Be ready to pitch when you come to the ballpark, retired major leaguer Buzz Capra says. It was advice he learned from playing ball at Lane Tech.
Clemente and Lane have among the best rivalries in Chicago high school baseball. Their contests often determine the Public League championship or a sectional title. Lane has won the Public League title 24 times. Clemente has won it 11 times. In 2012, Lane beat Clemente 6-3 in semifinals. Clemente came back in the title...
After their 2012 season ended with a 9-2 loss in the sectional semifinals to the Leyden Eagles, the Lane Tech Indians girls softball team looks to take the next step this season and get to the sectional championship game. The Indians, who were city champions last spring, will return several key members in their lineup, including...
This was a heartbreaking loss for Gordon first-year head basketball coach Tom Kleinschmidt. Uplift (17-9) beat the Rams (17-10) 47-44 to win the Senn Regional in the Class 3A state playoffs on Friday night. The Titans advanced to the Antioch Sectional with 22 free throws and 16 offensive rebounds while Gordon missed 13 free...
Whitney Young High School won its first Chicago Public League basketball championship since 1998 with a 60-56 overtime win over Morgan Park
In a night of memories, Nazareth (6-1) beat Gordon Tech (4-3) 48-32 in a game played at Northwest Middle School. Northwest, the home of a now closed Catholic school named Archbishop Weber, was a rival to current Gordon coach Tom Kleinschmidt and a home to Nazareth head basketball coach John Bonk. Gordon decided to hold...
It’s always intense when the St. Benedict Bengals and Gordon Tech Rams square off in girls basketball, and Monday was no different. The Bengals (3-0, 1-0) downed the Rams 55-42 at St. Benedict in the first conference matchup of the season for both teams. The Bengals held Gordon Tech to just six points in the fourth quarter,...
