Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Jan. 8. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Alec Boyd, senior guard on the boys basketball team. Boyd scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter during an overtime victory over Glenbard West. The loss was Glenbard West's first of the season. Boyd scored four quick points to spark an 8-0 run that forced overtime. He also made all four free throws in OT to help clinch the win. Boyd finished the game with 13 points total. Downers Grove South: Jerron Wilbut, who earned all-tournament honors at the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament. He averaged 19 pts. per game. Wilbut started Monday's game…
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Dec. 18. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Varsity Cheerleading Squad. The Bolingbrook High School varsity cheerleading team qualified for the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association Cheerleading Championships Feb. 11 in Springfield, by winning the Bolingbrook Invitational earlier this month. Downers Grove South: Danny Spinuzza, sophomore point guard on the boys basketball team. DGS Coach Jay Baum called Spinuzza "the next coming of Bryan Mullins." Mullins was the best point guard in school history and now plays pro ball in France after a highly-touted collegiate career at Southern …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Dec. 11. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Nick Malonga, senior forward on the boys basketball team: Malonga had 14 points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist in the Raiders' 47-33 win over Sandburg over the weekend. Bolingbrook improved to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the SWSC Blue. The Raiders will play next at Nequa Valley on Wednesday. Downers Grove South: Jerron Wilbut, senior guard on the boys basketball team: Wilbut helped lead DGS to a come-from-behind 62-57 victory over Morton Friday night. The Mustangs came roaring back after a 35-22 deficit in the game. Wilbut scored 18 of …
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Bolingbrook quarterback Aaron Bailey ran for five touchdowns and the Raiders defense shutdown a potent Mustangs offense for an IHSA 8A quarterfinals win.
For the second time in this year's playoffs, Bolingbrook wins without having a single passing yard. The Raiders (11-1) beat Downers Grove South 47-19 as junior quarterback Aaron Bailey pounded the Mustangs defense for 214 rushing yards and five touchdowns. Bolingbrook now advances to the state semifinals for the first time since 2001 and will face Naperville Central (9-3). Bolingbrook defeated Neuqua Valley without a completed pass in the first round of the IHSA 8A playoffs, where the Raiders rushed for 433 yards. This week, the Raiders upped the ante. “We were kind of messing up on the first series, but once we got focused and figured out what we’re doing, we were able to make some big holes,” said Bailey, whose team rushed for 494 yards…
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Nov. 6. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Naperville Central: Amanda Fox, senior, runner: Fox won the Class 3A state cross country title in a time of 16 minutes, 24 seconds, setting the course record at Detweiller Park in Peoria. She edged the runner-up by 13 seconds. Lemont High School: Victoria Salazar, freshman, runner: Salazar paced the Indians at the Class 2A state cross country meet with a 102nd-place finish in 19 minutes, 11 seconds. The Indians finished in 21st place. Bolingbrook High School: Jaden Huff, sophomore, running back: Huff rushed for 58 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Raiders' 21-7 …
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Oct. 30. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Aaron Bailey, junior, quarterback. Bailey's second-straight nomination comes on the heels of his team's 33-14 win over Neuqua Valley in the first round of the playoffs. Bailey scored four touchdowns and rushed for 300 yards on 16 carries (18.75 average). Downers Grove South: A.J. Simoncelli, senior, quarterback. Simoncelli recorded what could be his best performance ever in a 37-24 playoff-opening victory against Naperville North. Simoncelli completed 17-of-23 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns. He threw zero interceptions and completed …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Oct. 23. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Aaron Bailey, junior, quarterback. Bailey completed 6-of-8 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown and also rushed 10 times for 135 yards in a regular-season finale win over Lockport. Lemont High School: Damon Aleman, senior, quarterback. Aleman helped Lemont complete a perfect regular season by completing 6-of-10 passes for 161 yards and three touchdowns in the last game of the regular season. Benet: Kim Simmons, senior; Madeline Carney, senior, tennis players: Simmons and Carney won three matches to earn Benet six team points in the state meet…
Renate Meyer
1:36 pm on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Joe Stolfo - goalie for the Trojans,Lemont HS combined Hockey Club. Freshman at Lemont High School. One of 3 goalies appointed to the Blue All Star team. The Blue Team played the Red Team on Saturday 1/7/12. Though they lost 7-1. Senior goalie on the blue team allowed three goals in the first period. Joe played the second period and denied all goals. 2nd senior goalie allowed 4 goals in the 3rd … more ›