Joshua Welge
Sports Editor at Kane County Chronicle
Sports Editor at My Suburban Life
Sports Editor at Kendall County Now
Shaw Local Group Sports Editor. Views are my own. Marquette University Journalism graduate, and diehard New York Yankees fan.
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1 day ago |
shawlocal.com | Joshua Welge
SERENA – Jenna Setchell offered a shy smile when asked about her batting stance that starts with her bat held high above her head. There is substance behind that style. “I guess I’ve been told to keep my hands high because I kept bringing them down,” said Setchell, Serena’s senior shortstop. “It’s definitely a timing thing. When I get anxious, my hands always come down. If I start higher, as I’m waiting my hands will end up in the right spot.
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4 days ago |
shawlocal.com | Joshua Welge
Class 2A Waubonsie Valley Sectional: Oswego East, with 17 points, finished tied for second behind Waubonsie Valley (34) at the sectional meet in Aurora. Oswego East’s Pranav Kannan finished third in the singles bracket to qualify for state. Yorkville 4-8, Sycamore 5-2: The Foxes (22-12) dropped the first game in walk-off fashion, but bounced back in the second for the split.
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5 days ago |
shawlocal.com | Joshua Welge
HINCKLEY – Kaleb Elwood considers himself capable of being a power hitter, but the home run production has not yet matched. The Aurora Christian senior catcher and Wisconsin-Platteville commit has had many hard-hit balls hit the fence this season. He has a theory why. “My hardest hits, I feel, are always on the line and they’ll hit the fence,” Elwood said. “I never get the right launch angle so it’s always just short.”He picked a perfect time Saturday to change that narrative.
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5 days ago |
shawlocal.com | Joshua Welge
Class 3A state finals: Wheaton North sophomore Sophia Dalrymple advanced to Saturday’s finals in both hurdles events and the long jump in Friday’s preliminaries in Charleston. Dalrymple ran the fifth-fastest 100 hurdles time (14.42 seconds) and third-fastest 300 hurdles time (43.56), and is in third place in the long jump with an effort of 5.60 meters (18 feet, 4.5 inches).
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5 days ago |
shawlocal.com | Joshua Welge
IHSA state meet: Yorkville senior Courtney Clabough, with a throw of 12.8 meters (42 feet) in the shot put, posted the best distance in Friday’s Class 3A preliminaries in Charleston and is in first place heading into Saturday’s finals. Clabough advanced in both throwing events, as her best discus attempt of 39.31 meters (128-11) has her in ninth place.
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