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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)...
Attending a sporting event at Hinsdale Central High School isn't the only way to support a student-athlete - or a good cause. Many Red Devil teams make it a practice to hold annual fundraisers or drives to benefit causes close to members' hearts. Since the start of the school year, the cheerleaders have held a fundraiser at Fuller House, the girls swim and dive team held a car wash at the school, the boys and girls golf teams held a food drive for HCS Family Services and the...
Dru Devata Clarendon Hills What was your goal going into your senior golf season? There's nothing like winning as a team, and that's the main goal. Winning individually is great, but winning as a team is a different level. It's a different dynamic. It makes the winning that much sweeter and It makes the losing a little more painful What has playing for the Red Devils meant to you? Playing golf at Central has given me a different community, and when I was an underclassman it ga...
Hinsdale Central golfers Dru Devata and Charlie Norby watch the paths of their respective drives Sept. 12 during a match against Glenbard West at Hinsdale Golf Club. The Red Devils defeated their West Suburban Silver conference rival Hilltoppers 141-157. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Lights. Camera. Action! Hinsdale Central has gone Hollywood for Homecoming 2024, looking to Tinseltown to theme this year's weeklong series of festivities leading up to Friday night's football game and Saturday night's dance. On Monday, student organizers from the school's Varsity Club board talked about the fun ways they planned to stir the spirit of their fellow Red Devils, starting with an Adam Sandler Day to kick things off. Sophomore Carolyn Kentra said the idea was to...
Members of the Hinsdale Falcons football and cheer squads were featured Friday night on Dickinson Field before the start of the Hinsdale Central- Lyons Township football game. The Falcons formed a tunnel to welcome the Red Devils onto the field. Complete game information appears on Page 36. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
The Hinsdale Central Hall of Fame will induct six new members tonight, Sept. 19, at its dinner at Ruth Lake Country Club. The event has taken place every year since the inaugural class was inducted in 1997. Following are brief bios of members of the Class of 2024. Sandy Murray Gbur Class of 1973 As a high schooler, Gbur volunteered at The Farm Club (today's Hanson Center) in Burr Ridge and taught a young boy with a developmental disability how to bowl. This experience led Gbur...
