The Payton girls have won two sectionals.
Now the Payton boys can say they’ve won one as well, as they captured their first boys volleyball sectional title Tuesday afternoon, defeating St. Patrick 25-11, 25-21 to win the Young Sectional. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 25, 2012
Last week in its Public League final loss, Payton looked defeated and seemingly played with no confidence. That all changed in a week, as the Grizzles rolled into the Young Sectional final, defeating Leyden 25-18, 25-19 Friday. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 25, 2012
St. Patrick got a wake-up call when it dropped the second set of its match against host Young Friday in a sectional semifinal. The Shamrocks then woke up and moved on to the sectional final with a 25-22, 14-25, 25-17 win. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 19, 2012
When a team has won five straight Public League softball titles and 12 of the last 14, one bad inning isn’t going to discourage it. Lane shook off a bad inning Saturday and roared back to defeat Young 12-3 in the Public League final at UIC. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 18, 2012
The city boys volleyball title has returned to Young. A year after Payton stopped the Dolphins’ run of back-to-back titles, the Dolphins got their revenge, defeating the Grizzlies 25-20, 25-17 Friday at UIC. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 16, 2012
Young’s Okello Hope wanted to beat Lincoln Park bad. And he came out and showed it in the second Public League semifinal at Northside Wednesday afternoon. Hope had 12 kills to lead the Dolphins to a 25-14, 26-24 win over the Lions, avenging Young’s lone conference loss this season. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 16, 2012
Payton was nearly caught looking ahead in Wednesday’s match against Von Steuben, but regrouped for a 25-12, 25-20 win in the first of two Public League semifinals at Northside. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 9, 2012
To throw a complete-game shutout a pitcher usually needs the right combination of control, defense, luck and the ability to mix pitches. Lane’s Jack McLaughlin had all of the above on Wednesday as he allowed just two hits in a 1-0 masterpiece over Clemente at Horner Park. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 5, 2012
If Lane is to continue its dominance over Public League opponents, it’s going to have to keep attacking the goal and not allow teams to come back on them. The Indians needed a Jasmin Carrera goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time Saturday to escape Farragut 3-2 in a Public League quarterfinal at Lane. Continue reading
BY MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW May 5, 2012
Young got out fast right out of the gate and didn’t let Taft get any offensive rhythm as it breezed to a 5-1 win in the Public League quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at Lane. Continue reading
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