Aurora Central Catholic Chargers

AURORA – Junior outfielders Jessica Wade and Lauren Murray both hit their second home runs of the season Thursday, part of an offensive explosion for the Rosary softball team in the Royals’ 12-0, five-inning win against Plano in an IHSA Class 3A Rosary Regional semifinal.

Jake Ruddy succinctly recounts the moment that transformed his above-the-rim attitude about PE basketball and threatened his senior track season at Marmion.

BURLINGTON –The Wheaton Academy baseball team pushed top-seeded Hampshire through

St. Charles North senior Kaylee Raucci aspires to study kinesiology at Wisconsin-Whitewater beginning next school year.

DeKALB – It took less than a minute for the St. Charles North girls soccer team to set the tone and take control of Wednesday’s IHSA Class 3A DeKalb Regional semifinal against DeKalb.

Royal Golf Group majority owner John Weiss elected to consult a figurative caddy about two years ago.

AURORA – Some pitchers feel uncomfortable throwing four different types of pitches during games.

MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland girls soccer team shut out Sycamore for the second straight day, but this time the Knights scored a goal, defeating the Spartans, 1-0, in Wednesday’s regular season finale.

Burlington Central has been one of the area’s best programs in recent years, winning 20 or more games each of the past four seasons.

ST. CHARLES – Neuqua Valley right-hander Cody Coll, a Western Kentucky recruit, limited the St. Charles East baseball team to two hits Monday as the Saints lost, 4-0, in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover.

The athletic landscape is about to shift markedly for the area's numerous private high schools.

AURORA – Thursday’s baseball game between Marmion and Aurora Central Catholic started off well for the Chargers, got better for the Cadets in the middle and finished ... well it never did finish.

WHEATON – Aurora Central Catholic pitcher Matt Miller continued what has been a dominant season Wednesday, striking out 12 batters in 62/3 innings of work as the Chargers defeated St. Francis, 8-4.

SYCAMORE – Matt Limbrunner homered and was the tough-luck loser on the pitching mound Tuesday as the Kaneland baseball team fell to Sycamore, 2-1, in Northern Illinois Big 12 East play.

STREAMWOOD – The St. Charles North girls soccer team romped past Streamwood, 8-0, on Wednesday to complete an unbeaten run through the Upstate Eight Conference River Division and claim the outright conference title.