Author: Jeff Vorva
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It’s All About the Benjamins
Downers Grove North’s Nora Benjamins follows in her mother’s footsteps in sports and academics BY JEFF VORVA Like mother, like daughter. Downers Grove North... Read more.
BROTHERLY GRIND
Gene and Tommy Riordan help fuel the Red Devils BY JEFF VORVA Cookies and cream ice cream may have saved Tommy Riordan’s football career. It’s a time-honored... Read more.
Never Forgetting Weber
Former Governor Quinn continues to talk about Hinsdale hero Lester Weber By Jeff Vorva Lester Weber is a Hinsdale native and war hero who may be forgotten by some.... Read more.
Fauske “Rated” High
Nazareth grad taken in the second round and signed by the White Sox By Jeff Vorva Longtime White Sox fan Jaden Fauske has been on Rate Field before. “I got to... Read more.
Ready for the Big Time
York grad Reiff prepares to shake down the thunder with Notre Dame By Jeff Vorva Joseph Reiff V had been to college football games before. His father, Joseph IV,... Read more.
‘Side Thing’ Now a Main Thing
By Jeff Vorva Timothy Christian graduate Samantha Drye took soccer and basketball seriously. Those were the sports she spent a lot of time and energy working on,... Read more.
Wish Granted
Reaching out a second time helps Schroder make it to Harvard By Jeff Vorva First, Grant Schroder was denied. But then things changed. The Downers Grove North track... Read more.
Mission Accomplished
After scouring the Midwest, Molinari finds her school By Jeff Vorva Ashley Molinari went on a fact-finding mission all over the Midwest to find a perfect college/soccer... Read more.
MAKING A BIG SPLASH
York swimmers and divers win first sectional in program history BY JEFF VORVA Elmhurst’s boys swimming and diving team could be on the cusp of something big. For... Read more.
Looking SHARP(ie)
Downers Grove Co-Op wins state gymnastics title using a little ink BY JEFF VORVA The ink didn’t lie. Heading into the postseason, the Downers Grove co-op gymnastics... Read more.