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Hinsdale Central's Erica Driscoll performs her balance beam routine during a Dec. 6 home meet against York. The Red Devils came up short to their conference rival Dukes 132.25-136.5. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
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...
Austin Segers leaps in front of an Oak Park-River Forest receiver and snags an interception before returning the ball for 22 yards. The Red Devils came out on top 46-13 at Dickinson Field Friday night. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
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,...
Hinsdale Central's Martin Montoya heads the ball during a home match Oct. 5 against conference rival Glenbard West. The Red Devils emerged with a hard fought 2-1 win over the Hilltoppers after two overtimes and penalty kicks. It was Central's fourth conference game to go to overtime and second decided by PKs this season. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
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...
Hinsdale Central's Smith Maxwell keeps pace with a group of Glenbard West runners as the Red Devils hosted the Hilltoppers for a dual meet Sept. 28 at Katherine Legge Memorial Park. Maxwell and his teammates defeated their conference rival 28-31. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
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)...
The land on which Hinsdale Central's Red Devils will celebrate Homecoming this weekend was once home to Sedgeley Farm, a regional leader in both dairy cattle breeding and use of electric power. New York-born Enos Barton helped launch Western Electric Manufacturing Co. with Oberlin College classmate Elisha Gray in Chicago in the early 1870s, eventually becoming the firm's president and then chairman of the board. In his retrospective "Hinsdale," author Timothy Bakken sheds...
Viva Las Vegas, the Red Devil way. Hinsdale Central is in the midst of its Homecoming week celebrations around the theme of Vegas Vacation. Varsity Club members and homecoming co-chairs Emma-Sofia Gaytan, Elena Koulouris and Anjika Kumar, all seniors, said the motif was originally considered for last spring's Prom. "Since we loved the idea so much, we decided to move it to Homecoming," Koulouris said. Activities kicked off Monday with students encouraged to wear airport...
The Red Devil girls swimming and diving program has finished second at state the last two years, hoping to be in contention again. After a spectacular regular season and deep run in the 2022 playoffs, Central boys soccer has state trophy designs. And Central girls volleyball is poised to make a name for itself this season, too. See what the teams' head coached had to say in this final installment of our fall sports preview series. Boys soccer First game: Aug. 22 vs. Oswego Eas...
Hinsdale Central's Emma Quast returns a serve Tuesday night as the Red Devils faced Oak Park-River Forest during an away game. Elizabeth Sessa spikes the ball to earn a point for the Red Devils, who won one game but lost the match to the Huskies. (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...
