Recruitment night returns to Grayslake Central

Grayslake Central High School will host the second annual College Football Recruitment Night on Wednesday, May 4.

Also, Lemont High School will host its ninth annual College Football Recruitment Night on Thursday, May 5.

The Football Recruitment Nights are designed to provide an opportunity for college coaches to discuss the recruitment class of 2012 with the North & South suburban high school football coaches (Grayslake for North suburbs, Lemont for south suburbs).

Each high school football coach will be asked to bring 100 copies of a list of players graduating in 2012. The information should include academic and physical information such as height, weight, position, GPA, SAT and/or ACT scores, class rank, 40-yard speed, strength measurements and/or statistics from last year.

Cost is $20 for college coaches. There is no cost for high school coaches.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. Food and refreshments will provided by Grayslake Central and Lemont High School.

Any questions should be directed to Brent Pitt at (847) 986-3300 ext. 5638.

Grant feeder program

The Grant Junior Bulldogs will hold tryouts for girls feeder basketball with the following schedule: On Saturday, Feb. 19, 5th grade and under at 5:30 p.m.; 6th grade at 6:30, 7th grade at 7:30 and 8th grade at 8:30.

On Sunday, Feb. 20, fifth grade and under is at 5 p.m., sixth grade at 6 p.m., seventh grade at 7 p.m. and eighth grade at 8 p.m.

Players are encouraged to attend on both dates.

Tryouts will take place in the older gymnasiums at Grant High School in Fox Lake. The teams will play a spring schedule from April-June in the McHenry league. Registration is available at tryouts. For more information, visit gtaaa.org.

Women's volleyball

The Gurnee Park District offers a women's volleyball program on Monday evenings starting March 7. This is an open recreational type volleyball program for ladies age 21 years and up. The program meets on Mondays at the Hunt Club Park Community Center from 7:15 p.m. – 8:45p.m. For more information or to register for this program visit gurneeparkdistrict.com

IHSA television

The Illinois High School Association and NBC Chicago announced a broadcast partnership for the high school girls and boys basketball state finals.

The complete schedule of semifinal, third-place and state championship games will be seen on Chicago Non Stop (Digital Channel 5.2, Comcast 341, WOW 50 and RSN 131) beginning at the end of February.

“Since we launched our Chicago Non Stop digital channel last November we continue to look for programming that is uniquely Chicago and serves our local communities,” said Larry Wert, President, Central & Western Region, NBC Local Media. “The IHSA state championships are a great event to televise for high school basketball fans throughout our viewing area.”

The girls finals are at Redbird Arena in Normal on Feb. 25-26 (1A/2A) and March 4-5 (3A/4A). The scene then shifts to Peoria's Civic Center, where the boys championship unfolds at Carver Arena on March 11-12 (1A/2A) and March 18-19 (3A/4A).

Bears camps

This summer, the Chicago Bears will offer 27 non-contact football camps in 23 Illinois communities. Each five-day camp runs Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All programs provide football instruction, athletic skill development, fitness and agility training.

The camps will feature former Bears such as Robin Earl, Allan Ellis, Kris Haines and Mickey Pruitt.

The camp cost is $389 with early registration discounts available. For more information, visit www.BearsCamps.com or call 312-226-7776.

Illinois Magic

The Illinois Magic has announced its Spring AAU basketball tryout dates. The program is under the direction of former Barrington and Crystal Lake South head coach Marty Dello.

The Illinois Magic will have over 500 players in four states wearing its uniform. There will be new locations forming in Libertyville, Niles, and Schaumburg.

For questions or information go to www.magicbball.org or call Coach Dello at 847-594-4038.

Men's track and field

Arthur Baptist (Prospect), a senior at the University of Chicago, placed fourth in the 3000-meter race at the Chicagoland Championships indoor track and field meet at North Central College. He had a personal-best time of 8.40.59 minutes.

Ÿ North Central freshman Pat Lesiewicz (Schaumburg) ran a season best 8:52.09 to finish third in the 3,000-meter run of the Wisconsin-Whitewater Invitational.

The Cardinals finished second place in a field that included six of NCAA Division III's top 16 teams.