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 [...]
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Girls track makes case at IWU
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.
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.
Xplosion takes 3rd in nationals
Kane County 16U softball team takes talents to Nebraska
North platte, neb.—With a never-say-die attitude, the Kane County Xplosion 16U softball team earned several come-from-behind victories to earn a third-place finish in the Class A Northern National Tournament in North Platte, Neb.
Xplosion go unbeaten in Lemont
LEMONT—The KC Xplosion Girls traveled back to Lemont for four games in the Jim Didi Memorial College Showcase Tournament, finishing 3-0-1. The girls outscored their opponents 39-6.
August 2nd, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Xplosion turns clutch into success
Kane County Xplosion 16U girls earned first place at the Heartland Shootout in Moline for an ASA qualifier and took first place overall.
June 28th, 2012 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
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
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 | 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 | Continued
Girls basketball maintains early-season roll in Sycamore
KANELAND—It was an important early-season battle in Sycamore between two squads that had gotten off to relatively hot starts in 2011-12.
December 15th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedExceptional start for Kaneland girls hoops
ELMHURST, Ill.—For the second year in a row, the Kaneland Lady Knights basketball outfit visited the Immaculate Conception Tournament for Thanksgiving week.
November 23rd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Depth, knowledge of system charges girls basketball in ‘11-’12
KANELAND—Sixth-year coach Ernie Colombe has the table set for success when it comes to KHS girls basketball.
November 23rd, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
X-Factors
he Kane County Xplosion 14U won its second-consecutive USSSA State Tournament Championship after going 7-0 at the tournament held in Rockford, Ill.
July 28th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedKHS spring sports awards put fitting cap on 2010-11
KANELAND—Coming a little later due to the storybook run of Kaneland baseball, KHS released its spring sports awards for 2010-11, highlighting a successful first step into Northern Illinois Big XII play.
June 23rd, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued4x800m relay, Zick lead good times at State
CHARLESTON—By the very nature of the State meet, athletes need a certain level of performance to even be part of the collision of talent at Eastern Illinois University.
May 26th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | ContinuedZick, Aguirre, Patterson lift girls track to third in NIB-12
KANELAND—With top-tier finishes on Friday during Kaneland’s venture into the first-ever Northern Illinois Big XII Conference girls track meet, what else could make it a memorable evening?
May 12th, 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
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 | ContinuedThird-place at Jenni’s ABC for KHS
KANELAND—For a top-three finish, ideal elements evidently don’t matter.
April 21st, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
Jill Holmes Invite ‘11 yields third-place finish for Lady Knights
KANELAND—The usual mid-April Jill Holmes Invite saw Kaneland girls track in mid-to-late season stride on Saturday.
April 14th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | ContinuedWinter sports awards, NIB-12 honors dished out
A look through Kaneland’s winter sports award winners.
April 14th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | 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.
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 | ContinuedGirls track captures indoor conference crown
KANELAND—If there was one surefire way to gear up for the outdoor season, Kaneland found a way on Saturday in Sterling.
March 24th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Lady Knights take third in Rockton
ROCKTON, Ill.—Here’s a way to measure your early-season progress in girls’ track: Compete at a 24-team Track Classic.
March 10th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Freshmen Fever!
On Feb. 8, Freshmen girls won the conference tournament championship, beating Rochelle 35-33 in triple overtime en route to a 24-0 season.
February 17th, 2011 | Elburn Herald | Comments Off | Continued
Girls hoops sandwiches win between two losses
KANELAND—Kaneland girls basketball will have to be satisfied with a lone win concerning this past week’s tilts with rivals.
January 13th, 2011 | Mike Slodki | Comments Off | Continued
