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UConn cemented themselves as a blueblood college in men's basketball with the most recent win. (Purchased photo by Rokas Tenys via Shutterstock)

UConn wins back-to-back national championship with dominate performance against Purdue

By Carlos Allen, Senior Reporter April 9, 2024

After the final buzzer sounded in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the University of Connecticut players, coaches, and fans jumped into a triumphant state: the Huskies were on top of the men's...

Baseball season at West Chicago Community High School is ramping up as March rolls into April.

WEGO falls to GBN baseball

By Carlos Allen, Senior Reporter March 29, 2024

On the Friday morning of spring break, the West Chicago Wildcats Varsity baseball team hosted the Glenbard North Panthers, which led to a 5-1 loss for the home team. After yesterday's no-hit on...

The team congrats each other on a successful inning halfway through the game.

Softball gets the win on opening day

By Zach Wiegele, Senior Reporter March 24, 2024

The West Chicago softball team needed just 5 innings to destroy any hope the Waubonsie Valley Warriors had of beating them during their first home game at Pioneer Park on a freezing day at the end of March. The...

Seniors Melanie Duran and Brooke Schliephake warm-up before the game.

Birdies fly high at the first home game

By Sasha Baumgartner, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2024

The girls' badminton teams had a clean sweep over the Elgin Maroons during their first home meet of the ‘24 season on March 21 in Bishop Gym at West Chicago Community High School.  The Varsity and...

Ball Game Banter: From the court to the field

By Ryan Zalak, Sports Editor March 19, 2024

Senior Tyler Heath considers his pitch on the Spartans' mound. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Zeitler (@r_zphotography))

Too cold for the cats

By Carlos Allen, Senior Reporter March 18, 2024

On the afternoon of March 18, when the high was only 39 degrees, the West Chicago Wildcats Varsity baseball team took a quick trip down Roosevelt Road to face the St. Francis Spartans. It was a match-up...

Texas A&M CC Islander vs. Texas Southern Tigers. The first game of the 2022 NCAA D1 Mens Basketball tournament, featuring the Texas A&M Corpus Christie Islanders and the Texas Southern University Tigers.

March Madness preview: The favorites and the underdogs

By Carlos Allen, Senior Reporter March 14, 2024

March 17th was selection Sunday for the NCAA Mens Basketball D1 Tournament (also known as March Madness). Selection Sunday is when the NCAA comes out with the 68-team bracket and shows which teams play...

Junior Arizbeth Zuniga (#20) steals the ball from the Hawks in a hotly-contested fight for control over the center of the field.

Wildcats go distance in tie game against Hawks

By Dhanveer Gill and Nancy Sanchez March 13, 2024

The West Chicago Wildcats faced off against the Hoffman Estates Hawks in a dramatic Varsity game on the clear evening of Tuesday, Mar. 12, which culminated in a tie game. Kickoff began promptly at 6:40...

The baseball field at disk on opening day, when the Wildcats would go on to win against the Hawks.

West Chicago Wildcats win on opening day

By Carlos Allen, Senior Reporter March 12, 2024

On an unseasonably warm winter evening at Lee Pfund Field in Wheaton, IL, the West Chicago Wildcats Varsity baseball team set out to play the first game of their season against Hoffman Estates. West...

UFC announcer Bruce Buffer introducing a  fighter at UFC 283 (Royalty Free Photo courtesy of delmiro@gmail.com via depositphotos)

UFC 299: Miami fight predictions

By Sebastian Alarcon, Multimedia Content Creator March 9, 2024

The upcoming UFC 299 match on March 9 at Miami is viewed highly as one of the best cards of the year so far. Fireworks and fists flying are expected tonight, with a stacked card from top to bottom that...

Senior Judith Benitez rounds the corner with junior Xamantha Ramos hot on her heels during Sept. 29's Powderpuff game, which pitted the upperclassmen against each other in a flag football showdown.

Girls’ flag football declared an IHSA sport

By Emily Ziajor and Sasha Baumgartner March 6, 2024

There are only 30 seconds left in the game: sweat drips down everyone's face, and the score is too close for comfort as the opposing team sets up their play in the hopes to tie the game. Just as the athletes...

There is a reason why baseball is considered America's past time: there is nothing quite so exciting as Opening Day. (Royalty-free photo courtesy of The Boston Globe via Wikimedia Commons)

Baseball season is officially underway

By Zach Wiegele, Senior Reporter March 3, 2024

The crack of the baseball bat as it collides with the ball during warm-ups is unmistakable. The scent of hot dogs (no ketchup, of course - this is Chicago) fills the air, and the hum of excited fans, eager...

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