From the Archives: Bath Balyki High School

One of my hobbies is researching through old yearbooks and microfilm from newspapers looking at vintage high school athletics.  I am a contributor to the website, Illinois High School Glory Days.

Class 3A/4A Tournament: Pictures from the Past

1979 Class AA State Finals Program

Since the large-school state finals are being played out this weekend in Peoria, here are some snapshots from the Class AA Tournament from 1979.

Illinois Preps Playing in NCAA Tournament

Here is a list of former Illinois school boys playing in the NCAA Tournament
Note: This is from the rosters of the 64 teams

Orion @ Galesburg Softball (3/15/11)

The first coverage of the 2011 spring season took me to Galesburg High School on a beautiful mid-March afternoon.  The temperature at game time was 51 degrees, and the sun was shining.  Of course, midway through the game I received a text message from my sister....in sunny Arizona where it was 80 degrees.  It was a picture message....from HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Arizona with the Cubs in spring training action.  Suddenly, 50 and sunny wasn't feeling as warm as it had!

Spring Has Sprung and the Old Blog Returns

Welcome to Spring!

With the end of basketball, my travels take me to the baseball and softball diamonds around Illinois, as well as the soccer fields and track & field meets.  I will use this blog to detail my travels, post some video, etc.