|
|
Post by title1parent on May 29, 2009 14:56:12 GMT -5
WV Girls Track Team 2nd in State! -
Congratulations to the WVHS Girls Track & Field team for their IHSA State Runner-Up finish at the state meet in Charleston this past weekend! The Warriors tied Palatine High School for 2nd with 41 points. Shakeia Pinnick claimed the first individual State championships for WV Girls Track with her titles in the 100 Hurdles and 300 Hurdles. Michelle Higgins finished second in the long jump (a mere quarter-inch from first), as did the 800 Relay team of Morolake Akinosun, Da'Sha Patton, Moriyike Akinosun, and Shakeia Pinnick. The 400 Relay snagged seventh place (Akinosuns, Patton & Ayo Adewole). Da'Sha Patton earned All-State status with her ninth place finish in the long jump. The 1600 Relay of Emily Killacky, Adewole, Morolake Akinosun and Pinnick also earned a ninth place medal.
All three relays broke school records.
Congratulations Sophomore Baseball 2009 UEC CHAMPIONS!!! – Congratulations to Coach Tomczak, Coach Schmid, and the 2009 WV Sophomore Baseball Team on their Upstate Eight Conference Championship and 29 win season! Way to go Warriors!!! For team information, click link: Congratulations Sophomore Baseball 2009 UEC CHAMPIONS!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on May 30, 2009 7:55:21 GMT -5
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=297371Naperville North ends Waubonsie's 3-peat bidBy Gary Larsen | Daily Herald 5/30/09 The reign is over, and Naperville North sits one win away from the state finals. Naperville North knocked off two-time defending state champion Waubonsie Valley 2-1 Friday in a Class 3A sectional final in Bolingbrook. "It feels incredible to be able to come out of the hardest sectional," said Naperville North's Jessica Arabia. "I feel like I'm on top of the world right now." Naperville North celebrated in the wild fashion of every big-game winner, and that celebration was built on a first 30 minutes of soccer that saw the Huskies play with more intensity and stick two goals in the net before halftime. "Our girls were so excited. They were just ridiculous all day long," said Naperville North coach Brent Terada. "They were up and ready to play the game." "We definitely came out slow in the first half," said Waubonsie's Rachel Bostick. "After halftime we wanted it, but we just couldn't finish on our opportunities, and that kills you." Friday's game marked the second time this year the Huskies have beaten the Warriors, and they did it largely thanks to a defense that has gone unsung all season. "We've been waiting all year to prove that the first win wasn't a fluke game," said Naperville North defender Kristina Dolak. "We proved ourselves today." Naperville North's defense has only given up a single goal in four postseason games, against Glenbard East, Benet, Naperville Central and Waubonsie Valley. The back four of Dolak, Emily Janecek, Jamie Meno and Jennifer Korn, plus the defensive play of Arabia and Adrienne Schertz, have kept things locked down all season. "Our back four is our MVP," Arabia said. The game's first goal came when Naperville North's Rycke Guiney turned the corner on the left side and served a ball that went in off a defender in the game's fourth minute. Naperville North freshman Hunter Drendel made it 2-0 before halftime, getting on the end of an Arabia free kick and heading it home near the goalmouth. "Jess played a really good ball in, I saw it bounce, and their defense totally missed it," Drendel said. "I judged it right and was able to get on it." The Warriors' Megan Green cut the lead in half in the 45th minute, pouncing on a loose ball near the goalmouth after a Bri Rodriguez corner kick. Waubonsie pushed hard for a tying goal from there, but Naperville North's girls held firm for the win. The Huskies play Hinsdale Central, a 4-1 winner over York on Friday, in a supersectional game at Benedictine University in Lisle at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Waubonsie bids farewell to a group of seniors that keyed a two-year run of unbeaten domination and a pair of state titles: Bostick, Rodriguez, Claire Hanold, Ali Stahlke, Kiki McClellan, Molly Thayer, Bretton Newcomb and Jessie Morgan. "It's hard," Bostick said. "I'm going to miss them, and I think we could have gone on for three (titles)."
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on May 30, 2009 8:04:52 GMT -5
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=297369Neuqua Valley's night from startBy Neil Shalin | Daily Herald 5/30/09 From the time the Neuqua Valley boys volleyball team assembled at school before leaving for Friday night's Bolingbrook sectional semi-final match against Oswego, the Wildcats knew it was going to be their night. "Mentally we knew we had it even before we got on the bus," libero Kevin Begley said. "During warmups and during the match we had a mind-set that we were going to win. And it never left us. It was excitement. We were really on tonight." The Wildcats (35-3) followed through on that positives attitude with a dominating 25-16, 25-17 win over Oswego to advance to the sectional finals at 7 p.m. Tuesday. A victory Tuesday would send the Wildcats to the state tournament's Elite Eight for the third year in a row. "Everything worked in our favor tonight," Neuqua's Bobby Effner said. "Passing, setting, hitting, serving. We practiced well. We got a good pregame speech from our coaching staff. And everyone was involved on the court." "We played our game," said Neuqua Valley coach Erich Mendoza. "We were aggressive with our serves. And our passing went real well which allowed us to run our offense." Oswego (22-7-4) began the night with some high energy of their own, staying close to Neuqua and even leading several times early in Game 1. The Panthers had the lead at 10-9 when a kill and a block by the Wildcats' Rob Bauer put Neuqua ahead for good. There was still only 4 points separating the two teams at 19-15, but a series of Oswego errors, which they had kept to a minimum early on, gave Neuqua a 6-1 run at the end of the game. In Game 2 the Wildcats were trailing 4-3 when a vicious spike down the line by right-side Grant Hedrick tied it up. That set the tone, and the Wildcats kicked it into gear with a 10-1 run as many of the points scored by the likes of Bauer, Hedrick, Derek Menendez and Tim Brackett landed with force on the Oswego side of the net. "When we got those good kills and blocks that went straight down, it deflated them a little," Mendoza said. Bauer led the Wildcats with 11 kills and 2 blocks, and Menendez came through with 7 kills and 3 blocks. Brackett added 5 kills, while Begley dug the ball 8 times and Alex Onsager kept everyone in the offense with 23 assists." Jake Wollenberg led the Panthers with 7 kills and Mark Meurer had 6 digs. "Our team came out wanting to play," said Oswego coach Erica Lorenz. "But after they got a couple of runs on us we made mental mistakes. They got in our heads. They have a talented team and I don't mind them getting good hits, but our kids should make adjustments. Tonight, Neuqua took us out of the game mentally."
|
|
|
|
Post by brant on May 30, 2009 11:41:26 GMT -5
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=297371Naperville North ends Waubonsie's 3-peat bidBy Gary Larsen | Daily Herald 5/30/09 The reign is over, and Naperville North sits one win away from the state finals. Naperville North knocked off two-time defending state champion Waubonsie Valley 2-1 Friday in a Class 3A sectional final in Bolingbrook. "It feels incredible to be able to come out of the hardest sectional," said Naperville North's Jessica Arabia. "I feel like I'm on top of the world right now." Naperville North celebrated in the wild fashion of every big-game winner, and that celebration was built on a first 30 minutes of soccer that saw the Huskies play with more intensity and stick two goals in the net before halftime. "Our girls were so excited. They were just ridiculous all day long," said Naperville North coach Brent Terada. "They were up and ready to play the game." "We definitely came out slow in the first half," said Waubonsie's Rachel Bostick. "After halftime we wanted it, but we just couldn't finish on our opportunities, and that kills you." Friday's game marked the second time this year the Huskies have beaten the Warriors, and they did it largely thanks to a defense that has gone unsung all season. "We've been waiting all year to prove that the first win wasn't a fluke game," said Naperville North defender Kristina Dolak. "We proved ourselves today." Naperville North's defense has only given up a single goal in four postseason games, against Glenbard East, Benet, Naperville Central and Waubonsie Valley. The back four of Dolak, Emily Janecek, Jamie Meno and Jennifer Korn, plus the defensive play of Arabia and Adrienne Schertz, have kept things locked down all season. "Our back four is our MVP," Arabia said. The game's first goal came when Naperville North's Rycke Guiney turned the corner on the left side and served a ball that went in off a defender in the game's fourth minute. Naperville North freshman Hunter Drendel made it 2-0 before halftime, getting on the end of an Arabia free kick and heading it home near the goalmouth. "Jess played a really good ball in, I saw it bounce, and their defense totally missed it," Drendel said. "I judged it right and was able to get on it." The Warriors' Megan Green cut the lead in half in the 45th minute, pouncing on a loose ball near the goalmouth after a Bri Rodriguez corner kick. Waubonsie pushed hard for a tying goal from there, but Naperville North's girls held firm for the win. The Huskies play Hinsdale Central, a 4-1 winner over York on Friday, in a supersectional game at Benedictine University in Lisle at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Waubonsie bids farewell to a group of seniors that keyed a two-year run of unbeaten domination and a pair of state titles: Bostick, Rodriguez, Claire Hanold, Ali Stahlke, Kiki McClellan, Molly Thayer, Bretton Newcomb and Jessie Morgan. "It's hard," Bostick said. "I'm going to miss them, and I think we could have gone on for three (titles)." It was a great run for these girls. They were actually ranked No 1 in the nation at one time. All streaks come to an end but these girls did WV and #204 proud. |
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on May 31, 2009 5:54:41 GMT -5
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=297488York, Neuqua place 1-2By Dave Oberhelman | Daily Herald 5/31/09 CHARLESTON - York coach Stan Reddel felt good when senior Jordan Hebert, who as a freshman "not only wasn't very good, he wasn't bought-in," busted a gut in the 3,200. Reddel watched Steve Sulkin battle from sixth to third in the 1,600, after Sulkin had already won the 3,200. When Khara Williams took fourth in the 200 - "dead" after his fourth race, the coach said - Reddel was convinced he was watching a state champion. He was right. Saturday at Eastern Illinois University the Dukes won their fourth state track championship and first since 2000. Their 56 points in the Class 3A finals outdistanced Neuqua Valley's bestfinish, second with 36 points, and Belleville West's 34 points. "Here's the deal," Reddel said. "He" - motioning to legend Joe Newton on his left - "created a culture of excellence and toughness, and we're just trying to be the caretakers of that. "It's just very satisfying, and fulfilling, to see the kids compete like they did today." Neuqua Valley's Danny Pawola was third in the 3,200, Sam Wildeman scored in pole vault, and Aryan Avant did yeoman work. The junior ran fourth in the 400 and teamed with James Krist, Robert James and anchor Brian Griffith for a third-place 3,200 relay. Far from done, Avant anchored the championship 1,600 relay for Cale Brown, Jamere Morrison and Griffith, subbing for an injured Tanner Maunder. "I was really tired," Avant said, "but I wasn't going to let up for my team. Not a chance." Neuqua's third top-10 finish bettered its fifth-place position in 2006. "They've got great character," said Wildcats coach Mike Kennedy. "In fact, I said this last race of the day (1,600) relay), don't think of it as a race, think of it as a test of your character. And I think you see what that is." District 204 chum Waubonsie Valley also scored a title. Michael Lorenz, Matt Havlik, Craig Huhtala and Emmett Lorenz took home the 3,200 relay in 7:43.39. The first three legs of the relay all set personal-record splits, then Emmett Lorenz never looked back. "We had most of it together sophomore year, and we just kept building it up," Havlik said of the all-senior unit. "And this year we finally got it all together and did it." Lake Park's Dan Block cemented his position as arguably Illinois' greatest prep thrower in history. Friday's preliminary shot put mark of 62 feet stood for his second straight title in that event. In Block's first attempt in the discus finals, he sent it 205 feet, 8 inches, exhorting the disc as it sailed: "Go! Go!" Setting a state record in Friday's preliminaries then seeing it wrested away minutes later by Huntley's Marcus Popenfoose, Block was owed his rare emotional outburst, and his second discus title in three years. "After last year (when Waubonsie's Brett Einbecker won shot), I knew if I got a second again, it would kill me, that kind of thing," Block said. "That's just all the emotion I had just coming out." Aided by sophomore Jermaine Kline's third-place finish in shot put, Lake Park tied for sixth-place with 27 points. In Class 2A, handled easily by Hillcrest's 93 points, Glenbard South's Andrew Payne took fourth in the 100 dash and sixth in the 200. He joined Wesley Sanders, Connor Douglas and Austin Williams in a fifth-place 800 relay. Timothy Christian's Rob Stein was second in 1A shot put, his mark of 55-53/4 a 6-foot improvement from the start of the year. "Lifting more," he said of the reason, "and caring more." Pierre Washington-Steel ran a great second-place 100 dash in 1A, and Jeremy Wilk became the last Highlander ever to compete for the closing school. Wilk's fourth-place medal in the 800 will be Driscoll's last piece of hardware. Wilk ended Driscoll's reign with trademark desire: "I was really hoping to do a little more than I did."
|
|
|
|
Post by gatordog on Jun 25, 2009 10:45:32 GMT -5
Award for WV soccer coach Julie Bergstrom....
June 21, 2009
By PAUL JOHNSON For The Beacon News
Fresh off her college career as a goalkeeper at Northern Illinois University at the turn of the century, Julie Bergstrom took over as Waubonsie Valley's girls soccer coach.
What has transpired in the ensuing nine years has been nothing short of remarkable. With state titles in 2007 and 2008 and a career record of 166-43-14, Bergstrom has made the most of her chance.
"I knew Waubonsie soccer was a quality area, but I was still young when I got here," she said.
She was honored by the National High School Coaches Association as the nation's 2009 Girls Soccer Coach of the Year for her efforts. That comes on the heels of last year's NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year award.
"I think of it the same as player awards -- any award that anybody receives is a reflection of the whole program," Bergstrom said. "You don't get that just yourself. It's a reflection of everybody."
The run the Warriors have had since the start of 2007 is mind-boggling. After going 30-0-1 and 26-0-1 to win the back-to-back championships, Waubonsie stretched the streak without a loss to 59 games before Naperville Central nipped the Warriors 1-0 early this season. The run to a three-peat was derailed in a sectional final by Naperville North, 2-1.
When Bergstrom talks about her awards as basically program awards, it's easy to see why. The amount of talent that has passed through Waubonsie in recent years is unmatched. Eight players in this year's senior class will play in college, including 2008 Gatorade National Player of the Year Bri Rodriguez, who's headed to West Virginia, and goalie Claire Hanold, who is taking her state-record 73 shutouts to DePaul.
Five other girls between 2007 and 2008 went on to play in college, and junior standout Vanessa DiBernardo committed to the University of Illinois prior to this season.
"It's competitive," Bergstrom said. "I don't think they realize the level they're on. It's a reflection of the girls. The players all complement each other and play for each other."
Bergstrom joked that she just kind of stands there during the games, which makes practices her favorite part of the job. With players as talented as the ones she coaches, taking them out of their comfort zones to do things they normally wouldn't do in a game is a joy to watch.
"It's a lot of fun," Bergstrom said of coaching this much talent. "It's different challenges. It's keeping them interested and motivated and playing for each other."
Bergstrom has also created a Web site for her program, juliebergstrom.com, which makes the players feel a little more connected to how special their accomplishments are.
"She does a lot for our team," DiBernardo said. "She makes us videos, likes to get involved with us. She has us go on team-building trips where we don't even play soccer. That helps a lot. She makes you try a lot of different things that you wouldn't normally do. I really like her as a coach."
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on Jul 26, 2010 7:09:28 GMT -5
www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=395916Another first for Neuqua Valley's programBy Kevin Schmit | Daily Herald 7/23/2010 Neuqua Valley's baseball program has won everything from Upstate Eight Conference titles to state championships, and now the Wildcats will be adding some new hardware to the trophy case. The Wildcats claimed their first summer regional championship with Thursday's 7-0 victory over Wheaton North in the Phil Lawler Summer Classic at Glenbard South in Glen Ellyn. Making their debut appearance in the IHSBCA Elite Eight double-elimination state tournament next week, the Wildcats (29-3) begin play against Providence, the champion of the Sandburg regional, at 10 a.m. Monday at Lisle's Benedictine University. "It's another accomplishment that we can put in the bank," said Wildcats coach Robin Renner. "We told these kids our school has never done that before. And now this group has done something the school's never done, and good for them." Second-seeded Wheaton North (22-6) came into the game having beaten its first three regional opponents by a combined score of 31-6. Neuqua Valley junior starter Nick Blackburn, however, stymied the Falcons in a 94-pitch complete game. Blackburn scattered 5 hits with 2 walks and a hit batter. He notched 7 strikeouts against a Falcons lineup that didn't strike out in its two prior games. "I knew if I threw strikes and I let them put the ball in play, I had a great defense behind me," Blackburn said. Blackburn and Falcons sophomore starting pitcher Tom Colletti were locked in a pitchers' duel until top-seeded Neuqua Valley broke through for a pair of runs, one unearned, in the bottom of the third inning. Both runs scored on Tanner Giesel's infield single. Three unearned runs came home in the fourth inning. Mike Bogar scored the first run on a first-and-third double steal. Andrew Skowronski and Nick Oleskowicz added back-to-back RBI doubles. "We played pretty darn well for three days and we just didn't have it today," said Wheaton North coach Dan Schoessling. "We ran into a good pitcher, and that's going to happen, and we weren't as sharp defensively as we've been for most of the summer." Wheaton North's Micah Penn accounted for 2 of the team's 5 hits. Oleskowicz and Jeff Samuel, who blasted a 2-run homer in the sixth inning, had 2 hits apiece for the Wildcats. "I knew we were always a solid team, it's just in the (spring) playoffs we just couldn't come through with the clutch basehit," Samuel said. "(This week) we got a bunch of hits and our pitching was real solid."
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on Aug 15, 2010 5:30:25 GMT -5
football.dailyherald.com/story/?id=399978 High school football kicks off with practicesDaily Herald 8/11/2010 With roughly 550 Illinois high schools fielding football teams this fall, the start of practice is a big deal in this state, and that's true in the suburbs as well. Wednesday marked the first day of practices for local teams, and the season kicks off with games on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28. Several suburban teams will be out to defend state titles they won last November in Champaign: Montini (5A), Cary-Grove (6A), Wheaton Warrenville South (7A), and Maine South (8A). So, what's new and different this season? Here are some timely facts to get you into the spirit for the big season ahead. Big jump up: Metea Valley in Aurora makes its varsity debut when it hosts Plainfield East on Aug. 27. The team finished 6-3 at the sophomore level last year in its first year of football and is coached by Ted Monken, who was a head coach at St. Charles East and is the son of Illinois Football Coaches Assocation Hall of Famer Bob Monken. Big changes in Upstate Eight: The addition of three teams means two seven-team divisions in the league. Rivals Batavia and Geneva came over after the breakup of the Western Sun and will face off with St. Charles East and St. Charles North in the River Division. Metea Valley is in the Valley Division.Big transitions: Bill McNamara takes over at Stevenson for Bill Mitz, who led the program to 21 straight playoff appearances. Mitz retired from Stevenson, but not coaching as he tries to start similar success at Jacobs, which has only five playoff appearances in its history. • Sean Drendel also has a tough act to follow at Naperville North in Larry McKeon, who retired with two state titles on his resume. Drendel does have two solid players in Minnesota-bound QB Matt LaCosse and Boston College-bound linebacker Nick Lifka. • Longtime Crystal Lake South assistant Chuck Ahsmann takes over a program that has made nine straight playoff trips under Jim Stuglis, who resigned in June. • Benet literally has a new leader in Pat New, who takes over after Gary Goforth retired. Other new coaches include Matt Gehrig (Huntley), Mike Scianna (Larkin), Dragan Teonic (Hersey), Mark Kos (Fenton), Jeremy Cordell (Glenbard South) and Brian Casey (Aurora Central Catholic). Big farewells: Prospect coach Brent Pearlman will be departing after this season after leading a once-downtrodden program to three state titles since 2001. Lake Park's Andy Livingston will be retiring after this year and his teams made the playoffs 11 times. Big-time rematch: Joliet Catholic didn't have to wait long for another shot at Montini, which won their 5A state championship battle 29-28. They'll meet in the season opener Aug. 27 at Joliet Memorial Stadium. Montini looks for its 18th straight playoff trip under coach Chris Andriano. Big bounce-back: One program that had success shortly after starting up is Bartlett. Last year saw an uncharacteristic dip to a 3-6 record that ended a nine-year run of playoff trips. Big road trip: Rolling Meadows, one of the most consistent programs in the Mid-Suburban League with seven straight playoff trips, has a long way to go in its start to extend the streak. The Mustangs will head to Fort Wayne, Ind., to play Wayne High School on Aug. 28. ---------------------------------- Good Luck to our 3 HS FB teams as we begin another school year !! Go Wild-Warr-Tangs !! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on Nov 20, 2010 22:34:40 GMT -5
Congratulations to Megan Sellers on her 3rd place finish at the IHSA State Swim and Dive Meet! Megan swam faster than she ever has at the Saturday finals. We’re so proud of her and her representation of Metea Valley!
100-Yard Breaststroke
Pl. Competitor, School Mark
1 Molly Coonce (Jr.), Aurora (Rosary) 1:04.72
2 Riley Hayward (So.), Winnetka (New Trier) 1:04.78
3 Megan Sellers (Jr.), Aurora (Metea Valley) 1:04.86
|
|
|
|
Post by title1parent on Nov 22, 2010 18:22:45 GMT -5
Greetings Warrior Community, Congratulations goes out to our Warrior Diver, Taylor Eggenberger. After several rounds of diving competition at Evanston High School, Taylor ended the competition with 377.55 points to take 4th overall in the Girls State Diving Competition. See the link for more details: www.ihsa.org/activity/swg/2010-11/1result2.htm#Event5 Congrats Taylor… |
|
|
|
Post by warriormom on Nov 23, 2010 12:18:05 GMT -5
Greetings Warrior Community, Congratulations goes out to our Warrior Diver, Taylor Eggenberger. After several rounds of diving competition at Evanston High School, Taylor ended the competition with 377.55 points to take 4th overall in the Girls State Diving Competition. See the link for more details: www.ihsa.org/activity/swg/2010-11/1result2.htm#Event5 Congrats Taylor… Way to go Taylor! Congratulations!!!! |
|
