Bears set camps schedule; Kelley rules Big Ten in floor ex

The stars of tomorrow will have stars in their eyes when they attend the Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps.

The non-contact camps for ages 6 to 14 will be held in June and July at 30 locations throughout northern Illinois.

Registrations are being accepted. Camps are $365. If you sign up by Friday, you will save $25 on your summer camp registration.

With a station-based training format, the campers are separated by age and experience level.

The program rotates like a class room and keeps kids engaged with fresh material and new challenges. The campers are taught all football-playing positions over the course of five days.

Camp leaders such as Robin Earl, Scott Baum, Kevin Gallmeier and Mickey Pruitt deliver a blend of positive reinforcement, high expectations and love for the game. There is a 0-to-1 student-to-instructor ratio.

First-aid trained staff and an athletic trainer will be available.

Camps in Cook and Lake counties:

June 16-20, St. Alphonsus, Prospect Heights, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

June 23-27, Barbara Rose School, Barrington, 9-3.

July 7-11, Campanelli YMCA, Schaumburg, 9-3.

July 14-18, Poe School, Arlington Heights, 9-3.

July 14-18, Laura B. Sprauge School, Lincolnshire, 9-3.

July 21-25, Barbara Rose School, Barrington, 9-3.

July 21-25, Highland School, Libertyville, 9-3.

For information, e-mail tom@prosportsexperience.com or call (312) 226-7776. The web is rosportsexperience.com/bears/.

Gymnastics

Freshman Thomas Kelley (Libertyville) of Michigan won the Big Ten championship on floor exercise and earned all-Big Ten honors. Also finishing in the top six in all-around, he was voted freshman of the year in the Big Ten.

Football

Illinois State sophomore quarterback Preston Earl (Stevenson) took the most snaps and was 7-for-8 passing Sunday in the Redbirds' drills as the battle for the starting position continues. ISU has completed eight practices.

Wrestling

Sophomore Josh Terrell (Round Lake) of the University of Dubuque finished fourth at 157 pounds in the NCAA Division III wrestling championships. He lost his first match to the No. 3 seed, won his next four and then lost in the third-place bout.

Terrell earned All-America honors for his performance.

Track and field

Augustana College's Keli Coleman (Carmel) was named the co-most valuable performer for the women's indoor track and field season. She broke school records in both the 55-meter dash (7.08) and the 200 (25.68) and finished fifth in the NCAA Division III indoor 55.

Last Saturday, Coleman won the 100-meter dash in 12:17 at the Central of Iowa Invitational to qualify for the NCAA Division III outdoor meet. She also anchored the 400 realy to second at 50.17.

• Suzy Turner (Palatine) of Illinois State won the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best 4:34.74 in the Eastern Illinois Big Blue Classic. She was third in the 800 at 2:18.14, also a personal best.

Baseball

Freshman Kristofer Ozga (Stevenson) of Central College (Pella, Iowa) pitched 5 shutout innings in a 1-0 win over Ashford University. He struck out six and walked one.

• Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Ariz.) senior pitcher Tom Catomer (Prospect) was named the Pacific West Conference Pitcher of the Week.

Catomer, who had played at South Mountain Community College, tossed 7½ shutout innings as the Antelopes blanked Cal State San Bernardino 2-0. He struck out four to earn his third win of the season.

This marks the second time this year the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Catomer has received the PacWest weekly pitching honor. He was also chosen for the award Feb. 4, the first week of the season.

• Steve Godawa (Buffalo Grove) of Valparaiso University earned his team-leading second pitching win with 1¿ innings of scoreless relief against Youngstown State.

Softball

Carissa Castonzo (Lake Zurich) of No. 21 Lewis University had a homer, double and 3 RBI in a doubleheader against Missouri S&T. She had a homer earlier to help defeat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

• University of Chicago sophomore Kathleen Duffy (Barrington) was named the University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week. She hit 11-for-16 with 9 runs scored and 5 RBI during the final six games of the season-opening spring break tour in Tucson, Ariz. She started three games in left field, two as a pitcher and one at shortstop.

Soccer

Freshman Carly Gallagher (Barrington) of the University of Wisconsin, who saw action in nine fall games, is featured in an interview on UWBadgers.com as she prepares for the spring season.

• Beth Aussin (Hoffman Estates) will be inducted into the Eastern Illinois University Hall of Fame at the Panthers' football home opener on Sept. 13.

Aussin, an all-conference player at Eastern for two seasons, was selected to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Centennial Team in 2007. She still ranks No. 1 in EIU career assists and No. 2 in total points and is in the Top 10 in 12 single season and career categories.

Swimming / diving

Jeff Lichtenstein (Barrington) of Yale closed out his college career by competing in the NCAA national diving championships in Seattle. He had qualified at the NCAA zone meet, the first male diver from Yale in over 45 years to go to the nationals in diving.

Lichenstein, who placed sixth in Illinois as a senior, broke 4- and 8-year-old records in 1- and 3-meter diving for Yale and won the diver high point award in the Ivy League for the second straight year. He also was honored with the Winter Academic All-Ivy League selection.

• Sam Wilcher (Christian Liberty Academy) set a Purdue University record in the 200 butterfly (1:45.53) at the Big Ten Championships. He finished sixth in the 200 and seventh in the 100 fly (47.88) in the Big Ten meet.

Volleyball

Barrington has four products on the St. Ambrose University men's team that won the conference title and has a 24-6 record -- Kyle Bolinder, Ryan Schneider, Kyle Warrenfeldz and Chris Koch. The nationals are April 16-18 in Kansas City, Mo.

Cheerleading

Beth Longo (Hersey), a freshman at Marquette, completed her first year on the cheerleading squad for men's and women's basketball. The squad performed at all home basketball games as well as the men's Big East tourney in New York and the men's NCAA Tournament in Anaheim, Calif.