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West Aurora tops Rosary to snap skid Apr 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Kaylee Hayton was two pitches away from perfection Thursday afternoon at Rosary. The West Aurora right-hander fanned 13 batters while walking none in a dominant 1-hit victory over the Royals in the schools' annual softball non-conference game. With their 6-0 triumph the Blackhawks (1-6) ended their six-game season-opening losing streak; Rosary dropped to 1-2.
Daily Herald prep photos of the week Apr 2, 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 boys volleyball, softball and girls soccer.
About time we’ve got baseball and softball to talk about Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM
In celebration of the opening week of the high school baseball/softball season, here are 9 things on my mind:
St. Charles N. wins West Aurora tourney Mar 30, 2013 12:00 AM
St. Charles North dropped the first game of their boys volleyball championship match against Schaumburg with back-to-back hitting errors. But the North Stars more than atoned for their consecutive miscues against the Saxons Saturday afternoon at the 12-team West Aurora tournament. St. Charles North forged the equalizer in the second game and hit the Saxons with a resounding 19-3 run in the rubber game to win their first significant tournament title in program history with the 25-27, 25-18, 25-11 victory in Aurora.
Girls track: Scouting the Tri-Cities area Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
Here's a look at what to expect from the high school girls track teams of the Tri-Cities area this spring.
Boys track: Scouting the Tri-Cities area Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
Here's a look at what to expect from the high school boys track teams of the Tri-Cities area this spring.
Tri-Cities area boys tennis preview Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
The battle for the best boys tennis team in the Upstate Eight Conference could not have been much more competitive than it was a year ago, and all signs point to a repeat of that exciting race this spring.
Dattolo, West Aurora silence St. Charles East Mar 26, 2013 12:00 AM
West Aurora senior pitcher Ottavio Dattolo wasn't sure what was going to happen when he took the mound Tuesday afternoon against St. Charles East. And for good reason, considering the Blackhawks hadn't stepped foot on a baseball diamond yet this season due to the frigid outdoor conditions across suburban Chicago the past few weeks. The right-hander tossed 6 scoreless innings before giving way to senior closer Chris Hawks, who slammed the door shut on the Saints (0-1) during the Blackhawks' 1-0 nonconference victory in St. Charles.
Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Mar 26, 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 boys volleyball, gymnastics, softball, girls soccer and water polo.
Hauser saves Geneva early, then Vikings soar Mar 23, 2013 12:00 AM
At the end of Saturday's match, there was no denying that Geneva's girls soccer team was better than West Aurora's — the 8-0 final emphatically made that point. But there were moments in the match where the visiting Blackhawks stretched the hosts before the goal flood came. In the opening half, Geneva keeper Sam Hauser made a pair of saves as good as any that will be made this spring. The second, a diving save to her right to keep out a rifled shot by Reilly Kulakowski ranks as an all-state caliber stop. The first of those saves — also on a Kulakowski shot — came when the score was still 0-0.
Scouting Tri-Cities area boys volleyball teamsMar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
In just its second year with a boys volleyball program in 2012, Geneva went 17-12 and tied St. Charles East for the Upstate Eight Conference River title. While starting a team can often lead to years of growing pains and losing seasons, Vikings coach KC Johnsen thinks he knows why the Vikings have been successful so quickly. "We've been lucky that some really good athletes have decided to give volleyball a try," Johnsen said. "That makes a lot of difference. They pick it up very fast and move well on the court and are competitive guys and jump a little bit. Makes it a quicker jump start. (We wouldn't have won so fast) if we didn't have such good athletes."
Tri-Cities softball preview Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
A preview of the Tri-Cities area softball teams.
Tri-Cities girls soccer season preview Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Here's what to expect from Tri-Cities area high school girls soccer teams this spring.
Tri-Cities baseball preview Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
A preview of the Tri-Cities area baseball teams.
Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Mar 19, 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 Class 3A and 4A supersectional and state final boys basketball, boys gymnastics, indoor track, girls soccer and water polo.
Cubs affiliation excites Cougars Mar 18, 2013 12:00 AM
So much for Spring fever. It certainly hasn't felt like baseball weather these days. Bone-chilling temperatures have been the norm instead of the exception this month while shoveling snow has been much more commonplace than seeing local baseball or softball players swinging bats outdoors. At this point, I'd actually settle for a few 45-degree afternoons rather than the 30-degree temperatures that we've been experiencing lately across Chicagoland. But believe it or not, baseball season is just around the corner — I think. Weather permitting, of course. Nobody is looking forward to the first pitch of the 2013 season more than Kane County Cougars general manager Curtis Haug.
For Wheaton North, it’s all good Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Wheaton North senior Zach Gordon said Falcons coach Don Helberg's message entering Friday's DuPage Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships was simple.
West Aurora edges WW South at DVC meet Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Few rivalries in the DuPage Valley Conference have crystallized with such drama in recent years as much as the one between Wheaton Warrenville South and West Aurora in girls track and field.
Kane judge delays suit against West Aurora Dist. 129 Mar 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A judge rules that a lawsuit filed against Aurora School District 129 Superintendent James Rydland and other school offiicals by a student who was sexually abused by a former band director should be put on hold the Kane County State's Attorney's Office conducts a criminal investigation.
Looking back at the best of the basketball season Mar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
As the high school boys basketball season enters its final week, one important question remains — can anyone stop Simeon from capturing its fourth consecutive Class 4A state championship this weekend in Peoria? West Aurora, which suffered a 60-47 loss to the 3-time defending state champions in the finals of the Pontiac Holiday Tournament back in late December, found itself one half away from another crack at the top-ranked Wolverines until a 17-0 third-quarter run by Proviso East in Tuesday night's Hinsdale Central supersectional ended the Blackhawks' season. Proviso East's 62-52 come-from-beind win sets up a rematch of last year's 4A state title game — won by Simeon in an instant classic, 50-48. It has been 5 years since the last non-Chicago Public League team captured the 4A state title — Richards in 2008. Here is my personal recap of the 2012-13 boys/girls basketball season: