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Seiber and Martinez lead Porters past arch-rival Sandburg in "Do it Stevie's Way" tourney
After falling to Brother Rice 8-4 on Tuesday in their "Do it Stevie's Way" Steven M. Bajenski Memorial Baseball Tournament opener, the Lockport Porters rebounded rather smartly on Wednesday. Behind senior right-handed pitcher Joe S... — Updated 4/14/2021
AREA FOOTBALL STATISTICS AFTER WEEK 4
PASSING attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 92-63-1,022-10-1 Vince Meschi Bolingbrook 129-73- 911-7-8 Luke Leongas Maine South 76-48- 774-8-1 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 103-47- 563-6-5 Josh... — Updated 4/14/2021
WEEK 5 AREA FOOTBALL MATCH-UP PAGE
FRIDAY APRIL 16 GAME OF THE WEEK NEW TRIER (4-0, 4-0) AT MAINE SOUTH (4-0, 4-0) 7 WEEK 4 NEW TRIER 13 GLENBROOK NORTH 8 MAINE SOUTH 17 GLENBROOK SOUTH 7 New Trier preview- The Trevian defense. Like the Hawks defense, New Trier has... — Updated 4/14/2021
Porters Opening Day Nightmare translates into 8-4 Bajenski Tourney loss to Brother Rice
It was Opening Day for Lockport, as the Porters opened up against the Crusaders of Brother Rice in pool-play action of the Stephen M. Bajenski Memorial Baseball Tournament. Brother Rice had crushed the Porters' Southwest Suburban... — Updated 4/14/2021
Defending Class 8A State Champs take advantage of Porter mistakes for 34-10 victory
Talk with anyone who has played and been defeated by Lincoln-Way East head coach Rob Zvonar's Grifffins and a unanimous statement would be agreed upon - you cannot make any mistakes against the Griffins. On Friday night, in a... — Updated 4/10/2021
Lisle, Campbell blast previously undefeated Peotone, 24-0.
When the Peotone High School varsity football team left Kankakee County for Lisle Thursday afternoon, the Blue Devils were undefeated and tied atop the Illinois Central 8 Conference. Sharing the IC8 penthouse with Wilmington (3-0,... — Updated 4/8/2021
WEEK 4 AREA FOOTBALL MATCH-UPS
GAME OF THE WEEK FRIDAY APRIL 9 SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE L-W EAST (3-0, 2-0) AT LOCKPORT (2-1, 2-1) 6:30 WEEK 3 LINCOLN-WAY EAST 41 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 0 LOCKPORT 42 BOLINGBROOK 14 LINCOLN-WAY EAST The defending Class 8A State... — Updated 4/8/2021
No.3 Hilltoppers crush No.9 Fenwick in AP Class 5A Top 10 Battle
Sunday Night Football in River Grove. In a battle between the Associated Press's Class 5A No. 3-ranked Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers and the Class 5A No. 9-ranked Fenwick Friars,... — Updated 4/8/2021
WEEK 3 AREA FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 3-0 Hilltoppers survive St.Ignatius, hold razor-thin lead over No. 2 2. MAINE SOUTH 3-0 They're screaming at us in Park Ridge....Hawks No. 1 3. LOCKPORT 2-1 Porters bomb the Brook; defending Class 8A champs next... — Updated 4/6/2021
Porters, Pfeiffer bomb the Brook 42-14
After rolling past Sandburg 23-0 to pick up their first Southwest Suburban Blue victory last week, the Lockport Porters went looking for bigger gains on Saturday. In the way stood... — Updated 4/3/2021
Tigers' Kanon and "D" puts an end to defending SPC West Champion Minooka's streak
On Friday night, the defending Southwest Prairie Conference West champion Minooka Indians hosted the Plainfield North Tigers in the awesome, newly-renovated Central Stadium Field. The Indians entered the game with an 11-game... — Updated 4/3/2021
Hilltoppers survive St.Ignatius
They weren't "The Big Bad Wolves". They certainly were "The little bad wolves". We are talking about the Wolves of St.Ignatius from Chicago's West Side. The St. Ignatius Wolves (0-3, 0-1) gave the Associated Press' Class 5A No.... — Updated 4/2/2021
AREA FOOTBALL STATISTICS
PASSING (attempts comp yards TD INT( Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbrook 77 42 498 5 7 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 47 29 449 5 0 Luke Leongas Maine South 38 22 400 4 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 61 28 364 5 3 Aidan Voss Joliet Cathol... — Updated 4/1/2021
WEEK 3 AREA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN MONTINI 7, NOTRE DAME 0 CCL/ESCC ORANGE ST. LAURENCE BENET ACADEMY — CANCELLED CCL/ESCC/WHITE JOLIET CATHOLIC 21, ST IGNATIUS 7 CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH MAINE WEST 37, MAINE EAST 12 ILLINOIS... — Updated 4/1/2021
WEEK 3 AREA FOOTBALL MATCH-UPS
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN NOTRE DAME (0-2. 0-1) AT MONTINI (AP CLASS 5A NO.11 (0-2, 0-1) 7:30 WEEK 2 ST. RITA 51 MONTINI 13 PROVIDENCE 7 NOTRE DAME 0 NOTRE DAME When the schedules came out, we all thought this would be a... — Updated 3/31/2021
Hilltoppers stay at No.3 in AP Class 5A rankings
The Associated Press released their Illinois State Football Rankings Tuesday. In Class 5A, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (2-0) replaced Rochester (2-0) as the No.1 team, moving up from No.2 after a 54-0 Central State 8 Conferenc... — Updated 3/31/2021
AREA WEEK 2 FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 2-0 Crush Fenwick in Class 5A Top 10 Showdown 2. MAINE SOUTH 2-0 Sasson's 37-yard FG helps Hawks escape Evanston 3. BOLINGBROOK 1-1 Major error omit Raiders last week; back where they belong 4. MINOOKA 2-0... — Updated 3/30/2021
Lions blank Reed-Custer
Last Friday night, the Lisle Lions traveled to historic Jeff Reents Stadium on the campus of Wilmington High School and fell to the host Wildcats 35-24. In a special edition of Thursday Night Football at Benedictine University in L... — Updated 3/25/2021
WEEK 2 AREA FOOTBALL MATCH-UPS
GAME OF THE WEEK JOLIET CATHOLIC (1-0 AP CLASS 5A NO.3) AT FENWICK (0-0 AP CLASS NO.9) TRITON COLLEGE RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 6 P.M. Sunday Night Football in River Grove. This Chicago Catholic League/East... — Updated 3/25/2021
AREA FOOTBALL STATISTICS
PASSING attempts comp yards TD INT Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbook 53 26 301 2 6 Luke Leongas Maine South 15 12 252 4 0 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 20 16 208 2 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 31 12 149 1 3 Ryan Domin Westmont 23 13... — Updated 3/25/2021
Hilltoppers check in at No.3 in Associated Press' Week One State Football Rankings
The Associated Press released its first Illinois high school football state rankings on Tuesday night. Checking in at No. 3 in the AP's Class 5A rankings are the Hilltoppers of Joliet Catholic Academy. JCA garnished two... — Updated 3/24/2021
Abbreviated 2020-21 Hoops season led to an abundance of conference titles for Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers schools
The 2020-21 Bugle/Enterprise Newspapers girls and boys basketball season will never be forgotten. With the world-wide virus creating havoc for high school sports in Illinois on February 5 the IHSA allowed high school basketball to... — Updated 3/24/2021
Joliet Catholic record-breaking second quarter demolishes St. Laurence 49-0
Three touchdowns in 20 seconds. Five touchdowns in 3e minutes, 27 seconds. Leading 7-0 with 3:45 remaining in the second quarter of their 2020-21 season-opener the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers (1-0) unleashed sheer destruction on... — Updated 3/23/2021
BUGLE/ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPERS AREA FOOTBALL RANKINGS
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 1-0 3 TD's in 20 seconds....Hilltoppers demolish St.Laurence 49-0 2. MAINE SOUTH 1-0 QB Luke Leongas 3TD passes in Niles West win. 3. MINOOKA 1-0 Indians crush Bengals for head coach Matt Harding's first win...... — Updated 3/23/2021
