Here’s the latest and greatest in the local Joliet area sports news highlights with a few tidbits thrown in from around the Chicagoland area on this June day.
This time of year our focus turns to baseball and of course golf. So check out these local stories to get a quick update on whats happening in the sports world at this moment.
It’s a family affair at 3-on-3 basketball tournament
Brennan, Landan, Garrett and Griffan Callahan may be more recognized wearing the jerseys of Seneca green. However, Ebbey George’s blue seems to be working just the same.
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It’s a family affair at 3-on-3 basketball tournament
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A lot is going on at the Cell
Sometime in the midst of Ozzie Guillen already checking on return flights to Charlotte for Aaron Poreda (just in case), Josh Fields ruffling some feathers, a youth movement that is being disguised as, well, anything but a youth movement, the amateur draft and A.J. Pierzynski almost starting a bench-clearing brawl, the White Sox managed to find time to get a baseball game in Tuesday.
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A lot is going on at the Cell
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Hammers continue to struggle with ‘L’ to Flyers
It’s all just a bad nightmare. Not just Monday night when the Joliet JackHammers DROPPED a 7-6 decision to the Schaumburg Flyers, but pretty much since May 19, the day the bottom began to DROP out for manager Wally Backman’s team.
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Hammers continue to struggle with ‘L’ to Flyers
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After 100-mph pitcher, draft wide-open venture
With his 100 mph fastball, Stephen Strasburg has all but eliminated any mystery about which player will be picked first by the Washington Nationals in the baseball draft Tuesday night.
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Lewis University signs two men golfers
Drake Bronk (Rockford Lutheran) and Brandon White (Sellersburg, Ind.) have signed national letters of Intent to play for the Lewis University men’s golf team this fall.
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Lewis University signs two men golfers
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Contreras pitches gem; saves the day for White Sox
The good and bad all came out in one day for the White Sox on Monday, their split of a doubleheader with Detroit answering one question and leaving plenty of others unanswered. Are the Sox as bad fundamentally as their 5-4 loss in Game 1 made them appear to their fuming manager?
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Contreras pitches gem; saves the day for White Sox
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Hillmen in hitting zone
If you’re looking for the unsung hero in Joliet Catholic Academy’s 13-8 victory over Chicago Jones in Monday’s Class 3A Crestwood Supersectional marathon, Andrew Cecchi may be your man. The JCA junior third baseman was on second base when the bases were loaded in the top of the third inning.
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Hillmen in hitting zone
-Cladis ‘leader’ as leadoff
From the first four pitches Monday afternoon, it was not a matter of whether the Joliet Catholic Academy baseball team would keep up with Chicago Jones, but rather could Jones keep up with leadoff hitter Dave Cladis.
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Cladis ‘leader’ as leadoff
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