Articles filed under Hoffman Estates

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  Northwest suburban water parks opening Memorial Day weekend May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  As the heat rises and summer fever kicks in, numerous suburban pools and water parks are beginning to open. While some water parks won't open until area schools get out, others are opening for the holiday weekend. Here's a look at what's happening at some of the major water parks in the Northwest suburbs.
  

   

• Hoffman Estates Police host camp May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Hoffman Estates Police Department is hosting its third Junior Police Academy June 18-22 at the police station at 411 W. Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates.
  

   

• Maine South edges West in classic duel May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Maine West's James Duckmann and Maine South's Patrick Aloisio battled each other into the 10th inning in a classic pitcher's duel in the 4A Maine West regional final. But a bases-loaded single with two outs in the bottom of the 10th helped top-seeded Maine South escape with a 3-2 victory.
  

   
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  Krzysko, Fillies survive Prospect in 8 May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Barrington's all-time home run leader Loren Krzysko was 0-for-3 as she led off the bottom of the eighth inning in Saturday's tense Class 4A Rolling Meadows regional softball championship game against Prospect. "I couldn't go 0-for-4," said the junior third baseman. "I knew I had to swing at anything good." Sure enough, Krzysko swung the game into the Fillies' favor when she doubled sharply down the left field line. Moments later, Krzysko advanced to third on catcher Savonnah's Osmanski's single to left and then scored on a wild pitch to Raegan Fingerman, giving the Fillies a 2-1 triumph over the No. 11 seeded Knights (11-26). The No. 4 Fillies (30-7) will now be swinging their bats in their own sectional next Wednesday, facing No. 1 Conant (32-3) in the 4:30 p.m. semifinal.
  

   

• Elk Grove meets Schaumburg’s challenge May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two bullets, a dominant pitching performance and a vacuum cleaner at second base helped Elk Grove capture a regional softball championship Saturday afternoon. The bullets were line-drive homers off the bat of Krista Soesbe in the first inning and Devan Parkison in the second. Soesbe's 3-run job erased a 2-run deficit and Parkison's padded the lead just enough for Dani Goranson to settle down and deliver the dominant pitching for which she has become known. As for the vacuum cleaner, that was second baseman Becca Maher. She handled four straight chances from the fifth inning into the sixth, including a diving stop that might have ignited a Schaumburg rally in the sixth and preserved a 6-2 Class 4A regional title win at Elk Grove. The Grenaders (28-8) will meet Fremd in a Barrington sectional semifinal Thursday.
  

   

• Fremd dominates South Elgin May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fremd senior Megan Hubbard may qualify for the understatement of the year. "I've been hitting pretty well lately," said Hubbard, with a straight face. Already the Vikings' career home run leader, Hubbard set the school's single-season mark Saturday with a 3-run bomb to center field in the third inning of Fremd's 14-0 five-inning with over South Elgin in the championship game of the Class 4A Fremd softball regional.
  

   

• The Soapbox May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Daily Herald editors write about Memorial Day, state cuts to municpalities and Google's big purchase in Libertyville. Find out what else is on their minds.
  

   
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  Images: Streamwood High School graduation May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Streamwood High School held its commencement ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. There were 500 graduating students.
  

   
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  Images: Boys state track and field finals May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The high school state track and field finals took place Saturday on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
  

   

• South Elgin graduates into sectional May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  South Elgin senior Jake Buhman said he wasn't worried about missing his 2 p.m. high school graduation ceremony if it came to that, even when Saturday morning's Class 4A Larkin regional championship game against Elgin went to extra innings around noon. "I told my parents (Friday) night that everybody graduates, well, almost everybody," Buhman said, "but not everybody gets a chance to win a regional championship." Buhman's walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth made certain he and his senior teammates did both. With Ryan Ford at second base after a single and a sacrifice bunt by David Palmer, Buhman swatted an 0-2 curveball from reliever Alex Doty for an opposite-field single to left. Ford scored easily to clinch a 4-3 victory and the second regional title in three years for South Elgin (20-12).
  

   

• Schaumburg rallies past St. Charles N. May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Schaumburg's baseball team has a 10 in front of its name that is pretty misleading.
  

   

• No early exit for Conant this year May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Last year Conant's softball team checked out of the postseason early, falling to Leyden in the regional championship game. This year, the Cougars are looking for an extended stay and they took a step forward on Saturday. Conant senior pitcher Briana Cavin held Hersey's bats in check while leading the Cougars to an 8-1 victory in the Hoffman Estates Class 4A regional title game. Top-seeded Conant (32-3) won its fourth overall regional title and first since 2005 in advancing to Wednesday's Barrington Class 4A sectional semifinal at 4:30 p.m. against No. 4 Barrington (30-7).
  

   
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  St. Viator students raise $10,000 for Mercy Home May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights raised $10,000 in this year's Lenten Campaign, and chose to give it to the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago. "Thank you. You change the lives of our children through your generosity," said the Rev. L. Scott Donohue, a 1972 graduate of St. Viator and current CEO of Mercy Home.
  

   

• Congratulations, Harper track team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: Don Klemp offers congratulations to the Harper College track team, and says their national championship is a welcome antidote to the lousy seasons suffered by our professional teams
  

   

• Fecarotta fires back at township board May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: Schaumburg Township Highway Commissioner Robert Fecarotta fires another volley at the township board, accusing them of financial irresponsibility, in reaction to their letter of April 23.
  

   
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  Images: Westminster Christian High School graduation May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian High School's Class of 2012 took part in the commencement ceremony Friday, May 25 at the school in Elgin.
  

   
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  West Dundee arts center taking shape May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A downtown West Dundee building that once housed a grocery store and later a hardware store, is on the road to becoming a regional performing arts center. Rick Browne, a local architect and actor, has drawn up plans to convert the former Ziegler's Ace Hardware store into the Fox Performing Arts Center. But as part of an agreement with West Dundee, Browne has until Aug. 1 to raise $500,000 in seed money. It's a figure village leaders say would prove there's enough support to make Browne's vision a reality.
  

   
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  2011-2012 Northwest Suburban Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  They have different backgrounds and different passions, but the high school seniors named to the Northwest Suburban Daily Herald Academic Team share the conviction it is their duty to contribute to society. "I look forward to someday being able to help those in need through the wonders of human ingenuity and medical technology -- on a scale I had never before thought possible," writes Antonio Spina, of Bartlett High School.
  

   
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  2011-2012 Fox Valley Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Meet the members of the 2011-2012 Fox Valley Academic Team. Here are 10 teenagers who know what they want out of life. Some of them settled on a life goal when they were preschoolers. Others took a little bit longer to decide. But they all know the possibilities are endless. "Putting my passion into diverse activities has opened the gateway for academic learning to be forged into life success," writes Connor Flexman of Elgin Academy.
  

   
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  St. Charles N. handles pressure, Schaumburg May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  No matter which of the five kicks in a penalty kick shootout a player is slated to take, there is bound to be pressure. Shootouts are pressure-packed situations by their very nature. But Lauren Koehl stepped up to take the fifth of St. Charles North's kicks on Friday night with a pressure unique to the shootout with Schaumburg: she could win the match for her team by converting her kick.