Clark: A familiar roar at State
Jun 7, 2012
Can nice guys finish first? Lyons’ baseball team is testing the late Cubs manager Leo Durocher’s theory and maybe laying it to rest. The Lions are back at state this weekend for the fifth time since 2001, seeking their third IHSA big-school championship and fourth trophy over that span. One …
Four-sport star heading Downstate
May 31, 2012
About the last place Billy Reed expected to be this weekend was O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. That’s where the IHSA boys track finals are going …
Hurdling the CPS obstacle
May 31, 2012
For most of the athletes heading to Charleston this weekend for the girls state track and field finals, the formula for success is talent plus …
Tourney a tribute to Stevie
May 31, 2012
Steven Bajenski wasn’t a five-tool guy or a flame-throwing pitcher. That’s why he wasn’t at the top of a lot of college baseball coaches’ wish lists as he entered his senior year at Mount Carmel.
Legend of Max to continue at Cal Poly
May 31, 2012
Max Schneider’s life is the stuff of legends, which is not something you can say about a lot of teenagers. Mark Miedona, Schneider’s wrestling coach …
IHSA putting student-athlete priorities to the test
May 31, 2012
Patricia Wojcik had to figure it was bad news when she was called into the principal’s office.
Local recruiting gone Wild
May 31, 2012
“Chicago’s Big Ten Team” is looking like more than just a savvy marketing slogan these days, at least as far as football’s concerned. When Maine …
WW South’s Matt Alley lends expertise to great cause
May 31, 2012
It wasn’t that long ago that Dan Vitale was a little kid going to Wheaton Warrenville South football games and looking up to the Tigers’ stars.
Exploring a solution to save city sports
May 31, 2012
Last week when I suggested the Chicago Public Schools look into corporate partnerships to support sports programs, it didn’t seem like such a revolutionary idea. …
Public League sports can’t afford cuts
May 31, 2012
Here in Chicago, we’re used to doomsday scenarios. Sometimes they come from state government, sometimes from the CTA. The latest is courtesy of the Chicago …
Bucking the city trend
May 31, 2012
For a long time, the Public League was seen as all things for all kids. That was back in the day when tens of thousands …
Equipment keeping it in the park
May 31, 2012
Mike Clark: Sam Kint obviously had a great sense of timing last spring. That goes without saying for a guy who turned around enough fastballs to hit a school-record 12 home runs to go along with a .437 batting average and 55 RBI for Mount Carmel. And he did it just before the window of opportunity likely closed for prep baseball players to put up video game-worthy offensive numbers.
Mat Max is a Public hero
May 31, 2012
By Mike Clark: By Saturday night, the prep career of Max Schneider — the guy who did as much as anyone to make Public League wrestling relevant again — will be over.
Grappling with a problem
May 31, 2012
Mike Clark: The IHSA’s dual-team wrestling tournament is pushing 30-years old and to say it’s struggled to find its niche is an understatement.
Illini’s Beckman off to good start, but still has work to do
May 31, 2012
Mike Clark: Like a lot of other people, Jason Robertson didn’t know what to expect when Tim Beckman was hired as Illinois’ new football coach in early December.
Lemont’s success starts at its coach
May 31, 2012
Mike Clark: Three years ago, Lemont’s boys basketball program wasn’t in very good shape. The Indians were coming off a two-win season, in the midst of a coaching transition and watching the town’s top eighth-grader head for greener pastures.
