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Clear-Ridge Reporter and NewsHound March 13, 2024
Boys Basketball | DePaul Prep holds off Mount Carmel for Class 3A title
By Xavier Sanchez Correspondent Competing for and winning state championships are not new for Mount Carmel. Except in basketball. The Caravan football and wrestling teams have already won state titles this school year — the second consecutive championship for the former and the second in three seasons for the latter — but the basketball program’s…
Read MoreWoman says pro-Palestinian posts cost her spin cycle job
By Nuha Abdessalam A Palos Hills native says she was let go from a part-time second job as a spin instructor because of her social media posts supporting Palestinians. Chrysa Jonas had been a spin instructor at Heights Cycle in Palos Heights (and its former incarnation as Revival Cycle) since December of 2020. She says…
Read MoreClear-Ridge Reporter and NewsHound March 6, 2024
Clear-Ridge Reporter and NewsHound March 6, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court rules states can’t bar Trump from ballot based on insurrection clause
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual states do not have authority to disqualify candidates for federal office based on the insurrection clause of the 14 th Amendment. The unanimous ruling by the nation’s high court overturned a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court. But…
Read MoreBoys Basketball Class 3A Playoffs | Thornton tops Brother Rice to advance to UIC Supersectional
By Xavier Sanchez Correspondent Brother Rice went toe-to-toe with Thornton in a hostile environment, but the Wildcats did what potential state championship teams do and played their best ball late to pull out a 61-54 win in the Class 3A Thornton Sectional title game. The game was played at the Wildcats’ home gym in Harvey,…
Read MoreGirls Basketball Class 4A State Championship | Loyola finishes unbeaten, denies Nazareth a second straight state title
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Even through the disappointment of a close state championship game loss, Olivia Austin was nothing but grateful. Between basketball and volleyball, the Nazareth senior played in five state title game over the past three years. Unfortunately for her and the Roadrunners, the ending to the most recent of those wasn’t what…
Read MoreBoys Basketball Class 3A Sectionals | Evergreen Park’s historic ends with loss to Thornton
By Xavier Sanchez Correspondent The 2023-2024 Evergreen Park boys basketball team had one of the greatest seasons in program history. Unfortunately for the Mustangs, that season has come to an end with a 77-47 loss to Thornton in the semifinals of the Class 3A Thornton Sectional on Feb. 27. Evergreen Park was coming off its…
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