Sports

Season over for Cougars volleyball team A first-round victory earned St. Xavier University’s men’s volleyball team a date with top-seeded Cardinal Stritch University in the Great Lakes Conference Tour…

OAK LAWN 2013 Record: 16-14.Head coach: Bill Gerny.Assistant coaches: Chris Bohanek, Nick Chigas, Gary Gudino.• Who’s gone: Bob Kametas, P/3B; Chris Rafacz, OF; Marcin Krzysiak, 1B; Billy Thome, C; Le…

EVERGREEN PARK 2013 Record: 16-15.Head coach: John O’Connor.• Who’s gone: Sophia Lamb, Megan Beckow, Abby Urchell, Chelsea Christopher, Maggie O’Toole, Michelle Estand, Colleen Burns. • Who’s back: Ca…

You be the judge of this court news (Reprinted fromMarch 19, 2009)   TV court shows have become quite the viewing staple over the past several years.  Night-shift workers, college students, retirees a…

Local teams hit the road Knights, Crusaders, RedHawks able to open 2014 season Spring trips to Florida are commonplace for many high school- and college-aged students. Baseball players at Marist, howe…

Lady RedHawks stay busy on Florida trip While softball fields around the area were unplayable last week due to the lingering effects of a brutal winter, Marist was unaffected.That’s because the Lady R…

The long, cold wait for spring There is something numbing about the thump of a ball into a glove and the crack of a bat when heard in a gymnasium.It sounds out of place and artificial.That sound has b…

Spring teams ready to get started While every Moraine Valley College athlete anxiously awaits a shift away from cold weather, one Cyclones spring sports team must also deal with a change in leadership…

Basketball players gain postseason honors Some good deeds do get rewarded.While the 2013-14 men’s and women’s basketball campaigns didn’t feature the kind of postseason success that was hoped for, som…

St. Laurence looking for new basketball coach St. Laurence is seeking a new varsity basketball coach after previous coach Mark Sevedge was not retained.Sevedge, who recently completed his fifth season…