Villa Park Sports
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Suburban teams prepping for first season of IHSA flag footballAug 01, 2024 5:14 pm - Preparations are underway for more than 150 Illinois flag football teams as the 2024 season approaches. With just over a month to go before the season starts, girls flag ...
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‘Just amazing’: Willowbrook High School graduate Roycroft living the dream with CardinalsJun 14, 2024 4:56 pm - Cardinals reliever Chris Roycroft, a Villa Park native and Willowbrook HS grad, made his first hometown appearance as a major-leaguer at Wrigley Field on Friday.
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Baseball: Small ball key to Lake Park’s regional title over WillowbrookMay 25, 2024 8:42 pm - Especially in the postseason, a baseball team might not heat up the bats and it needs to take advantage of whatever opportunities come its way. Lake Park defeated Willowb...
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Barrington’s Loutos mastered the computer science of pitchingMay 23, 2024 3:32 pm - Barrington native Ryan Loutos went from designing a pitching app for the St. Louis Cardinals to being one of their pitchers.
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Boys tennis: Arnieri, York rise to the top at Willowbrook sectionalMay 18, 2024 7:58 pm - It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s doubles or singles for York senior Anthony Arnieri. Either way, he excels. Last year as a doubles player, he and teammate Brennen M...
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Boys track and field: It’s pronounced as a Neuqua Valley victoryMay 03, 2024 11:28 pm - Due to his name being mispronounced in middle school, Neuqua Valley senior Madhan Manikandaswamy has forever since been known as “Muffin,” or “Muffin Man.” When the Muffi...
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‘A heart as big as the outdoors’: MacDougall to be inducted into COD Athletic Hall of FameApr 25, 2024 6:00 am - Matt Foster first met Bob MacDougall at a College of DuPage football camp when Foster was still a student at Wheaton Central High School.
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Girls soccer: Rosales comes through, Morton bests Willowbrook 1-0 in OTApr 15, 2024 10:08 pm - Morton senior forward Carisma Rosales’ season has been stuck in neutral. The Marquette recruit became a state sensation after a productive junior season, registering 23 g...
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 10, 2024 12:01 pm - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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A labor of love: Suburban baseball and softball coaches and their players take special care of their fieldsApr 07, 2024 6:00 am - Cutting the infield grass, raking the infield dirt and tamping down the pitcher’s mounds is all part of many baseball and softball teams’ postgame routines and a way they show pride in their program.