Bill Stone

Journalist at Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

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Articles

Bulldogs’ Eggers breaks 39-year school record for 400

3 days ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Riverside Brookfield High School senior Jorie Eggers needed a break from the 400-meter run during her 2024 girls track and field season. “I struggled with my confidence in running the 400 so I switched over to 300 (low) hurdles towards the end of the season,” Eggers responded. Eggers has returned to the 400 with a run for the ages May 1. Her second-place 59.95 seconds at the Oak Forest Invitational broke a 39-year school record.
Second chance for LTHS gymnasts with state berth

3 days ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Lyons Township High School junior TJ Carr and senior Jack Michaelson received the text from boys gymnastics coach Sam Zeman on Thursday morning still somewhat in disbelief. In roughly 14 hours, the Lions went from being the highest-scoring sectional team not to make the 10-team Illinois High School Gymnastics Coaches Association state meet to then the last team to advance for Saturday’s competition at Hoffman Estates. “It was a roller coaster,” Carr said. “(Michaelson and I) were sitting in class.
Graziano, Brown, Shell leave mark on LTHS badminton team

3 days ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Despite attending different schools for eighth grade, Lyons Township High School seniors Simone Brown, Mia Graziano and Audrey Shell still became acquainted just before entering high school. “The funny thing is we had a (world history) summer school class together before our freshman year,” Brown said.
St. Francis’ record-setting relay continues to go faster this spring: Suburban Life girls track notebook

4 days ago | shawlocal.com | Bill Stone

St. Francis junior Margaret Andrzejewski received an unexpected emotional lift before her 2024 Class 2A girls track and field state finals with the 4x800-meter relay. Then she joined current sophomores Erin Hinsdale, Elena Mamminga and Allie Sheldon in winning the state championship in 9:12.80 to set the 2A state finals record. “I remember my brother (Sam) came and surprised me that morning.
Downers Grove North girls track wins historic fifth straight West Suburban Silver title

6 days ago | shawlocal.com | Bill Stone

Senior Allie Leach has improved significantly as an athlete through four varsity seasons of Downers Grove North girls track and field. “I’m a lot better than I was freshman year, especially mentally,” said Leach, a two-year state competitor and two-time all-stater with the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams in 2023. “I feel like I was down on myself a lot freshman year but I’ve trained, I’ve grown over the four years.
Freshmen fit right into RBHS softball’s winning ways

1 week ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Riverside Brookfield High School’s Amelia Pytel impressively handles the challenges of being a freshman pitcher on varsity. Her 16 strikeouts in the Bulldogs’ 3-2 victory at rival Lyons Township, Friday, marks already her fourth outing with double-digit strikeouts. “I think it’s more of a mental game than anything. You have to trust your defense and things will go good,” Pytel said. “I’m happy for us as a team.
Downers Grove South’s Kailee Rodeck soars to school record pole vault: Suburban Life track and field notebook

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Bill Stone

Starting in 2023, Downers Grove South senior Kailee Rodeck has continued to have higher hopes for pole vault. “I was like, ‘I want to get all four records for my school,’ so that’s been my goal since sophomore year,” Rodeck said. At the Downers South Invitational April 12, Rodeck completed the task when she won with an all-time school-record 12 feet/3.66 meters. Rodeck impressively cleared 12 feet on her second attempt after making 10-0, 10-6, 11-0, 11-6 and 11-9 on a combined seven attempts.
Energy, fun a winning combo for RB girls lacrosse seniors

2 weeks ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Senior Samantha Gibbs currently can count the Riverside Brookfield High School girls lacrosse team victories over four varsity seasons on one hand. What she and a huge senior class continues to receive from each other, however, is priceless. “We’ve always had fun playing lacrosse. It’s never been about the winning for us,” Gibbs said. “We’ve always had fun during practice and that carries on to the games.
Nazareth grad West drafted by San Francisco 49ers

2 weeks ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Nazareth Academy head football coach Tim Racki gladly attended another special NFL draft party this past weekend. Chaddrian “CJ” West, a 2020 Nazareth graduate, was selected in the fourth round by the San Francisco 49ers with the 113th overall pick Saturday. The 49ers were 6-11 in 2024 after losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII the previous season. West, a 6-foot-1, 316-pound defensive tackle, is coming off an outstanding season for Indiana University.
Hall of Fame honor worth the wait for Zubor

2 weeks ago | rblandmark.com | Bill Stone

Because of misdirected mail, Mark Zubor waited extra weeks to find out he had been inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame. Considering it’s been nearly 60 years since Zubor last played competitively, the former longtime Riverside resident was ecstatic to finally receive the much-deserved honor. “Absolutely. It’s almost more surprising the older you are, something like this happening,” Zubor said.