Joachim, Steelmen, slip past Tigers in “Battle of Joliet” thriller
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle On Thursday night, at the expensive Joliet West Field House, the host Tigers of Joliet West took on their crosstown rivals from Joliet Central. West head coach Nick...
View ArticleWildcat girls roll Past Plainfield South
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle On Ft. Beggs Drive in Plainfield, the host Wildcats of Plainfield Central took on their rivals from Plainfield South on Friday night. In an important Southwest Prairie...
View ArticleJoliet West girls, Walker, roll past Porters in Friday matinee
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle On Friday afternoon Joliet West and the host Porter girls of Lockport met in a rare Friday afternoon nonconference matinee. With the Lockport and Joliet West students off...
View ArticleBenet, Minooka girls win holiday tournaments
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Top-ranked Redwings beat Bolingbrook to win Benet/Naperville Tourney In the final game of the Benet/Naperville North Holiday Tournament, top-ranked Benet Academy (15-2),...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL: Holiday tournament updates
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Short-handed Wildcats rally past Yorkville behind Griffin With Plainfield Central’s leading scorer Kachae Donald and other starting guard Katie Keating down with ankle...
View ArticleBOYS BASKETBALL: Missed free-throw and a turnover, doom Hawks against Lincoln...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle In Maine South’s Hinsdale Central Holiday Tournament opener against Chicago Public League powerhouse, Lincoln Park (9-4), one missed free-throw and one crucial turnover...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Holiday Hoops roundup
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle PONTIAC Redwings escape Peoria Manal to win Pontiac opener Leading only 37-33 against Peoria Manual (4-5) at the end of three quarters, the Redwings were in a battle with...
View ArticleRomeoville Toyota celebrates grand opening
Romeoville Toyota owners hold ribbon-cutting ceremony for new dealership with local dignitaries and Toyota executives Pictured: (L-R) Mark Nazario (general manager for the Chicago region, Toyota Motor...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL: Redwings fall to undefeated Fremd in 3 OT, Holiday hoops...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Two of the best girls high school basketball teams in Illinois went to war with each otheR for 48 minute, in the fourth and final quarterfinal of the 2018 Montini Holiday...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL: Holiday tourney finals recaps
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Steelwomen fall to Lincoln-Way West in Oswego East final After defeating Sycamore 55-45 on Friday in an Oswego East Holiday Tournament semifinal, Joliet Central (11-5)...
View ArticleRed-hot Mustangs outlast LT in OT at York; play hosts Monday for title
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle After holding off Wheaton North 56-53 in Friday’s quarterfinal without standout Wes Hooker Downers Grove South (9-4) welcomed Hooker back to help the team to a thrilling...
View ArticleWEEKLY BASKETBALL SCHEDULES
THURSDAY JANUARY 3 NONCONFERENCE Lisle at De Paul Prep 6:15 Plainfield South at Ottawa 7 Plainfield Central at Naperville Central 5:30 FRIDAY JANUARY 4 INTERSTATE 8 Streator at Lisle 5:30 SOUTHWEST...
View ArticleBOYS AND GIRLS TERRIFIC TEN
BOYS TERRIFIC TEN 1 Bolingbrook 9-3 With Cochran back Raiders take 3rd in Ocala 2 Benet 12-3 Redwings struggle in Pontiac 3 DG South 9-5 Red-hot...
View ArticleBond set at $50,000 for Westmont charged with fondling pregnant woman
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Westmont man accused fondling a pregnant woman yesterday afternoon as she was waking to work. Keenan...
View ArticleTop read online stories of 2018
Woodridge 68 Teacher: A Hero in the Classroom Murder in Romeoville Weber Road renovation to begin October 1 Former Wildcat coach John Jackson dies after battle with cancer Mom’s grassroots effort...
View ArticleRadon action month again kicks off the new year
Once the holidays are behind us, many people tend to think of getting their W-2s in order for taxes as the next big thing. But as any Environmental Health professional will tell you, January is Radon...
View ArticleWashington Street (S. Joliet Street to S. Chicago Street) traffic...
Washington Street between, S. Joliet Street and N. Ottawa Street, will be closed to all traffic beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 4, 2019. The road closure will last over the weekend until 7 a.m....
View ArticleSt. Mary Immaculate hosting Trivia Night
It is time for our second annual St. Mary Immaculate Trivia Night supporting our Summer Youth Ministry Mission Trips. This years event will be Saturday, January 26. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and trivia...
View ArticleAREA BASKETBALL STATISTICS LEADERBOARD
(Through games of January 3 – stats as provided by coaches) SCORING points-per-game Jazz Evans Joliet West 19.7 Jalysa Stokes Joliet Central 15.1 Shannon...
View ArticleTrojan girls, Harris smother WSC Silver leaders; Minooka, Plainfield Central...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle In a special Friday matinee performance two of the four leaders in the West Suburban Silver met at Downers Grove North High School as Trojans welcomed York (13-6, 4-2),...
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