Community Sports News
Sports Illustrated’s website, si.com, last week named Fenwick High School the best athletic program in the state of Illinois for the 2006-07 school year.
The recognition came in an article by Kevin Armstrong and John Mahoney, which ran on June 19 and featured the 50 best high school athletic programs in the country. The selection was based on success on and off the field, including state championships and the number of Division-I scholarship athletes.
Fenwick recently completed one of the most successful athletic years in its history with state championships in girl’s basketball and boy’s water polo. Six student-athletes were awarded Division I scholarships.
“This recognition is a reflection of the quality and efforts of the coaching staffs,” said Athletic Director Mike Curtin through a press release issued by the school. “It also shows the support and commitment of the administration of Fenwick.”
Thirty-seven Fenwick students were named to all-state or equivalent sports teams during the past year and three coaches were named state coach-of-the-year.
Fenwick also finished runner-up in hockey, and girl’s water polo.
Concordia youth track camp to begin
Concordia University Chicago will host the 2007 Cougar Youth Track Camp on July 9-13 for kids from fourth through 10th grades. Activities will take place each day from 9 a.m. until noon on Concordia’s track, located on Division Street, two blocks west of Harlem. Camp emphasis will be on flexibility, strength, speed, conditioning and technique. The cost will be $45 per person which includes all activities, a camp T-shirt and insurance. The deadline for registration is Monday, June 25.
For questions or information on registering, please contact Concordia track coach Dave Risch at 209-3649. A registration form may also be downloaded from the track and field page on the school’s web site (cuchicago.edu).
Swim lessons
Fenwick has three sessions of swim lessons with session two starting on July 9 and ending July 19. Sessions three starts July 23 and ends Aug. 2. In session two, there are openings in the 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and the 1:45 p.m. classes, while in session three all classes (9:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 1:45 p.m.) have openings.
Children ages 5-14 are welcome. On the first day the swimmers will be put into groups with others of the same ability level, and the ratio is 2-4 swimmers per teacher. Cost is $70 for one session and $130 for two sessions per swimmer.
Contact Dave Perry at 386-0127 ext. 195 for questions or concerns.
Windy City takes 2 of 3 in Jenison
The Windy City Water Polo high school boys competed in a tourney at Jenison High School in Jenison, Mo., over the weekend. Windy City started off with a win over Rockford (Mich.) Orange 10-6. Kevin Wolak led Windy City with three goals while Will Rigali and Dan Barron had two each and Mark Ryden, Jack Shehan, and Armondo Lee had one apiece.
Windy City defeated Rockford Black 19-3 in the second game. Wolak and Lee scored five goals apiece.
In the third game, Windy City fell to Great Lakes (Mich.) 9-8.
Press releases contributed to this report.