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The sun is shining and a cool breeze is blowing the morning of July 18 as Hinsdale Central juniors and seniors arrive for their seventh day of football camp at Dickinson Field. Before camp started July 8, it had been more than eight months since players and coaches were on the gridiron. "It always feels like a long time coming, but once it's here, its such a familiar, comfortable feeling, so it's great," varsity head coach Brian Griffin said. Quarterback Riley Contreras, a jun...
Kiran Amegadjie didn't start playing football until age 13 when he joined the Hinsdale Falcons youth program. "I remember getting hit, and I remember my first headache after a long practice and all the soreness I felt," Amegadjie recounted. "I was like, 'What did I just get myself into?' " The Hinsdale native had no idea he'd gotten himself onto a path that less than 10 years later would lead to the National Football League as the 75th pick in the 2024 Draft by his hometown...
Several Hinsdale Central graduates and one from Fenwick plan to continue their athletic careers in college. They shared their best high school sports memories and their anticipations for the next four years with The Hinsdalean. This is the second in a two-part series. The first installment ran July 4. Ardit Abdullai, Bradley University, soccer I will most remember ... my junior year when we competed for a super-sectional title after many people thought we wouldn't make it...
The collegiate athletic arena awaits a number of recent Hinsdale Central graduates, as well as Hinsdale residents who completed their studies at private schools. These sports standouts shared their fondest high school memories with The Hinsdalean, as well as what excites them as they head to their new campus homes. This is the first of a two-part series. The second installment will run July 11. Fiona Allen, University of Virgina, lacrosse I will most remember ... playing...
The Hinsdale Herd U10 Black lacrosse team, with a 5-3 regular season record, went 6-0 in the post-season to become the Illinois Youth Lacrosse League state champions June 2 at Barrington High School. Parent coach Brendan Goss said his expectations at the start of the season in mid-April did not include a state title for the then third-grade boys. "We knew we had some good players. Truthfully, we never worried about wins or losses. We only cared about their effort," said Goss,...
Earlier this month, the Hinsdale Devils Black 12U travel baseball team rolled in Cooperstown, N.Y., for a 5-day tournament. Playing in the bucolic upstate New York town at the southern tip of Otsego Lake is a summer rite of passage for hundreds of youth travel programs around the country, not unlike the pilgrimage fans of the sport make to celebrate the icons of the game enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum located there. Devils team member Ryder McLaurin s...
For the sixth straight season, Hinsdale Central girls lacrosse finished among the state's elite. A 10-7 win over Lake Forest Saturday in the third-place game on Central's Dickinson Field avenged a 7-9 loss to the Scouts back on March 14, the first game of the season. It also helped salve the disappointment from the Devils' Friday night defeat to eventual state champ Loyola Academy in a hard-fought contest. "We definitely showed up in (the Lake Forest) game, and felt like we...
John Naisbitt began his tenure as Hinsdale Central's varsity boys tennis coach in 2010, hoping to lead the team to its fourth straight championship. Instead the team came in second. "I learned a great deal about details and making sure everything was in line and you can't take anything for granted," he said. In 2011, the team came in fifth. "Then 2012 came along. Martin Joyce, Eddie Grabill. We won four straight," he said. "We did five more in the next eight years." Naisbitt...
Baseball May 22 & 25 @ IHSA regional vs. Waubonsie Valley (championship) V loses 4-5 vs. Oswego (semifinal) V wins 12-2 (5 inn.) Connors, 4 RBIs, 2 runs Jurack, 3 RBIs, home run Hernandez, 2 RBIs Conners, win, 6 strikeouts Lacrosse, boys May 22 @ IHSA sectional vs. Marist (semifinal) V loses 8-19 Lacrosse, girls May 28 @ IHSA supersectional vs. York V wins 12-6 May 22 & 24 @ IHSA sectional vs. Sandburg (championship) V wins 6-4 Kearney, 4 goals, assist Venetsanopolous, goal, assist Matthews, goal Schultz, 6 saves vs. St....
Hinsdale Central's Ryan Schultz fires a pitch toward the plate during a home game against conference rival Proviso West May 11. The senior helped lead the Red Devils past the Panthers 2-0. The team wrapped up its season Saturday with a 4-5 loss to Waubonsie Valley in the IHSA regional championship. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Aidan Hernandez Hinsdale How was finishing your Central tennis career with a state title? It feels good. A team title is really great, and especially since it was (head coach John) Naisbitt's last year and a great way to send him off. What do you remember about freshman season? It was a very new experience for me. We had a shortened season because of COVID. I was playing football, too, and football was moved to spring so the two seasons overlapped and it was pretty chaotic. Wh...
The Hinsdale Central girls lacrosse team will represent Red Devil Nation at the IHSA state final tournament Friday and Saturday, May 31 & June 1, at Hinsdale Central. The girls will face off against Loyola Academy in the first semifinal match at 5 p.m. Friday. If victorious, they will play in the championship game at noon on Saturday, If not they will vie for third place at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Good luck Devils! Additionally, Hinsdale residents Shannon Earley and Molly Salvino, both senior members of Benet Academy’s girls l...
As the Hinsdale Central girls track and field team was completing the final leg of its season Saturday at the IHSA state final at Eastern Illinois University, head coach Pat Richards was wrapping up his 34-year tenure. "It's been a long but a good road," said Richards, who watched his Red Devils compete valiantly but come up short of registering points this year. "Not the way I wanted to go out." He acknowledged that the depth of talent in Illinois right now is the most he's...
Hinsdale Central's Barry Zhu returns a ball during the West Suburban Conference championship meet on May 10. Zhu and his doubles partner Aidan Hernandez took third place in the 1st doubles bracket in the meet, which the Red Devils hosted and won. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Annie Mayer Hinsdale How old were you when you started playing softball? I was 9. I started playing softball because some of my friends did and my dad is a really big baseball fan and has always loved baseball. I started on multiple travel teams around the area. What do you love most about the sport? I just love the friendships that you make through softball and all the memories, whether that's in the dugout or at practices or at dinners. What is most challenging part of...
Members of both the Hinsdale Central boys tennis and boys track teams will compete at their respective IHSA state final meets today through Saturday, May 23-25. Representing Red Devil Nation at the boys tennis state meet at Palatine High School and surrounding courts will be senior Alex Kotarski and junior Nathan Hernandez in singles, and the doubles teams of senior Aidan Hernandez & junior Bodie Teuscher and sophomores Nicholas Marringa & Barry Zhu. Representing Red Devil Nation at the boys track state meet at Eastern...
Baseball May 15, 17, 18 & 20 @ Do It Stevie’s Way Tourney vs. St. Viator V wins 3-2 Connors, RBI vs. St. Rita V wins 5-4 vs. Homewood-Flossmoor V loses 3-5 vs. Mt. Carmel V loses 2-3 Lacrosse, boys May 20 vs. IHSA sectional vs. LT (quarterfinal) V wins 8-7 DuFort 3 goals, assist Joyce, goal, 2 assists Bergin, goal Hamman, goal Randell, goal Walsh, goal Merz, 3 assists Lacrosse, girls May 20 @ IHSA sectional vs. St. Laurence (quarterfinal) V wins 18-6 Brzozowski, 3 goals, assist Parker-Briones, 3 goals, assist Braden, 2 g...
What was your goal heading into your senior soccer season? Just trying to make it far as we can in the season and postseason and building a team where we can actually achieve that. When did you start playing soccer? I started when I was about 7. My family was living in Turkey, and I was the only girl on my first soccer team there. And then you moved to Italy? Yes. I was part of the first girls soccer team at my school there. It’s always good to just be a part of something new. How is youth soccer different in the States? T...
The Hinsdale Central varsity girls badminton team finished a great season with a strong showing at state. Senior doubles players Rachele Cameli and Maria Jiao came in sixth, and the team placed sixth as well. "We had one of the best seasons that we've had overall in a while," head coach Katie Maley said. "This was probably the best team overall I've had in the last four or five years." Cameli and Jiao started out strong, winning their first three matches. Their first loss in t...
Hinsdale Central shortstop Sophie DiPasquale and second baseman Lauren Koschik team up to secure the force out of the Lyons Township runner during the May 3 game at Central. The Devils ultimately fell to the conference foe Lions by a score of 15-8. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Baseball May 11 vs. Proviso West V wins 2-0 May 10 vs. Proviso West V wins 10-0 Lacrosse, boys May 13 vs. Wheaton North V loses 7-8 May 10 vs. Andrew V loses 7-12 Lacrosse, girls May 14 vs. York V wins 12-8 May 11 @ Rockford (Mich.) V wins 9-7 Kearney, 3 goals Vande Lune, 2 goals Linn, goal, 2 assists Parker-Briones, goal, assist Gatzulis, goal Matthews, goal Venetsanopolous, 2 assists May 10 @ Brighton (Mich.) V wins 10-6 May 9 vs. Benet V loses 7-9 Soccer, girls May 14 @ IHSA regional vs. Kelly V wins 9-0 Rohn. 3 goals, 2...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls track team will compete at the IHSA state final today through Saturday, May 16-18, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Representing Red Devil Nation are sophomore Ella Gray in the 400 meters; sophomore Lily Hodneland in the 800 meters; senior Camden Griffin in the 1,600 meters; seniors Keira Leech and Leena Abu-Ghazalah in the 300-meter hurdles; seniors Zari Dorris, Chistina Tresslar, Ana Hodneland and sophomore Molly Gilmartin in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays; seniors Pola...
Finn Bergin Clarendon Hills When did you first start playing lacrosse? Freshman year. I was only playing baseball at Central and I needed something to do in the spring. I had a few friends playing and decided to try it out. What do you enjoy most about the sport? Specifically this year is definitely the team. We have a really close group of guys and it's just been really special. There are a lot of new varsity players. It's been cool to see them fill their roles and develop...
Members of the Hinsdale Central girls badminton team will compete at the IHSA state tournament Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, at DeKalb High School. Representing Red Devil Nation are singles players senior Nora Sriparam and junior Kacy Liu, and the doubles teams of seniors Rachele Cameli & Maria Jiao and juniors Hannah Fang & Tiffany Tu. Good luck Devils!...
Badminton May 2 vs. IHSA sectional V places 1st with 16 points Sriparam, 2nd Liu, 4th Cameli/Jiao, 1st Fang/Tu, 2nd Baseball May 6 @ Proviso West V wins 8-6 May 4 @ Proviso East V wins 21-0 May 3 @ LT V loses 3-5 May 1 vs. OP-RF V loses 12-13 (8 inn.) Gymnastics, boys May 2 @ sectional V places 5th with 125.4 points Floor exercise Cihlar, 12th, 8.1 Theotikos, 13th, 8.05 McDaniel, 17th, 7.75 Pommel horse Theotikos, 2nd, 8.65 Cihlar, 9th (tie), 7.15 McDaniel, 29th, 3.7 Still rings Cihlar, 5th, 7.95 Ravanasa, 17th (tie), 5.85...
