Rob Oesterle
Assistant Sports Editor at Morris Herald-News
Articles
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1 week ago |
shawlocal.com | Rob Oesterle
PEORIA — For those that have followed the Providence Catholic softball team this season, what happened Saturday in the Class 3A state championship game came as no surprise. As has been the Celtics’ habit, they fell behind early in the game, only to put on a stirring comeback. Several times this year, that has been a formula for success.
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2 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Rob Oesterle
PEORIA — The last team that Lockport played during the softball regular season was Barrington, and the Porters came away with a 3-2 win. That was the last time that a team had scored against the Porters, as they had shut out all five opponents in the postseason en route to Saturday’s Class 4A state semifinal. Their opponent? Barrington. For nine innings, the Fillies and Porters battled to a 0-0 tie.
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2 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Rob Oesterle
PEORIA — In the last two postseason games the Providence Catholic softball team had to go to extra innings. Friday, in the state semifinals, the Celtics decided they would try something different. And, like everything else in the postseason, it went the way they wanted. They came away with a 5-2 win and advanced to a state championship game for the first time in program history.
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2 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Rob Oesterle
An annual summer ritual will begin Tuesday when the Morris Ladies Shootout begins at 8 a.m.The field has shrunken to 16 teams. but there will still be plenty of quality basketball squads both from The Herald-News area and from the rest of the state. The teams are broken down into four pools of four teams each, and each team will play every other team in their pool Tuesday in order to determine Wednesday’s bracket play. In Pool A are Minooka, Providence Catholic, Joliet Catholic Academy and Rosary.
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2 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Rob Oesterle
When the softball season started, Providence Catholic head coach Jim Holba knew his team would go through some growing pains. After all, the Celtics’ roster has just two seniors. Throughout the season, the Celtics (25-11) experienced ups and downs, just like most teams. But once the Class 3A postseason started, things have clicked into place.
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