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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...
Falcons 9U Gold Falls Just Short The Hinsdale Falcons 9U Gold team finished up an amazing season with an overtime 14-6 loss in the Bill George Youth Football League semifinals to the Bartlett Raiders. In what would prove to be an epic defensive battle, the two teams traded possessions throughout much of the first half. The Falcons eventually landed the first blow late in the second quarter when Connor Pauley connected on a slant pass to Bryce Lee, whose nifty moves evaded several defenders on his 64-yard route to the...
HINSDALE RUNNERS IN MARATHON The following Hinsdale residents finished the Chicago Marathon Sunday. Brian Bower, 4:27.42 Jerrod Bush, 3:55.13 Will Bush, 3:58.38 Sara Donovan, 6:46.27 Tom Dunphy, 3:22.07 Nicholas Finnegan, 4:37.05 Beth Folkmann, 4:14.46 Wenlong Gong, 4:58.20 Xiadong Han, 4:03.58 Sean Hayden, 3:25.40 Joseph Hayes, 4:34.59 Benjamin Hergenroether, 4:28.41 Christy Hernandez, 4:56.37 Wenyang Hu, 3:14.02 Jodi Hummer, 3:19.35 Rachel Keele, 2:56.51 Kelly Konstant, 5:28.51 Greta Kumskis, 3:25.22 Anne Langguth, 4:22.52...
3-ON-3 TOURNEY LISTS WINNERS More than 90 teams competed in The Community House’s 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Aug. 17. Twelve teams earned championships and two individuals won contests at the event. • Third-grade boys, BP — Reiss Cadle, Tristan Telford, Lincoln Masangcay and Cylan Allan • Fourth-grade boys, Devils — Essa Memon, Aydin Memon, Brooks Jacqua and Ali Akbar • Fifth-grade boys, Hoopers — Cooper Holdren, Nathan Malichar, Brogan Barnick and Xavier Guyer • Fifth-grade girls, Catching Fire — Anya Nagamine, Sara Nagami...
RUNNERS FINISH BOSTON MARATHON Seven Hinsdale runners competed in the 128th Boston Marathon April 15, with five of the seven completing the 26.2-mile run from Hopkinton, Mass., to Boylston Street in Boston in less than four hours. Wenyang Hu was the top finisher of the seven with a time of 3:20.06. He placed 6,923th overall, 5,636th among men and 173rd in his division (age 55-59). Rachel Keele finished in 3:22.14, placing 7,440th overall, 1,491st among women and 1,160th in her division (18-39). Jodi Hummer’s time was 3...
ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGE PLAY The Hinsdale Central Athletic Department hosted and College Signing and Recognition Day event Feb. 7. The following athletes were recognized. • Burley Bokos, swimming, University of Tampa • Zari Dorris, track and field, University of Wisconsin — Whitewater • Alexander Hernandez, lacrosse, Carthage College • Adriana Hodneland, track and field, Washington and Lee University • Marko Ivanisevic, wrestling, University of Illinois • Emma Quast, volleyball, Washington University in St. Louis • Siena...
TWO HOOPSTERS IN HALL OF FAME Two of the most successful boys and girls basketball players in Hinsdale Central history have been announced as members of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association on Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Brian Wardle and Toni Kokenis will join the IBCA Hall of Fame in a May ceremony. Wardle, a three-time All-West Suburban Conference basketball player, led Hinsdale Central to two straight Elite Eight appearances in the state finals in 1996 and 1997. Over that period, Wardle captained and led Red Devils...
ATHLETES COMMIT TO COLLEGE TEAMS Several Hinsdale Central students and Hinsdale students who attend private schools signed letters of intent to continue their high school athletic careers on Nov. 8, National Letter of Intent Signing Day. Hinsdale Central • Aden Bandukwala, cross country/track, Duke University • Nate Harris, swimming, University of Wisconsin-Madison, • Aidan Hernandez, tennis, Davidson College • Jeffrey Hou, swimming, University of Pennsylvania • Elizabeth Lahmann, swimming, University of Massachus...
STUDENTS MAKE ALL-STATE TEAMS Jakobi Lange made the Illinois Volleyball Coaches Association All-State First Team and Matt Ruth made Honorable Mention All-State for their efforts on the Hinsdale Central boys volleyball team in the spring of 2023. Lange also was First Team All-American for the American Volleyball Coaches Association. He is currently a freshman at University of Southern California, where he continues to pursue success on the volleyball court. McClear bags another win Hinsdale’s Mac McClear led the University o...
Devils rewrite record books The Hinsdale Central boys swim program registered a total of 11 meet records at three different longstanding competitions on Jan. 7 and 14. The following new top times were set at the 53rd annual Jim Wheelock College Events Jan. 7 at Hinsdale South: • 3:30.5 in the 400-yard medley relay by Nate Harris, Nojus Bertulis, David Gao and Noah Priest • 1:25.75 in the 200-yard freestyle relay by Vidar Carlbaum, Priest, Andrew Gilbert and Brody Marcet • 7:03.82 in the 800-yard freestyle relay by Henry...
MCCLEAR FINDS WINNING STROKE Hinsdale’s Mac McClear won the Illinois State Amateur in July, carding a 5-under-par score of 283 over four rounds at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette. McClear, a University of Iowa senior and two-time All-Big Ten honoree, avenged his loss in last year’s tournament in a three-way playoff. McClear had a busy summer, including reaching the final U.S. Open qualifying event in June in Springfield, Ohio, and competing in the U.S. Amateur Championship last month at the Ridgewood Country Club in...
SWIMMERS EARN NISCA HONORS Thirteen Hinsdale Central High School swimmers earned All-American honors from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association for their accomplishments during the 2021-22 school year. • Sydney Akers, 400-yard freestyle relay • Joshua Bey, 200-yard medley relay and 100-yard breaststroke • Lauren Biegel, 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay • Samuel Daw, 200-yard medley relay • Haley Dynis, 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relay • Andrew Gilb...
SENIORS COMMIT TO PLAY IN COLLEGE The Hinsdale Central Athletic Department hosted a College Signing and Recognition Day Nov. 10. The following athletes were recognized: Luke Adams, baseball, Michigan State University Mujtiba Ali-Khan, tennis, Purdue University Katie Dollens, tennis, University of Delaware Blake Edmonds, baseball, Jacksonville University Harry Fandre, baseball, Quincy University Noah Hernandez, tennis, Brown University Dean Kamenev, tennis, Emory University Lucas Montesantos, baseball, University of Illinois...
CENTRAL HOLDS SIGNING DAY The Hinsdale Central Athletic Department recognized nine student-athletes Feb. 3 in conjunction with the National Letter of Intent Signing Day. They are: • Michael Brescia, Colgate University, football • Jack Costello, Washington University in St. Louis, football • Nyme Hussain, University of Rochester, football • Nolan Lahmann, Emory University, swimming • J.P. McClear, Rollins College, rowing • Brandon Minor, St. Ambrose University, football • Ryan Orput, Miami of Ohio, football • Erkan Ozgen, Ba...
CENTRAL announces STATE QUALIFIERS The following Hinsdale Central fall sports athletes would have competed in their respective IHSA state finals, which were canceled due to COVID-19, by virtue of their IHSA sectional performances: Boys cross country Victor Bouret, Kyle Doorhy. Jesse Gamboa, Henning Ley, Piyush Mekla, Grant Miller, Colby Revord, Daniel Watcke Girls cross country Catie McCabe Boys golf John Cornell, Jack Inabnit, Drew McMillin, Emil Riegger, Pete Sakkos, Michael Spitzer Girls golf Emily Ascher, Nadia Burt,...
INFERNO TEAM WINS THIRD PLACE The Hinsdale Inferno red sixth-grade girls basketball team finished third in the seventh-grade Silver DuPage Youth Basketball Travel Basketball League. A photo appears online at https:www.facebook.com/thehinsdalean. STUDENTS NAMED ALL-ACADEMIC Hinsdale’s Erin Otto and Van Nia Pham were among 85 student-athletes from Carthage College who were named to the Fall All-Academic All-Conference list by the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. They achieved an overall grade point average of 3...
CENTRAL ATHLETES TO PLAY IN COLLEGE The following student-athletes from Hinsdale Central signed their national letters of intent Feb. 5, National Signing Day. Kiran Amegadjie, football, Yale University Alexander Daw, swimming, St. Louis University Lily Fuchs, golf, DePauw University Owen Goss, football, Colgate University Owen Hare, lacrosse, Franklin & Marshall College Nikki Hutten, lacrosse, University of Redlands Caroline Kotarski, tennis, Baylor University Lauren Ridgway, volleyball, DePauw University Alex Simon,...
CENTRAL PLAYERS ALL-CONFERENCE Nine members of the Hinsdale Central High School football team have been named All-Conference in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division. They are Kiran Amegadjie, Michale Brescia, Braden Contreras, Nick Franko, Owen Goss, Ryan Orput, Luke Pyle, Chris Robinson and Lucas Schwartz. LISTON NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE Jimmy Liston of Hinsdale earned All-Conference second team honors from Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference. Liston, a sophomore at Fenwick High School, was...
ATHLETES COMMIT TO PLAY IN COLLEGE Several student-athletes from Hinsdale were recognized at public and private schools last week for committing to compete at the college level. Hinsdale Central Sarah Badawi, Marquette University, tennis Cullen Cochlan, University of Pittsburg, swimming Jenna Collignon, Yale University, lacrosse Anna Gruvberger, Cornell University, swimming Alaina Hamood, Penn State University, lacrosse Ryan Isaacson, Merrimack College, basketball Tom Jurack, University of Illinois, baseball Madeline Pisani,...
HINSDALE SENIOR WINS DOUBLES TITLE Kendall Schrader of Hinsdale, a senior at Benet Academy in Lisle, and her partner, Kaitlyn Lee, captured the state 1A doubles tennis title Oct. 26 in Buffalo Grove. The two beat Isabella Kellemeier and Emilee Pak of the University of Chicago Lab School 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to win the championship. Schrader said she had set the goal of winning a state championship when she started playing tennis in high school. “It was super exciting, especially being a senior,” Schrader said. “It was a great way t...
1U GOLD HEADED TO SUPER BOWL The Hinsdale Falcons 10U Gold Team completed its season-long quest of securing a Super Bowl berth by beating a determined and gritty Downers Grove Panthers team 20-12 at Dickinson Field. A pair of Charles Calhoun explosive touchdown runs gave the Falcons the lead 12-6 at the half. The offense played ball control for a large portion of the third and fourth quarters and added another Calhoun touchdown run to make it 18-6. Jupiter Pohlenz threaded the needle on the 2-point conversion pass and Brian...
1U GOLD ONE GAME FROM SUPER BOWL The Hinsdale Falcons 10 U Gold team continued its march toward the Super Bowl with an impressive victory Sunday against the LFC Tigers. Charles Calhoun started the scoring with a nifty 22-yard, sideline touchdown run to make it 6-0 in the first quarter. Owen Sunderson took a shot gun snap and scampered around the Tigers’ defense en route to a 30-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter to make it 12-0. Brian O’Malley made a beautiful fake to Calhoun and broke out of the middle of the fi...
1U GOLD BEATS OSWEGO PANTHERS The 10U Gold Falcons battled their rivals, the Oswego Panthers all day on Dickinson field. It was an epic struggle up and down the field. The Falcons opened up the scoring on a three play, 60-yard drive highlighted by two fantastic Charles Calhoun runs, with the second one resulting in a 25-yard touchdown. The Panthers scored on their first possession at the end of the second half and got the extra point to take the lead 7-6. On the very last possession the Falcons put together an amazing...
Miller sets state swim records Hinsdale’s Karina Miller set two new Illinois state records at the Age Group State Championships in July. Her times of 33.21 seconds in the 50-meter backstroke and 1:11.78 in the 100-meter backstroke were new marks for the 10 and under age level, both in the state and at the state meet. Miller took first place in both races as well a second place in the 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle races. SOCCER TEAM WINS TOURNEY The Hinsdale Wizard FC U12 Gold girls team won the Chicago Soccer A...
LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM wins state The Hinsdale 11-year-old All-Star team captured the state championship for the second year in a row last month. Hinsdale beat Homewood Heights 6-2 Aug. 2 in LaSalle for the title, going 10-1 in post-season play. Will Francis and Grant Cook each hit a big home run in the championship game. Pitcher Jack Thorington earned the win. Hinsdale was led by outstanding fielding that backed strong pitching, giving up only six runs through the four game stretch at the state finals tournament. Getting to...
