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Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chicago linebacker commits to Tennessee
Tennessee received a rugby commitment from a 2025 high school football prospect. Aidan Castette committed to the Vols after playing linebacker at DePaul College Prep in Chicago, Illinois. "From the gridiron to the pitch, Aidan Castette is bringing the heat to Tennessee rugby," Tennessee announced. "Welcome to Rocky Top, where new chapters begin and legacies are built." Advertisement DePaul College Prep won a Class 4A state football championship in 2024 after not qualifying for the playoffs since 2015. The Rams went 11-3 last season and defeated Mt. Zion (Mt. Zion, Illinois), 40-6, in the state championship game. More: In-state running back commits to Tennessee PHOTOS: Tennessee's 2022 rugby season The Vols will kick off their 2025 rugby season Aug. 30 with two matches at Tennessee Rugby Park. Tennessee will face Kentucky reserves (11:30 a.m. EDT) and Queens University (3 p.m. EDT). Tennessee will also host Ohio State, Georgia and South Carolina, while playing at Appalachian State, Clemson and Alabama during the 2025 regular season. Advertisement The Vols will have an Orange and White scrimmage on Aug. 22 ahead of their first match to kick off the 2025 campaign. Tennessee won a 2021 national championship under head coach Marty Bradley. Since 2022, he has served as the Vols' director of rugby with Scott Tungay as head coach. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Illinois high school linebacker commits to Tennessee
USA Today
06-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Chicago linebacker commits to Tennessee
Tennessee received a rugby commitment from a 2025 high school football prospect. Aidan Castette committed to the Vols after playing linebacker at DePaul College Prep in Chicago, Illinois. "From the gridiron to the pitch, Aidan Castette is bringing the heat to Tennessee rugby," Tennessee announced. "Welcome to Rocky Top, where new chapters begin and legacies are built." DePaul College Prep won a Class 4A state football championship in 2024 after not qualifying for the playoffs since 2015. The Rams went 11-3 last season and defeated Mt. Zion (Mt. Zion, Illinois), 40-6, in the state championship game. More: In-state running back commits to Tennessee PHOTOS: Tennessee's 2022 rugby season The Vols will kick off their 2025 rugby season Aug. 30 with two matches at Tennessee Rugby Park. Tennessee will face Kentucky reserves (11:30 a.m. EDT) and Queens University (3 p.m. EDT). Tennessee will also host Ohio State, Georgia and South Carolina, while playing at Appalachian State, Clemson and Alabama during the 2025 regular season. The Vols will have an Orange and White scrimmage on Aug. 22 ahead of their first match to kick off the 2025 campaign. Tennessee won a 2021 national championship under head coach Marty Bradley. Since 2022, he has served as the Vols' director of rugby with Scott Tungay as head coach. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
CBS News
20-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Chicago Hope Academy marks first Illinois state basketball championship
With March Madness in full swing, a local high school basketball team is celebrating its first state championship. Over the weekend, the Chicago Hope Academy boys' basketball team won the Class 1A Illinois state title against Northwest Illinois' Eastland High School. An assembly to honor the team was held Thursday at the school, located at 2189 W. Bowler St. in the West Side's Tri-Taylor neighborhood. But those were not the only honors the team received. Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday also hosted student athletes from Hope Academy, as well as the Class 2A state champs Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts. Mayor Johnson also plans to honor DePaul College Prep, which won the Class 3A title, when school resumes there after spring break. "Hope Academy, representing the West Side of Chicago – also known as the best side– brought home the first state championship, in any sport, in that school's history. In double overtime, DePaul Prep became one of only three teams in our state's rich high school basketball history to three-peat," Mayor Johnson said in a news release. "And, of course, we could not be more proud of Dyett. It took a hunger strike in 2015 to save Dyett from being closed. Now, ten years later, they showed that same perseverance and grit that should make all Chicagoans proud. The Dyett Eagles showed why every sacrifice that was made to keep the school open was worth it because our team got to experience the joy of victory. Their victory is our joy." Hope Academy beat Eastland 71-38 this past weekend. Dyett beat Althoff Catholic School 52-41, and DePaul College Prep beat Brother Rice in double overtime 55-52.
