Pyzdrowski goal stands up in Fenwick win over St. Francis

RIVERSIDE — Fenwick senior Cali Pyzdrowski could see that some of her teammates weren’t in the correct position for a set piece late in Saturday’s Class 2A Riverside-Brookfield Sectional final.

It turned out just fine anyway.

Pyzdrowski sent a free kick from midfield that took …

May 24 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Friday.

Haff seizes opportunity to hold down shortstop at Hinsdale Central

Hinsdale Central doesn’t know who will be its next coach, but there will be talent to build around with names such as Chris Botsoe, Ryan Haff, Max Peters and Matt Muellner returning.

Botsoe will be a junior leadoff hitter and starting center fielder, who has …

Hinsdale Central on record pace, advances all four entries to state semis

Hinsdale Central’s Michael Lorenzini and St. Charles East’s Japser Koenen went into the second day of the IHSA boys tennis state meet at Hersey as underdogs.

The two singles players are 9-16 seeds, but they proved seeds don’t mean much as they both registered a …

Hasper homer in 8th carries Waubonsie past Hinsdale Central

HINSDALE — Tyler Hasper knew he had won the game as soon as he connect on Bobby Skogsbergh’s 1-2 pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Hasper’s walk-off, two-run homer drove in the game’s only runs as eighth-seeded Waubonsie Valley beat ninth-seeded Hinsdale Central …

North Shore seen as good fit for Champions Tour

GLENVIEW

Everybody on stage at North Shore Country Club shared similar sentiments: It’s good for professional golf to be coming back to Chicago.

Next month, the Glenview-based private club will play host to the Encompass Championship, a first-time stop on the Champions Tour. It’s a …

Red Devils foil familiar foe in playoffs

The rivalry between Lake Forest (12-4) and Hinsdale Central (15-4) added another chapter when the two girls lacrosse teams met in the supersectional at Montini.

For the past two years, it would have been hard to slip a sheet of paper between the two programs. …

May 23 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Thursday.

Hinsdale Central defense gives Melin plenty of support against Lake Forest

LOMBARD — Sometimes they played straight up, other times they were in a zone. On occasion they would double-team the ballhandler, while at different points in the game they sat back and waited to be attacked.

The Red Devils used a variety of defensive schemes …

May 18 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Wednesday.

May leads Hinsdale Central to sectional final

HINSDALE — Two second-half goals by senior Casey May propelled Hinsdale Central into the sectional final for the second year in a row with a 3-0 win over Benet.

Hinsdale Central was held in check for the entire first half as the Redwings (17-5-1) kept …

All-state will be tall order for Fenwick doubles

Fenwick senior Jack Ryan believes he could’ve been a pretty good basketball or football player.

Instead, he decided to concentrate all of his attention on tennis.

“It’s the sport that I love the most,” the 6-foot-7 Hinsdale resident said. “I’m probably better at tennis than …

Buglio looks to build on first year in the Fenwick cage

Junior goalie Alexis (Lexi) Buglio knows the pressure that comes with being a Fenwick girls water polo player.

Her older sister, Danielle, was an all-state player in the program, so Lexi had been around the perennial powerhouse for a while. But the stress ratcheted up …

Long memory serves Fenwick goalie McGuire well at state

LINCOLNSHIRE — Tommy McGuire could never forget the goal he gave up in eighth grade.

Playing for Windy City club team in 2009, he got beat at the buzzer. It prevented his team for playing in the Speedo Cup that year.

“It was a rough …

Cerny sparks Red Devils from midfield

Hinsdale Central junior Alison Cerny has played numerous positions during her soccer career.

Until recently, she had never played attacking midfield.

“I just started playing it a couple games ago,” Cerny said. “I think it really helps us a lot. We’ve kind of struggled at …