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Sports
Oak Park natives embark on incredible bike adventures
Nate Prescott, Mark Jirik and Abby Prescott are in most ways your typical mid-20s young adults. The Oak Park natives, who all graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School and Big Ten...
New Fenwick hoops coach pleased with early progress
One week into his head boys basketball coaching job at Fenwick High School, Rick Malnati says he likes what he sees.
OPRF, Fenwick boys hoops tip off summer action
The Oak Park and River Forest High School annual summer boys basketball league kicked off last week, with both the host Huskies and neighboring Fenwick seeing plenty of action.
OPRF boys volleyball enjoys Elite Eight run
The Oak Park and River Forest boys volleyball team went down in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Volleyball State Tournament but not without a good fight.
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Future looks bright for Fenwick softball
Fenwick (21-16) won 12 of its last 16 games under its first-year skipper Mike Marrese en route a supersectional appearance.
Huskies, Friars and Blazers share spring spotlight
While the Fenwick boys water polo team claimed the only state championship this spring among our local teams, several squads provided plenty of special memories. Here's a review of the top...
Trinity softball drops heartbreaker to York
The Trinity softball team had York on the ropes in Saturday's championship game of the Class 4A Resurrection Sectional.
OPRF baseball falls to Maine South in sectional final
OPRF baseball's bid for a second straight Class 4A state title came to end in Saturday's 6-1 loss to Maine South in the Niles West Sectional final.
Fenwick softball tames Tigers, wins sectional
Fenwick softball edged Elmwood Park 2-1 in Saturday's Elmwood Park Sectional of the Class 3A playoffs.
Fenwick soccer strikes back for third in state
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The Fenwick girls soccer team finished third in the Class 2A State Finals with a 1-0 win over Lemont on Saturday at North Central College in Naperville.
Roundup: OPRF boys tennis, volleyball
The OPRF No. 1 doubles team of Jeremy Dixon and Graham Lehman reeled off five consecutive victories highlighted by a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 quarterfinal win over Stevenson's Pawel Jaworski and Josh Lieberman...
Roundup: Fenwick softball, baseball, tennis
Fenwick softball'sVal Perrelli went the distance with 10 strikeouts to lift the Friars past host Fenton 6-0 in the Class 3A regional championship game Saturday.
OPRF track and field relay team takes second at state
The OPRF boys track and field 800-meter relay team of Jamal Baggett, Lionel Towns, Desmond Bird-Murphy and Tariq Taylor ran a time of 1:28.78 to finish second behind champion Edwardsville (1:27.98)...
OPRF softball routs Lane Tech, wins regional
It had been three years since the Oak Park and River Forest softball team had won a regional championship, but Saturday's dominant performance against Lane Tech in the Class 4A playoffs sure made it...
Youth sports
Local basketball club, Chicago Hoops Express, wins state championship
The Chicago Hoops Express, a girls basketball club based at Trinity High School, recently won the eighth grade AAU State Championship.
St. Giles hoops champs
The St. Giles Catholic School fifth grade boys basketball team recently won the Classic League Championship over Ascension Catholic School.
Wolfpack win A-Team League
The Oak Park-River Forest-based Wolfpack School of Basketball sixth-grade team recently won the Bulls/Sox Academy Winter A-Team League by sweeping the playoffs. Bottom Row (left to right):...
Brad Spencer
OPRF grad Smith has scored a perfect 10 in college
Do me a favor, count to ten. Just do it. Fine, I'll do it with you:
Wrigley is just plain worn out
Wrigley has lost its nostalgia, its archaic wonder. It's time for a classy upgrade, one that will also bring a winner to town.
Thanks for everything and I'll see you around
Well, you can't afford to buy them all a round at the local watering hole or take them all out to lunch, but when you've spent 12 years at one particular job and you're moving on and you have an...
Farewell fellow local sports fans
It's been a good run, but the time has come. After 12-plus years, I've decided it's time that this section needs a fresh perspective, so I'm leaving Wednesday Journal.
Sports columnists
Track laps help boost race pace
Many runners do their runs at the same pace which is certainly okay, but doesn't do much to enhance performance. To truly improve, there's a need for speed. You can speed up your training runs, or...
Oak Park's "The Race that's Good for Life" has record turnout
The Race that's Good for Life brought out a record number of participants for Sunday's 32nd running of this annual Oak Park event. The race, organized by the Oak Park Runners Club, was voted 2012's...
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OPRF hoopsters selected to play in all-star games
OPRF boys basketball players Virgil Allen and Alex Gustafson were selected to play in separate all-star games.
Concordia University baseball earns top 25 ranking
Concordia University Chicago's baseball team recently cracked the top 25 in the current American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) poll.
Fenwick's Danny Lattner headed to Augustana
Fenwick High School student-athlete Danny Lattner has announced that he plans on attending Augustana College and play for the school's football team.
OPRF Hockey Club hires new director
The OPRF Hockey Club recently announced that it has hired Dave Dyson to serve as the organization's hockey director and varsity head coach.