Elgin Academy News

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  • Girls Basketball: First Elgin City Classic set to tip - Elgin Courier News
    posted on January 2, 2013 at 11:06:07 pm
    Girls Basketball: First Elgin City Classic set to tipElgin Courier NewsThe tournament begins at Larkin with Harvest Christian playing Westminster Christian at 5:45, ...
  • Boys Basketball: Harvest Christian knocks off Elgin Academy - Elgin Courier News
    posted on December 11, 2012 at 04:22:42 am
    Boys Basketball: Harvest Christian knocks off Elgin AcademyElgin Courier NewsIt was a matter of opportunity recognition for Harvest Christian and 6-foot-7 junior post ...
  • Harvest Christian handles Elgin Academy
    posted on December 11, 2012 at 03:46:00 am
    John Vislisel scored 20 points to lead Harvest Christian's boys basketball team to a 60-40 nonconference win over Elgin Academy Monday night at Harvest.Kyle Fritz ...
  • Harvest Christian downs Elgin Academy
    posted on December 11, 2012 at 03:02:00 am
    Harvest Christian 42, Elgin Academy 14: Kylee Knox scored 20 points and had 9 rebounds and 5 steals to lead the Lions ...
  • Harvest Christian downs Elgin Academy
    posted on December 11, 2012 at 03:02:00 am
    Harvest Christian 42, Elgin Academy 14: Kylee Knox scored 20 points and had 9 rebounds and 5 steals to lead the Lions ...
  • Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup
    posted on November 27, 2012 at 03:48:00 am
    Elgin Academy 49, Chicagoland Jewish 36: Rachel Cain scored 14 points and Trennedy Kleczewski added 8 as Elgin Academy (2-2) won in ...
  • Two straight wins for Elgin
    posted on November 16, 2012 at 04:29:00 am
    The Elgin girls basketball team got to do something Thursday night it rarely has done the last several years. Smile. Taking over a tight game in the second quarter, the Maroons pulled away from ...
  • West Dundee 11-year-old anational triathlete
    posted on November 15, 2012 at 02:39:00 am
    Justin Lorenz, 11, of West Dundee, became a nationally decorated triathlete thanks to great role models, favorable genes, raw talent and lots of cross- training. This year, Justin, a 6th-grader at Elgin ...
  • St. Edward crosses up Elgin Academy
    posted on October 11, 2012 at 02:18:00 am
    The Elgin Academy keeper simply had no chance. St. Edward sophomore Joe French and senior Johnny Shepherd collaborated on a perfect cross moments before halftime for the Green Wave. Shepherd easily ...
  • Elgin Academy names Rodriguez new coach
    posted on September 28, 2012 at 12:42:00 am
    Elgin Academy has named Bill Rodriguez as its new varsity girls basketball coach.Rodrigues ...
  • Girls volleyball/Fox Valley roundup
    posted on September 27, 2012 at 01:39:00 am
    Brigitte Keslinke had 6 kills, 13 digs and 7 aces and Claire Flugel added 6 kills, 12 digs and 2 aces as Elgin Academy's girls volleyball team ...
  • Elgin Academy, host Royals share Larkin Invite crown
    posted on September 22, 2012 at 11:09:00 pm
    Elgin Academy junior Makena Barickman turned out to be blissfully unaware of the stakes in her final No. 2 singles match in Saturday afternoon's Larkin Invitational girls tennis tournament in ...
  • Elgin Academy notches win
    posted on September 22, 2012 at 01:16:00 am
    Freshman Julien Romano scored twice Friday as the Elgin Academy soccer team defeated Newark 6-3 in nonconference action.Drew Wilmington, Owen Rogers, Billy Gracik and Karl Rauschenberger ...
  • Girls tennis/Elgin Academy preview
    posted on August 31, 2012 at 08:19:00 pm
    Elgin Academy HilltoppersCoach: Greg RepedeConference: Independent School League2011 dual meet record: 13-6-2Top returning players: Seniors ...
  • Images: Elgin Academy graduation
    posted on June 2, 2012 at 08:17:00 am
    Elgin Academy honored 22 graduates Saturday during ...
  • Elgin Academy's Vogel bows out at state
    posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:36:00 pm
    Charlie Vogel's terrific tennis career came to an end Thursday afternoon when the Elgin Academy star lost his second match of the day at the state tournament, but not without treating perhaps ...
  • St. Edward claims Class 1A regional title
    posted on May 11, 2012 at 01:30:00 pm
    After a sluggish start against Elgin Academy, St. Edward knew it was critical to start quickly against Genoa-Kingston. So the Green Wave wasted no time, scoring 3 times in the first ...
  • St. Edward shakes off Elgin Academy
    posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:57:00 pm
    After St. Edward put up a combined 11 goals in its previous 2 meetings with Elgin Academy, the Hilltoppers needed to do something different. Elgin Academy did, staying ...
  • Barnes' 7 goals lead Elgin Academy in 1A regional
    posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:46:00 pm
    Kirkland Hiawatha tried every imaginable defense in an attempt to contain Elgin Academy senior forward Ashley Barnes. Nothing worked. Barnes enjoyed a regional game to remember. Scoring an amazing 7 ...
  • Larkin, Elgin Academy tie
    posted on May 2, 2012 at 02:35:00 pm
    Larkin, Elgin Academy tie: Ashley Barnes scored for Elgin Academy and Stephanie Leon for Larkin in this nonconference tie. ...
  • Girls soccer/Fox Valley roundup
    posted on April 23, 2012 at 02:20:00 pm
    Dundee-Crown 2, Hoffman Estates 0: Cori Schrade and Brittney Gantz scored goals to lead the Chargers to a nonconference win. Denise Maldonado made 6 saves in goal for D-C ...
  • Arts agenda
    posted on March 21, 2012 at 06:19:00 am
    Elgin Theatre Company has auditions for George S. Kaufman and Moss Harts Pulitzer Prize-winning 1930s comedy You ...
  • Documenting what is working
    posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:11:48 am
    ELGIN — Madeline “Maddy” Stone, 19, of St. Charles was one of about seven Elgin Academy graduates and current students laying out breakfast for two dozen or so clients on a recent early morning ...
  • Documenting what is working: Elgin Academy grad making film about PADS
    posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:36:00 pm
    ELGIN — Madeline “Maddy” Stone, 19, of St. Charles was one of about seven Elgin Academy graduates and current students laying out breakfast for two dozen or so clients on a recent early morning at ...
  • Vernon Hills’ Kadyrov goes 3-2 at state tennis
    posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:39:17 am
    TENNIS — Vernon Hills High School’s Ismail Kadyrov closed out his sophomore year by winning three matches in the IHSA state tournament. Kadyrov opened play on May 26 with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over ...
  • St. Edward advances to regional final
    posted on May 14, 2011 at 11:05:00 pm
    With St. Edward leading 3-0 at halftime, coach Tim Brieger implored his team not to let up. The Green Wave took his words to heart, ...
  • Elgin OPERA names finalists for vocal competition
    posted on May 10, 2011 at 04:39:00 pm
    The final round of Elgin OPERA's fifth annual vocal competition was held April 10 and 17 at ...
  • 5 things to do: ‘39 Steps’ at Raue
    posted on May 5, 2011 at 03:18:01 pm
    “The Woman In Black”: The Elgin Theatre Company will be present this spooky play May 6 to 15. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. at the Kimball ...
  • Extravaganza auction proceeds benefit Elgin Academy
    posted on April 8, 2011 at 08:56:03 pm
    A cocktail hour kicked off the 34th annual Elgin Academy Extravaganza Gala and Auction on March 19 at the Hoffman Estates Marriott. This year’s event, “Unlimited Horizons,” was co-chaired ...
  • SPOTLIGHT: Ill. students head abroad to volunteer
    posted on April 3, 2011 at 05:17:40 am
    ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - About 29 Elgin Academy students and more than 10 ...
  • Elgin Academy students spend spring break in Dominican Republic
    posted on March 28, 2011 at 08:24:00 pm
    About 29 Elgin Academy students and more than 10 teachers, parents and alumni packed clothes and toiletries for a week in the Dominican Republic. The school has been organizing the trip for ...
  • Roundup: Flexman, Thomas lead Hilltoppers to win
    posted on February 1, 2011 at 01:34:37 am
    ELGIN — A big fourth quarter helped Elgin Academy’s boys basketball team bury visiting Roycemore on Monday. The Hilltoppers rolled to a 67-40 non-conferene ...
  • Pelka shines for Carthage swim team
    posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:39:24 pm
    Carthage College faced only two other swim teams at the Carthage College Invitational, but it could not have wished for two better victories. Senior Michelle Pelka, an ...
  • Roundup: North Shore Country Day too much for Elgin Academy
    posted on January 15, 2011 at 06:36:15 am
    WINNETKA — Elgin Academy’s losing streak reached three in a 63-48 Independent School League setback against North Shore Country Day on Friday. Connor ...
  • Freshman Julien leads Elgin Academy to win
    posted on January 6, 2011 at 04:39:41 am
    ELGIN — Freshman Jumel Julien, promoted from the junior varsity, scored 19 points Wednesday night to propel Elgin Academy to a 56-26 non-conference victory over ...
  • Making the holidays a little warmer
    posted on December 24, 2010 at 01:33:53 am
    ELGIN — It was a few days before school let out for the winter break last week, and Elgin Academy seventh-grader Kevin Teraji of South Barrington ...
  • Warriors down Hilltoppers
    posted on December 15, 2010 at 04:21:18 am
    ELGIN — In a sense, Westminster Christian’s girls basketball team had to come back to earth Tuesday against Elgin Academy. Once the Warriors adjusted ...
  • Ellis' career-high 38 lead St. Edward
    posted on November 25, 2010 at 02:40:00 am
    St. Edward boys basketball coach P.J. White and senior Michael Ellis both said Wednesday they had no idea that Ellis was setting a career high in points. Ellis wasn't forcing shots. The Green Wave ...
  • Ellis scores 38 in St. Edward triumph
    posted on November 25, 2010 at 02:30:27 am
    ELGIN — Thanks to a huge night from its leading scorer, St. Edward ran away with a 64-46 victory against Elgin Academy on Wednesday night at the ...
  • Hilltoppers prepared to push the pace
    posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:35:55 pm
    It wasn’t a formula for success last season, but as much as anything else personnel dictates Elgin Academy apply a similar approach once again. The ...
  • Helland leads A-H to victory
    posted on November 19, 2010 at 06:02:37 am
    ELGIN – Sammi Helland scored 21 points to lead Alden-Hebron to a ...
  • Elgin troupe to stage radio drama of 'It's a Wonderful Life '
    posted on November 14, 2010 at 03:14:00 pm
    Elgin Theatre Company will head up its 59th season with "It's A Wonderful Life " at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. ...
  • Culture Calendar: Kane County Flea Market
    posted on October 14, 2010 at 12:25:34 pm
    AUDITIONS The Elgin Theatre Company: “It’s A Wonderful Life” auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27 on the fourth floor of the H. ...
  • Elgin Academy hosts Sept. 11 exhibit
    posted on October 5, 2010 at 09:03:29 pm
    Elgin Academy is hosting an exhibit of paintings inspired by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The exhibit, ...
  • Elgin Theatre auditions for 'It's a Wonderful Life '
    posted on September 26, 2010 at 05:02:58 am
    Elgin Theatre Company will hold auditions for "It's A Wonderful Life " from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, to ...
  • Busano, Elgin Academy blank Christian Liberty
    posted on September 16, 2010 at 04:32:10 am
    A hat trick from Jonathan Busano enabled visting Elgin Academy (2-2-0) to ...
  • Elgin OPERA's Second Summer Music Festival releases lineup
    posted on June 16, 2010 at 05:00:24 am
    Elgin OPERA's Second Summer Music Festival features more than 70 singers in eight different ...
  • Elgin Academy has historic day at sectional
    posted on May 23, 2010 at 12:59:18 am
    Barrington won the Elgin boys sectional tennis team ...
  • Willows upsets Elgin Academy in regional final
    posted on May 19, 2010 at 03:43:21 am
    Willows Academy is starting to make a name for itself. The unheralded Eagles upset top-seeded ...
  • St. Edward falls, Elgin Academy wins at Class 1A regional
    posted on May 16, 2010 at 01:30:16 am
    Willows Academy scored early and late. St. Edward controlled most of the middle of the game, but it wasn't enough as the ...
  • Elgin Academy's Kaufman on target
    posted on May 6, 2010 at 04:09:26 am
    Elgin Academy senior David Kaufman feels pretty ...

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