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Thursday, December 27, 2012

National Handball Tourney Opens in Des Plaines

Lattof YMCA, in cooperation with the Des Plaines Park District and the U.S. Handball Association, is hosting the 57th Annual U.S. Handball Association National Junior 4-Wall Championships from Dec. 27-30.

Young handball players from three countries and 13 U.S. states are set to compete in a national tournament in Des Plaines this week. Lattof YMCA, in cooperation with the Des Plaines Park District and the U.S. Handball Association, is hosting the 57th Annual U.S. Handball Association National Junior 4-Wall Championships from Dec. 27-30. Matches, played throughout the daytime, will take place at Lattof YMCA, 300 E. Northwest Highway in Des Plaines, and at Prairie Lakes Community Center, 515 E. Thacker St. in Des Plaines, throughout the competition. I list of start times for matches in the 57th Annual U.S. Handball Association National Junior 4-Wall Championships was posted on USHA’s website. Handball players from Illinois account for 38 of …

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Handball More Than a Game for Des Plaines Man

Playing handball at Lattof YMCA in Des Plaines helped a Des Plaines teen grow into a successful adult.

The following information was submitted by Jill McDonnell, spokesperson for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. The backstory is similar to the plot of a Hollywood script: Teenage boy often in trouble, on the verge of joining a gang and heading permanently down the wrong path. A screenwriter would have a wise teacher or a convenient tragedy cause the young man to reassess his priorities, but in reality, for Oscar Zamora, the intervening factor in his young life was love of the game. Zamora picked up the sport of handball when he was 12 years old, turned his life around, and, 25 years later, will serve as a referee at the 57th Annual U.S. Handball Association National Junior 4-Wall Championships at Lattof YMCA, 300 E. Northwest Highway in Des…

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