Panthers Cap Regular Season With Two Impressive Wins

May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Scott Schmid
Source: My Suburban Life

Having already put together a solid campaign, the Glenbard North baseball team ended the regular season on a high note with a pair of impressive nonconference wins.

Glenbard North beat York 7-5 on Monday, two days after a 13-3 rout over Downers Grove North.

“Both are good teams,” said Glenbard North coach Rich Smelko, whose team was scheduled to open the playoffs Thursday against South Elgin. “Our hitting picked up which definitely helped.”

Luke Greenberg pitched six innings to record the win against York while Brandon Kressner, Ryan Storto, Brett Consitt and Jeff LaPage all had multiple hits.

Against Downers Grove North, Matt Frawley made his return to the mound after about a two-week absence due to an issue with his arm. The senior worked three innings.

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Downers Grove North Preaching Steadiness

May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Phil English
Source: Tribune

Chad Isaacson returns to a common theme when discussing the players on his Downers Grove North baseball team — steadiness.

Steadiness is what it takes to survive in the often tough West Suburban Silver. And it helps a team stay toward the top of the conference, even when it’s not playing its best baseball.

“These guys are in the right frame of mind,” Isaacson said. “We went through a little bit of a lull here recently, with losses to Oak Park and Downers Grove South. But these guys know how to dust off and get back to work. They’ve consistently showed resiliency.

“And we’re competing every single day and doing the little things. We’re not always flashy. And to be honest, we’ve had years where guys have had bigger arms, but our guys know you have to play pitch to pitch, inning to inning. And it all goes back to leadership.”

The Trojans were 18-8 overall and 11-5 in the Silver heading into the final week of the regular season. They’ve done it without a significant amount of power hitting or a dominating pitcher.

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Badminton State Finals: T.F. South Win Title

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Steve Reaven
Source: Tribune

There was no shortage of tears among the T.F. South girls badminton contingent in wake of its convincing team state title victory Saturday at Eastern Illinois University.

The unbeaten Rebels began the weekend expecting to take home the school’s first team state championship since a girls bowling crown in 1990.

Realizing their goal proved more emotionally draining than challenging on the court as T.F. South’s 16.5 points were well ahead of runners-up Fremd and Naperville Central (12 points each). Reavis and Downers Grove North tied for fourth with 11 points.

Tears of joy also mixed with sorrow and anguish, however, during the meet’s final hour when both the tandem of Shannon Pollard and Jenna Pasko dropped a three-game decision 21-13, 20-22, 18-21 to Reavis’ Denna Zayed and Marissa Mangala in the doubles final, and junior Jessica Gomez forfeited after suffering a left knee injury during the third-place singles match.

“We won state, so overall I’m happy,” Gomez said. “At first (after being injured), I was sad. But now I see the positive side of it.”

Lyons sophomore Stephanie Lin was shocked after her 16-21, 21-16, 21-17 victory against Hinsdale South senior Emma Adcock in the singles final.

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Newsweek Names Naperville High Schools Among Nation’s Best

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Colin Czarnecki
Source: Naperville Patch

Newsweek has ranked Naperville School District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204 high schools among the best public high schools in the country.

For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. Of the 2,500 schools, Naperville Central High School ranks 260; Naperville North 285; Neuqua Valley 301; Metea Valley 458 and Waubonsie Valley 646.

You can see the details about the local school rankings, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above.

On mobile? You can see interactive map here.

The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance International Certificate courses.
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St. Francis Makes Renewed Push for DuPage Land

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Robert Sanchez
Source: Daily Herald

Following years of failed attempts to acquire land for a parking lot from the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, St. Francis High School officials are appealing to a higher power: the Illinois legislature.

Officials at the private school in Wheaton are looking to get state law changed to make it possible for St. Francis to get a couple of acres in neighboring Belleau Woods Forest Preserve in exchange for land elsewhere in the county.
nd at least one state lawmaker from DuPage says she’s willing to help.

“I am 100 percent behind St. Francis acquiring — in a fair and equitable way — land for its parking needs,” said state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton.

Still, district officials say they remain committed to giving none of the pristine woodlands to the landlocked school near Roosevelt and County Farm roads.

“We’re not a land bank for any institution,” forest preserve President D. “Dewey” Pierotti said. “The property was given to us for a specific purpose, and that’s what we’re going to keep it for.”

St. Francis officials say they aren’t abandoning the parking lot idea because it’s a student safety issue.

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Westmont Edges Lisle in Interstate Eight Conference Baseball Duel

May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Suburban Life Media

Under the lights, both pitchers were lights out.

With Westmont’s Jean Pietrzak and Lisle’s Alex Ventrella both dealing on the mound, the Sentinels made the most of two errors that led to two unearned runs in the top of the seventh inning of their 3-1 win over the Lions Monday night at Benedictine University.

With the win, Westmont (20-4 overall) moved past Lisle (14-7-1) for first place in the Interstate Eight North division standings. The Sentinels improved to 11-2 in conference and the Lions slipped to 9-3-1.

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St. Charles North’s Payne Commits to Ball State

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Mike Helfgot
Source: Tribune

St. Charles North’s Quinten Payne admits the main reason he signed with Loyola in the fall was to play with his older brother.

So when Cully Payne decided not to return to Loyola for what would have been a fifth year of college in March, Loyola agreed to let Quinten out of his letter of intent.

The younger Payne, a 6-foot-4 guard who averaged 19.1 points and shot 41 percent on 3-pointers as a senior, will sign another one in the next few days to attend Ball State.

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Aurora Central Overcomes Slow Start

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Paul Johnson
Source: Sun-Times

First-year Aurora Central Catholic baseball coach Sean Bieterman has stressed all season that this year’s version of the Chargers is a new and improved group.

The Chargers proved it yet again Wednesday with an 8-4 Suburban Christian Conference win over St. Francis, a team that has routinely had ACC’s number in the past.

ACC ace Matt Miller worked through some early errors to pitch another gem and the offense exploded with a six-run fifth inning to put the game out of reach. ACC improves to 22-3 overall and 10-2 in the Suburban Christian Gold, tied with Chicago Christian for the top spot.

“This is a different group of guys,” Bieterman said. “That’s a credit to the kids and the assistant coaches for how hard they work and how focused they keep the kids every inning. When you’re winning baseball games, you find a way to keep winning baseball games.”

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Warmed-up Bartlett Rips Waubonsie Valley

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Paul Johnson
Source: Sun-Times

When Bartlett first baseman Ben Havel and his teammates emerged from school this afternoon, preparing for a trip to Waubonsie Valley for a key Upstate Eight Valley contest, they noticed something they hadn’t seen all spring.

“Coming out of school at the end of the day, we were like, this is amazing. This is finally baseball weather,” Havel said.

he Hawks were ready for the warm weather, and they showed it time and time again in a convincing 15-6 win over Waubonsie, snapping a three-game losing streak.

Bartlett (12-5 overall, 11-4 UEC) scored at least one run in each of the first six innings, piling up 18 hits all told, and chased Waubonsie star pitcher Troy Fumagalli in the fourth inning after he had already allowed 11 runs.

The win came on the heels of two losses to South Elgin and a loss to Lake Park Monday.

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‘Legally Blonde’ takes stage in Naperville

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Jen Banowetz
Source: Tribune

Blondes aren’t dumb. But they do have fun, as evidenced by Naperville North High School’s upcoming production of “Legally Blonde.”

“The show is hip and trendy — all students can find a character to relate to,” said director Nick Janssen. “The show is inclusive of all types and proves the most common stereotypes wrong.”

Busting stereotypes is a main theme of this romantic comedy — first a novel, then a movie, now a musical — which chronicles blonde sorority queen Elle Woods who sets her mind to attending Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend. Naturally, she learns to get serious about herself, hits the books and becomes a legal superstar.

“It’s a fun and energetic show that appeals to audiences of all ages,” Janssen said. “It’s current and provides a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn techniques that will help further advance their vocal and performance ability.”

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