Hendricks earns academic All-America honor

Carmel alumnus Kevin Hendricks, a senior outfielder for the Benedictine men’s baseball team, was recently named to the Capitol One Academic All-America Division III Second Team. The Mundelein native is a management and organizational behavior major. Early in the season, Hendricks was named to the …

Trinity joins the lacrosse craze

Laura Gill doesn’t have to look very far to find a pioneer.

Gill’s father, Ted Gill, began the girls lacrosse program at Fenwick in 2004.

Now Laura Gill has blazed her own trail by introducing the sport at Trinity, the River Forest school announced last …

7-on-7 tournaments provide needed competition

There is no doubt that football 7-on-7s are growing in popularity, but Oak Park-River Forest coach John Hoerster cautions that they’re no prediction of success.

Defending Class 8A state champion Mount Carmel will compete in its only 7-on-7 scrimmage of the summer at 9 a.m. …

Huskies will work on putting offense in place

Matt Maloney isn’t afraid of borrowing basketball philosophies from other coaches.

The veteran Oak Park-River Forest coach recently shared some basketball knowledge with Stevenson coach Pat Ambrose, who led the Patriots to a runner-up finish in Class 4A in March.

Ambrose explained to Maloney that …

All-area girls soccer first team

Pioneer Press Player of the Year Corey Burns, a senior defender from Loyola, tops our girls soccer first team.

All-area boys volleyball first team

Pioneer Press Player of the Year Brad Tiller of Stevenson heads our boys volleyball first team.

Baseball showcase finds new suburban home

After 15 years, the Stevenson Showcase has moved.

The brainchild of high school baseball promoter and former Hersey coach Harvey Foster has found a new home. His two-day showcase is officially known as the Northwest Suburban Baseball Tournament, the premier exhibition for Chicago-area high school …

Oak Park Eagles 12U A comes in second

The Oak Park Eagles 12U A placed second among 21 teams from around the Midwest at the Longshots Memorial Day tournament in Downers Grove. The Eagles won their first four games before falling to the Troy Titans. Fence-clearing home runs by Michael Cerceo, Griffin Holderfield, …

Elmwood Park Rush opens registration for football and cheerleading

Elmwood Park Rush Youth Football & Cheerleading is holding registration for grade-school students. Football players and cheerleaders will be assigned to rosters on a first-come basis. Once rosters are full, players and cheerleaders will be placed on a waiting list. Applicants do not have to …

Windmills 10U takes 2nd in Mokena

The Oak Park Windmills 10U team went 4-1 and placed runner-up May 26 in the Mokena Blast Into Summer Memorial.

Among the standouts, Julia Youman collected nine hits and batted .692. Catherine Traylor delivered a key two-run base hit in the semifinal victory over Top …

14U Red Windmills climb back to get World Series bid

The Oak Park Windmills 14U Red staved off elimination four times on June 9 to reach the championship game of the USSSA Romeoville 14U State Qualifier. While rain forced a premature end to the tournament, the Windmills had already secured a berth in the USSSA …

Stars get chance to showcase talent

Of the nearly two dozen players on the roster for this weekend’s baseball showcase at St. Charles North, few are like Hinsdale Central senior Jacob White.

White is not playing travel baseball this summer and has not seriously considered baseball in college.

That’s not the …

Lambert’s star shines bright

After another successful year, Fenwick attackman Alex Lambert won’t be content sitting back and taking a breather.

He’s already preparing and looking forward to what’s ahead of him a year from now.

After being named first team all-Catholic League, the Burr Ridge native is gearing …

Lehman’s lean toward tennis pays off at state

Graham Lehman always knew he would have to decide one day between playing baseball or tennis.

A slump heading into his freshman year at Oak Park-River Forest helped make his decision a little bit easier.

“It was really tough,” said Lehman, who graduated on Sunday. …

Catholic League welcomes former SCC teams

Those who consider the Catholic League the state’s premier football conference now have an even better argument.

The 100-year-old conference isn’t standing pat in its second century, confirming on Monday the addition for football of five current Suburban Christian Conference members — including defending state …