Downers Grove Sports
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Comeback ’Cats: Neuqua Valley rallies to win againJun 01, 2013 4:24 pm - With this Neuqua Valley baseball team comebacks are no big deal. With the wind howling out? Piece of cake. The Wildcats did it again, rallying from a 3-run deficit to be...
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Radel, St. Francis get it done in sectional finalJun 01, 2013 2:39 pm - With one swing of the bat, St. Francis designated hitter Jake Radel did three things. The sophomore upheld Spartans coach Rich Janor’s confidence in starting him. He pr...
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Orton home run lifts Downers South past Downers NorthJun 01, 2013 7:21 am - When the ball left Melissa Orton’s bat, she never expected it to clear the fence. Nothing Downers Grove South does these playoffs should surprise anymore. Orton hit a go...
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Neuqua Valley gets better, gets winMay 31, 2013 9:16 pm - It could have been a lot worse for Neuqua Valley’s baseball team. And because of that, it soon became a lot better. The Wildcats rallied from a 2-run deficit to beat Pla...
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Naperville North keeps it simple, beats Buffalo GroveMay 31, 2013 6:48 pm - Buffalo Grove coach Pat Dudle called it “simple soccer,” but Naperville North’s game-winning goal at Friday’s Class 3A semifinals must have been hard for the Bison to wa...
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Downers Grove North does something differentMay 29, 2013 8:23 pm - Yes, this is the same Downers Grove North baseball team. It’s the same team that won 16 of its first 19 games and lost eight of its last 11 to close the regular season. ...
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O’Malley sets the standard for St. ViatorMay 29, 2013 6:03 pm - It’s been another outstanding season for the St. Viator boys lacrosse program. Last week, attackman Dan O’Malley was named first team all-state and thus became the first...
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Book it: This is a tough team to makeMay 29, 2013 5:54 pm - Rounding third and heading home in this 2012-13 prep calendar year, let’s salute a few student-athletes who excelled on both those fronts. The Illinois High School Assoc...
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St. Francis outlasts Burlington Central in 9May 29, 2013 2:35 pm - St. Francis designated hitter Jack Petrando knows to give credit where credit’s due. Although the senior came away with the victory Wednesday in the Spartans’ 2-1 Class ...
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St. Francis falls in sectional semifinalMay 29, 2013 12:11 am - It was known early in Wednesday’s 9-7 Elmwood Park victory over St. Francis in a Class 3A Elmwood Park sectional semifinal that this wasn’t going to be a game decided by...