Friday, June 22, 2012
Tom Settepani, Niles Baseball League's commissioner, talks about the Home Run Derby, All Star game, and what it's been like to merge Morton Grove and Niles baseball.
A core of volunteers keep most youth sport programs going, and the Niles Baseball League is no exception. We sat down with Tom Settepani, this year's commissioner, to find out what' going on. Patch: What's new with Niles Baseball? Tom Settepani: We have a Home Run Derby Saturday (June 23) at 3 p.m.for the younger ages. We set up fencing all around the infield. Depending on the age level, if they hit the ball over the fence, it’s a home run. Kids win a bat, we engrave it with the kid's name on it. So at each (age) level we’ll have a champion for the home run derby We also have an All Star Game, with two or three kids from each team. Are you getting lots of kids wanting to play baseball? The numbers are dwindling, except Park Ridge …
Sunday, June 3, 2012
We have another weekly winner in the Patch Athlete of the Week contest.
With 7 votes in the comments section, Niles West's Kyle Colletta was proclaimed the winner. Colletta helped the Wolves to a 6-0 win over Leyden for a Class 4A baseball regional championship. The senior pitcher yielded only six hits and had five strikeouts in the victory. HONORABLE MENTION Leland Later, senior, track and field, New Trier - Later won the Class 3A state championship in the 1600 last weekend. The senior ran a personal best, finishing in 4:09 and beating the next closest competitor by a full 4 seconds. Michal Filipczak, senior, track and field, Maine South - Filipczak won the Class 3A state championship in the 800 last weekend. He finished in a time of 1:51.93 and took second in the same event last year. Angela Cruz, senior, …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The nominees are: Glenbrook South's Sully Stadler, Evanston's Reggie Murphy, Loyola's Charlie Dowdle, Evanston's Allie Managlia and Deerfield's Adam Nadler.
With 22 votes in the comments section, Shelia Grant-Shaffer won the Athlete of the Week last time around. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, May 7 – May 13: Sully Stadler, senior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Stadler got the win for Glenbrook South in a 3-0 victory over Maine South. Stadler had eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched and the victory over their CSL South rivals snapped Maine South’s 18-game winning streak. Reggie Murphy, freshman, track and field, Evanston - Murphy was a key contributor in helping the Wildkits win the CSL South conference track meet for the second consecutive season. Murphy was part of the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams while also securing an individual title in the 100. Charlie Dowdle, …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Fans came from far and wide to greet one of the Cubs' all-time stars, whom they have loved since his 1987 Most Valuable Player season, at a book signing in the north suburbs.
“There’s nothing like Chicago fans,” baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson said with a heartfelt smile. “The luster of this evening – it will not diminish. It’s your evening. I’m not an author. I’m a retired baseball player.” At 6-foot-3-inches, Dawson, 57, stood ramrod tall and was still cut in a charcoal grey suit Wednesday, compared to the powerful upper body bulging out of his white-and-blue double-knit Cubs pinstriped uniform of a generation ago. He was buoyed walking in by the huge ovation from the overflow crowd in the special events section at The Book Stall in downtown Winnetka. Here was the umpteenth example of the fans’ love affair that hasn’t diminished 25 years after he won the National League’s Most Valuable Player award as a …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The game might be financially booming in the majors. But at its roots, such as in the local program, there are problems in keeping the kids interested. The number of kids registering drops every year.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig may be promoting a “renaissance” in the sport, but that is not not happening with the 57-year-old Morton Grove Baseball and Softball Association. Yvette Karp, one of Morton Grove's most active volunteers, and her fellow baseball association board members are vexed by a stunning drop in player registration over the last four years that does not synch with any overall decrease in Morton Grove’s population. Earlier: Last Chance: register for Niles baseball “Where have the kids gone? I don’t know,” said Karp, association president for the last two years. She also assists her husband, Jim Karp, director of the Morton Grove Foundation, which has Taste of Morton Grove as its biggest annual fund-raiser. With …
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Monday, April 16, 2012
This week's nominees are: Glenbrook South's April Cronin, Maine South's Mike Virgilio, Maine West's Ariel Valles, Niles West's Jesse Sacks and New Trier's Maddie Mulford.
Editor’s note: Patch will be trying a new method for voting our Athlete of the Week. We’re asking readers to post their vote in the comments section. With eight votes in the comments section, Colleen Ahern was named last week's Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, April 9 – April 15: Maddie Mulford, sophomore, girls soccer, New Trier – Mulford scored the only goal in New Trier’s 1-0 victory over Jacobs in the Sweet 16 of the Pepsi Showdown on Thursday. Mulford received a pass from Rachel Shellenback and slipped it past the keeper off the right post for the game-winner early in the second half. April Cronin, junior, girls soccer, Glenbrook South – Cronin scored two of Glenbrook South’s four goals in a 4-0 victory…
Monday, April 2, 2012
The nominees are: Glenbrook North's Brad Margolin, Niles West's Jewell Loyd, Maine South's Emily O'Grady, Deerfield's Xander Horwitz, Evanston's Izzy Bergman
Editor’s note: Patch will be trying a new method for voting our Athlete of the Week. We’re asking readers to post their vote in the comments section. With 8 write-in votes, Deerfield's Mike Wiggemansen was named the Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, March 26 – April 1: Brad Margolin, junior, baseball, Glenbrook North – Margolin pitched a complete game and allowed only two hits, but was the tough-luck loser in Glenbrook North’s 2-1 loss to Francis Howell North. The Spartans held the lead into the sixth inning, but committed a handful of errors that gave Francis Howell North late opportunities. Izzy Bergman, freshman, softball, Evanston – Bergman went 4 for 4 at the plate with 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs and 2 stolen…
Monday, March 19, 2012
The nominees for this week's Athlete of the Week are: Evanston's Xavier Levy, Glenbrook South's Tom Meyer, Glenbrook North's Jenny McTague, New Trier's Jess Weaver and Maine East's Tyler Glowacki.
Editor’s note: Patch will be trying a new method for voting our Athlete of the Week. We’re asking readers to post their vote in the comments section. In last week's poll Niles West's Casey Mahoney-Muno and Evanston's Josh Irving were named Co-Athlete of the Week. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, March 12 – March 18: Tyler Glowacki, senior, baseball, Maine East – Glowacki helped lead an offensive barrage for the Blue Demons, going 4 for 4 at the plate with 2 RBIs in Maine East’s 20-5 win over Luther North to open their season. Glowacki also pitched three innings and Maine East won the second game of the double header,12-3. Jess Weaver, junior, girls soccer, New Trier – Weaver had a goal in New Trier’s win over Stevenson and then …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Brad Pitt makes baseball film work, whether your reaction to sports is 'yay' or 'yawn.'
While the excitement of Oscar Night dazzled movie fans Sunday, the good news is that we can still enjoy the nominated films for years to come. While I reviewed many before the celebrity-studded event Feb. 26, there's a few more gems to get to. This week, I’ve selected Moneyball…a film that was nominated for six Academy Awards this year (including Best Picture) and though it doesn't win any awards at the Oscars, it is still a great film. It also is a film that I truly did not understand. I would have seen it regardless of the subject (um, two words…Brad Pitt) and the fact that I did not understand it does not mean I didn’t like it. I did. Moneyball is a strong film about baseball. And math and statistics. I like baseball. I am not a …
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
This week's Patch Portrait Series also features Deerfield's recycling dog wonder.
This week's Patch Portrait Series also features Deerfield's recycling dog wonder. Adam Warda acquired a love for baseball somewhat by chance. At 8 years old, after being invited to play in a little league game by a neighborhood friend Warda discovered he had a passion for the game. “His dad saw me and he gave me a jersey. I ended up playing, I liked it, and I never stopped playing ever since,” explained the shortstop. Kids always dream big, but it was in high school that Warda came to realized he might have a real future in the sport. Check out archives of the entire Patch Portrait series. “I think just after freshman year was when I started to realized I could play college ball. My coach sat me down after freshman year and he just …
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