‘Sports’ Archives
Nauert and Dyer to head Down Under
By Austin Kintz, Reporter Two Kaneland track and field athletes, juniors Dylan Nauert and Nate Dyer, are traveling to “The Land Down Under” this summer for an international track meet. The Down Under Track and Field meet is a three-day international competition in [Read More]
The lying Irish: a hoax brought to light
By Evan Ortiz Manti Te’o is one of the most talked about college athletes in quite some time, for his ability on the field but now the off the field situation is what is really getting his name spread around the “death” and resurfacing of Te’o’s once [Read More]
Q & A with Coach Parillo
BY SAMANTHA PAYTON, Editor Q: Did you play any sports in high school? If so, what? A: I played indoor soccer, outdoor soccer, football and basketball. Q: What makes you so passionate about soccer? A: I have just always loved it. It’s always something I’ve loved to do. I [Read More]
Pole Vault looks to continue historic streak
BY NICK ALBANO, Editor In 1972, Paul Johnson qualified for the Illinois State High School track meet in pole vault and earned sixth place at state. For the next 30 years, spanning eight U.S. presidents, Kaneland has qualified at least one pole vaulter to the state meet, a [Read More]
Girls basketball races towards new goals
By Lourinda Triplett, Editor The season has started hard and still has more to come. The Lady Knights are currently at 13-9. “The season is going well. We started off strong, went through a tough patch as any team does, but we’re working really hard and preparing for [Read More]
Seniors set for state
ANDREA HALSEY, Reporter The Kaneland Knights wrestling team jumped into their season with huge goals and lots of confidence they are now getting closer and closer to state. Improvements have been shown in every single wrestler so far in the season. “The seniors on this [Read More]
Track sets the bar high
BY NICK ALBANO This spring, 90 Kaneland athletes will participate in track and field, a school record. That should be the first record that will be broken in a season that has promise to be one of the best in Kaneland history. The team returns state qualifiers seniors [Read More]
Kaneland students take to the water
By Ryan Schafernak, Reporter When students, teachers and outsiders think of Kaneland athletics, they typically think of football, basketball and track and field, but one thing that slips their mind is that there are Kaneland students who participate in a variety of sports [Read More]
Mr. McKnight works to keep on rolling
BY Liz Such, Editor Bowling is more than just a hobby for bowling coach and science teacher James McKnight. Over the summer his pet rat, Spunky, bit him and McKnight contracted a disease similar to the bubonic plague. The same plague that killed over 3 million people in [Read More]
Basketball starts strong
BY COURTNEY DIDDELL, Editor Kaneland’s Lady Knights started off their season with a tournament victory for the second year in a row. “ I felt really confident because we won last year and we basically have the same team with more depth. We’ve all been [Read More]
Victory in the eyes of a Kaneland Athlete
By: EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, Editor “I didn’t realize it was real, it was like a high feeling, like all stress and worry was gone,” said sophomore Victoria Clinton who became a state champion the first weekend in November. Clinton finished her three mile race in 16:56, [Read More]
Basketball season begins
BY NICOLE PARTIPILO, Reporter With their goals set high, Coach Ernie Colombe, along with the girl’s varsity basketball team is preparing for their first tournament on Nov. 17. The team’s goal for the season is to win conference and move onto regionals. The team [Read More]
