by Patricia Flynn With students from Wheaton North, West Chicago, St. Francis, Bartlett and Elgin Academy, the Bartlett Wheaton West (BWW) Wildhawks split back to back home games over the weekend of December 10-11, winning 3-1 Saturday over the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies, and losing on Sunday 4-2[...]
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November 13th, 2011 - 11:07 am § in Local News, Local Sports
Winfield Resident Among Honored 1963 NIU Champs
Northern Illinois University held a flag-raising ceremony to honor its 1963 National Championship football team prior to NIU’s homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 15. The ceremony was held at the site of the new flagpole in the southwest corner of the stadium and members of the undefeated 1[...]
St. Francis Closes Season with Heartbreaking Playoff Loss at Kaneland
by Griffin Hardy While St. Francis was not able to defeat the Kaneland High School Knights in Saturday night’s playoff contest, it certainly was not for lack of effort on the part of the Spartans. The close contest was won by Kaneland on a questionable technicality in the final seconds. The Sp[...]
St. Francis Girls Volleyball Team Advances to State Semifinals
UPDATE (11/6 2:14 pm) – St. Francis will be playing Mater Dei High School in Friday’s state semifinal contest. The St. Francis girls volleyball team has advanced to the state semifinals round of playoff competition. The state semifinal game will be played on Friday, November 11th, at Red[...]
Wheaton North’s Season Ends with Playoff Loss Against Boylan
by Griffin Hardy The Wheaton North Falcons football team seen in the 2nd half of today’s round 2 playoff football game against the Boylan Catholic Titans of Rockford was a stark contrast to the team seen in the 1st half. This halftime adjustment was not enough for Wheaton North, however, as th[...]
TODAY: Live-Tweeting of Round Two IHSA Football Playoff Games
Today’s round two playoff football games will be live-tweeted by the Winfield Post. Check out our Twitter feed around 1 p.m. as the Wheaton North vs. Boylan Catholic game begins and around 7 p.m. as the St. Francis vs. Kaneland game kicks off. Click here to visit the Winfield Post Twitter page[...]
Fall Sports Playoff Update
Several area high school teams have advanced in playoff competition in their respective sports. Below is a list of upcoming games for each school’s teams who are still in playoff contention. St. Francis Boys Soccer - The Super-Sectional game will be played TODAY at 5 p.m. The game will be held[...]
St. Francis Defeats Burlington Central; Advances to Round Two
by Griffin Hardy Editor’s Note: St. Francis has advanced to round two of the IHSA state playoffs following their 27-10 win over Burlington Central. The Spartans will travel to #1 seed Kaneland for a round two game. The game will be played on Saturday, November 5th at 7 p.m. at Kaneland High Sc[...]
Wheaton North Shuts Out Jacobs
by Griffin Hardy UPDATE (10/30 9:52 am) – Wheaton North will travel to Rockford to play Boylan Catholic in round two of the IHSA state playoffs. (11/1 10:00 p.m.) - The game will be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 5th. The Wheaton North Falcons came energized to play in round one of t[...]
October 29th, 2011 - 8:03 am § in Local News, Local Sports
TONIGHT: Live Tweeting of St. Francis vs. Burlington Central
Tonight’s round one playoff game between St. Francis and Burlington Central will be live-tweeted by the Winfield Post. Follow along in real-time by becoming a Twitter follwer of the Winfield Post. Click here to visit the Winfield Post Twitter page [...]