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Fourth Girls High School Soccer Top 25 Poll of Spring 2024 season released
(Pictured Above: Illinois-based Lockport Township High School burst into the Top 25 this week, appearing at No. 2 overall.) Seven previously unranked teams have entered the Top 25 in the fourth edition of the Girls High School Soccer Spring 2024 Rankings, released by United Soccer Coaches. Alabama’s Spain Park High...
First Pitch Spring of 2025 As New Lenox Breaks Ground This Week On Sports Complex
A ground breaking in New Lenox on Monday for their new sports complex named, Crossroads Sports Complex. It is located next to Silver Cross Hospital. New Lenox Mayor Tim Balderman says they have held onto the land for nearly ten years and believes the new sports complex will compliment the area for decades to come.
Coming back from two torn ACLs, Lockport’s Brinlee McNabb makes difference on defense. ‘You have to stay strong.’
Lockport’s Brinlee McNabb can quickly rattle off the dates without thinking very hard — Sept. 25, 2021, and May 23, 2023. Those are the days McNabb suffered torn ACL injuries. The first, in her right knee, cost McNabb her entire sophomore season. The second, in her left knee, came in a regional championship game, ending her junior year early and setting up another long rehab before her senior ...
What’s the catch? Well, for St. Charles East’s Samantha Gaca, family comes first. ‘I followed their footsteps.’
Was St. Charles East senior Samantha Gaca born to catch? Coming to that conclusion may be a bit of a reach, but it does run in the family. Her mother Margaret, an Indiana softball alum, played the position at a pretty high level. So does older brother AJ, currently a sophomore starter for Carthage’s baseball team. “Sam’s awesome back there — that’s all there is to it,” said coach Jarod ...
Amelia Lohrey takes flight for Aurora Central Catholic, which makes sense. She’s working toward being a pilot.
Her head is in the clouds, but don’t be fooled. Senior outfielder Amelia Lohrey has her feet firmly on the ground when she plays softball for Aurora Central Catholic. The hard-hitting Lohrey is an A-student who has dreams of being a commercial pilot. Those dreams are beginning to take flight much like her team’s performance this season. “I have a student (pilot certificate) and I’m working on ...
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