Skip to Main Content

Friday, June 13, 2025

The news site of Hinsdale Central High School

Devils' Advocate

The news site of Hinsdale Central High School

Devils' Advocate

The news site of Hinsdale Central High School

Devils' Advocate

The whole nine yards: Living on borrowed Tebow time

The whole nine yards: Living on borrowed Tebow time

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist December 8, 2011

When Tim Tebow took over for the Broncos in week seven, many saw this move as a sign that they were giving up on the season to see what they had in the former Florida Gators star. From the moment he was...

The whole nine yards: Pay Forte

The whole nine yards: Pay Forte

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist November 22, 2011

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about why the Bears were struggling on offense, which boiled down to the fact that Matt Forte wasn’t getting the ball. Well, the Bears’ offensive coaches must have...

The whole nine yards: Midseason report card

The whole nine yards: Midseason report card

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist November 3, 2011

The end of first quarter is upon us and we are a few days away from getting report cards in the mail. It is also the midway point in the NFL season, so here are some grades and comments on all 32 teams...

The whole nine yards: Anything but Luck-y

The whole nine yards: Anything but Luck-y

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist October 27, 2011

As October winds down and we hit the midpoint of the NFL season, teams have started to distinguish themselves as playoff contenders. These are not the teams I’m about to talk about. There is another...

The whole nine yards:  It’s hard to say goodbye

The whole nine yards: It’s hard to say goodbye

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist October 18, 2011

This week I’m going to write about something a little different. I planned for this column to be primarily about football, but a few months ago it looked like there wasn’t going to be any football...

The whole nine yards: Forte all day

The whole nine yards: Forte all day

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist October 10, 2011

Bears’ offense has a good idea and needs to run with it. I don’t know who kidnapped Mike Martz and took his place in the Carolina game last Sunday, but he needs to be promoted. The Bears had beat...

Central Powder Puff teams compete against each other for fight against cancer

Caroline Oakum, Writer October 4, 2011

Ready, set, hike! While these three words are not uncommon at regular Friday night football games, they are rarely spoken by girls at Central– that is, except for the annual Powder Puff charity football...

The whole nine yards: Predictions for the 2011 NFL season

The whole nine yards: Predictions for the 2011 NFL season

Zac Bellman, Sports Columnist October 2, 2011

The first month of the NFL season has come and gone; here are my nine thoughts and predictions for the remainder of the season. Peyton Manning doesn’t play at all this year. Manning had his third...

Former Riverside Brookfield teacher joins Math Department

Former Riverside Brookfield teacher joins Math Department

Caroline Oakum, Writer September 30, 2011

Many new teachers were hired this year at Hinsdale Central to take on the growing student population and replace retired teachers. Among these was math teacher Elizabeth Fredlund, scheduled to teach Algebra...

New head football coach Rich Tarka talks about season

New head football coach Rich Tarka talks about season

Caroline Oakum, Writer September 28, 2011

Mr. Rich Tarka is the new head football coach for the Red Devils' varsity football team. Coming in to such a large program might scare away some people, but Tarka doesn’t let such intimidation stand...

Load More Stories