John Lemon
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Local author finishes first baseball bookJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - For 18 years, Aurora resident John O'Donnell has been working on his first book. Work might be a stretch, because it's also been a labor of love. And now it's out, Like...
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Area's best teams showed their character in toughest timesJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Time flies when you are having fun. I'm talking flying at Bai Kabba or Josh Zinzer speed, two sprinters who brought home state championships last month for Batavia and W...
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Two former North Stars selected in MLB draftJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - St. Charles North baseball coach Todd Genke has a unique perspective when it comes to the Major League Baseball draft. A former 22nd round pick by the Phillies in 1993,...
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You name it, nothing goes right for BataviaJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Batavia senior Brian Krolikowski has a message for future generations of Bulldogs. "Guys need to know next year they have big shoes to fill and if they want to live up t...
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Krolikowski leads Batavia to 6-4 victory over Wheaton NorthJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Ryan Welter has been catching Brian Krolikowski since both were 11 years old, so with things getting tense Saturday morning in the Class 4A St. Charles North sectional c...
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Bartlett hoping third time is charm vs. SCNJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It's surprising enough to see a sectional championship game between a No. 5 and No. 7 seed. Then throw in that one of those teams brings a starting lineup with either s...
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Coffey could get start against Cary GroveJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Jordan Coffey has been ready throughout the last two weeks of playoff games to get on the mound, just a call from his coach away from coming out of the bullpen for late-...
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Batavia takes aim at top seed Wheaton N.Jun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Batavia's Tim Drish was fielding questions about his home run in Thursday's sectional semifinal win over Wheaton Warrenville South, when all of a sudden the senior left ...
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Krolikowski learns to keep his coolJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a good thing for another overflow Batavia crowd - they put St. Charles North athletic director John Rutter to work finding parking for all of them - that they watch...
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Welter, Drish lead day full of web gemsJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Now there's a coach who knows what his players can do. Batavia coach Matt Holm handed out a pair of golden gloves recently, and did his two choices ever make him look go...