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Nazareth setter Emma Decker draws national recognition

June 15, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Nazareth setter Emma Decker will be well traveled when she begins Nazareth's preseason practice this month. The 6-foot-3 senior, who verbally committed to Villanova, was named to USA Volleyball team's...

Tom Nelson, the team doctor for the Nazareth football team, has a patent pending on the Activation sticks he uses to treat players before each game.

Innovative technique cuts down football injuries at Nazareth

June 15, 2018 at 12:14 p.m.

Julian Love was skeptical the first time Tom Nelson, the team doctor for Nazareth's football team, approached him about treating a quadriceps injury with a plastic stick. Love, the Notre...

Hinsdale South soccer player Madison Cebular (Willowbrook) takes a customer's order at the Willowbrook Dairy Queen.

Summer jobs: Hinsdale Central, South athletes bring teamwork to Dairy Queen

June 15, 2018 at 11:52 a.m.

Editors note: This is the second of a series of stories about local high school athletes and their jobs during their summer. Elaine Kou and her husband Henry hired nine...

Multi-sport Hornet Danny Savage crams during the summer

June 15, 2018 at 12:54 p.m.

Editors note: This is the first of a series of stories about local high school athletes and their jobs during their summer. There have been at least two occasions this...

Nazareth batter Richie Kiernicki takes a cut during the Phil Lawler Summer Classic regional final against Oak Park-River Forest on July 16.

Richie Kiernicki, Anthony Viviano audition for Nazareth middle infielder roles

June 15, 2018 at 12:31 p.m.

With its two starting middle infielders missing for the Phil Lawler Summer Classic regional playoffs, Nazareth looked to alternatives at shortstop and second base. Brandon Bossard and Carson Bartels helped...

Incoming junior Carly Uhlir is joining her Trinity teammates at the Sports Performance summer league this summer in Aurora.

Trinity’s Carly Uhlir balances teaching with sports over the summer

June 15, 2018 at 1:19 p.m.

During a busy summer of volleyball matches and softball games, Carly Uhlir has found peaceful moments this summer in a classroom every Wednesday morning teaching children from low-income families in...

DuPage Hounds provide all the comforts of playing baseball at home

June 15, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

Ryan Fitzgerald and Tom Concklin graduated from different high schools in separate years, but the Burr Ridge and Hinsdale residents found something in common this summer as teammates for the...

Justin Bakker taps in a kick to complete the second hole July 11 at Village Greens in Woodrige.

Soccer players get their kicks out of footgolf

June 15, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

Mike Bakker, his two sons and their two friends played footgolf for the first time July 11, and after a few holes Bakker provided the high school boys a few...

Oak Park-River Forest's Luke McMahon pitches to a Nazareth batter during the Phil Lawler Classic regional final on Thursday, July 16, in River Forest.

Pitching lifts Oak Park-River Forest past Nazareth into Lawler Elite Eight

June 15, 2018 at 1:10 p.m.

Following a third-place finish in the Class 4A state tournament, Oak Park-River Forest pitchers continued to turn in standout performances in the Phil Lawler Summer Classic playoffs. Senior right-hander Luke...

Leyden quarterback Antonio Lemon spots an open receiver at the Addison Trail 7-on-7 scrimmage on July 9.

Leyden has three candidates for starting quarterback

June 16, 2018 at 4:42 p.m.

Based on this summer's 7-on-7 passing leagues, Leyden coach Tom Cerasani likes what he's seen from his quarterback prospects. "I have three legitimate quarterbacks," Cerasani said. "I don't think I've...

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