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Wheaton North steps up, cruises to DVC title May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Naperville Central offered outstanding individuals. Wheaton Warrenville South looked solid. Yet there was no containing Wheaton North at the DuPage Valley Conference boys track championships Friday at West Aurora.
Local schools will be well represented at state badminton May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Geneva badminton coach Pat Fischer called No. 1 singles player Ann Green a "wonderful musician," an Ohio State-bound senior who plays flute in the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Now Green is ready to make noise in the state badminton tournament.
Lake Park looking for one last UEC titleMay 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Lake Parks boys track and field team intends to go out of the Upstate Eight Conference with a bang.
The SoapboxMay 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Read our editors' opinions about gender diversity in Arlington Heights, an outstanding library in Waukegan and a former House speaker's Olympic push, among other topics.
Top moments in high school sportsApr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
High school athletes across the suburbs face off on basketball courts, football fields and baseball diamonds; they size each other up in tennis matches, around golf tees and across wrestling mats. The give it their all for their schools, their teams, their classmates and their coaches. The Daily Herald put together a video to honor athletes at our suburban high schools. Watch this feature to see some of the top moments in high school sports.
There’s more than just a name behind track meets Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Who are those guys? Nearly every weekend track athletes and their parents might wonder whose name heads the cover of the program they're holding. In nearly every occasion these folks are not household names, just normal people with passion.
Congrats SCN coaches: Gould headed to Hall; Vostal reaches 200 wins Apr 4, 2013 12:00 AM
This weekend is the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association annual spring clinic. Retiring St. Charles North football coach Mark Gould knows it well, but would never have expected to be part of the event's highlight. One day earlier this year Gould opened his mail and discovered he'd been selected for the IHSFCA Hall of Fame. Inductions are Saturday in Champaign. "I remember when the envelope came I thought it was when the (annual IHSFCA) clinic was coming up. I was completely blindsided," Gould said.
Wrestling, Purdue win Geers' heart Mar 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Andrew Geers followed his heart. The Neuqua Valley senior interested the New Mexico State, Wyoming, Indiana State and Wisconsin football programs. As a wrestler, Central Michigan, American University, Nebraska, Ohio University and Purdue were after him. Wrestling won by decision.
West Aurora beats pressure, Benet Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
West Aurora guard Jayquan Lee had Benet's student section in his ear at the free throw line, yelling "Pressure!" He knocked it down anyway, a usual sight for the Blackhawks on Friday in a third straight thriller at the Class 4A Bolingbrook sectional.
Hoffman high students cheer Alden residents Feb 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The Hoffman Estates High School wrestling and cheerleading teams made their Valentine’s Day special by sharing their love with residents of the Alden Poplar Creek Rehabilitation and Health Center in Hoffman Estates.
Antioch takes 4th; Grant drops quarterfinal Feb 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Antioch took fourth place in the Class 2A dual-team wrestling state tournament, and Grant dropped its quarterfinal matchup in Class 3A on Saturday in Bloomington.
Saturday’s wrestling scoreboard Feb 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Here are the varsity boys wrestling results from Saturday as reported to the Daily Herald.
Make it six straight state titles for Montini Feb 23, 2013 12:00 AM
For the Montini wrestling team the issue of dynasty has been eclipsed by a sense of its enduring legacy. Since the IHSA expanded wrestling to three classes during the 2008-09 season, the Lombard high school is the sole program to win a team dual-meet state championship in the middle tier. Lincoln-Way West, Sycamore and Geneseo were the Broncos' latest victims as Montini stormed to its fifth straight Class 2A title Saturday night at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Montini also won a Class AA championship in the final year of the two-class arrangement.
Marmion takes 2nd in state Feb 23, 2013 12:00 AM
The Marmion wrestling team had virtually no margin for error. For a program which had never even had an individual state qualifier until its seventh season in existence, the Cadets' appearance in the Class 3A dual-team state finals against four-time champion Sandburg was yet another milestone achievement for the 11-year old team. But the Cadets' hopes of terminating Sandburg unraveled as the defending champion Eagles blitzed Marmion with 32 unanswered points en route to a 38-17 victory Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
A decision the IOC should wrestle with Feb 21, 2013 12:00 AM
As area wrestlers planned a joyous trip to the IHSA individual state tournament last weekend in Champaign, a faceless bureaucracy four thousand miles away crushed their dreams.
Glenbard East beats West Aurora in second OT Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
The DuPage Valley Conference boys basketball championship race came down to the very end, and then some. Not until Glenbard East's Tahron Harvey rose to deflect a shot just inside the 3-point arc by West Aurora's Spencer Thomas with two seconds left in double overtime could the Rams claim the outright title over the host Blackhawks, 76-75 on Wednesday. The title, initially denied when West Aurora guard Jontrel Walker capped a 20-point fourth quarter with a 33-foot, 3-point swish from the left sideline as regulation time expired, is the third in four seasons for Glenbard East (18-6, 13-1).
Harper has high hope with super seven Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Junior college wrestling teams from around the country will gather at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center in Des Moines, Iowa, for the NJCAA championships this weekend. Opening-round bouts begin at 9 a.m. Friday, with championship bouts being held Saturday — and Harper College hopes to be among the teams still in the title hunt.
Tuesday’s wrestling scoreboard Feb 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Here are the varsity boys wrestling results from Tuesday as reported to the Daily Herald.
Marmion secures its 2nd state berth Feb 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Marmion was starting to feel the heat from St. Rita. In their first quest to make the state quarterfinals in wrestling in three years, the Cadets, who never trailed the Mustangs Tuesday night at the Class 3A Hinsdale South team sectional, suddenly found a resurgent St. Rita vying for a comeback. But the Cadets’ Alex Fritz, a four-year varsity starter, put any notions of a St. Rita come-from-behind win on the backburner by applying his second takedown of his heavyweight match in the waning seconds to put his imprints on a 5-1 victory. The simple decision, which Dylan Duncan then ratified with a 4-1 victory at 106 pounds in the final match in Darian, ensured Marmion its second Elite Eight appearance in program history.
Glenbard North takes express route to state quarterfinals Feb 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Right on schedule, Glenbard North is moving on to the Class 3A wrestling team dual quarterfinals.