Illinois Top Times outing sees 11th-place finish for indoor
KANELAND—The Illinois Indoor Track Championship Top Times Track and Field held on Saturday marks the unofficial state meet for indoor track competition.
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Girls track makes case at IWU
Indoor success
KHS girls track takes 2nd at NIB-12 indoor meet
Kaneland—The number 100 has a nice round edge to it, especially when Kaneland girls track gets that edge.
Back On ‘TRACK’ | 2013 Spring Sports Preview
KANELAND—For Kaneland girls track, each season is a like a new generation.
March 14th, 2013 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls get Sterling meet under belts
KANELAND—It was a truncated lineup that took to the course at Sterling.
It was a way to improve and get even more battle tested en route to conference and beyond for those that participated.
October 11th, 2012 | Mike Slodki | 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 | ContinuedGirls XC boasts exceptional totals in Sterling
KANELAND—Regardless of what the rest of the season brings, Kaneland girls cross country runners can say they brought the best they had at their usual late-September stop.
September 28th, 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 | Continued
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?
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 | 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
Lady Knights XC sees season continue with third place
KANELAND—It would take a team effort to make it out of one of the premier girls cross-country regionals in Illinois.
For Kaneland, that effort was solid enough to garner third place in Saturday’s Elburn Woods clash.
Lady Knights on good pace after second in conference
GENESEO, Ill.—Three runners in the top 10 equaled a second-place finish for the Kaneland Lady Knights cross-country team after Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big XII conference free-for-all.
October 20th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls XC take biggest piece of Pretzel Invite
The Kaneland High School girls cross country team impressed at Freeport’s annual invite on Saturday, garnering 38 points in the eight-team crowd.
October 6th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Girls XC looks to better health for success
KANELAND—It’s been ideal running weather in mid-August.
Good enough for KHS coach Doug Ecker and the Lady Knights cross-country team to take advantage of.
August 18th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedBoard recognizes staff with 25 year of district service
KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday recognized and provided a gift to Kaneland High School teachers Doug Ecker and Kurt Green, and Blackberry Creek teacher Lynda McGowen, for their 25 years of service in the school district.
May 21st, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Four-midable outing for Lady Knights track at Sectional
OTTAWA—KHS girls track followers will have four reasons to visit Charleston, Ill., this May.
May 19th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Kaneland girls track takes the fifth at annual Kane County Meet
KANELAND—At Millenium Field in Streamwood, Ill., the Lady Knights used key outings from some familiar names to reach a fifth-place plateau with 50 points.
May 5th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Ecker’s crew has young, old as formula for success
KANELAND—Here comes Lady Knights track.
If the early practice sessions and indoor season were any indicator, many a girl in KHS garb will be finishing quite well in 2011 races.
March 24th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedKaneland announces Educator of the Year honorees
KANELAND—The nominating committee for Kaneland’s Educator of the Year has selected its 2011 honorees:
February 23rd, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Howland sets season best at state
Peoria—A two-year layoff from cross-country running didn’t seem to have much of an effect on Kaneland High School’s Jen Howland at the IHSA 2A State Final on Saturday in Peoria.
November 11th, 2010 | Keith Beebe | Comments Off | ContinuedLady Knights look toward sectional run
MALTA—How can fortunes still be promising with the girls cross-country season in its last throes?
When you run for the Lady Knights.
October 28th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls run mid-pack in Sterling race
STERLING—Could it be a perfect storm of sorts for the Lady Knights cross country team?
October 14th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedGirls cross country take third in Freeport
KANELAND—Looks like the Kaneland girls satisfied some pretzel cravings.
October 7th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Girls XC nabs 5th at Rock River Run
STERLING—While gradually working its way back to a full lineup, the lineup Kaneland girls cross country had at its disposal put together a nice Saturday.
September 30th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights XC runs to 1st place
ELBURN—It was anything but lonely at the top for Kaneland High school girls cross country.
September 2nd, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Healthy lineup key for Lady Knight runners
KANELAND—With a roster that returns several that missed State a year ago, motivation is available aplenty for Lady Knights cross-country in 2010.
August 19th, 2010 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
KHS trackster Patterson vaults to 10th place finish at State finals
CHARLESTON—Brooke Patterson wasn’t a perfect 10 this weekend, but that number put her in a pretty nice place.
May 27th, 2010 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights track sees early progress
MAPLE PARK—Kaneland girls track’s first outdoor competition of the 2010 season saw some warm-for-April temperatures and some decent individual scores, but a third place finish as a team.
April 8th, 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
