Disabato: Ferguson transformed St. Rita hockey into a state power
Sep 12, 2012
He sat at his desk, just hours before a pivotal Kennedy Cup semifinal game in February against Providence, trying to devise a plan that would move St. Rita closer to capturing its fifth straight Cup. Then it hit him, like an unsuspecting hip check into the boards. “I was just …
One road better left untraveled
Aug 15, 2012
There was a time, I’d say the mid-1990s, when travel baseball pretty much exclusively was for players with advanced skills.
Baseball: Kevin Smith leaves St Laurence for Lincoln-Way North
Aug 15, 2012
If there was any doubt over who the SouthtownStar’s 2013 preseason No. 1 baseball team was going to be, it vanished with Monday’s news that one of the area’s most productive two-way players has transferred. Kevin Smith, one of the top players in the Class of 2013, enrolled Monday at Lincoln-Way North.
St. Laurence’s strength turns into its weakness
Aug 15, 2012
If St. Laurence was going to meet preseason expectations and make a storied run to the Class 4A state finals in Joliet, its vaunted pitching …
Disabato: Swami makes his playoff baseball picks
Aug 15, 2012
Didn’t the high school baseball season just begin? Wasn’t it a just the other day the SouthtownStar bestowed its preseason No. 1 honor on St. …
Disabato: Swami makes his playoff baseball picks
Aug 15, 2012
Didn’t the high school baseball season just begin? Wasn’t it a just the other day the SouthtownStar bestowed its preseason No. 1 honor on St. …
Baseball: Catholic League Blue race will go down to the wire
Aug 15, 2012
Pat Disabato: St. Laurence, Providence, Mount Carmel and St. Rita are all separated by just two games in the Catholic League Blue standings with three conference games left to play in the season.
Disabato: Nye leaves Rice for York
Aug 15, 2012
Steve Nye desired a change of scenery and new set of challenges in his professional life. And with two teenage children preparing for college and …
Disabato: High school hockey offers unequaled state finals experience
Aug 15, 2012
First class. That’s the only way to describe Friday’s Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois state finals at the United Center. I will throw a bone …
Disabato: High school hockey offers unequaled state finals experience
Aug 15, 2012
First class. That’s the only way to describe Friday’s Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois state finals at the United Center. I will throw a bone …
Hillcrest finish a tribute to Royall
Aug 15, 2012
This wasn’t the way Hillcrest anticipated the final chapter of its marvelous season playing out. The Hawks desire was to end their season with a victory in Peoria, amid the pressure and hoopla of the Class 3A state championship game.
Bloom puts a real scare into Simeon
Aug 15, 2012
If Bloom had any chance Friday at pulling off one of the biggest upsets in state basketball history, it truly had to believe in its heart of hearts it was capable of slaying the Goliath known as Simeon.
Bloom plays defense like no other
Aug 15, 2012
Back in December, when I was standing in the hospitality room at the McDipper, I overheard a referee offer this description of Bloom: “They play defense like they have seven players on the court.” It’s a perfect description, like a dart firmly secured in the bull’s eye.
De La Riva injury has Zunica hot under the collar
Aug 15, 2012
Mike Zunica generally is a glass-is-half-full sort of guy. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s built St. Rita’s baseball program into a perennial powerhouse during his 15-year career and, as the school’s athletic director, presides over an increasingly successful sports program. You name it — football, basketball, hockey, baseball — and St. Rita ranks among the area’s elite.
Sectionals loaded with plot lines
Aug 15, 2012
Man, did the March Madness party get a lot smaller in a matter of eight days. What began as a soiree featuring 40 local teams has dissolved into an intimate nine-team sectional celebration.
Local? International? It may be tough call for Lemont’s Balciunas
Aug 15, 2012
There are a few players on area high school basketball teams who are irreplaceable. By that I mean if their services no longer were available, …
