The Gordon Tech Rams closed the regular season with a huge 36 to 30 upset victory over St. Ignatius, (15-10, 7-4), Friday evening at St. Ignatius. The Rams jumped out to an early lead and held on to win, spoiling St. Ignatius’ senior night. Earlier reports here and the Sun-Times report that the final score was...
The St. Benedict Bengals girls backetball team (18-9, 6-3) lost 60 to 29 in the IHSA Lisle Sectional semi-final game to the Walther Lutheran Broncos (24-6, 8-2), at Lisle High School, Tuesday evening. The Bengals struggled early falling behind 20 to 7 early in the second quarter. Despite a ten to two second quarter run, the...
40th Ward Alderman Patrick O’Connor hosted a meeting to discuss development plans for the Edgewater Hospital property this past Tuesday at St. Gregory High School. Approximately 200 people attended and heard Alderman O’Connor outline the current plan for the development of the former Edgewater Hospital property. Ald. O’Connor recapped the years of development, or...
The Gordon Tech varsity girls team (12-12) lost, 54 to 45 to the Maine East Blue Demons (13-14), Tuesday evening at Gordon’s Tom Weinicki Gym. Suspect officiating did not help the Rams against the hot shooting Blue Demons. In the final home game for GT senior’s Melanie Claudio, Sarah Granberg and Sarah Rivas, the...
Gordon Tech’s head boys basketball coach Tom Kleinschmidt has the Rams headed in the right direction. The Rams have won three games in the Chicago Catholic League so far this season and nearly two others with heartbreaking last minute losses to Bishop McNamara and Fenwick. Coach Kleinschmidt was featured in today’s Sun-Times in...
The Gordon Tech Rams (13-8, 3-6) defeated the Leo High School Lions (1-16, 0-9) Friday night, 41 to 26, at Gordon. The Rams jumped out to a lead in the first half but the Lions brought it 20 to 19 at the half. After that, the Rams defense simply turned off the Lions scoring...
Center Square Journal’s Mike Fourcher held a public meeting at the Dank Haus, in Lincoln Square Thursday evening to discuss the future of the Center Square Journal. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting. Several weeks ago, Mike Fourcher announced that his hyper-local news outlets, Center Square Journal and Roscoe View Journal, would cease operations....
The Gordon Tech Girls Varsity basketball team, (10-9), lost to the Niles North Vikings, 48 to 43, Tuesday evening at Gordon Tech’s Tom Weinecki Gym. Plagued by a rash of turnovers in the quarter, the Rams fell behind 20-5. Despite charging back in the second quarter and then again in the fourth quarter,...
The Gordon Tech Rams won a thriller Friday evening defeating the St. Laurence Vikings 53 to 50 at GT’s Tom Weinicki Gym. After the Rams slept walked through the first half falling behind 28 to 18, GT Coach Tom Kleinschmidt taught, cajoled, shouted, encouraged, threatened, cheered and somehow got his Rams focused on moving the...
Coach Tom Kleinschmidt’s Gordon Tech Rams suffered a frustrating overtime loss to the Fenwick Friars, 42-35, Friday night at Fenwick. Coming off their first Catholic League victory in three seasons against powerhouse St. Joseph, the Rams (10-6, 1-6) looked to surprise Coach John Quinn’s Fenwick Friars. The Rams’ solid defense continued but they fall behind...
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