Check out what to expect from local baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys track and field and girls track and field teams.
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Two-sport star Brady Hespen adds pop for Manteno
Brady Hespen went 3-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs as Manteno rolled to a season-opening win.
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Vedette sports report: Lucas Spence debuts for Astros
Crete-Monee graduate Lucas Spence, who signed as an undrafted free agent last July, played for the Houston Astros in a spring training game on March 10.
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Vedette sports report: Shepard boosts St. Francis
Beecher graduate Abby Shepard set a St. Francis record by hitting 11 3-pointers in one game.
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Crete-Monee’s Joshua Hill jumps to prominence
Crete-Monee’s Joshua Hill is looking for more state track and field hardware this season.
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Manteno’s Ava Peterson named Academic All-State
Ava Peterson plans to major in biology at Washington University in St. Louis with the goal of entering the medical field.
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Mike Clark: You really can go home again
Five decades after starting my journalism career in Manteno, I’m excited to be back covering the area.
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Peotone boys ousted by Manteno in regional
Brandon Weiss scored 15 points and Ruben Velasco added 14 for Peotone in a regional semifinal loss to Manteno.
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Vedette Sports Report
Just like that, the area boys basketball season is over. There were some outstanding regular season records but they didn’t result in any postseason hardware. The calendar didn’t even turn to March and all of the teams were gone. Manteno and Crete-Monee were the last two teams still standing and were beaten in the regional […]