Articles filed under Vernon Hills

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  Carmel’s Bitter baffles Mundelein’s hitters May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The battle ware or "smear," as Carmel Catholic pitcher Nicole Bitter calls the black face makeup that she and her softball teammates often rub on, is meant for intimidation purposes. "For this game," Bitter said of Saturday's Class 4A Carmel regional final against Mundelein, "everyone was like, We need to be as a team. We're all going to do it.' " They didn't need it. Bitter was sweet, painting the black with her pitches, and line-drive-hitting freshman Jenny Behan was equally impressive against the third-seeded Mustangs. Bitter's 1-hitter and Behan's 3 hits, including her eighth home run, lifted Carmel to a 2-0 win, its first regional championship since 2008 and a spot in Wednesday's Cary-Grove sectional semifinal against McHenry.
  

   
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  Grayslake Central’s Zygmunt, Brewster excel May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Grayslake Central's Luke Zygmunt and Round Lake's Antonio Farley were crowned state champions in Saturday's boys track championship in Charleston.
  

   

• Vernon Hills, Stevenson move on to sectional May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Vernon Hills baseball coach Jay Czarnecki said Tyler Feece didn't have his best stuff Saturday. It was good enough, though. Feece found a way to get outs when he needed them in pitching the second-seeded Cougars to a 2-1 win over No. 7 Grayslake North in the championship game of the Class 3A Vernon Hills regional. Vernon Hills (28-7) advanced to the Grayslake Central sectional and will play at 4 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the Deerfield regional. No. 3 St. Viator and No. 10 Deerfield will play Monday.
  

   

• Stevenson’s Bush takes third in singles May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Stevenson junior Jeremy Bush had a disappointing result in boys tennis state semifinal play, but he bounced back to claim third place on Saturday at Hersey.
  

   
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  Lake Co. YMCA hosts preventive physical, Medicare examsMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  PathFinder Health physicians will again offer on-site preventive health physical exams and Medicare annual wellness visits at both Lake County Family YMCA branches in June.
  

   
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  Vista weight-loss surgery resolves Type 2 diabetesMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 26 million Americans are living with type 2 diabetes. Zion’s Yolanda Roscoe, 43, used to be one of them.
  

   

• Kids’ soccer clinics at Lake Co. YMCA this summerMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Soccer instruction is being added to the list of summertime activities for children at both Lake County Family YMCA facilities this year.
  

   

• Stevenson’s Bush blossoms in big win over Bloom May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Boys tennis coaches at state meets get to sit and coach courtside for the big matches, beginning with the quarterfinals. Assistant coach Jeff Zanchelli performed the duty for Stevenson at Friday's singles quarterfinal between Patriots junior Jeremy Bush and Hinsdale Central senior Sam Bloom at Hersey. Bush, seeded 5-8, thumped second-seeded Bloom 6-3, 6-1 in toasty Arlington Heights. The expression Bush wore while warming up for the match was identical to the one he sported during match point: placid. "I heard him breathing on (court) changeovers," said Zanchelli. "Even that was calm. Jeremy was so composed from the beginning of the match until the end, and he played with so much belief in himself." Mark Linnenberger, another Patriots assistant, also marveled at Bush's burning desire to remain cool. "Not once did Jeremy show a negative emotion in that match," Linnenberger said. "Not after missing a shot he should've made or after Sam hit a winner on a big point. Jeremy was in control and it showed — for the entire match. "That win," he added, "has to be one of the biggest wins in program history."
  

   

• Zion-Benton eliminates Stevenson May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  At the Barrington boys volleyball sectional, Stevenson ran smack dab into what some are saying is a team of destiny. Or maybe it's simply a talented, motivated swarm of Zee-Bees. But whatever you want to name them, there's one thing you can for certain call No. 6 seed Zion-Benton: Sectional finalists. Despite overcoming an almost insurmountable deficit in the second game, the Patriots fell 25-23, 23-25, 25-16 to the Zee-Bees in Friday's semifinals. Zion-Benton (29-8), led by the solid hitting of 6-foot-5 senior right side Josh Hieb (10 kills), moves on to play Barrington at 7 p.m. Tuesday night for the right to advance to next weekend's state finals.
  

   
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  Lombardino, Grant on track for big finish May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Grant discus standout Brandon Lombardino and the Bulldogs continued their terrific season by qualifying every competitor from the prelims into the boys track state finals. Senior Sean Wells made a statement in the hurdles events, qualifying comfortably in both. The Grand Valley State-bound Wells finished second in his heat in the 110 high hurdles (14.40) but his time was third-best among all competitors. He then took down one more hurdling record by winning his heat in the 300 hurdles in a blazing 38.09.
  

   
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  Prairie Ridge tops VH in a wild one at Wauconda May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Kirsten Stevens' complete-game effort and long 3-run homer lifted top-seeded Prairie Ridge to a wild, 8-7 win over the No. 2 seed, Vernon Hills, in Class 3A regional championship play Friday at Wauconda.
  

   
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  Lake County Academic Team honorable mentions May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  2011-2012 Lake County Academic Team honorable mentions
  

   
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  2011-2012 Lake County Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  For the 2011-12 Lake County Academic Team, high school was just the beginning, of what they hope will be lives of discovery, success, and service. "When I was in fourth grade, my uncle died from cancer," relates Jonathan Kersky, a team member from Stevenson High School. "It was at that early age that I decided I wanted to be an oncologist."
  

   
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  Introducing the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Today, we introduce you to some amazing teenagers. The members of the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team all have grades and test scores so stellar they could blind. But read past the test scores, and what you find are humble young people, dedicated to learning and intent on using education to further their goals.
  

   
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  Book notes: Kerry Wood signs his new kids' book May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Recently retired Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood signs his new children's book, "All You Can Be: Learning and Growing Through Sports," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Barnes and Noble — Old Orchard in Skokie. Free numbered tickets for the signing line will be distributed at 9 a.m. Tuesday to customers with a copy of Woods' book and a proof of purchase from Barnes and Noble.
  

   

• A root beer float with meaning May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Vernon Hills letter to the editor: We met on the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1968. We were both 19-year old Marines who were part of a battalion-size operation in the hills of South Vietnam near the DMZ
  

   
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  Mundelein’s Hemmer hammers away May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Rounding first base hard had become the norm for Alex Hemmer, but this time Mundelein's softball slugger stood on the bag. Then like all good base runners, she looked at her coach for instructions. She saw Mustangs head coach Brett Wilhelm flashing numbers. "My coach kept throwing numbers at me and I had no idea what he was trying to tell me," Hemmer said with a laugh. "I was like, OK, I'm just going to keep hitting.' " Wilhelm wasn't giving Hemmer the steal sign, however, nor trying to tell her how many outs there were. "I was showing (assistant) coach (Pete) Nadler how many RBIs she had. I'm like, I think it's 7,' " Wilhelm said. "You could hear them all talking in the dugout." True. Hemmer's 2-run single in the third followed her 2-RBI base hit in the second and her 3-run homer in the first. She belted a solo shot in the fifth, finishing 4-for-4 with 2 homers and 8 RBI, as third-seeded Mundelein pounded No. 2 Libertyville 15-0 in five innings in a semifinal of the Class 4A Carmel regional Wednesday.
  

   

• Zion-Benton eliminates Vernon Hills May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Healthy or not, Grant’s Wells is cookin’ May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Grant senior Sean Wells has handled most every obstacle he has faced in his four years at Grant. Now he is prepared to take on all comers at Grand Valley State University in Michigan next season, as he is signed to run for the Lakers next season.
  

   
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  Borucki’s faith is rewarded by fate at Mundelein May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Mundelein's Ryan Borucki, a versatile lefty who had a whopper of a growth spurt over the last 12 months and is now 6-foot-4, has been told by multiple scouting directors that he could be snapped up within the first five rounds of the Major League Baseball draft on June 4. That could net him anywhere from $400,000 to $1 million in signing bonuses. Not bad for a pitcher who hasn't pitched much this spring and may yet need surgery before he gets to the next level of the game.