By Bobby Narang- Photos by Renee Kaspar ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 Weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p181160236 ** ADDISON— Everything about Rockford Titans’ running back Christopher Mannery-King is easier said than done. The Illinois Jr Celtics were the latest to find out that every time a defender thought they had Mannery-King in their
By Ed Muniz- Photos by Laura Stubbs and Lauren Gray ** Additional Photos are Available free of the morning session at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p604456056 ** Afternoon session are Available for purchase at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p746802070 ** OSWEGO- This time of the year, deep into the football season, each weekend a bevy of football games adorn stadiums and athletic fields
By Bobby Narang- Photos by Raj Chavda ** Additional Phtos are Available for Purchase for 2 Weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p938447379 ** PLAINFIELD– Thunder and lightning struck on Sunday morning in Plainfield.Or was it lightning and thunder? Either way, on a sunny, summer-like day, the Plainfield Saints’ running back duo of Haven Davison and Ti’an Moore each
By Patrick Z. McGavin-Photos by Gary Larson ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p1034627611 ** CHICAGO— Moral victories are the last thing any player wants to think about on a day of celebration. Playing their most daunting opponent of the season, the Jr Celtics 13U team discovered something vital and
By Patrick Z. McGavin-Photos by Gary Larson ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p567076701 ** CHICAGO— The Jr Celtics 12U team began the year on their own self-styled revenge tour looking to avenge the bittersweet memories of a four-overtime loss in the state championship game. Up and down the roster,
By Patrick Z. McGavin- Photos by Kathy Jones ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p676869513 ** CHICAGO— If every game is a reckoning that challenges players at the deepest level, the Jr Celtics 10U team got caught in their own self-reflection. The view was sobering, tough and revealing. “I think
By Bobby Narang- Photos by Renee Kaspar ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 Weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p609341977 ** GILBERTS – Football is a unique sport. The combination of physicality and toughness brings out the best in some players. That’s the case of Algonquin Argonauts 9Ublue player, Dominick Bonilla.In his first season playing football,
By Patrick Z. McGavin– Photos by Kathy Jones ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p741445051 ** CHICAGO— The game is its own chemical reaction or fusion where the parts all flow together with elite players who instinctively know how to create their own rhythm and style. A dynamic young talent
By Bobby Narang- Photos by Lauren Gray ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 Weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p282618479 ** PLAINFIELD – Football is a physical and demanding sport. Sometimes, emotions can play a big part in a victory – or a defeat. That was the case in Sunday’s 10U Plainfield Saints versus Algonquin Argonauts
By Ed Muniz- Jenn-Anne Geldhill ** Additional Photos are Available for Purchase for 2 Weeks at https://justallsports.zenfolio.com/p422935448 ** ELMHURST- The 9U Jr. Celtics week seven matchups of the Chicagoland Pop Warner football schedule saw them trekking to Elmhurst Illinois to take on the Elmhurst Bears. Coming into the game Coach Gavin McCarron’s team was looking
