By Jeff Vorva When Beecher’s softball team beat Donovan by a combined score of 30-0 on April 9, it also marked coach Kevin Hayhurst’s 600thcareer victory. Hayhurst, who opened his career as Bobcats coach in 2003, joins some elite company. According to the Illinois High School Association record book, only 21 coaches have topped the…

By Jeff Vorva Ahmad Henderson had a huge freshman year playing basketball at Niagara University but is coming home to the Chicago area. The Crete native and Brother Rice graduate is transferring to the University of Illinois-Chicago and announced his decision shortly after the Flames named Rob Ehsan as its new head coach last week.…

By Jeff Vorva A former talented team will rub shoulders with a current talented team.  Beecher’s 2007 softball team is a part of the 2024 Beecher Hall of Fame class and will be honored May 11 before a home softball game against Lemont. The 2007 squad won the Illinois High School Association Class 2A State…

By Jeff Vorva Adyn McGinley is going to be a Chap. McGinley, the top scorer and all-around player for Beecher’s historic boys basketball team, committed to the College of DuPage. McGinley leaves the Bobcats program scoring 1,545 career points. The team was 93-17 in his four-year career. This year, the 6-foot guard made several all-area…

By Jeff Vorva It was a clash of area powers meeting in the Elite Eight.  Manteno Middle School’s eighth-grade girls volleyball team finished second in the state in Class 3A and had to beat Beecher in order to bring a trophy home. Both area schools qualified for the Illinois Elementary School Association quarterfinals and Manteno…

By Jeff Vorva Let the postseason honors begin. Peotone’s girls basketball team’s big run ended March 25 in supersectional play, but star player Madison Schroeder picked up some good news as she was named to the Illinois Media All-State Class 2A team (formerly the Associated Press team). She was also named first team on the…