http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com Latest news from the Chicago Sun-Times - High School Sports en-us webmaster@suntimes.com (Editor) Newspapers http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/csp/cms/sites/YourSeason/assets/img/logo.gif http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com 84 34 30 Copyright 2013 No. 13 St. Rita made it a clean sweep for the Catholic League Blue teams playing in the first Steven Bajenski Tournament at Silver Cross Field in Joliet on Thursday. The Mustangs batted around in the third inning and put seven runs on the board en route to a 10-6 victory over Oak Lawn. The game was the second game of a … ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 22:44:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/12607627-393/baseball-st-ritas-big-inning-beats-oak-lawn.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/12607627-393/baseball-st-ritas-big-inning-beats-oak-lawn.html Richards’ Ricky Palacios had two things on his mind when he approached the batter’s box in the bottom of the seventh inning of Tuesday’s against Oak Lawn: keep his hands back and put the ball in play. Palacios was effective on both counts. The Bulldogs’ cleanup hitter hammered a breaking ball into the left-center field gap to score Jim Augle and give … ]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:04:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/12116616-393/baseball-richards-edges-oak-lawn-in-ssc-red-showdown.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/12116616-393/baseball-richards-edges-oak-lawn-in-ssc-red-showdown.html
The Oak Lawn coaching staff stressed to its players the importance of starting strong in the South Suburban Red. The Spartans got the message. Oak Lawn racked up 16 hits on its way to a convincing 12-4 SSC Red victory Tuesday over host Shepard. The Spartans swept the two-game series against the Astros to kick-start conference action. “We told the guys to … ]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:24:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/11703163-393/baseball-oak-lawn-cruises-past-shepard.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/11703163-393/baseball-oak-lawn-cruises-past-shepard.html Mother Nature didn’t provide much heat Thursday afternoon, with the temperature hovering in the mid-40s. St. Laurence pitcher Zach Lewis, however, brought the heat, compliments of a blazing fastball. Lewis fired a four-hitter and struck out eight to lead No. 2 St. Laurence to a 4-2 win over Oak Lawn in Burbank. The junior, who transferred from Marist over the summer, relied … ]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:58:06 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/11607658-393/baseball-zach-lewis-st-laurence-blaze-past-oak-lawn.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/11607658-393/baseball-zach-lewis-st-laurence-blaze-past-oak-lawn.html It’s not always easy living in the shadow of Catholic League Blue powers like St. Laurence, Mount Carmel and St. Rita, not to mention crosstown rival Richards. But Oak Lawn is making a case to be counted as one of the big boys on the South Side prep baseball scene. The Spartans have signature victories over Oak Park-River Forest and St. Ignatius … ]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:36:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/6225576-393/mozwecz-oak-lawn-state-their-case.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/6225576-393/mozwecz-oak-lawn-state-their-case.html Oak Lawn 14, Eisenhower 3: Alex Krupa powered Oak Lawn (15-10, 10-5 South Suburban Red) with a grand slam and winning pitcher Bob Kametas struck out six. … ]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 18:42:00 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5327102-393/oak-lawn-tops-eisenhower.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5327102-393/oak-lawn-tops-eisenhower.html Oak Lawn 7, Eisenhower 3: Nick Mozwecz was the winning pitcher for Oak Lawn (14-10, 9-5 South Suburban Red). Bob Kametas was 2-for-4 with three RBI. … ]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 17:52:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5300450-393/oak-lawn-tops-eisenhower.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5300450-393/oak-lawn-tops-eisenhower.html
On Monday, Richards scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to post a 12-2 win over rival Oak Lawn. During Friday’s South Suburban Red rematch, Richards didn’t wait nearly as long to put Oak Lawn out of its misery. The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the top of the first inning and cruised to a 14-2 five-inning win. Richards (15-5, 9-2) scored … ]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:03:51 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5101385-393/richards-makes-quick-work-of-oak-lawn.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/5101385-393/richards-makes-quick-work-of-oak-lawn.html Oak Lawn 7, Bremen 6: Alex Krupa was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI for Oak Lawn (8-5, 4-2 South Suburban Red). Cody Quillin finished 3-for-4 with a triple. … ]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:08:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4969195-393/oak-lawn-edges-bremen.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4969195-393/oak-lawn-edges-bremen.html After starting 1-5 and getting shut out 4-0 with just two hits Monday against Oak Lawn, Shepard decided some adjustments needed to be made. "We are going to change effort and attitude," Shepard coach Frank DiFoggio said. "We had some bad losses and kids started thinking, ‘Maybe, I need to get mine.' "We talked about how we are a team and we … ]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:04:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4696671-393/team-approach-pays-off-for-shepard.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4696671-393/team-approach-pays-off-for-shepard.html Oak Lawn 4, Young 3: Tony Swistek (2-1) fanned nine in six innings for Oak Lawn (3-3) while Alec Barnhardt totaled two hits, a RBI and a run scored. … ]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:26:02 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4696579-393/oak-lawn-escapes-young.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/oaklawn/baseball/4696579-393/oak-lawn-escapes-young.html