Tim Cronin

Massachusetts, Weymouth

Sports Reporter at Associated Press

#mapoli @stonehill_info & @McCormackGrad alum ~all opinions my own~

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Alex Palou takes title, Rinus VeeKay hits wall at 109th Indianapolis 500

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – For an Indianapolis 500 that started off like a Saturday night trophy dash in a quarter-mile bull ring, with cars bouncing off each other and the walls of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway early and often, it ended in sublime fashion.
Plainfield South places second at Minooka Sectional, sends seven to state

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

MINOOKA – Hurdler Weston Averkamp, of Ottawa, likes cold weather. Boy, was Wednesday a day for the senior. Averkamp set his season-best time of 14.48 seconds in winning the 110-meter hurdles at the Class 3A Minooka Sectional to advance to next week’s IHSA state meet at Eastern Illinois University. On a brutally cold day, with a wind chill of 44 degrees and temperature of 55 at 4 p.m., the conditions limited the events where more than the top two qualified for state.
Rinus VeeKay edges Coyne Racing teammate Jacob Abel for final spot in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 lineup

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Rinus van Kalmthout of the Netherlands goes by Rinus VeeKay as a racer, presumably because it sounds faster. Sunday, in last-chance qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, he was barely faster than rookie Jacob Abel, his teammate at Plainfield-based Dale Coyne Racing, and will start last in the field of 33 on Sunday. Abel will watch from the pits. “I feel relief, but not real happiness,” VeeKay said after his second four-lap average of 226.913 mph held up.
At NHRA Route 66 Nationals, Daniel Wilkerson hopes it’s like father, like son

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

JOLIET – Cover your ears. The straightliners are back. All this weekend, Route 66 Raceway will be a beehive of activity, with a decibel level well above a beehive’s buzz. The NHRA, drag racing’s traveling circus, is back in town for the Route 66 Nationals, running two-at-a-time down the track for cash and – for the fortunate few – the coveted Wally Trophy. Those baubles, named after NHRA founder Wally Parks, only go to the winners of Sunday’s match-play finals.
Oswego’s Dontrell Young, Yorkville’s Owen Horeni star as Oswego East takes Southwest Prairie Conference crown

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

JOLIET – The notion that a warm day means slow times on the track was dispelled Wednesday at Joliet Central, where fast times were common in the Southwest Prairie Conference Boys Championship under sunny 75-degree skies. Take Dontrell Young’s day.
Lincoln-Way East senior Evan Cooley has another eventful run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Mokena’s Evan Cooley and the first turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course aren’t on the best of terms these days. Last year, he fractured his hand in a crash at that testing 90-degree corner. Saturday, the 18-year-old came out unscathed personally, but his Exclusive Autosport car wasn’t so fortunate.
Freshman Makynzee Harris, Shepard race to South Suburban Red title

3 weeks ago | southwestregionalpublishing.com | Tim Cronin

Coaches love to talk about senior leadership. Then along comes someone who throws that concept out the window. At Shepard, that someone is Makynzee Harris, a precocious freshman.
Deep Plainfield North wins Southwest Prairie Conference Meet

4 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

MINOOKA – Depth is a luxury every coach desires, and Plainfield North girls track coach Andy Derks is blessed with it this year. The Tigers are so deep in sprints, for instance, that Lauren Dellangelo and Aniya Poindexter ran the 100 in Wednesday’s Southwest Prairie Conference Championship, rather than state-ranked Taylor McClain. Dellangelo and Pointexter, usually relay specialists, finished 1-2, with Dellangelo hitting the line in a meet record-tying 12.05 seconds to Poindexter’s 12.12.
Led by Austin Rowswell, Lincoln-Way West wins home invite

1 month ago | shawlocal.com | Tim Cronin

NEW LENOX – Lincoln-Way West’s boys track team was quite good last year, even without then-junior Austin Rowswell, who was injured all season. This year, with Rowswell only one of the bright stars in their constellation, the Warriors are a threat to take a state trophy in Class 3A. It’s more than Rowswell, the state’s top-ranked 400 runner. There’s senior Ryan Stiglic, who would have pole vaulted all night but settled for his season best, 15 feet 7.25 inches, to win the vault by nearly three feet.
Avalanche rally to force OT and beat Blackhawks 3-2 in SO

2 months ago | fox32chicago.com | Tim Cronin

Connor Bedard #98 of the Chicago Blackhawks controls the puck against Ryan Lindgren #55 of the Colorado Avalanche during the third period on April 2, 2025 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Im CHICAGO - Martin Necas tied it with 11 seconds left and Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored in a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.