Mike Helfgot – Page 28

Mundelein's Brendan Murphy celebrates after scoring during the sixth inning of the Mustangs' 8-0 win against Huntley in a Class 4A Schaumburg Supersectional on June 6, 2016.

Baseball state preview: Mundelein gets over hump, into state semifinals

May 12, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

For a program that averaged six losses per season since 2012, Mundelein's four-game losing streak was pretty much unheard of. It left Mustangs with a 7-5 record, unacceptable to any...

Carmel graduate Cooper Johnson is rated by some as the best catching prospect in this year's Major League Baseball draft.

Cooper Johnson has talent to catch eyes during major league draft

June 10, 2018 at 12:55 p.m.

The kid was a bit on the chunky side, with a bazooka for an arm. He was the type who gets thrown behind the plate on a youth team who...

New Trier defender Sam Urban heads the ball next to Collinsville forward Emily Holten during the first half of the IHSA Class 3A girls soccer state championship on Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Naperville, Ill.

Girls soccer: Shutout, state title nothing new for New Trier

May 12, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

The two kicks didn't seem fair. Natalie Laser lofted hers high and slow from 25 yards out in the 10th minute, landing it in the tiny window under the crossbar...

Deerfield's Shae Feldman, right, battles for the ball against Rochester's Becca Jostes during the Class 2A state championship at North Central College in Naperville.

Girls soccer: Deerfield defeated by Rochester for 2A title

May 12, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

Margot Sylvan can shift her focus to the University of Iowa. Annie Sloan is free to prepare for life at Wisconsin-Madison. Sylvan, Sloan and their five fellow seniors have likely...

Baseball notes: Cal Coughlin, Matt Peterson put Lake Forest on upswing

June 10, 2018 at 5:02 p.m.

With two future Division I pitchers in Cal Coughlin and Matt Peterson, Lake Forest looked like a preseason conference favorite. But things looked bleak on April 12 and 13 when...

Carmel's Joe Santoro will head off to West Point next month following graduation. He's trying to perfect his ability to be a switch-pitcher.

West Point-bound Joe Santoro aims to pitch with both hands for Carmel

June 10, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.

Joe Santoro is serious about his ambitions. He wants to become a special operations officer in the military. He also wants to change pitching hands in the same inning when...

Lake Forest catcher Jake Durburg (4) picks up a dropped third strike and throws to first base to get an out.

Villanova-bound pitcher Matt Peterson powers Lake Forest past Mundelein

June 10, 2018 at 4:11 p.m.

The 12 strikeouts in five innings explained the scholarship offer Matt Peterson received before proving himself as a dominant pitcher on the varsity level. The seven batters he walked and...

Warren's Ryan Davila fires a pitch toward the plate last season against Zion-Benton.

Baseball notes: Ryan Davila delivers in relief for Warren’s ninth shutout

June 12, 2018 at 5:58 a.m.

In the form of pitcher Ryan Davila, Warren coach Clint Smother literally had an ace in his back pocket. With no conference game scheduled this week, Smothers called on Davila...

Mundelein's Brendan Murphy delivers a pitch against Prairie Ridge on March 30 this season. The Mustangs have rebounded from a slow start behing their Arizona State-bound ace pitcher.

Arizona State-bound Brendan Murphy sparks Mundelein’s six-game win streak

June 10, 2018 at 4:01 p.m.

Mundelein's pitching duo of Brendan Murphy and Reese Dolan came into the season as known commodities. Just a junior, Murphy caught Arizona State's attention during a stellar sophomore year and...

Robby Hutchison has been an effective pitcher for Zion-Benton this season, posting a 3.00 ERA.

Baseball notes: Thanks to strong pitching, Zion-Benton feeling upbeat

June 8, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

Daryl Bellows wasn't expecting to produce miracles in his first season as Zion-Benton's coach, but he probably didn't have 1-12 in mind for his first 13 games either. Two or...

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