Prep sports

  • Prep Wrestling Insider: 'Pack the Mack' redux

    Understanding why Geneva wrestlers prefer locking horns in the Mack Olson Gymasium instead of the school's more cavernous main gym is as elementary as ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 10:29 pm

  • St. Charles North boys bowlers take low-key approach

    ST. CHARLES – Crashing pins, clanging ball returns and flashy arcade sound effects all conspire to make noise an essential bowling backdrop.
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 11:22 pm

  • Jacobs: Geneva grad Wicinski reluctant to ‘let go’ of volleyball

    Lauren Wicinski is spending this week preparing for possibly the biggest volleyball match of her career in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I nationa ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 10:36 pm

  • Aurora Christian boys basketball’s big surge not quite enough

    AURORA – A flurry of late 3-pointers wasn’t enough for the Aurora Christian boys basketball team to compensate for what went down in the paint most of ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 10:35 pm

  • Prep Roundup: Brown big for Aurora Christian girls basketball again

    PALOS HEIGHTS – Aurora Christian sophomore forward Natasha Brown averaged nearly 14 rebounds last girls basketball season while scoring about four poi ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 10:28 pm

  • Schwab: Familiar mentor entices St. Charles North baseball's Dennis to pick Tiffin

    St. Charles North senior Jack Dennis is glad to know there will be at least one familiar face when he arrives at Tiffin University next year.
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:06 am

  • KCChronicle.com/preps Athlete of the Week: Batavia girls basketball's Liza Fruendt

    Why she was selected: Fruendt helped Batavia win its first two UEC River games on Friday and Saturday, scoring 31 and 24 points against Geneva and Elg ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:10 am

  • Prep Girls Basketball Insider: Meadows demonstrates Saints' depth

    St. Charles East coach Lori Drumtra tested herself upon hearing five of her players scored in double figures during Saturday's 72-68 win at St. Charle ...
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:01 am

  • Kaneland girls basketball’s resilient win ‘builds us up’

    MAPLE PARK – Like most of her kin, Kaneland junior forward Ally VanBogaert answers to the nickname “Bogey.”
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:02 am

  • Prep Roundup: Burlington Central girls basketball wins BNC opener

    ROCKFORD – Clutch shots and key stops propelled the Burlington Central girls basketball team past Rockford Christian, 41-35, in Tuesday’s Big Northern ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 11:39 pm

  • Batavia girls basketball’s effort ‘good’ enough

    BATAVIA – The Batavia girls basketball team held off scrappy Larkin on Tuesday to take a 62-42 Upstate Eight Conference River Division victory.
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:03 am

  • Patient Wheaton Academy boys basketball grinds out win over St. Francis

    WEST CHICAGO – Forced into a passive mode offensively for much of the night, Josh Ruggles finally had enough.
    Dec. 11, 2013 - 12:21 am

  • Purnell steps down, not out

    Within a few moments Sunday afternoon, Steven Fassnacht heard Greg Purnell transform from St. Francis football coach to former St. Francis football co ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 5:31 am

  • Prep Roundup: Kaneland girls bowling defeats IMSA

    DeKALB – Christie Crews (482), Michelle Bohanek (465) and Rena Wojciechowski (461) rolled Kaneland’s top three series in Monday’s 2,251-1,970 victory ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 5:31 am

  • Prep Basketball Insider: Nazos points to defense to elevate Bulldogs

    Batavia boys basketball coach Jim Nazos is a defensive-minded guy, so it comes as little surprises that he's pointing to that end of the floor as the ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 5:31 am

  • Druley: Twice the rowdiness at basketball doubleheaders

    Girls/boys basketball doubleheaders produce nothing if not fan-ecdotes. Shortly after Batavia’s and ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 5:31 am

  • About time

    Geneva junior Nathan Jesko qualified for the IHSA boys swimming and diving state meet in the 100-yard backstroke last season while narrowly missing th ...
    Dec. 10, 2013 - 5:31 am

  • Gotta go to work: Gritty North boys down East to close b-ball twin bill

    ST. CHARLES – A pajama-clad St. Charles North student section stormed the court Saturday after its muses put an important early-season argument to bed ...
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 11:12 pm

  • Navigato's 41 points fuel Geneva boys basketball

    CHAMPAIGN – One day after thrashing rival Batavia by 21 points, the Geneva boys basketball team looked flat against Bloomington.
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 10:48 pm

  • Saturday's prep roundup: Marmion wrestling rolls at quad

    YORKVILLE – Marmion blazed through Saturday's wrestling quad at Yorkville, scoring sizable victories against the host Foxes (46-18), Plano (48-18) and ...
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 10:36 pm

  • Schwab: St. Charles East football’s ‘Score for Scott’ campaign is fruitful

    St. Charles East’s football season has been finished for weeks. Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the Saints’ 2013 season will surface Friday during ...
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:16 am

  • Weekend Chit-chat with ... Kaneland girls basketball’s Amber Winquist-Bailey

    Kaneland junior wing Amber Winquist-Bailey is enjoying a prominent role for the Knights’ girls basketball team after competing for minutes last season ...
    Dec. 8, 2013 - 8:30 am

  • Prep Roundup: St. Charles East wrestling’s Hayes gets pinfall on his b-day

    ST. CHARLES – Sean Hayes first wrestled as a youngster, shifted to soccer, then wasn’t sure he’d look back.
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:05 am

  • Calm Batavia girls basketball score first win against Geneva since 2008

    BATAVIA – Seniors Erin Bayram and Liza Fruendt invoke the importance of hustle to their younger teammates throughout each Batavia girls basketball pra ...
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:19 am

  • Sullivan, St. Francis fend off Marmion

    WHEATON – The St. Francis boys basketball team jumped out to a big lead quickly Friday night, watched it slowly melt away, then rallied late to pull o ...
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:11 am

  • Wheaton Academy boys basketball falls to heralded St. Viator

    WEST CHICAGO – As nonconference games go, Wheaton Academy’s Friday night home contest against St. Viator was as big as it gets early in the season.
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:06 am

  • Geneva boys basketball romps past Batavia

    BATAVIA – The Geneva boys basketball program takes pride in its ability to run half-court offense with precision.
    Dec. 7, 2013 - 12:20 am

  • Druley: New strength coach pushes Marmion wrestling

    Although falls and technical falls often expedite matters, wrestlers ultimately train to be six-minute men.
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 10:53 pm

  • St. Charles East boys basketball can’t keep pace with Larkin

    ELGIN – The St. Charles East boys basketball team made a late return to the floor after halftime, striding back toward its bench with less than a minu ...
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 11:49 pm

  • Chaon, Geneva wrestling create breathing room to beat Batavia

    GENEVA – Geneva and Batavia traded control throughout most of Thursday’s Upstate Eight Conference River Division wrestling dual at Mack Olson Gymnasiu ...
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 10:56 pm

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