Neighbor Sports
Baseball
Spring camps: Elmhurst Youth Baseball, Elmhurst Extreme Baseball and Fastball USA are teaming up for a spring throwing/pitching camp for 7- to 12-year-olds from 6 to 8 p.m. April 11 and 4 to 6 p.m. April 12. A step-by-step approach to throwing and pitching mechanics will be followed. The camp, held at Fastball USA in Elmhurst, will be run by a Fastball USA instructor with assistance from Elmhurst Extreme 12-year-old team and Blackbelt pitching students.
The cost of $60 includes a camp T-shirt. Spots are limited. For information or a registration form, call Kevin Ryan at (630) 359-3126 or e-mail him at kpryan26@comcast.net.
Basketball
Area 2 results: Special Olympics Basketball teams competed in the Special Olympics Area 2 Tournament on Jan. 27. SRACLC's results were Black team, third; Gold team, third; and Red team, second.
Four individuals from SRACLC competed in the Special Olympics' Individual Skills Tournament. Their results were: Donna G., Gold Medal; Chris K., Gold Medal; Nathan H. , Silver Medal; and Eugene K., fourth place.
The SRACLC is a cooperative effort of local municipalities and park districts to provide recreation opportunities to individuals with disabilities and serve residents of the Grayslake Community Park District, village of Hawthorn Woods, village of Lake Zurich, village of Libertyville, village of Lincolnshire, Mundelein Park and Recreation District and Vernon Hills Park District.
Hockey
Metro All Stars: The Patriots' Metro All Stars for 2007-08, as voted on by Stevenson's coaching staff and the other Metro coaches, are Kollin Fairbanks, Gordon Ochi, Justin One, Tyler St. Martin, Nick Fasano and Josh Schmaren. The All Stars and the entire Stevenson Junior Varsity team are to be congratulated for a great season. They will be competing in the upcoming Metro League playoffs.
Wrestling
Invitational results: The Lakeland Wrestling Club's Predators hosted their own invitational Feb. 3 at Grant High School with approximately 450 wrestlers participating. The Predators saw a season high 10 wrestlers crowned as champions. These wrestlers included Kurtis Smith, T.J. Conner, Niall Schoenfelder, Ben Weigman, Lucas Schevikhoven, George Bessette, Noah Drabek, Pat Schoenfelder, Jared Smith and Jimmy Ponce.
Wrestling
Tourney results: More than 700 wrestlers competed in the Cabin Fever Open Jan. 28 at Marengo High School. Lakeland Predators wrestlers who won championships were Lucas Schevikhoven, Moah Drabek, Nicholas Koch, Tyler Booth, Teddy Montemayor, Devin Monroy and Niall Schoenfelder.
Lakeland held its annual Predator Open Feb. 3 at Grant Community High that featured clubs from the entire Chicago area.