One of the biggest challenges high school football programs face year after year is replacing top players lost to graduation. For the most part, Saint Patrick has avoided that hurdle this year, as the Shamrocks enter the 2016 campaign loaded with talented returners ready to make an even bigger impact this season. A trio of...Read More
The Saint Patrick varsity soccer team kicked off their season with an impressive 2-0 victory at Chicago Academy on Aug. 23. Junior captain Chris Modrzejewski, selected last year as one of only four sophomores in the East Suburban Catholic Conference to earn All-Conference honors, was pleased with the result. “Our coaches came up with a...Read More
Two Saint Patrick soccer players were among the 300 student-athletes from across Chicagoland who came together to help enhance elderly lives on National Senior Citizen Day. On Aug. 22, Mateo Olvera-Sandoval ’17 and Finn Elsmo ’18 brought board games and monetary donations to a Chicago-area assisted living community in hopes of enhancing the facility’s entertainment room...Read More
Don’t miss the opportunity to see the Saint Patrick football team live at Soldier Field! The Shamrocks will kick off their season at the home of the Chicago Bears at noon on Sunday, Aug. 28. St. Pat’s will square off against Catholic League powerhouse St. Rita in the first of three games scheduled in the...Read More
Saint Patrick soccer player Finn Elsmo ’18 recently completed a prestigious leadership program for high school athletes. The rising junior spent a week in Delaware at the Strive Sports Challenge, where he and 23 other high school male soccer players from across the country worked together to further develop their skills as student-athletes and teammates,...Read More
Ray DeFrisco ’98 has been selected as the new head football coach at Illinois College. A former All-Conference linebacker at Saint Patrick, DeFrisco previously served as an associate head coach and defensive coordinator at IC. The Jacksonville, Ill., resident said it was a dream come true to land a head coaching job in the collegiate...Read More
The Saint Patrick volleyball team took its recent run of success to another level on Tuesday, when the Shamrocks punched their ticket to state by defeating Von Steuben for a sectional championship. Returning to the state tournament for the first time since 2010 was the obvious next step for the up-and-coming St. Pat’s volleyball program,...Read More
The Saint Patrick volleyball team is headed to the state. The Shamrocks defeated Von Steuben for a sectional championship on Tuesday, May 31, earning the right to return to the state tournament for the first time since 2010. St. Pat’s will take on Lake Zurich in the tournament opener at 3 p.m. on Friday, June...Read More
The Saint Patrick volleyball team won its second of back-to-back East Suburban Catholic Conference championships on May 17, when the Shamrocks (21-8 overall, 7-1 ESCC) defeated Marist to conclude their conference season. The victory keeps St. Pat’s hot streak alive. The Shamrocks have not lost a conference or non-tournament match since April 19, when they...Read More
