Hinsdale C.’s Joyce takes perfect record vs. Illinois opponents into state meet

Hinsdale Central’s Martin Joyce hasn’t lost a match to an Illinois opponent this season and he doesn’t plan on dropping one in the next three days at the IHSA boys tennis state meet held at various sites in the northwestern suburbs.

The 6-foot-2 sophomore sports …

May 18 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Wednesday.

OPRF earns rematch with Morton in sectional

CHICAGO — Oak Park-River Forest coach Don August would prefer to add an asterisk to his team’s previous loss to Morton April 11.

The top-seeded Huskies will play the Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. Friday after cruising to a 25-12, 25-13 victory over Argo Wednesday in …

Payton blanks Elmwood Park to set up showdown with No. 1 Trinity

NORRIDGE — The top two seeds will play for the title of the Class 2A Ridgewood girls soccer sectional as No. 1 Trinity and No. 2 Payton won their semifinals Thursday in Norridge.

Trinity (14-7-2) overcame an early 1-0 deficit to post a 3-2 win …

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 …

Doubles gives Dixon’s knees a break

Oak Park-River Forest seniors Jeremy Dixon and Graham Lehman first met as opponents during a 12-under tournament.

The two eventually became teammates, close friends and partners.

“I like playing with him,” Lehman said. “We get along really well and have a lot of chemistry. I …

Ganschow prepares to coach final postseason

After two years as freshman lacrosse coach, 15 years as varsity lacrosse coach, and numerous years as a teacher and a father, Oak Park-River Forest’s Dan Ganschow will now tuck away the clipboard and focus on his family.

Ganschow, a fifth-generation Oak Park student, at …

Trinity senior duo has rapt audience of freshmen

Trinity seniors Maggie O’Connor and Sarah Spohnholtz have become more than just captains and leaders of the Blazers soccer team.

They have emerged as mentors and virtual on-field coaches for a young, inexperienced team that counts 11 freshmen on the varsity. It is a task …

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 …

Huskies winning behind junior achievements

Senior pitcher Henry Cappel and Oak Park-River Forest coach Chris Ledbetter seem to agree on what helped the Huskies win the West Suburban Silver title for the fifth time in seven years.

Pick a name from OPRF’s Class of 2014 and it seems any of …

OPRF sophomore high jumper learns from state champ

A familiar face returned to coach Christopher Wright-Madison in the high jump at the Class 3A St. Ignatius Sectional May 16.

Defending state champion and Oak Park-River Forest graduate Carl Heinz came back home from Duke University for the summer and helped OPRF’s rising star …

Pole vaulting alive and growing at OPRF

McKenzee Kroeschell’s lasting legacy at her high school might be the spark in popularity she ignited to pole vaulting at Oak Park-River Forest.

As Kroeschell made her ascent up the result sheets at the Class 3A state meet, the numbers in coach Tim Gamble’s program …

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 …

College roundup: Epifanio named to all-region team

Maine South alumna Emily Epifanio , a senior catcher on the Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team, was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region first team.

Epifanio started 37 of the team’s 39 games and hit .382 with a .488 on-base percentage and a …

Fenwick downs Stevenson to reclaim state trophy

LINCOLNSHIRE — There might not be any high school team in any sport in the state of Illinois more synonymous with winning than Fenwick boys water polo.

From 1999 to 2011, the Friars won 11 state titles. After a one-year hiatus, the championship trophy returned …