Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Two Valley View School District 365U athletes turned in top-10 performances at the IHSA girls state track championships this weekend.
Two Valley View School District 365U athletes turned in top-10 performances at the IHSA girls state track championships over the weekend. Bolingbrook High School sophomore Jessica Watkins finished 9th in the state in both the 100 meter dash (12.44) and 200 meter dash (25.99). Romeoville High School senior Raven Kelly finished 8th in the shot put (38-11.75). Editor's note: This article is submitted by Valley View School District 365U.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Two Valley View School District 365U athletes turned in top-10 performances at the IHSA girls state track championships this weekend.
Two Valley View School District 365U athletes turned in top-10 performances at the IHSA girls state track championships over the weekend. Bolingbrook High School sophomore Jessica Watkins finished 9th in the state in both the 100 meter dash (12.44) and 200 meter dash (25.99). Romeoville High School senior Raven Kelly finished 8th in the shot put (38-11.75). Editor's note: This article is submitted by Valley View School District 365U.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Teens from three of District 202's four high schools will send girls to the state event in Charleston.
Plainfield School District 202 will be well represented this weekend at the Illinois High School Association Girls State Track Meet this weekend at O'Brien Stadium in St. Charles. Three of the four high schools in the district will send qualifiers to the meet. The following girls track athletes qualified for this weekend's competition: Plainfield Central Plainfield South Plainfield North
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Seventy Valley View School District 365U students will compete in the state Illinois Elementary School Association track finals next weekend.
Valley View School District 365U students turned in outstanding performances at Saturday’s Illinois Elementary School Association regional at Brooks Middle School, with nearly seven dozen qualifying for the state finals this weekend in East Peoria. Brooks Middle School won the eighth grade boys regional championship, and was second in seventh grade boys, and both seventh and eighth grade girls. Sign up for our daily, e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. Bulldogs’ seventh grade state qualifiers included: Shawn Showalter (1st) in 100m dash and 200m dash (2nd); girls 4x100m relay of Alexis Lewis, April Lowery, Tsimba Malonga, Kayla Perry and Taylor Robinson (1st); boys 4x100m relay team of Gordon Martin, Quenntin Pringle, …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Seven Valley View individuals and two relay teams qualified for the IHSA girls track championship next weekend.
Seven Valley View School District 365U individuals and two relay teams qualified for the IHSA girls track championships in Charleston next weekend. Bolingbrook High School won the team title at the Lockport sectional Friday. Romeoville High School finished third. Qualifying for state from RHS are: Qualifying for state from BHS are: Editor's note: This article was submitted by Valley View School District 365U.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Event is May 18 at Renwick Community Park.
Friday, April 19, 2013
John Sullivan, a Bolingbrook High School teacher, finished the Boston Marathon one hour before two bombs went off near the finish line.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
John Sullivan, a Bolingbrook High School teacher, finished the Boston Marathon one hour before two bombs went off near the finish line.
Bolingbrook High School Teacher John Sullivan had a big goal to accomplish Monday -- to clock a personal best time in his third Boston Marathon. Sign up for our free, daily e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. "(My goal was) to do a personal record at the age of 50," Sullivan said. "I was going to leave my mark on Boston.'" He succeeded, running 26.2 miles in 2:58:08. That meant Sullivan crossed the finish line 70 minutes before two bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring more than 170 others. When the bombs went off, Sullivan was in a hotel lobby six blocks away. He said he didn't hear the explosions; the lobby was noisy with other runners and their friends and family. "There was such a high energy of enjoyment…
A 1990 graduate of Bolingbrook High School was working in the Boston Marathon medical tent Monday when it transformed from a post-race triage unit to a trama unit.
Monday, April 15, 2013
A 1990 graduate of Bolingbrook High School was working in the Boston Marathon medical tent Monday when it transformed from a post-race triage unit to a trama unit.
A 1990 Bolingbrook High School graduate and doctor was working in the medical tent at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when two explosions went off, killing three people and wounding at least 170 others. Sign up for our daily e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. Dr. Jocelyn Hirschman grew up in Bolingbrook and now works in northern Boston. The tent was set up to treat blisters, dehydration, hypothermia and post-race injuries. After the two blasts, the tent quickly became a trauma unit, as "bloodied spectators" and runners were carried in. "The BAA medical teams and Boston EMS were amazing," Hirschman said. "They immediately converted the tent into a mass casualty triage center and organized us into teams to assist …
Jimmy J
3:56 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
it took President Obama 21 hrs to call this bombing an act of terror. I wonder if he is like Chris Matthews of MSNBC who thinks it must be Right Wing Extremists. Just like Benghazi..Obama promises to bring these attackers to justice. Oh yeah! Has he brought any of the Benghazi attackers to justice. I will bet that this bombing was caused by Muslim extremists. President Obama was quick to condemn … more ›