Lincoln-Way Central athletes signed their letters of intent Wednesday: two for softball and one for water polo.
Stanford University in California is known the world-over for its academic excellence and athletic prowess. Among its lengthy list of notable alumni are news broadcaster Ted Koppel and Sally Ride, the first woman astronaut, along with five U.S. Supreme Court Justices, three poet laureates, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and 11 Olympians. This coming fall, its list of future notables comes from New Lenox: 18-year-old Danijela Jackovich. The Lincoln-Way Central High School senior signed an athletic letter of intent Wednesday. She'll be joining the university's acclaimed water polo team. Jackovich and two Central softball players, Michelle Kriegshauser, 18, of New Lenox, and Gabrielle Boerema, 17, of Manhattan, took the lime-light and signed…
Providence 11, Lincoln-Way Central 5: Courtney Pych's solo homer in the bottom of the first inning sparked the Celtics in a non-conference victory over their cross-town rivals on Tuesday afternoon in New Lenox.
Touching All the Bases: On a day when the Providence Catholic softball team erupted for 11 runs on 14 hits in an 11-5 victory over cross-town rival Lincoln-Way Central, one at-bat served to swing momentum and ignite the Celtics. When sophomore shortstop Courtney Pych stepped in to face the Knights’ Alyssa Farbak in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday, Providence trailed 3-0. Lincoln-Way Central scored three runs on two hits, two walks and an error in the top half of the inning. Michelle Kriegshauser’s RBI single capped the early uprising for the Knights. Pych turned the ball—and the game—around in a hurry leading off for the Celtics. She blasted a 2-1 pitch down the line in left for a solo homer—the first of her varsity career. …
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