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The chatter was relentless, voices reverberating up to the rafters of the banner-festooned Hinsdale Central gym. Shouts of praise mixed with sharp scolds for a missed assignment. A cry of release after a strong finish at the basket. The boys basketball team was in high-octane practice mode, fresh off another winning weekend that boosted the Red Devils' record to 21-2 and their weekly state ranking closer to the summit. This season's performance has been impressive, no doubt,...
North Central College was playing for a national championship Jan. 5 in Houston when quarterback Luke Lehnen threw the ball to Hinsdale's Thomas Skokna. He dropped it. "(I) went to our quarterback on the sideline and said, 'I'm sorry,' " Skokna recalled. "He said, 'Don't worry - I'm coming back to you.' " Skokna didn't make the same mistake twice. "It was a big play and we got some momentum. I actually got lucky to be in that position," the junior wide receiver said. "We...
Brett Moore figured his high school coaching career was likely done after stepping down as Hinsdale South's head varsity boys basketball coach following the 2020-21 season. "I chose family over basketball for a couple years and had really no plans on getting back into basketball," he told The Hinsdalean. Then last year, Moore, a physical education teacher at Hinsdale Central, accepted an invitation from Red Devils head varsity boys basketball coach Nick Latorre to be his...
Hinsdale Central girls basketball hosted Hinsdale Inferno players at a Future Red Devil night Friday. Pregame festivities, free T-shirts and a half-time shooting contest were all on the agenda for the future Red Devils. And to make the celebration complete, the Red Devils defeated the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies 64-20. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central's Joshua Blase-Sanchez competes in the 120-pound weight class during the 58th annual Rex Whitlatch Invite Dec. 20 at Hinsdale Central. The host Red Devils finished in 22nd place with 38 points. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale Central's Dillon Orozco (clockwise from top left) drives into the lane and teammate Eric Kozys pulls up for a jumper during the Red Devils first-round game Dec. 26 against Plainfield East at the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic tournament. Michael Powell kept his sights on the bucket while Orozco put in a layup during the contest, a 64-35 Devils victory. The team was set to play in the championship against Brother Rice Monday night, after press time. (Jim Slonoff...
A week from today, local high school basketball fans will get what's been on their holiday wish list. The ninth edition of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic basketball tournament tips off Thursday, Dec. 26, beginning a four-day hoops fest featuring 16 teams from across the region and some of the area's top prospects. Joe Spagnolo, Red Devils assistant varsity boys basketball coach and HCHC organizer, said he looks forward each December to witnessing the hard work of the...
The referee gets in position to award Hinsdale Central's Marija Neskovic a pin and victory over her Downers Grove North opponent Tuesday night during a four-team meet at Central. The Red Devils defeated the Trojans 9-6 in their head-to-head matchup. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale Central's Kathrine Choe considers her next roll, while teammate Aurora Allen releases a shot during a match Dec. 5 against Hinsdale South at Suburbanite Bowl. The two seniors were among the top scorers for the Red Devils, but the team fell to the intradistrict rival Hornets. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
The lanes are open for Hinsdale Central athletes, as the boys and girls bowling teams have begun their seasons and boys swimming and diving has its first competition on Friday. Read what each program's head coach thinks about their respective rosters and competitive prospects. This is the second of three winter sports preview stories. The first installment ran Nov. 28, and the concluding one will appear in the Dec. 12 issue. Boys bowling First match: Nov. 11 vs. Fenton (V...
Hinsdale Central bowlers Jack Copeland and Will Egbert compete Monday afternoon at Suburbanite Bowl against opponent Reavis. The Red Devils came up just short to the Rams, 2,275 to 2,291 (Jim Slonoff photos)...
HMS GIRLS CLINCH CONFERENCE TITLE The Hinsdale Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team has clinched the West Suburban Middle School Athletic Conference Championship title. In a thrilling final match against Elmhurst’s Bryan Middle School, the talented young athletes secured a hard-fought 29-26 victory. This impressive win capped off an extraordinary season with a remarkable 14-1 record. “We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Coach Kelly Pelak and the entire team for their dedication, hard work, and out...
The winter sports season is under way at Hinsdale Central High School. The boys and girls wrestling teams faced their first opponents at meets Tuesday. The boys hockey club - whose season spans multiple seasons - has been playing since September. This is the first in a series of three winter sports previews. The next installments will run Dec. 5 and 12. Boys hockey First game: Sept. 15 vs. Cobras (V won 6-2) Head coach: Jim Brooks Seasons as head coach: 1st season as head...
The November wind had a bite to it Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Hinsdale Central High School. But the warm soul of service wouldn't be chilled as students "stuffed the trucks" with essential food and other items in an effort to provide neighbors in need with a happy and healthy holiday season. The Thanksgiving food drive, jointly organized by the school's National Honor Society and Business Professionals of America club, benefited FISH food pantry of Downers Grove....
Hinsdale Central's girls swimmers and divers began the season as nomads with the Don Watson Aquatic Center under repair. "We were displaced from our home pool, traveling all these different places," said head coach Bob Barber. Homelessness did not exempt the Red Devils from going up against the state's top programs like Rosary, New Trier and St. Charles North. "They clearly were the stronger teams but we were convinced that we were kind of the best of the rest," he said. The...
What is P.A.S.S.? As a Hinsdale Central sophomore student-athlete, Aryan Bansal could detect the struggle some of his teammates were having balancing schoolwork with the demands of pursuing high school sports. "Kids were saying in the locker room, 'I've got three tests tomorrow and practice doesn't end until 6:30 p.m.' " recounted Bansal, now a junior. "There's no time to get to teacher office hours when you have to get to practice." A two-sport athlete himself, Bansal underst...
The Hinsdale Central boys varsity soccer team not only made its first appearance at the IHSA state tournament since 2014 last weekend, it beat Edwardsville 3-1 to earn third place and a spot on the podium. An unlikely finish for a team that started out the season 1-6-1, but head coach Mike Wiggins said the players were extremely resilient, hard-working and committed athletes who persevered game after game. "It was not just a difficult start to the year, it was handling the...
Finn Richards of Hinsdale set a school record and won first place at the IHSA state cross country meet Nov. 9 at Dettweiler Park in Peoria, but he’s not satisfied. He said he has more to give the sport. “It was pretty nice to be able to accomplish what I wanted to do,” the Benet Academy senior said. “At the end of the day, I still feel like I can do more. “I don’t think this is the end,” he added. “I celebrated for a bit, but now I’m back to work. It was good, but it was...
Members of the Hinsdale Central and Benet Academy girls swimming and diving teams will compete at the IHSA state final meet Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont. Representing Red Devil Nation are seniors Vija Barber (400-yard freestyle relay), Isabella Brubaker (200-yard freestyle relay), Erica Driscoll (diving), Lauren Lin (200-yard medley relay), Meghan Martell (diving) and Kamile Zinis (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays); junior Anna Rocca (100-yard...
The Hinsdale Central girls cross country and boys soccer teams will compete at their respective IHSA State Finals this weekend. Representing Red Devil Nation at the girls cross country state meet Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria are juniors Grace Gruber, Lily Hodneland and Addie Krogstie, and sophomores Morgan Kohn, Ella Satre and Evelyn Skay. The boys soccer team will take on Hersey in a semifinal game at 6 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Estates High School. Central will then play on Saturday in either the third-place game at...
After back-to-back heartbreaking runner-up finishes at the IHSA state final the last two years, the Hinsdale Central boys golfers thought they'd come up just short again. Tied with Evanston for top honors at 12-over par 588 after the final hole Saturday of the two-day state tournament in Bloomington, the Red Devils knew their opponents' fifth-best score of the round - the typical tiebreaking protocol - was better than theirs. But state final rules call for a combination of...
Hinsdale Central junior Maddie Brooks rises for a spike Monday night as the Red Devils hosted Timothy Christian for the team's senior night celebration. Unfortunately they couldn't celebrate a victory, as the Devils fell to the top-ranked Trojans in a hard-fought three-set match. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls tennis team and two Nazareth Academy seniors will compete at the IHSA 2A state final Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 24-26, at Hersey High School. Representing Red Devil Nation will be senior Kotryna Tomas and junior Asha Sarai in singles, and the duos of senior Abigail Gambla/junior Sydney Shuster and junior Lauren Panveno/freshman Sophia Virmani in doubles. Nazareth Academy senior doubles players Margaret and Elisabeth Anos of Hinsdale finished third and fourth, respectively, at the...
Hinsdale Central's Alexia Velicu competes in the junior varsity 200-yard IM event Oct. 11 during a meet against visiting Glenbard West. Velicu placed first with a time of 2:34.59, helping the Red Devils girls swim and dive program earn team victories over the Hilltoppers at both the JV and varsity levels. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Hinsdale Central's Austen Szurgot battles with an LT defender as the Red Devils hosted the Lions on Dickinson Field Oct. 1. The Devils claimed a hard-fought 3-2 overtime victory over their conference rival. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
