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Hinsdale Central head boys basketball coach Nick Latorre keeps a close eye on his team's defensive play in the fourth quarter of the Red Devils' opening game against Schaumburg Dec. 27 in the annual Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic tournament. Junior guard Vincas Buzelis draws a foul driving to the basket to earn a couple of free throws, while teammate and fellow guard Will Gaffney works to stay in front of his opponent on the defensive end. Junior guard Eric Kozys keeps his...
The Hinsdale Central boys varsity basketball team will return to the eighth annual Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic Dec. 27 as defending champions. The Red Devils beat Oswego East 54-41 last year to capture the program's first title in the tourney. The team went on to set school records for wins in a season (31) and consecutive victories (23). Then 94 percent of that's team offense graduated in May. But varsity boys basketball coach Nick Latorre is approaching this tournament...
This weekend, Hinsdale Central wrestlers will compete with 24 other teams in the 57th annual Whitlatch Invite, one of the toughest tournaments in the state. The event is named after legendary Central wrestling coach Rex Whitlatch, who passed away in 2021 at age 84. Whitlatch, who a two-time state champion in high school, was the Red Devils’ head wrestling coach from 1964-81 and assistant coach from 1986 until he retired in 1992. For a November 2021 story on Whitlatch, his w...
Hinsdale Central freshman Bennett Westerberg competed Monday afternoon during the Red Devils home match against Reavis at Suburbanite Bowl in Westmont. Westerberg shot a team high three-game total of 524, but the Devils fell to the Rams 2,602-2,267. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central hosted the Red Devil Chess Invite Oct. 21. Twenty-six teams with more than 200 players filled the cafeteria. The Devils placed ninth. Team captain Akshay Naik contemplates his next move during the tournament. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls swimming and diving team will compete at the IHSA state final meet Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11, at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. Representing Red Devil Nation are seniors Burley Bokos (200-yard IM, 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley & 400-yard freestyle relays), Grace Klobach (diving), Elizabeth Lahmann (200-yard freestyle, 200-yard & 400-yard freestyle relays) and Kelechi Ojiako (200-yard freestyle relay); juniors Siena Allegra (100-yard breaststroke), Vija Barber (500-yard...
By Ken Knutson [email protected] Last year as a junior, Hinsdale Central's Aden Bandukwala became the first individual state champion in the history of the school's cross country program. Now he's the first to do it twice. In a personal best three-mile time of 14:13.56 on Saturday, Bandukwala took first-place honors for the second straight year at the IHSA 3A state meet in Peoria. Bandukwala said he felt confident going into the meet that he could accomplish the...
Members of the Hinsdale Central boys and girls cross teams will compete at the IHSA state final meet Saturday, Nov. 4, at Detweiler Park in Peoria. Representing Red Devil Nation for the boys will be seniors Aden Bandukwala, Evan Kurimay and Maxwell Lowe, juniors Nikita Kamenev and Cooper Revord, sophomore Michael Gamboa and freshman Henry Miller. Representing Red Devil Nation for the girls will be seniors Kennedy Boyd, Pola Dygon and Camden Griffin, sophomore Lily Hodneland and freshmen Ella Satre and Evelyn Skay. Good luck...
The two-time defending state champion Hinsdale Central girls tennis team went into the IHSA state meet last weekend having qualified in just three of four possible spots and with only one of five players with previous state experience. Long odds for a three-peat, to say the least. But the Red Devils still made their mark in Buffalo Grove Oct. 19-21, claiming a share of fifth place with Glenbrook North and Plainfield North, all registering 15 points. New Trier cruised to the...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls tennis team will compete at the IHSA state final meet Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 19-21, at Buffalo Grove High School and surrounding area courts. Representing Red Devil Nation will be junior Kotryna Tomas in singles and the duos of senior Calista Chang/sophomore Lauren Panveno and junior Abigail Gambla/sophomore Sydney Shuster in doubles. Good luck Devils!...
Hinsdale Central senior Alex Rasmussen opted to eschew his driver in the cool, windy conditions at the IHSA boys golf state final tournament Friday and Saturday in Bloomington. Choosing precision over power off the tee paid off as he finished his Red Devil career with All-State honors, carding a two-round 149 and tying for sixth place. "I was able to manage the tough weather and course well, leading to two good rounds," Rasmussen said. "I was able to keep the ball in play,...
The sophomore Red Devil football players are on the field, shaking hands with their opponents from Glenbard West at the end of their game. Mayhem reigns in the south end zone. Hundreds of Falcon Football players and cheerleaders are waiting for their coaches' signal to swarm the field, which they do at 7:05 p.m. After some additional shouting and gesturing from coaches, they manage to create two lines for the varsity football players to run through. The Central marching band...
The Hinsdale Central boys and girls golf teams will compete at their respective IHSA state final tournaments Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7. Representing Red Devil Nation at the boys tournament at The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in Bloomington will be seniors Jack Mulligan, Alex Rasmussen and Devin Swoyer, and juniors Dru Devata, Rory Healy and Kevin Wesolowski. Representing Red Devil Nation at the girls tournament at Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur will be seniors Parker Matthews and Caroline Owens, juniors Elyssa...
Hinsdale Central cross country runner Ally Furey leads the pack Sept. 21 during a meet against conference rivals LT and York at KLM Park. She was followed to the finish line by teammates Abby Alcala and Sophia Molfese, giving the Red Devils a 1-2-3 sweep of the top places. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central golfer Isaac Schloegel follows his drive Monday afternoon at Hinsdale Golf Club, while teammate Rory Healy employs an iron for his approach shot as Central hosts conference rival LT. The Red Devils defeated the Lions 138-147. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central junior Toral Bhatt pitches up to the green on the third hole while sophomore teammate Lilly Riegger tracks her drive from the third tee as Central hosted conference rival Oak Park-River Forest Tuesday at Ruth Lake Country Club. The Red Devils won the match 147-192. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Tyler Hamman has learned a lot as owner and founder of Ty's Treats, including the fact that his young customers prefer their SpongeBob ice cream treats with gumball eyes rather than chocolate ones. "When they replaced the gumballs with chocolate, kids started buying them less," said Hamman, who opened Ty's Treats at the Hinsdale Community Pool this summer. Hamman got his first job working behind the front desk of the pool when he was 15. The next year, he worked for Sauced...
Dan Jones never intended to become an athletic director. But when DeKalb High School administrators couldn't find an outside candidate to hire, they turned to their head football coach to take the job. "I told them I would, but it would only be one year - and that was 18 years ago," Jones said. He never intended to work at Hinsdale Central, either. But two AD friends he met for breakfast at a conference told him about an open position. "They started talking to me about the...
The Fourth of July parade has been a summer tradition for generations of kids growing up in Hinsdale, including Tim Balster. From the time he was in elementary school, Balster said he always found a way to not only watch the parade, but to participate. He pulled a model of the Liberty Bell behind his decorated bike and at age 11 traversed the entire parade route via pogo stick. After a few years of juggling while riding a unicycle, Balster landed on his most notable mode of...
The streets were alive with splashes of color last month as the 17th annual Walk the Walk for Mental Health wound through the village. The Community House event supports equitable mental health services in the community with counseling services and programming. The highest individual fundraiser was Deborah Kraus, the top team was the Hinsdale Central Red Devils Boys Track team and top school was The Lane. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central's boys gymnastics program was the envy of the state 50 years ago, winning four straight Illinois High School Association titles from 1970-73. The team's championship in 1995 made nine total, still more than any other school. It's a record that may now never be broken as the IHSA has decided to discontinue the boys gymnastics state series due to low participation. In a June 12 press release announcing the end of both the boys gymnastics and debate state series,...
The Hinsdale Central girls lacrosse team earned passage to Saturday's state championship game, its fourth out of the five that have been held since the sport received IHSA inclusion for the 2017-18 season. That's more than any other program. The Red Devils had dispatched a scrappy Hersey 11-8 in the super-sectional and overwhelmed Sandburg 15-4 in the semifinal on Friday at Central's Dickinson Field to book their spot. "Coming in to the match we were amped and excited,"...
Saanvi: To our entire Red Devil nation, thank you for joining us today to celebrate the Red Devil class of 2023. Fatimah: Honestly, none of it would be possible without the help of our parents, teachers and the D86 staff. Not to mention Google Translate, Photomath, Sparknotes and, our very new addition, ChatGPT. Saanvi: Are you forgetting something? Fatimah: Oh right! Both: The Devils Roast. Saanvi: We’ve had a good four years. Fatimah: Well, more like a good two years. You can’t forget when our two-week break turned into a w...
The label "COVID class" was given to the Hinsdale Central Class of 2023. The freshman who started in the fall of 2019 had no idea what was ahead for them as they began their life as Red Devils. In March of 2020 as the world shut down, Red Devil Nation hunkered down and redefined their educational experiences. A severe summer storm with heavy rainfall and strong winds - which pelted northeast Hinsdale - barely touched Dickinson Field a couple hours before the start of the...
The Hinsdale Central boys tennis team and members of the boys track team will compete at their respective IHSA state finals May 25-27. Representing Red Devils boys tennis at the final hosted by Palatine High School are junior Alex Kotarski and sophomore Winston Stangle in singles, and the doubles teams of sophomores Nathan Hernandez and Bodie Teuscher and senior James Theriault and junior Aidan Hernandez. Representing Red Devils boys track at the final hosted by Eastern Illinois University are senior Michael Skora in the 800...
