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Slammers celebrate, turn page to 2012
Let’s hope we have another one just like it next season. The Joliet Slammers celebrated their home opener at Silver Cross Field on a picture perfect Tuesday night in the best way possible, with a pregame ring ceremony commemorating their 2011 Frontier League championship. Thirteen …
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- Tuesday’s results Updated: May 23, 2012
- Monday’s results Updated: May 21, 2012
- Saturday’s results Updated: May 19, 2012
Goss: Minooka Regional filled with good local baseball match-ups
The five-team Class 4A Minooka Regional features five area teams, at least four of whom are capable of winning the event without it being a major surprise.
Goss: Ruettiger’s 6-for-6 highlights local pro baseball review
Former Joliet Catholic outfielder John Ruettiger, less than a week after being promoted to Baltimore’s affiliate at Frederick Keys in the A-Advanced Carolina League, went 6-for-6 in a game his team lost 10-9. Other local pro ballplayers also have experienced moves, both up and down, in their organizations already this season.
Goss: Slammers offer quality team in second year
The Joliet Slammers may be stronger than they were a year ago, when they won the Frontier League championship in the first year of existence. Of course, as manager Bart Zeller said, every team in the league believes they are better, and things will be even more difficult for the Slammers now that expectations have been raised.
Goss: Hungarian imports lead Lewis women’s tennis team
Hungarians Zsofia Lanstiak and Zsofia Kranczicki led the Lewis women’s tennis team to their first regional championship. The Flyers now are head to the NCAA Division II Spring Festival in Louisville, Ky., where they will meet Columbus State in the Sweet 16 at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Goss: Joliet Junior College seeks World Series berth
The Joliet Junior College baseball season has been an up-and-down ride. But the Wolves appear to be playing their best at the right time heading into the best-of-three Region IV Championship Series against Milwaukee Area Tech. A berth in the NJCAA Division III World Series at Tyler, Texas is on the line.
Goss: Bob Dernier on board with CrackerJacks
Former Cubs and Phillies outfielder Bob Dernier was the featured attraction at the recent “Meet Bobby D Night” sponsored by the Will County CrackerJacks. Dernier is the CrackerJacks’ associate head coach and director of baseball operations.
Goss: At DePaul, Verdun does job with arm, bat
Coal City graduate Kirsten Verdun has been a double weapon for the DePaul softball team, both as a pitcher and as one of the Blue Demons’ best hitters. DePaul has earned a berth in the Big East Tournament and appears headed for another NCAA Tournament bid.
Goss: Joliet Slammers keep local look
The Joliet Slammers won the Frontier League championship last season with a distinct local flavor. It appears they will continue to sport that local look as they begin their second season.
Lewis U.’s men’s volleyball in NCAA semifinal tonight
After a journey of several years, the Lewis men’s volleyball program has regained a position of prominence and will compete in the NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship semifinals, facing Southern California at USC’s Galen Center. The other semifinal pits UC-Irvine vs. Penn State.
Goss: Bailey to Illinois a dream come true
The commitment of Bolingbrook quarterback Aaron Bailey is a dream come true for longtime, and often suffering, Illini fans.
Goss: Tigers prospect Stroud joining Lakeland
Providence graduate Brian Stroud, a right-handed pitcher who was drafted last summer by the Detroit Tigers out of Western Michigan University, will be joining the A-Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers after beginning the season in extended spring training.
Goss: Kirsten Verdun gets it done with arm, bat
Kirsten Verdun, a sophomore from Coal City, has been dynamite for the DePaul University softball team, both with her pitching and her hitting. She leads an impressive parade of area talent on the NCAA Division I level.
Goss: Is Fleener Round 1 draft material?
Joliet Catholic graduate Coby Fleener from Stanford is the No. 1-rated tight end in the nation entering the 2012 NFL draft. The questions are whether he will be selected in Round 1, and by whom.
Goss: Nothing like a good ‘street fight with rules’
The Joliet West state wrestling champions of 1981, under coach Mike Cookas, were among the honorees at the eighth annual Joliet Township High School Athletic Booster Club Night of Champions.
Goss: Night of Champions oozes class
Along with remarkable athletic success, the award winners in the eighth annual Joliet Township Athletic Booster Club Night of Champions had something else in common: class.
