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May 5, 2016

Pickleball and Tennis Clubs score court agreement

Sun City’s Pickleball Club has solved its short-term goal of more time on the Tall Oaks tennis court. Now, it is turning its attention to solving its long-range goal: building its own courts at another location in Sun City.

Can Cap’s magic still inspire the diamond?

Hey Cub fans, “next year” is almost here. After last year, is this the “next year” to end all the previous “next years?” Or is this NEXT YEAR, meaning…THE YEAR? Well, forget all this “high expectations” stuff. I’d like to go back about 140 years, to a time when the most dominant and influential player in baseball was a Cub.

Angler of the year

Kenn Ellis (left), was awarded “THE 2015 ANGLER OF THE YEAR” Certificate by Robert Ward (right), president of the Sun City Anglers Fishing Club. This is the highest and most coveted honor that the club bestows every year. At the Anglers holiday party, which was attended by 92 men and women held at the Pincrest …

Strike of genius

This one, Sun City residents, is for all of you facing serious health issues that are forcing you to make major lifestyle or leisure time activity changes.

Huntley High School Raiders make football history

Every so often, Sun Citians, Huntley High School comes along to entertain us with another sports story. This year, it’s Red Raider football.

Every Cub has his day

How ’bout them Cubs!! Here comes a hungry bunch of young guns turning the National League upside down, and transforming themselves from a forgotten bunch in the post-season to an emotional team that amazingly just refuses to lose.

Flood diamond

There have been many memorable seasons in Sun City softball, but the recently completed 2015 one soared over the top.

Strong Suit

A master lives within Sun City. While many tend to ace hobbies that include car repair, gardening, or even writing, Dave Germaine has approached a different field – bridge.

Bocce rolls to an exciting season close

The Sun City Bocce ball Club, which is the largest club in sport in Sun City Retirement Community, concluded it’s 2015 season with 18 league winners entering a single elimination tournament to determine the champion for the year.

Garappolo makes the most of his moment

Jimmy Garappolo appears to be a young guy who knows the difference between things he can control and those he can’t.

The Boys of Summer return to the Senior Olympics

On the morning of July 8, the Sun City Clippers (age group 70+) and Sun City Bushwhacker’s (age group 60+) left the friendly confines of Eakin Field to once again compete in the Six County Senior Olympics softball tournament held each year in Elk Grove. Both teams were sponsor by Chris’ Lawn Care Service. The 70s were managed by Glenn Groebli and the 60s were managed by Gary Krewer

JP Morgan, a tycoon on the court

JP Morgan says pickleball is ping-pong on steroids. That’s Sun City’s JP Morgan, not the 19th century tycoon.

Another Stingray Swim Club Summer Olympics Swim Meet Team Victory

Sun City swimmers picked up 30 medals, 20 of them gold, at the annual Six County Senior Olympics Swim Meet at the Addison Park District Pool on July 23.

The Boys of Summer are back

The silence is gone. The sounds echoing from Eakin Field are the same sounds we have heard in the past at the local softball fields in and around the Chicagoland area. Those youngsters of the past are now grown men who have contributed to the growth of the country and who most have served our country in the Armed Forces.

Raining pizza on south-suburban swim meet

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 10 Stingray Swim Club members attended their second and final summer swim meet. This outdoor aquatic event was held at Homewood-Flossmoor’s Lion’s Club Pool.

A Stingray of importance to the swim club

Mark Schark is a Stingray Swim Club member who has successfully coached the club at swim clinics this past Spring and Summer. April 23, Mark donated his time to run a Freestyle Stroke Clinic.

A League of Their Own

What do professional baseball and farmer’s markets have in common? Maybe farming breeds fitness? Maybe farms offer space to build baseball diamonds? Don’t we all know of famous players, past and present, who grew up pitching baseballs through tires tied to trees on the back forty? Maybe young, talented athletes ought to have grandparents who live in Sun City.

15 Years of Bocce

The Sun City bocce club is celebrating 15 years of bocce playing in Huntley.

A triumphal six county Senior Olympics swim meet

Ever wonder why so many Stingray swimmers work out so intensively in June and July at Sun City’s two lap pools? The Addison based Six County Senior Olympics Swim Meet held on July 24 this past summer is the big answer to this question.

Friday night lights

When you get a big, fancy, new scoreboard, you might as well check it out right away, to make sure it works correctly, right? This is how Huntley High School’s Red Raider football team reacted to the sight of the huge new scoreboard on the south end of their field as they prepared to play Elgin in their home opener on Sept. 5.

A Successful Six County Senior Olympics Track Meet!

Nick Koplos, running in the 75-79 year age bracket, successfully completed this year’s Six County Senior Olympic Track Meet.

The stingrays visit Olympian Swimmer Adolph Kiefer

Four years after their first club outing, fourteen Stingray Swim Club members drove to Zion to purchase much needed aquatic equipment but mainly to visit their swim idol, Adolph Kiefer.

Switching gears

When she turned 40, Sun City resident Nancy Moore was not the picture of health. Previously a smoker and still overweight, she couldn’t run around the block. Now, she triumphs in triathlons.

Summer Athletic Competition

This summer, the Stingray Swim Club has become intent on enjoying various outdoor water venues. For some of the club’s aquatic competitive members, summer has meant the start of the Senior Games Season.

Everything’s bigger with Tex

Quick now, hockey fans, what do George Lewis Rickard, Madison Square Garden, and the New York Rangers ice hockey team have in common? I was looking for a current sports column idea recently, and I came across several pieces of information that, put together, create an interesting and very timely “behind the headlines” story about the New York Rangers, who are playing in the 2014 Stanley Cup finals of the National Hockey League.

Dreams do come true

You’ve heard of one dream coming true sometimes, but two, in the same moment? It happened to Jimmy Garoppolo on May 9, courtesy of the 2014 National Football League college draft.

Eakin field to sport new amenities for 2014 softball season

Each season of Sun City softball opens with a bang and a lot of new athletic news. For the 2014 season, which opened on May 3, Sun City Softball Club President Glenn Groebli answered the question: what’s new this year?

Wishing Wrigley well on its 100th birthday

As a nearly 50-year Cubs fan (a lifetime mission, I call it), I can’t let the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field happen without some commentary.

Wishing Wrigley well on its 100th birthday

As a nearly 50-year Cubs fan (a lifetime mission, I call it), I can’t let the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field happen without some commentary.

Swinging into spring

Tee boxes are all painted bright and shiny, fairways and greens have been inspected and raked, debris has been cleared out, and the ice and snow have melted away.
Whisper Creek Golf Course is ready for the 2014 golf season. Now, it’s up to the weather – especially the wind – to cooperate.