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Luke Adams had seen enough of this year's Major League Baseball draft. The Hinsdale resident and recently graduated Red Devil star player had watched the draft's 11th round livestream on July 19 - the third and final day - with disappointing results. "After my name didn't get picked, I turned it off," Luke said. About 20 minutes later he received a phone call from a Milwaukee Brewers scout, who informed him he was the team's 12th-round selection. "I tried to find it online...
Stephanie Dolehide was on a mission. The 2018 Hinsdale Central graduate, a state tennis champion with the Red Devils and key player for Army's Black Knights, was determined to conquer the U.S. Military Academy's indoor obstacle course that had been a driving factor in her post-secondary selection. The IOCT was the culmination of the Military Movement class focusing on tumbling, strength and balance. "I started taking (Military Movement) my plebe year - my first year - and I wa...
The Hinsdale Central High School 4x800 relay team finished the 2022 Illinois High School Track and Field finals with a second-place finish and the desire to keep on running. On the way home from that meet at Eastern Illinois University, coach Noah Lawrence suggested the foursome make a trip to Eugene, Ore., for the Nike Outdoor Nationals, the unofficial national high school championships held at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. Just a couple of weeks later,...
Long before he ever donned a Red Devils basketball uniform, Evan Phillips learned the basics of the game from members of the Hinsdale Central basketball team. "I remember it being super special and cool to be coached by the varsity players," said Phillips, who was in elementary school when he attended his first Hinsdale Central summer basketball camp. Now an incoming senior and a member of the varsity team himself, it's Phillips who is sharing his knowledge and skills with...
Happy Fourth! And Happy 246th birthday USA!! One might think the country would be feeling its age, but - while the last couple of years would make any republic curmudgeonly - Americans always seem ready to celebrate with youthful exuberance. Hinsdale knows how to ignite the patriotic spirit with its Fourth of July festivities, starting with the Independence Day parade at 10 a.m. through the village's downtown. Due to reconstruction work on Garfield Avenue, the procession will...
Hinsdale Central girls lacrosse's 2022 season concluded last week with double doses of drama, as the Red Devils finished runner-up at the IHSA state final at Central. It came down to overtime against powerhouse New Trier in Saturday's title game. The Devils took a 6-3 lead into the second half, extending it to 9-4 before the Trevians came back to knot it up at 10 with nine minutes to go. New Trier scored the go-ahead goal, then Central matched it with 3:43 left, with the...
Joining the bigs - Members of the Devil's baseball club's 9-U Red team visited the Hinsdale Central baseball game May 18. The boys had the chance to line up for the National Anthem before the game. While the Red Devils came up short that day against York losing 9-1, the team did finish first in the conference with a 12-6 record and a 19-10 record overall. The team was scheduled to meet Romeoville in a regional meet Wednesday after press time. (Jim Slonoff p...
Hinsdale Central's Tucker Hawthorne fires a pitch toward home plate May 18 as the Red Devils battled conference rival York at Central. The Devils fell to the Dukes 9-1. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Members of the Hinsdale Central boys tennis and boys track teams will compete at their respective IHSA state finals this weekend. Representing Red Devil Nation at the tennis state tournament May 26-28 at Hersey High School will be seniors Mujtaba Ali-Khan and Noah Hernandez in singles, and the tandems of seniors Jai Vallurupalli/Anthony Lipari and junior James Theriault/sophomore Alex Kotarski in doubles. Representing Red Devil Nation at the boys track state meet May 26-28 at Eastern Illinois University will be junior Daniel...
The Hinsdale Central boys gymnastics team placed seventh in the state this weekend earning 145.25 points, and senior Matthew Cihlar ended his career by earning three top-10 finishes in individual events and placing 11th in the all-around competition. Palatine captured the championship with 164.85 points. Cihlar said he went to the state meet Friday and Saturday at Hoffman Estates High School with an open mind. "I knew that I was in a pretty good position based off of my...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls track team will compete at the IHSA state final Thursday to Saturday, May 19-21, at Eastern Illinois University. Representing Red Devil Nation will be junior Elyssa Chandler in the 300-meter low hurdles, junior Sarah Fischer in the 3,200 meter run, junior Catie McCabe in the 800 meter run, the 4x100 relay team of senior Trinitee McCoy, freshman Maya Reed, sophomore Ana Hodneland and Chandler; and the 4x400 relay team of Hodneland, senior Erin Milligan, Chandler and McCabe. Good luck...
Doug Kramer knew that if he was going to hear his name called during the 2022 NFL draft April 28-30, it would be in the later rounds on day three. "I knew it was a possibility, but obviously anything can happen," said the standout University of Illinois center by phone this week. "It's hard to have expectations for where you're going to go." After watching rounds 1, 2 and 3 on the first two days mostly by himself at his family's Hinsdale home, Kramer wanted his squad of loved...
The Hinsdale Central girls badminton team will compete at the IHSA state final Thursday to Saturday, May 12-14, at Hinsdale South High School. Representing Red Devil Nation will be junior Jessica Han and sophomore Maria Jiao in singles, and the pairs of senior Aishvarya Godla/junior Ivy Shen and freshmen Tiffany Tu/Hannah Fang in doubles. The Hinsdale Central boys gymnastics team will compete at the IHSA state final Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, at Hoffman Estates High School. Seniors Sojum Banerjee, Matthew Cihlar, Chris...
KRAMER DRAFTED BY CHICAGO BEARS Hinsdale’s Doug Kramer was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round (No. 207 overall) of the NFL draft on Saturday. The five-year starting center for the University of Illinois earned All-Big Ten honors in each of his last three seasons. He was an All-Big Ten second team selection by the conferences coaches in 2021 after being an All-Big Ten honorable mention honoree in 2020 and 2019. The 6-2, 305-pounder was a three-time captain for Illinois and excelled in the classroom. He was the N...
Hinsdale Central's Nick Kujalowicz passes the ball to a teammate after an opponents' serve Tuesday as Central defeated York 30-28, 25-16 at home. Carter Lyons' block ended the first game with the Red Devils ahead after the lead changed multiple times toward the end of the game. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
The Hinsdale Central Debate and Scholastic Bowl teams made impressive showings in their respective state competitiions last week. At the IHSA Debate state tournament March 18-19 at Illinois State University, three of the Red Devils' four two-person teams reached the final eight, or Octafinals, with the duo of juniors Sebastian Attlan and Will Schmeltz making to the quarterfinals. Social studies teacher Jen Hafner, in her first year as team sponsor, was happy with the results....
It feels like old times with Hinsdale Central athletes readying for full schedules free of masks. Gymnasts are eager to show their talents, while water polo players are taking advantage of opportunities for growth in the new Don Watson Aquatic Center. In this second installment of a four-part series previewing the Red Devils spring sports scene, coaches of the boys gymnastics and boys and girls water polo teams offer their expectations and visions for the 2022 seasons of...
Hinsdale Central senior water polo player Madison Rose evades a York defender to score the team's second goal in the third period of Tuesday afternoon's home match. Unfortunately it wasn't enough, as the Red Devils fell to the conference rival Dukes 14-4. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
What do athletic trainers do? The state runner-up trophy was on the line for Hinsdale Central's boys swim and dive program late last month. But injuries threatened to undermine a key relay team's performance. Athletic trainers Sam Bell and Alex Kennedy came through, and so did the relay, helping the Red Devils bring home the hardware. "One kid came over to me and was like, 'Thank you so much!' and just gives me the biggest hug, because he wouldn't have been able to swim the ra...
Hinsdale Central hosted the Wanner Invite for varsity boys gymnastics Saturday, where senior Matthew Cihlar demonstrated his prowess on the rings and his sophomore brother Marc went airborne on a vault. The Red Devils placed second to conference rival LT at the event with 144.55 points. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale Central sophomore Samir Keswani has done computer programming since age 7. But he wasn't familiar with the Python language before joining the school's Business Professionals of America club this year. Keswani demonstrated he's a quick learner by earning second place in the Python event at the BPA-IL State Leadership Conference Feb. 23-26 at Willowbrook High School, and qualifying for BPA nationals in May in the process. Keswani said he was just hoping to make friends...
Denied a postseason last year due to COVID-19, Hinsdale Central's boys swim and dive team made the most of its 2021-22 campaign, capping one of the best runs in its storied history with a second-place finish at last weekend's IHSA state final. "It's the best season that we've put together for dual meets, invitationals and postseason," varsity head coach Bob Barber said. And it was a true team effort. "We didn't have one individual that we said, 'You have to score in the top...
The following members of the Hinsdale Central boys swimming and diving team will represent Red Devil Nation at the IHSA state final Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26 at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont: • senior Braxton Bokos in the 500-yard freestyle • senior Samuel Daw in the 100-yard backstroke • senior Conor Furlong in diving • junior Andrew Gilbert in the 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay • junior Sami Kassir in diving • junior Noah Priest in the 100-yard fr...
Super Bowl Champion! Hinsdale's Brian Allen said that truth still seems surreal even days after the Los Angeles Rams' starting center and his teammates earned the title Sunday with a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. "It still hasn't sunk in yet. I'm kind of just in a disbelief," Allen said Wednesday morning as he readied for the victory parade through the city's downtown. The outcome was in question until the closing minutes, when...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls gymnastics team and wrestling team will represent Red Devil Nation at their respective IHSA state finals this week. Central senior gymnast Kelly Klobach will compete in the all-around, and junior teammate Charlotte French will compete in the uneven bars Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at Palatine High School. Central junior wrestler Cody Tavoso will compete at 132 pounds, and sophomore teammate Marko Ivanisevic will compete at 220 pounds Thursday to Saturday, Feb. 17-19, at the State...
