Softball
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Girls softball / DuPage County All-Area TeamJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Danielle Chitkowski, Glenbard South The junior first baseman busted out at the plate in her third varsity season. “I think she surprised some people,” Raiders coach Juli...
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Tri-Cities All-Area softball teamJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - By John Lemon jlemon@dailyherald.com Amanda Ciran, St. Charles North After years of sharing time in the circle, Ciran took over the top spot and dominated this spring wi...
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Wittenberg, Glenbard South still going strongJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Jenny Wittenberg laughs at the notion that she’s been at Glenbard South “forever.” “I feel like I’m never going to leave,” replied the Raiders shortstop. Now a senior, t...
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Mersch a hit machine for Downers SouthJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Marissa Mersch steps into the batter’s box and appears so in control, so cool. The secret is, she is anything but. “To be honest I’m probably the most nervous girl there...
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No sophomore jinx for Cary-Grove’s EfflandtJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Many athletes who have a phenomenal freshman season suffer through the “sophomore jinx” and see their production drop off. Not Cary-Grove’s Lindsay Efflandt. Efflandt bu...
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Team concept: Duehr, Mattera share captaincyJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - It wasn’t Olivia Duehr’s deer-in-the-headlights moment because, well, Antioch’s unflappable softball star never freezes or flinches. But, oh dear, Duehr does remembers h...
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Fehlman all-star game set for MondayJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - The rosters have been selected for the 8th Annual Dave Fehlman Memorial Senior All-Star Softball Game, which will be played Monday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at Judson Universit...
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Berggren still a Force — but now in footballJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Ashley Berggren was one of the finest high school basketball and softball players to compete in the Mid-Suburban League. The former Barrington standout who went on to ea...
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St. Charles North headed to East PeoriaJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - After four years of playing some of the best softball the Tri-Cities has ever seen, St. Charles North will end its run at a fitting place — East Peoria playing for the C...
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Benet patiently awaits debut at stateJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Marissa Panko waited on a Brianna LeBeau changeup, and the Benet freshman gave it a good swing. Now Benet softball's wait is over. Panko's double scored sister Mikayla P...