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Baseball: Campbell gets Naperville C. out of soup
Baseball is a game of failure. It’s how teams respond from adversity that separates the bad teams from the good teams and the good teams from the great teams. Three games into its 2013 season, Naperville Central is proving that it may be more substance …
High School Sports
Beth Long
Area Roundup: April 6
Sports news and highlights from the Naperville area.
Area Roundup: April 2
Sports news and highlights from around the Naperville area.
Lindeman ready to shoulder shot at NFL
Play professionally in the National Football League? A.J. Lindeman knows the odds are stacked against him, but that’s nothing new for the Waubonsie Valley High School graduate. He walked on before and he’s willing to try it again if that’s how it shakes out to …
Girls Soccer: Neuqua sails to win over DGS
Trying to stop Neuqua Valley’s high-powered offense is a little like trying to plug a dozen holes in a leaking boat using only your fingers. Downers Grove South did an admirable job of holding off the Wildcats for the first 50 minutes on Saturday, but …
Baseball: Batavia’s Tenuta impressive in first start
Emilio Tenuta made the most of his first career varsity start, hurling four scorless innings in Batavia’s 8-3 win over Naperville North Friday morning.
Area Roundup: March 27
Sports news and highlights from around the Naperville area.
Area Roundup: March 26
Sports news and highlights from around the Naperville area.
Central’s Nashert, Schank combine to pitch shutout
BASEBALL: A pair of juniors, Jim Nashert and Jeff Schank, dominated Oswego hitters all game long in combining on a two-hitter and led the way in Naperville Central’s 3-0 shutout of Oswego on Tuesday in Naperville.
Neuqua dominates West Chicago Invitational
GIRLS SWIMMING: Neuqua Valley wins West Chicago Invitational convincingly behind solid performance by Brooke Bedford.
Turnovers help Central topple West Aurora
FOOTBALL: Naperville Central won its DuPage Valley Conference game Friday night 35-20 on the strength of three West Aurora turnovers, including a fumble recovery for a touchdown. The Redhawks (3-1, 2-0) held the ball for just over 33 minutes, allowing running back Matt Randolph to chew up 190 yards on 36 carries.
Naperville Central wins boys title while Metea Valley girls take second
CROSS COUNTRY: A pair of fourth place individual finishes at Saturday’s 39th Annual Kevin Keogh Mustang Run guided area teams to top finishes.
Benet tops Hinsdale South to win tournament
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Benet picked up a 25-16, 25-22 win over Hinsdale South to capture the championship at the prestigious 24-team Wheaton Classic. The Redwings now hold a 15-1 record on the season and have now won this tournament three of the four years they have played in it. Fellow East Suburban Catholic team Marist won the title last year.
Metea suffers first defeat, loss of starting QB
FOOTBALL: Playing on its new on-campus home field for the first time, South Elgin gave a jam-packed home crowd plenty to cheer about by posting a 33-0 shutout against Metea Valley. A key turning point in the Upstate Eight Valley contest came in the first quarter when Mustangs quarterback Jarrett House injured his right knee on the final play of his team’s first possession.
Benet falls on Marist’s last-second field goal
FOOTBALL: In search of its first win in front of a homecoming crowd at Benedictine University, Benet went up two touchdowns in the first half, only to see Marist rally for a 17-14 victory. Cillian Hannon’s 21-yard field goal on the final play of the game won it for the Redhawks.
North upsets WW South behind Gehr, Puknaitis
FOOTBALL: Naperville North hands Wheaton Warrenville South its first DuPage Valley Conference since 2008, beating the Tigers 17-14 Friday night. Huskies quarterback Tyler Gehr and running back Dan Puknaitis came up with two big scoring plays and combined to rush for 232 yards in the game.
