The local baseball players brought back some impressive tournament trophies.
Rich Farmer, manager of the Evergreen Park Athletic Association Senior League baseball team, says he's blessed to coach such a wonderful bunch of boys.
Meet the local athletes from Illinois will be competing in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Evergreen Park native and former Brother Rice standout Mike McQuillan was promoted to the Auburn Doubledays earlier this month. He has been tearing the cover off the ball since being selected by the Washington Nationals in the June amateur draft.
If there ever was any doubt about Chris Cheatham's place in Evergreen Park High School athletic lore, consider that notion erased with his successful clearing of one final hurdle. Cheatham placed second in the 300 hurdles at the Class 2A state track meet.
Evergreen Park boys basketball coach Pat Flannigan is putting on a grade-school summer basketball league. The league will run on Mondays from June 25 to July 23.
The Evergreen Park Athletic Association's little league celebrated its opening day last week with EP's own Sgt. John LaGiglia who returned to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Sophomore Rihanna Carson placed second in the 100- and 200-meter dash events to highlight the Mustangs' run to a fifth-place finish at Oswego East on Friday night.
John LaGiglia, a member of the 11-12 year-old state championship team in 1994 and now a sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday as the Evergreen Park Athletic Association opens Little League play.
Evergreen Park High School senior Neil Steen has come to be admired for his volunteer work at the Ronald McDonald House. He rates as an 'A' in the classroom and on the playing fields, too.
Evergreen Park seniors Neil Steen and Kerry Symnaski have been nominated to represent the Mustangs in the Wendy's High School Heisman program.
Evergreen Park senior Chris Cheatham put his best foot forward with a fifth-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles in the Illinois Prep Top Times meet Saturday at Bloomington.
Bailey Nolan, Jesse McLain, Neil Steen and Tori Senerchia each will receive $500 scholarships from the Evergreen Park High School booster club during an honors night ceremony on May 14.
Brother Rice will play host to a 3-on-3 boys basketball tournament for seventh-graders on Friday, March 30. Participating teams must pre-register by Wednesday, March 28.
Jesse McLain, Will Jones and Taeylor Jackson recorded third-place finishes in the Class 2A Evergreen Park Regional on Saturday. All three Mustang standouts will move on to compete in the Lemont Sectional.
Sarah Klawitter and Emily Blankenship led the Evergreen Park girls bowling team to the South Suburban Red Conference championship. Bruce Scholtens was named SSC Red Coach of the Year.
Brian Townsend and Brandon White led the Evergreen Park boys basketball team to five wins in eight games at two different holiday tournaments.
First-year coach Pat Flannigan is thrilled to see his junior point guard, Turron Clayton, emerge during the Mustangs' 59-53 victory over Lincoln-Way West.
Evergreen Park 59, Lincoln-Way West 53: Turron Clayton hit a three-pointer to break a 48-48 tie in the fourth quarter and the Mustangs held on for the win in the Knights/Warriors Boys Basketball Winter Classic.
In his first year as the Mustangs' head coach, Dan Hartman outdid his own expectations and pushed his team all the way to the Class 4A state football quarterfinals.
Jack Dechow's 21-yard touchdown run was the difference in Richmond-Burton's 7-0 victory over Evergreen Park in a Class 4A quarterfinal game on Saturday night.
A converted soccer player, Jeremy Esparza, and a basketball post player, Jacquet McClendon, came up big in the Mustangs' second-round playoff win over Alleman.
Evergreen Park 19, Alleman 18: With just seconds left, the Mustangs' Jeremy Esparza nails a 28-yard field goal to keep Evergreen alive in the IHSA playoffs.
A play-action pass between Evergreen Park quarterback Brandon White and tight end Kyle Venhuizen doesn't happen often. But when it does, it's been a touchdown every time for the Mustangs.
Evergreen Park 10, Marshall 6: Despite four turnovers, the Mustangs found a way to win with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass on Saturday in the first round of the Class 4A football playoffs.
Jared Jackson only had eight touches on the night, but two ended up in touchdowns. His explosive work helped the Mustangs rally for a 21-6 victory over Oak Lawn.
Evergreen Park 21, Oak Lawn 6: Three Spartan turnovers resulted in all 21 points for the Mustangs in their South Suburban Red Conference victory Friday night.
Mother McAuley defeated Marist to win the title at the Rich East girls volleyball tournament last week. The win enabled the Mighty Macs to climb back to No. 1 in the Patch Power Rankings.
Michelle Dempster has been the match medalist on numerous occasions this season for Mother McAuley. She has her sights set on a trip to the IHSA state finals.
Fall high school sports season intensifies with McAuley avenging a volleyball loss to Marist, the Redhawks scoring soccer victories, Evergreen routing Richards in football, and much more.
Silver lining: Peter Andreotti provided a stellar ground game for the RedHawks in Marist's 33-20 football loss to Nazareth.
Marist's cross country team started the conference season with a second-place finish and Evergreen's girls volleyball squad finished 10th at the Oak Lawn Classic.
More than 2,000 fans packed Mother McAuley's gym, and the students made it one of the loudest atmospheres in high school sports.
Lizzy Scanlon was McAuley's main offensive threat with 10 kills in a heart-breaking straight-sets loss to Marist last week.
Along with fellow junior Omar Alvarez, Jeremy Esparza is leading the Evergreen Park boys soccer team as one of the Mustangs' captains. And he is sweeping up on the back line of defense.
Trailing 24-21 in the first game, the Redhawks rallied to win the last five points and then hung on in the second game to remain undefeated.
Evergreen Park junior soccer midfielder Omar Alvarez was named a captain in his third season playing with the Mustangs' varsity unit.
Marist and Mother McAuley make impressive showings at last weekend's Reavis boys and girls cross-country invitational.
A large crowd filled the stands for the Mustangs' 28-9 football loss to Eisenhower on Friday night in Evergreen Park.
The Mustangs' senior running back was a workhorse in the first half of Evergreen Park's 28-9 loss to Eisenhower. He wasn't going to be denied.