Dave Oberhelman
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Brownridge steps up for Waubonsie ValleyDec 21, 2012 10:27 am - In every sport, not just boys basketball, coaches say the same thing — big players make big plays. In what otherwise was a team victory, as Waubonsie Valley coach Steve ...
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Neuqua Valley’s Rhattigan commits to PrincetonDec 19, 2012 1:33 pm - There could not be a more appropriate college commitment story. Neuqua Valley senior football player Joey Rhattigan was taking his macroeconomics final Wednesday when he...
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Maddie excited about new WMU coach, Kaneland-grad FleckDec 19, 2012 11:00 am - For Anthony Maddie it was must-see TV on the computer. The Aurora Christian graduate, who in 2011 led the Eagles to the first of their two straight state football champi...
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Local athletes continue to rack up the awardsDec 19, 2012 9:59 am - There were plenty more college achievers we couldn’t report in last week’s column ... Since then, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches announced las...
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VanderBrug’s 29 points not enough for Timothy ChristianDec 18, 2012 5:15 pm - Two first-quarter fouls barely slowed Connor VanderBrug’s attack on Illiana Christian and the scoreboard. Timothy Christian’s 6-foot-6 junior forward scored a personal-h...
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St. Charles E. outlasts Batavia despite star’s foul woesDec 15, 2012 8:25 pm - St. Charles East senior forward Kendall Stephens rode the bench most of Saturday’s game at Batavia, saddled with foul trouble. That just meant other Saints came forth to...
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Loud crowd signals another Montini winDec 14, 2012 8:31 pm - Broncos fever. They’re catching it. Perhaps not since the Ryan Neill era has the Montini student section shown up as big and as loud as they did for Friday night’s boys ...
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Beebe’s new book a ‘remarkable story’Dec 13, 2012 10:35 am - It’s a safe bet few professional football careers were ever launched like this: “I was standing on a ladder one day ...” The rise of Don Beebe from swinging a hammer for...
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All-Americas, national champs abound among DuPage collegiansDec 12, 2012 2:12 pm - It’s the end of fall. Our mailbag of college achievers is bursting. Let’s get on with it ... Benedictine running back Johnny Borsellino, who elevated the bubble screen t...
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Undefeated Glenbard West ‘pleased’ with startDec 12, 2012 10:34 am - After graduating four starters from last season — three standing 6-foot-6 or taller — no one knew what to expect from Glenbard West. Now everyone knows. Sweeping all thr...