Volo Sports
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Helmich maneuver lifts GrantJun 04, 2012 11:47 pm - LOVES PARK — Grant will remember for a long time how the Helmich maneuver vaulted its baseball program into statewide prominence. Senior pitcher Jared Helmich was pitchi...
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Helmich maneuver lifts GrantJun 04, 2012 11:47 pm - LOVES PARK — Grant will remember for a long time how the Helmich maneuver vaulted its baseball program into statewide prominence. Senior pitcher Jared Helmich was pitchi...
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Groot’s run at Schaumburg endsJun 04, 2012 11:47 pm - LOVES PARK — Paul Groot had a good feeling in the preseason about the 28th and final baseball team he would coach at Schaumburg. Groot wasn’t sure how it would equate in...
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First sectional title sweet for Kirker, JacobsJun 02, 2012 9:35 pm - When the magic carpet keeps flying in the right direction, there’s little need to change its course. Jacobs’ magical season continued Saturday, as did the incredible pos...
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Grant’s last at-bat a winner over South ElginJun 02, 2012 8:45 pm - Grant and South Elgin combined for 33 hits in Saturday’s Class 4A McHenry sectional title game, and Grant junior Tyler Gorski delivered the biggest of all to lift his te...
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Triple-play ending puts Grant in sectional finalJun 01, 2012 10:53 pm - Grant pitcher Jared Helmich needed three outs in the worst way possible. He got all three on one play to pull off one of the most stunning playoff endings imaginable. Th...
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Loud and proud: Carmel mutes McHenryMay 30, 2012 7:50 pm - Today is “Mime Day” at practice for Carmel Catholic’s softball team. The Corsairs plan to don black clothes and paint their faces clownish-white. If the Marcel Marceaus ...
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Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the weekMay 29, 2012 1:00 am - ...
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Carmel’s late rally falls just shortMay 28, 2012 5:13 pm - It was 90-plus degrees and the heat was being turned up quickly on Jake Rubin. The Highland Park senior pitcher had already thrown more than 100 pitches Saturday morning...
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Carmel’s Bitter baffles Mundelein’s hittersMay 26, 2012 9:32 pm - The battle ware or “smear,” as Carmel Catholic pitcher Nicole Bitter calls the black face makeup that she and her softball teammates often rub on, is meant for intimidat...