Sports Stories from May 25, 2024 (Change date)
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Softball: Potempa’s 1-hitter lifts Stevenson over Palatine and onto sectionalsMay 25, 2024 5:40 pm - In 2015, sophomore leadoff batter and centerfielder Vera Pflugardt helped Stevenson win its 10th softball regional championship. Nine years later, Pflugardt helped the Pa...
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Baseball: Clutch hitting sends York past St. Charles East in regional title gameMay 25, 2024 5:27 pm - York’s baseball team was at its best in two-out situations Saturday. The third-seeded Dukes (28-9) turned an early 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 first-inning lead on Josh Flemin...
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Girls soccer: Mortonson’s two goals provide early jolt, send Lyons past York to sectional titleMay 25, 2024 5:16 pm - Lyons junior forward Caroline Mortonson was one of only two starters who did not attend her school’s prom Friday night. So she went to bed at 10 p.m. in order to get plen...
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Girls soccer: Vernon Hills falls in sectional final on CL Central’s late goalMay 25, 2024 5:11 pm - After Crystal Lake Central and Vernon Hills played an even first half with neither team able to produce many scoring opportunities, the Tigers put the pressure on the Cou...
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Baseball: Mannion, Prospect win tight duel over MundeleinMay 25, 2024 5:06 pm - Prospect senior Jack Mannion was literally and figuratively in the zone Saturday morning. The right-hander for the fifth-seeded Knights blocked out all the noise from the...
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White Sox give up five runs in the eighth inning, lose to Baltimore 5-3May 25, 2024 4:20 pm - Ryan O’Hearn, Anthony Santander and Jordan Westburg homered during Baltimore's 5-run eighth inning, and the Orioles beat the White Sox 5-3 on Saturday. Adley Rutschman wa...
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Boys lacrosse: Wheaton Academy starts fast in sectional win over BenetMay 25, 2024 2:50 pm - Top-seeded Wheaton Academy set the tone with early goals Saturday in the Cary-Grove boys lacrosse sectional championship game, building a 6-1 lead over No. 2 seed Benet A...
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Williams is not the only rookie quarterback running drills at Bears OTAsMay 25, 2024 2:15 pm - Everyone in Chicago is keeping a close eye on new Bears quarterback Caleb Williams. Even the most casual of Bears fans is aware that the Bears selected the 22-year-old fr...
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Baseball: Caccia, St. Charles North blank Glenbard EastMay 25, 2024 2:07 pm - Todd Genke knows what his team is capable of. After a shaky victory in Wednesday’s regional semifinal, the longtime St. Charles North baseball coach went back to the basi...
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If the season is summer, we might feel compelled to move, but just a littleMay 25, 2024 2:00 pm - I see by my smartwatch that summer is nearly here. I could just look out the window to confirm it, but that is so analog. Or I could rely on the usual summer signposts, t...