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Long-time track/XC coach joins Prospect

Justin Peabody, Copy Editor September 27, 2023

Standing in the George Gattas Memorial Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 31, the rust-colored Astro-Turf beneath her feet, junior Veronica Znajda couldn’t suppress the nerves welling up inside of her about the...

Girls track dominates competition at state

Girls’ track dominates competition at state

Stella Palm, PJ O'Grady, and Amanda Feinberg May 25, 2023

For the second year in a row, the girls’ track and field team earned a state trophy, improving their placement this year by finishing as the state runner-ups at Eastern Illinois University. With a score...

Head coach Ross Giusti (left) holds his 500th win plaque with assistant coach Phil OGrady (right). (photo courtesy of Omar Alebiosu)

Giusti’s legacy lives on as he reaches 500th win

Emily Torok, Executive Sports Editor May 17, 2023

After sophomore Matthew Fouch’s walk off single at Larry Pohlman Field on April 6, the Prospect boys varsity baseball team won 6-5 against St. Viator. Fouch’s single was enough to score in junior Drew...

Meghan Smith tackled by team after she clears qualifying height for pole vault

Girls track qualifies for state at sectionals

Emily Torok and Alyssa Degan May 15, 2023

The Knights Prospect girls track and field team qualified for the Class 3A girls track and field state finals on May 10. The Knights impressively accomplished getting 14 of 18 events they competed in an...

Boys’ Gymnastics flips into season

Tito Gavin, Billy Buelow, and Matthew Niemczyk March 13, 2023

In this story, reporters Tito Gavin, Matthew Niemczyk, and Billy Buelow preview the Boys’ Gymnastics team before the start of their season. With a smaller roster size of 7 gymnasts, the team is...

Girls track and field go to Oregon

Girls track and field go to Oregon

Abagail Damasky, Social Media Director May 4, 2022

Because of Covid-19, for the past few years girls Track and Field put a pause on traveling. Before the pandemic,  the team had taken multiple trips all across the west and east coasts including places...

Katherine Lytle (Jr.) defeats all other competition taking first in the 100 hurdles race. All photos taken at the Elk Grove, Schaumburg, Prospect tri-meet on Tuesday, April 12th by Alyssa Degan.

Girls’, Boys’ track win MSL East Division

Alyssa Degan and Emma Letzig April 20, 2022

For the 12th year in a row, the boys track team claims the MSL East Division title. Just as impressive, the girls won the east for the 18th year in a row. The girls' meet took place at Prospect on Tuesday,...

BOYS GYMNASTICS TEAM GOES DOWN STATE

BOYS’ GYMNASTICS TEAM GOES DOWN STATE

PJ O’Grady, Editor-in-Chief May 20, 2021

The boys gymnastics team placed 6th in state this year after missing nearly their whole season in the spring of 2020. The last time the boys team qualified for state was 15 years ago in 2006. The state...

GIRLS’ SOCCER PROGRAM FORMS BONDS ACROSS TEAMS, GRADES

Billy Buelow, Sports Reporter May 14, 2020

“The only story this year is COVID-19.” This statement is surely echoing through the heads of all athletes that will get no spring season to look forward to, no matter what age or what sport. For Prospect’s...

TERRA RINGO NAMED GIRLS LACROSSE HEAD COACH

TERRA RINGO NAMED GIRLS’ LACROSSE HEAD COACH

Rick Lytle April 28, 2020

Lacrosse is often cited as one of the fastest growing sports in America, and Prospect has joined the upward trend. Earlier this year, District 214 announced the addition of boys’ and girls’ lacrosse...

JOE BATTAGLIA NAMED FIRST BOYS LACROSSE HEAD COACH

JOE BATTAGLIA NAMED FIRST BOYS’ LACROSSE HEAD COACH

Cameron Sullivan, Online Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2020

District 214 will be gaining two new sports in the spring of 2020-2021: boys’ and girls’ lacrosse. And, as with all new sports, new coaches are needed as well. Former Hinsdale Central boys’ lacrosse...

KNIGHTS TRIBUNE SERIES: SENIOR SOFTBALL PLAYER THERESA SHERIDAN

KNIGHTS’ TRIBUNE SERIES: SENIOR SOFTBALL PLAYER THERESA SHERIDAN

Theresa Sheridan, Guest Writer April 8, 2020

I’m a senior at Prospect. I’ve played softball on a team since I was eight, but I fell in love with the sport as soon as I could comprehend what it was. My dad played baseball and my mom played softball...

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