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Hart Pisani

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Joliet
As seen in: Joliet Herald-News, Apple Podcasts, Medium, USA Today, Yahoo Sports, AZCentral | The Arizona Republic, Austin American-Statesman, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, Daily Herald, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Daily Chronicle and
Covers:  Primarily Sports but I’ve done investigative, film reviews and music articles as well
Doesn't Cover: Nothing
APSE Award recognized sports reporter for the Joliet Herald-News/Shaw Media . New Orleanian (Who Dat). Big advocate for general human decency.

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Freelance journalist. I cover Sports, have done investigate and life & stlye articles as well. Have been professionally published in The New Orleans Advocate as well as Where Y’at Magazine and Crescent City Sports

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Smith leads Salmen to comeback victory over Shaw in OT

Smith leads Salmen to comeback victory over Shaw in OT

Salmen coach Jerry Leonard knew just the player he could trust to complete a comeback, and it resulted in a 2…

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Peotone QB Alex Chenoweth ready to do it all again senior year

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By Hart Pisani Verified
| Friday Night Drive
There’s a “do-it-all” athlete, and there’s what Alex Chenoweth was for Peotone’s football team last year. Chenoweth started at quarterback for the Blue Devils in 2025 and ran enough that he functioned as an additional running back. He was also a full-time starter at safety, rotated kickoff duty and punted on three occasions. Did we also mention he returned kicks? It’s normal for a player from a smaller school to do more than one job, but Chenoweth did a bit of everything.
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Plainfield Central QB Tommy Morrisette ready to take the next step in junior year

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By Hart Pisani Verified
| Friday Night Drive
There’s no hiding that Plainfield Central struggled last season on the gridiron. The team went just 2-7 as its rebuild continues. However, 2025 was still an improvement over 2024 and with head coach Robby Carriger’s staff entering year three, the expectation is the Wildcats will be better again in 2026. A big key to that success will, as is usually the case, come down to the quarterback. The Wildcats have an experienced one of those to build around.
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Lincoln-Way schools set for rebuild — and to face each other this fall

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By Hart Pisani Verified
| Friday Night Drive
All three Lincoln-Way high schools are entering the season in an unusually similar position: rebuilding after significant graduation losses. For the first time in years, the programs will also face each other during the regular season — a scheduling quirk that adds intrigue to what’s already a transitional fall. The three met Tuesday morning at Lincoln-Way East for a joint offseason training session, a summer tradition they’ve maintained for years. This year, York joined to make it a foursome.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I wrote freelance for Where Y’at twice and became a regular contributor for Crescent City Sports after that

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

It’s making it easier to access and getting it out there faster