates back to the early 1970s.
  

   

• Schiller hasn’t stopped proving people wrong May 3, 2012 12:00 AM
  Genevas Pat Schiller remembers the digs. People always told me I wasnt big enough, wasnt fast enough, played at the wrong high school, said the former Vikings and Northern Illinois University linebacker. Ive kind of lived my life trying to prove people wrong.
  

   

• Wheaton Academy athletes going to great lengths to Lead May 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  Wheaton Academys baseball game May 7 against Aurora Christian is not your normal game. To be played at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva starting with the sophomores at 4:30 p.m. and varsity at 6:30, it will serve as a fundraiser for Wheaton Academys Project Lead (Leadership Education and Development), which branches into global, local and campus concerns.
  

   
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  WW South’s Callipari skating into hall of fameApr 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Born and raised in London, Ontario, Guy Callipari could have developed a hockey wrist shot by the time he entered preschool.Not to be. His father, Joe, was a soccer buff who emigrated to Canada from Italy at age 15.
  

   

• Begovich has something to cheer about; catching up with Catherine Allon Apr 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Mike Begovich was concerned. His pal A.J. Diehl, an offensive lineman, seemed interested in becoming a cheerleader.
  

   

• New coaches find opportunity at Metea Valley, West Chicago, York Apr 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Metea Valley head varsity football coaching job is in good hands.
  

   
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  St. Charles boys lacrosse teams ready for first meeting Apr 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  For the first time, a line has been drawn. Saturdays Crosstown Lacrosse Classic at the East Side Sports Complex in St. Charles marks the first time varsity boys teams representing both St. Charles East and St. Charles North will face each other. After operating as a unified body for some 15 years, the St. Charles Lacrosse Club has split its boys programs. The girls team remains a co-op.
  

   

• College achievers: More where that came fromApr 11, 2012 12:00 AM
  The assemblage of local graduates excelling in the college ranks is so vast that last weeks column could contain only about half of them. So once more, an update is in order ... Illinois sophomore midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo (Waubonsie Valley) was in Carson, Calif., from Monday and will return to the Midwest after this Sunday, working with the United States Under-20 National Team in preparation for this summers FIFA U20 Womens World Cup.
  

   
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  Time to catch up with college achievers Apr 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  Its been awhile since we listed local athletes college successes, but better late than never ...
  

   

• College achievers: Cordes sets American record Apr 4, 2012 12:00 AM
  It's been awhile since we listed local athletes' college successes, but better late than never ... Former Neuqua Valley swimmer Kevin Cordes, a freshman at Arizona, piled up four All-America performances at the NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships March 22-24, helping the Wildcats take fourth place in team standings.
  

   
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  Time to catch up with college achievers Apr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  Its been awhile since we listed local athletes college successes, but better late than never ...
  

   
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  Ragan has big plans for Wheaton Academy football Mar 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  Speed and strength are obvious staples of football, and T.J. Ragan has spent half his life preparing players for the gridiron.
  

   

• There’s a new No. 1 atop the girls water polo rankings Mar 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  When Katie Guth was called down to the principals office, she feared the worst. Hearing her high school activities badminton, cross country, dance line, school leader among other things, she helps freshmen acclimate to high school in the Hornet 101 program its hard to imagine this particular student breaking the rules
  

   
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  Baltes headed to Final Four; catching up with Shaun Seuschek Mar 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two seasons with Lexi Baltes on the court, two Final Four appearances for Illinois Wesleyan University. St. Charles East graduate Baltes, a sophomore guard, helped the Titans reach the NCAA Division III Womens Final Four, with semifinals Friday and the championship Saturday.
  

   

• Track won’t be the same without Jakalski, Preuss Mar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  On a training run years ago at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton, Glenbard Souths boys track team came upon Lisle coach Ken Jakalski, whose team was doing the same thing. As Glenbard South coach Andy Preuss remembered it Jakalski wore a tropical bird costume a toucan outfit, he called it. Their paths cross once again, in a way, as each of these retiring Hall of Fame coaches enters the homestretch.