Willowbrook Athletics

🏆ANTHONY LEO WINS BOOSTER CLUB TROPHY 🏆 The Booster Club Trophy, awarded since 1960, recognizes the Outstanding Senior Athlete. To be eligible, a male student must be voted by the coaching staff, who consider all factors deemed important for a good athlete, and must rank in the upper one-third of his class academically at the end of his seventh semester. Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Anthony Leo! 📸 @piehousesix @WbFootball @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

#NIU Huskies beat Toledo 5-1 to clinch first MAC championship and will head to NCAA baseball tourney. Pitcher Max Vaisvila from Willowbrook finished off 9th inning. Coach Ryan Copeland from Elk Grove pulls it off in his 3rd season.

🏆MARLI SMRZ WINS HELEN CARPENTER AWARD 🏆 The Helen Carpenter Trophy is presented to the female athlete, who has been voted by the entire coaching staff as the year’s “Most Valuable Athlete”.  This trophy, which in previous years was called the Press Publication Trophy, has been awarded since 1978 and was renamed in honor of Mrs. Helen Carpenter, Willowbrook’s first Athletic Booster President.  Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Marli Smrz! #DubsUp 📸 @piehousesix @WBFLAGFOOTBALL @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb @Marli_Smrz1

Thank you to everyone who made yesterdays baseball game so special. I’m grateful to my AD for the amazing pregame ceremony, and to all the parents, former players, students, and friends for your support over the years. It was truly an unforgettable day

Congratulations, @JosiahMlowe01! #MtC @WbFootball @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

🏆OJ POWELL WINS JOHN A. FISCHER AWARD 🏆 The John A. Fischer Trophy is presented to the male athlete, who has been voted by the entire coaching staff as the year’s “Most Valuable Athlete”. This trophy, which in previous years was called the Press Publication Trophy, has been awarded since 1960 and was renamed in honor of John A. Fischer, Willowbrook’s first Athletic Director. Congratulations to this year’s recipient, OJ Powell! #DubsUp 📸 @piehousesix @WbFootball @WBbball @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb @OtisP123

Congratulations to Warrior Alum, @MaxVaisvila, and his @NIU_Baseball teammates! #DubsUp @WB_Baseball1 @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

⚾️ VIC WISNER DAY Thank you to all of our Warriors (past, present, and future) that were at the ballpark today to honor, recognize, and celebrate the best baseball manager in school history, Mr. Vic Wisner! As part of today’s festivities, we announced at the conclusion of the season, our Baseball program will be retiring Coach Wisner’s Number 16 uniform. Thank you Coach for everything you have done for our program, school, and community over the past 27 years! #DubsUp 📸 @piehousesix @WB_Baseball1 @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

State bound! 300 Hurdles! 🎉 Congrats, @HaydenRoscoe26! You did it! Amazing performances from the @WB_TracknField team at sectionals! So proud of them all!👏

Chapter: San Francisco 49ers 🔴🟡 Prayed for it. Worked for it. Thanked God for it. 🙏🏼

Records broken and tickets to state punched! Great work today from the fellas in the 3200m 800m 4x100m 4x200m Discus High Jump and 300m See next week at STATE !!

Way to go, Warriors!! #DubsUp @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

🚨STATE QUALIFIER ALERT!!!🚨 Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Track & Field team on securing TEN STATE QUALIFIERS for the IHSA Class 3A State Championship Meet!! Our Warriors Qualified in the Following Events: Discus-Nick Hackett High Jump-OJ Powell 300 m hurdles-Hayden Roscoe 800 m run-Evan Haworth 3200 m run-Legend Alka 3200 m run-Miteku Branch 4 x 100 m relay-Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, OJ Powell, and Jorge Rosales 4 x 200 m relay-Jax Dyers, Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, and Jorge Rosales 🛣️ Next stop, Eastern Illinois University!! It’s a Great Day to be a Willowbrook Warrior! #DubsUp @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb (3/3)

🚨STATE QUALIFIER ALERT!!!🚨 Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Track & Field team on securing TEN STATE QUALIFIERS for the IHSA Class 3A State Championship Meet!! Our Warriors Qualified in the Following Events: Discus-Nick Hackett High Jump-OJ Powell 300 m hurdles-Hayden Roscoe 800 m run-Evan Haworth 3200 m run-Legend Alka 3200 m run-Miteku Branch 4 x 100 m relay-Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, OJ Powell, and Jorge Rosales 4 x 200 m relay-Jax Dyers, Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, and Jorge Rosales 🛣️ Next stop, Eastern Illinois University!! It’s a Great Day to be a Willowbrook Warrior! #DubsUp @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb (2/3)

🚨STATE QUALIFIER ALERT!!!🚨 Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Track & Field team on securing TEN STATE QUALIFIERS for the IHSA Class 3A State Championship Meet!! Our Warriors Qualified in the Following Events: Discus-Nick Hackett High Jump-OJ Powell 300 m hurdles-Hayden Roscoe 800 m run-Evan Haworth 3200 m run-Legend Alka 3200 m run-Miteku Branch 4 x 100 m relay-Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, OJ Powell, and Jorge Rosales 4 x 200 m relay-Jax Dyers, Odin Gay, Josiah Marlowe, and Jorge Rosales 🛣️ Next stop, Eastern Illinois University!! It’s a Great Day to be a Willowbrook Warrior! #DubsUp @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb (1/3)

Congratulations, Nick! #DubsUp @WB_TracknField @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

⚾️THANK YOU COACH FOZ!! Tonight marked the conclusion of Tom Fosnot’s 22 year coaching career as Willowbrook’s Freshman Baseball Coach! Thank you Foz for your dedication to our program, the lives you impacted, and your love of the game! #DubsUp @WB_Baseball1 @WillowbrookHS1 @dkrausewb

Warriors battle but the streak ends at 27 after a hard fought battle with Lincoln Way West Garner a no hitter through 5 Warriors end the game with the tieing run at the plate Ready to start another streak tomorrow v OPRF 10am

🎥: Hear from Northern Illinois head coach @ryancopelandNIU following today's 11-0 victory! @NIU_Baseball | #MACtion