NILES —— There are few rivalries in Illinois that rival the one between St. Patrick and Notre Dame. As the two largest all-boys Catholic high schools — and two of only three — on the North Side of the city or northern suburbs, the competition between the schools is keen.
Add to that, the duo often competes for future students from the same feeder schools.
Continue readingBy Michael Wojtychiw
RIVER FOREST – It’d been 10 days since Fenwick played someone not dressed in Friars gear.
After playing their first game on the year on March 13, Fenwick had its next game, a Chicago Catholic League Blue Division matchup with Mount Carmel, canceled due to COVID-19 complications within the Caravan program.
So, the team knew right away that its conference opener March 23rd against rival St. Ignatius would be a tougher game than normal. It’d have to shake off some rust and contend with pouring rain of the first half.
Continue readingBy Michael Wojtychiw
GLENVIEW — The 2021 boys spring season is one that nobody has ever seen before. Many schools will primarily play only conference games and there are no state playoffs for the boys.
The importance of winning conference becomes just as important, if not more so, than in previous seasons.
By Michael Wojtychiw
PARK RIDGE – Maine South did something in the first week of the season against Maine East that it did only three times last season: score four or more goals in a single game.
Unlike the 2019 season when it took the Hawks to their 10th game to accomplish the feat, they were able to do it in their second game, when they took down their crosstown rivals 4-1 at home March 11.
Continue readingBased off of the teams’ first match on April 19, a 1-1 draw, it was a safe bet that the Glenbrook South and New Trier sectional semifinal match Tuesday was going to be a tough one. Continue reading
Coming into Glenbrook South’s West Chicago Invite May 2 game against the host, the Titans’ Olivia Peters knew she was approaching 100 goals and that the likelihood of reaching the milestone was high that day. Continue reading
With Loyola Academy being around the bend from New Trier’s Northfield campus and instances where students from the same family attend either school, it wasn’t a surprise that the PepsiCo Showdown title game on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology was an emotional one. Continue reading
The spring can be a hard time to be a high school athlete playing an outdoor sport. With the crazy weather and uncertainty of whether a game will be played, many teams are made to scramble and reschedule key games for later in the season no matter what that game day’s weather may be like. Continue reading
Michael Wojtychiw 