KHS earns slim team win at home meet by Mike Slodki KANELAND—There’s nothing like seeing what you’re made of on your home track. Kaneland girls track has a lot of substance and talent, based on the first-place output at the annual Jill Holmes Invite on Saturday. The 160.5-point output from the Lady Knights beat Northern [...]
April 11th, 2013 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Amanda Lesak"
KHS fall sports announce awards
Kaneland—The Kaneland High School fall sports programs recently concluded their respective awards nights.
December 6th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS fall athletes earn accolades
Kaneland—A number of Kaneland High School fall athletes were recognized for their performance from throughout the 2012 season.
November 29th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedVictorious Victoria
Clinton takes State crown in cross country
Peoria, Ill.—Victoria Clinton, your spot is ready.
The Kaneland sophomore earned her way into IHSA and Kaneland High School girls cross country history by becoming State champ in the Class 2A race at Detweiller Park in Peoria, Ill., on Saturday.
November 8th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedBig win keeps Girls XC party going
Effort of top 7 nabs 1st regional crown in 20 years
KANELAND—If you don’t have totals worthy of a sectional, your season comes to an end in girls cross country.
Kaneland girls excel in wet conditions
L-P site of admirable totals for NIB-12 meet
Kaneland—Running conditions at Baker Lake Park in Peru, Ill., were interesting, to say the least.
The road to the State Championships begins
ELBURN—This Saturday, Kaneland High School will host the Class AA IHSA Regional Championship at Elburn Woods.
October 19th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls pound Pretzel Invite field
KANELAND—It was the 36th annual Pretzel Invite hosted by Freeport High School on Saturday, but the only number that mattered was “1.”
October 4th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Part of the elite
KHS girls XC team proves it belongs among top tier
Kaneland—As hundreds of runners and spectators descended on Elburn Woods Saturday for the annual Kaneland Eddington Invitational, the Kaneland High School Lady Knight cross country team proved it has what it takes to be among the top teams in the state.
High-end showing for girls XC
KANELAND—Despite a long drive up Route 47, the Lady Knights girls cross country unit shook off the effects and left all but one roster in its wake on Saturday.
September 13th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Girls XC impresses in Oregon
KANELAND—Lady Knights cross country is still getting into the swing of things in 2012, and their best way is to do it in stride.
September 6th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedFront-loaded
Lady Knight XC opens season with win by taking 4 of 5 top spots
Kaneland—Kaneland High School’s girls cross country team on Tuesday started its season on the right foot, earning a victory in a tri-meet over West Chicago and Wheaton Academy on Tuesday.
Girls Cross Country Preview: Big returns
Familiar core could equal success for girls XC
by Mike Slodki
KANELAND—How can you replace a Lady Knights girls cross country squad that finished eighth in the Class 2A meet a year ago?
Spring kind to Kaneland athletics in awards season
KANELAND—A highly successful 2011-12 spring season was recognized with team awards dished out earlier this week, as well as honors from the end-of-year senior athletic banquet.
June 14th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Girls track sees 2 finalists at 2A State meet
KANELAND—While it wasn’t on the scale of the final finish in 2011, the Lady Knights track outfit still came out of the weekend at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. with elite totals in terms of the rest of the state.
May 24th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights track now Charleston crew
Lady Knights track qualifies for State in five events after Sterling meet
STERLING, Ill.—Some might shake their head at a fourth-place showing for a girls track meet.
Lady Knights’ trip to NIB-12 meet yields 5th
KANELAND—Lady Knights track used the important meet at Streator High School to have a Northern Illinois Big XII pow-wow, and found they have a final output good for the middle of the pack.
May 10th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
8th-place finish at Kane County Invite for girls track
KANELAND—With the regular season in its final weeks, the Kaneland High School girls track squad finds itself homestretching across finish lines.
May 3rd, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
KHS girls track sees firsts in 4×800, 1600m
DIXON—Interstate 88’s corridor wields some talented girls track rosters, and Kaneland’s intent was to join that group after Friday’s Dixon Invite.
April 26th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Girls Track sees exceptional totals at Holmes Meet
KANELAND—It took barely any time for Lady Knights girls track to get acclimated to the outdoor competition.
April 12th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights track takes 2nd in Oregon meet
OREGON, Ill.—KHS opened its outdoor campaign with an 83-point showing in a meet hosted by Oregon High School on Tuesday afternoon.
April 5th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights track to make most out of depth
KANELAND—Numbers are down, and the roster no longer includes assets like Andie Strang, Kris Bowen and Brooke Patterson.
March 22nd, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS fall athletes recognized with awards
KANELAND—Kaneland High School athletics released their slate of Fall Sports Awards, with each sport trumpeting the best it had to offer, with some All-Northern Illinois Big XII honors thrown in for good measure.
December 15th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
8th in Class 2A for Lady Knights XC
KANELAND—With six of seven athletes reaching a personal best mark, the Lady Knights unit accumulated a score of 225 at the State race at Detweiler Park in Peoria, Ill., on Saturday, good for eighth place of all Class 2A programs.
November 10th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Peoria next stop for Lady Knights cross-country
BELVIDERE, Ill.—All KHS coach Doug Ecker could have hoped for was a consistent and smart race by his girls cross country team.
November 3rd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
PR’s galore for Lady Knight runners at Eddington Invite
ELBURN—Even with some assets sick and injured, Kaneland girls cross country still saw noteworthy efforts at its own showcase.
September 22nd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
3rd place a charm for Lady Knights at Dixon
KANELAND—Lady Knights girls track had themselves a productive Thursday to lead into their Good Friday weekend.
April 28th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls track 2nd-place finish keyed by strong performances at BC
BURLINGTON—Looking at indicators for how the Lady Knights track season will end up?
The Tuesday gathering at Burlington Central with the host Rockets and the Oregon Hawks is a positive one.
Lady Knights sees 3 attain all-WSC status at Glenbard S.
GLEN ELLYN—In the last tune-up before the postseason begins, the Lady Knights track team participated in the final Western Sun Conference meeting at Glenbard South High School on Friday.
May 13th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights host Jenni’s ABC, GS
KANELAND—Lady Knights track saw some members continue in a nice groove this week.
April 22nd, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Ecker steps in for girls track
MAPLE PARK—After a ninth-place finish in State a year ago, how do you repeat such a fine performance?
March 25th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
