Mason Schweizer

Bourbonnais

Sports Editor at Kankakee Daily Journal

Daily Journal sports editor. Half of the Game Night team. Sports card collector. Music lover. Aspiring amateur photographer.

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Articles

Bishop McNamara wins first All-City title in 10 years with shutout at Kankakee

5 days ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

KANKAKEE – Anchored by an abundance of arms in their pitching staff and a steady senior core, the Bishop McNamara baseball team felt pretty good entering the season about the same three main goals they set every year – winning the All-City championship, winning their conference and making a postseason run that includes at least one postseason plaque. For the first time in a decade, the Fightin’ Irish checked that first goal off their to-do list.
Photos: Bishop McNamara at Kankakee baseball

5 days ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

Mason Schweizer joined the Daily journal as a sports reporter in 2017 and was named sports editor in 2019. Aside from his time at the University of Illinois and Wayne State College, Mason is a lifelong Kankakee County resident.
Lydia Hammond’s one-hitter, Suttyn Hop’s homer propel Bradley-Bourbonnais past McNamara

6 days ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

BOURBONNAIS – Bradley-Bourbonnais junior pitcher Lydia Hammond has had quite a week. Last Friday, her ninth-inning walk-off double gave the Boilermakers a 1-0 win over Benet Academy in the Battle of the Brickyard, a game she threw a two-hit shutout in. Saturday, her perfect game against Fremd gave them the tournament championship.
Photos: Bishop McNamara at Bradley-Bourbonnais softball

6 days ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

Bradley-Bourbonnais' Shannon Lee, right, does a celebratory handshake with Lydia Hammond during the Boilermakers' home game against Bishop McNamara Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Mason Schweizer)Mason SchweizerMason Schweizer joined the Daily journal as a sports reporter in 2017 and was named sports editor in 2019. Aside from his time at the University of Illinois and Wayne State College, Mason is a lifelong Kankakee County resident.
Leigh Reiniche adds adapted PE, Unified sports in addition to role as girls volleyball coach at BBCHS

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

For some college athletes, a season-ending injury can derail a career. But for Leigh Reiniche, it was just the start. After partially tearing her Achilles tendon as a sophomore on the University of Tennessee-Martin women’s volleyball team in 2001, Reiniche, a 2000 Bradley-Bourbonnais graduate, was given a redshirt year. During that fifth year as an undergrad, she realized she wanted to follow a path of teaching and coaching.
Thank You Teachers: Daily Journal

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Adam Tumino |Mason Schweizer |Stephanie Markham |Kevin Newberry

A tribute to education's local heroes Daily Journal/Shaw Local News Network Allan Wills keeps a busy schedule at Gardner-South Wilmington, both as a math teacher and through his involvement in multiple sports and extracurriculars. In her sixth year as girls volleyball coach and PE teacher at her alma mater, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Leigh Reiniche has added co-teaching the school's adapted PE class to her resume.
Beecher’s Taylor Norkus no-hits Peotone: Daily Journal Wednesday roundup

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

Beecher 2, Peotone 0: Taylor Norkus struck out 15 and walked just one in her no-hitter to propel the Bobcats (27-1) in a pitchers’ duel against Sophie Klawitter and Peotone (12-11). The Bobcats scored both of their runs in the top of the sixth on Ava Lorenzatti’s home run Ava Olson’s run on an error after reaching base with a single. Klawitter allowed an earned run on three hits, a walk and 15 strikeouts in a complete game.
Former Reed-Custer baseball coach Jerry Cougill honored by Comets

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

Now nine years into retirement, Jerry Cougill couldn’t be happier. A resident of Elkhart, Ind., Cougill and his wife, Kay, live right by their two daughters, Amanda and Jill, and a handful of grandchildren. The former Reed-Custer baseball coach also gets to scratch his baseball itch by following the Iowa Western Community College team that’s coached by his son, Ryan. There’s just one piece that Cougill routinely misses – Comets baseball.
Collin Monroe’s late squeeze gives Reed-Custer thrilling sweep of Coal City

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

BRAIDWOOD – Reed-Custer senior first baseman Collin Monroe is a three-sport athlete, but unlike several of his Comets classmates, doesn’t have plans on playing college sports. He’s one of thousands of student-athletes that just plays sports for the love of the game and the memories with friends. And in Tuesday’s home game against Illinois Central Eight Conference rival Coal City, Monroe helped make one of the most memorable moments he and his teammates will have.
Photos: Coal City at Reed-Custer baseball

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Mason Schweizer

Reed-Custer's Alex Fierro, left, applies a late tag on Coal City's Lance Cuddy at home plate during a game at Reed-Custer Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Mason Schweizer)Mason SchweizerMason Schweizer joined the Daily journal as a sports reporter in 2017 and was named sports editor in 2019. Aside from his time at the University of Illinois and Wayne State College, Mason is a lifelong Kankakee County resident.