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Jake Farley, a native of Plainfield, IL, and graduate of Plainfield North High School, is one of 10 members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's soccer team who were selected All-American Collegiate Athletic Conference for their performances during the 2019 season. Three of those Warhawks garnered major awards from the ACAA. Senior forward Hozai Ceballos (Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig) was named Player of the Year, senior defender Garrett Morgando (St. Charles,...
The 2019-20 University of St. Francis men's bowling team is now ranked tied for fifth in the latest (Oct. 9) NAIA Men's Bowling Coaches' Top 10 Poll, which was released this Thursday (Oct. 10). USF, which was listed fourth in the NAIA's preseason poll (Sept. 12), totaled 35 points as did Hastings (Neb.). Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design (SCAD) maintained its hold on the top placing with 50 points and received five first-place votes. Lawrence Tech (Mich.) and Grand View...
In the opening tournament of the season for the Lewis University men's bowling team, the Flyers set a program mark with their highest finish ever, placing seventh in the 26-team MSC Louisville Collegiate Classic Saturday at Kingpin Lanes. The Flyers shot a 7,183 for the day after five traditional games and 12 Baker games (194.1 average). Winning the tournament was Emmanuel College with a 7,899, while Northwestern Ohio was second with a 7,524 and Marian was third with a 7,469....
Lewis University’s women’s soccer team placed eighth in the annual Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason poll. The Flyers were 9-7-2 last season and had an 8-5 ledger in league play. Lewis received 128 points and are sandwiched between Maryville (162) and Lindenwood (125). Truman State grabbed five of the 16 first place votes and 206 points overall to be the coaches choice to win the league after falling to Bellarmine in the GLVC semifinals a year ago. McKendree nabbed six...
The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced on Aug. 20 that the No. 7 Lewis University women's volleyball team was picked to win the GLVC Title in the annual GLVC Preseason Coaches Poll. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own team. The GLVC regular season with feature a 15-match, single round-robin schedule this fall with eight pairs of travel partners. The regular season champion, along with the next seven best teams based on Conference winning percentage, will earn...
Heading into his junior season at Ohio State University, Bolingbrook graduate Tuf Borland is excited for the changes on the horizon. Ryan Day takes over for Urban Meyer as head coach of the Buckeyes and that means a new look on both sides of the football. "Sometimes change is a good thing. You are going to see a lot of guys that are excited to be out there and excited to be playing again and I think our performance will show," Borland said. "There is a lot of expectation here...
After completing her internship at Argo High School at the end of last school year, Kristen Shimko was looking for a job. She went into Morton College in Cicero looking for a position as an academic advisor and ended up landing that position as well as head women's basketball coach. In her first head coaching position, Shimko takes over a Panthers' program that went 16-15 last season. "I am really, really blessed by the opportunity," she said. "I interviewed for the Academic...
Dwayne Milton (SR/Machesney Park, Ill.) broke two school records and tied two others and the University of St. Francis offense tied one other mark in closing Mid-States Football Association crossover play with a 55-27 victory over Lawrence Tech University on Saturday. Milton broke his own mark for yards rushing in a game with his 256 yards on 24 carries Saturday. The previous record was 249 yards set last year versus Lindenwood University-Belleville. His 10.7 yards per carry...
The sixth ranked Lewis women's volleyball team extended its winning streak to six matches with a sweep of Quincy on Saturday afternoon at Neil Carey Arena. The Flyers improve to 12-1, 2-0 in the GLVC while the Hawks drop to 5-10, 0-2 GLVC. Lewis used a 7-2 run midway through the opening set to break an 11-all tie to take a five-point lead on a kill from Ava Venema (Westmont, Ill./Timothy Christian). The Flyers stretched the lead to 23-16 after an error from Emily Rehagen....
When the best of the best line up on Saturday's to compete for a shot at an NCAA Division-I FBS National Championship, there are good odds there will be some representitive from the Voyager Media coverage area as players litter the national landcape of college football. From the Big 10 to the coasts, from Illinois to Army, the local area has players who will compete at the highest level of their game. BIG 10 NORTHWESTERN Cam Mitchell Defensive back from Bolingbrook verbally...
When the University of Michigan made its run to the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship game, it did so with help from a former local coach. Former Joliet West head coach Luke Yaklich is a first-year assistant under John Beilein. "Luke was destined to be a college coach," said Joliet West Athletics Director Steve Millsaps. "When I sat and talked with him when he told me he was offered (a job at Illinois State University), he was struggling with the decision, you just...
For anyone who plays college football, their ultimate dream is to hear their name called at the NFL Draft as one of the more than 250 selections by one of the 32 teams of the National Football League. That was the dream of Plainfield East graduate Tyler Lancaster — at least for 240 or so picks. Toward the end of the seventh — and final — round, Lancaster and his agent had agreed to terms with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent. And with a Packer hat in hand, he informed those close to him of the exciting news....