Dave Oberhelman
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Schiller hasn’t stopped proving people wrongMay 03, 2012 3:13 pm - Geneva’s Pat Schiller remembers the digs. “People always told me I wasn’t big enough, wasn’t fast enough, played at the wrong high school,” said the former Vikings and N...
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Wheaton Academy athletes going to great lengths to LeadMay 02, 2012 3:13 pm - Wheaton Academy’s baseball game May 7 against Aurora Christian is not your normal game. To be played at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva starting with the sophomores at 4:30 p...
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Loaded county meet a postseason previewMay 01, 2012 8:39 pm - For an idea of local strength in boys track, two-time defending Class 3A champion Lake Park didn’t win the DuPage County Boys Track & Field Championships in 2010 or 2011...
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Benet’s Vershay enjoys good times at Yavorski InviteApr 27, 2012 8:15 pm - At what has to be the fastest-run boys track invitational — Hinsdale South’s annual Mike Yavorski Invite, done in less than three hours — Benet’s Anton Vershay enjoyed h...
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McNamara takes over at Aurora ChristianApr 25, 2012 10:03 pm - When Pat and Peggy McNamara decided to send their youngest son to Aurora Christian, Pat called Eagles athletic director Dan Beebe to volunteer with the basketball progra...
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WW South’s Callipari skating into hall of fameApr 25, 2012 8:46 pm - Born and raised in London, Ontario, Guy Callipari could have developed a hockey wrist shot by the time he entered preschool. Not to be. His father, Joe, was a soccer buf...
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Waubonsie Valley ready for ‘Meet with a Message’Apr 24, 2012 8:47 pm - Waubonsie Valley boys track coach Kevin Rafferty doesn’t lightly take the title of this Saturday’s Red Ribbon Classic boys track meet. Otherwise known as “The Meet with ...
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Batavia’s Hall of Famer Roberts resignsApr 23, 2012 7:50 am - Batavia High School’s sports landscape has lost another titan. Boys head varsity basketball coach Jim Roberts, who compiled a record of 455-267 in 27 years leading the B...
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Kaneland defends home turfApr 21, 2012 4:31 pm - There’s nothing meek about the intent of Kaneland’s boys track team. “We expect to win every meet. That’s our goal. Nothing less,” said sophomore hurdler Dylan Nauert. S...
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Begovich has something to cheer about; catching up with Catherine AllonApr 19, 2012 7:00 pm - Mike Begovich was concerned. His pal A.J. Diehl, an offensive lineman, seemed interested in becoming a cheerleader. Naturally Begovich, then a junior defensive lineman a...