Elite pitcher earns partial scholarship to Northern Illinois
KANELAND—Delani Vest is not quite done impressing on the softball diamond.
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Softball star Vest not done yet
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
Sterling softball too golden for Kaneland
BELVIDERE, Ill.—Kaneland softball’s season had more ups than downs in 2012.
Unfortunately, the Sterling Lady Warriors brand of diamond play made KHS land with a thud.
June 7th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedSoftball defense stingy, bats not
KANELAND—A team can only play the games in front of them on the softball diamond, and the playoffs will have to wait.
May 24th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Softball, with 24 wins, continues season steamroll
KANELAND—Like bills received in the mail, Kaneland softball comes at you whether you like it or not.
May 10th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS seeing shine on softball diamond
KANELAND—Kaneland softball is sticking with what works.
It’s what’s produced not only a six-game win streak, but now 21 wins in its last 23 contests.
May 3rd, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS softball (14-4) swinging a hot bat
KANELAND—After KHS coach Brian Willis wished for the hitting to catch up to the above-average pitching and defense, the Lady Knights softball contingent spent this past week granting that wish in earnest.
April 12th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
KHS softball on tear after Tenn. trip
Stellar pitching keys additional wins over Sandwich, Morris
KANELAND—If you thought the method for getting a softball season out of an early funk was going to the state of Tennessee, then you’re stealing the Lady Knights softball team’s way of doing things.
Kaneland softball looks toward captains to right ship
KANELAND—An 8-1 start a year ago turned into a 14-19 finish for a softball group hoping for bigger things.
March 22nd, 2012 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedSoftball drops 2 initial contests of ‘12
KANELAND—It was unfortunate that the end result of Kaneland Lady Knights softball failed to match the ideal weather of the past week.
March 22nd, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Softball reaches end of 2011 season with loss to Sycamore
KANELAND—With the rivalry between Kaneland and Sycamore softball, the battle is bound to shift one way when the stakes are higher at a certain point.
June 2nd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedSoftball suffers setbacks to Minooka, Yorkville
KANELAND—There’s still a little bit of time to make Maple Park feel like home-field advantage, but not much.
May 19th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Softball hopes ‘young guns’ are consistent
KANELAND—Looks like the younger core of softball players will get a chance to get some more playing time in 2011.
March 24th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
All-WSC, team awards handed out at KHS
KANELAND—Kaneland High School dished out end of the year and spring speason sports awards last week.
June 10th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Softball finished by Sycamore
SYCAMORE—Maybe the scales were tipping to Sycamore all long.
After slaughtering the Lady Spartans in their first meeting, Kaneland Lady Knights softball dealt with 16 innings of action in a tight 2-1 win three weeks ago. It all led up to the Class 2A Sycamore Regional final on Saturday morning, where the third-seeded hosts beat the top-seeded KHS roster 6-3 to claim the regional.
June 3rd, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights softball spends 16 innings in 2-1 win over Sycamore
KANELAND—Kaneland softball got more than it bargained for this past week.
May 20th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Softball takes advantages of curveballs, longballs
KANELAND—Lady Knights softball is 14-7, and bringing the offense.
May 13th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS softball (10-6) falls to GS, edges Geneva
KANELAND—In a meeting of two of the better Western Sun Conference teams on Thursday, the visiting Lady Raiders showed KHS who the team to beat might be this season.
May 6th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedSoftball takes two in WSC play vs. Batavia, Rochelle
KANELAND—Lady Knights had two come-from-behind wins in a week that saw their record elevated to 9-5 (4-3 Western Sun Conference play).
April 29th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Softball takes wins from Maine West, Oswego, Sycamore, now 7-5
KANELAND—Lady Knights softball rallied this week to finish a busy slate winning three of five.
April 22nd, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights get boost at DeKalb, Marengo
KANELAND—Lady Knights softball knew of a way to smile after some tough losses.
April 15th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Softball consumes Sandwich in rout; loses to GS
MAPLE PARK—Kaneland softball’s season opener 15 days ago featured an ending that was quite thrilling.
April 8th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights stage comeback
MAPLE PARK—Maybe this is a truly new beginning for Kaneland softball.
April 1st, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Willis joins many new softball faces
MAPLE PARK—Despite finishing 27-9 in 2009, the Kaneland High School girls softball squad faces quite a number of challenges.
March 25th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
KHS hands out year-end awards for athletes
MAPLE PARK—The end of the year awards and spring awards were handed out on June 9, recognizing the year-long effort of Knight athletes.
June 18th, 2009 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Kaneland loses heartbreaker to BC girls
Lady Knights softball only had to score one run to take the regional title from host Burlington Central during Saturday’s championship.
June 4th, 2009 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights finish 2nd in WSC, look toward playoffs
Softball comes into its regional action with a formidable 25-8 record, but it doesn’t include a share of the conference title.
May 28th, 2009 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued19-7 Lady Knights cross plate often
Kaneland softball made certain that opponents like DeKalb, Oswego East and Yorkville remembered who they were up against.
May 14th, 2009 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights softball falls short vs. Geneva
In a deadlocked softball game that was going down to the wire, any late run would do.
May 7th, 2009 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights (14-5) bring the bats
Lady Knights softball saw contributions from both ends this past week.
April 30th, 2009 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Softball makes life difficult for opponents
Lady Knights softball had itself a productive week, and in the process, elevated its record to a nice 10-4.
April 23rd, 2009 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
