Records: Galena 14-0, Tuscola 12-2. The game story: All the talk before Friday's Class 1A title game at Memorial Stadium had to do with John Wienke, Tuscola's Michigan-bound quarterback. When...
Naperville North took a DuPage Valley Conference rematch for all the 8A marbles in a 46-19 state championship game victory over Glenbard North on Saturday night. With a 37-7 league...
It certainly appeared as if the Illinois High School Association's attempt to level the football playing field worked out this season. The IHSA instituted an enrollment multiplier on non-boundary schools,...
Football can be a game of inches. When they were added up after Saturday's Class 5A championship game, Morris lost by a foot in a 17-14 decision against Metamora. Redbird...
Children's eyes will be as wide as Christmas morning Saturday afternoon in Plano when the triumphant Reapers parade through town to celebrate their second straight Class 3A championship. Many of...
From here on out, when they talk about "The Drive" in Plano, they won't be talking about the NFL. The Reapers punctuated a dominating performance with a 12-minute-6-second, 19-play, 80-yard...
All the talk before Friday's Class 1A title game at Memorial Stadium had to do with John Wienke, Tuscola's Michigan-bound quarterback. When it was over and Galena had romped 35-7,...
You don't want to get Loyola diver Lisi Rowland mad. If you do she'll get more than even. The Rambler senior won a most unusual diving competition. She had to...
Jordan Blanton's first college class was an unexpected lesson on Division I athletics. The Richmond-Burton senior wrestler withdrew his commitment to Iowa after he was asked to accept a 40...
After a 27-year downstate tournament absence, Sycamore got out of the blocks for a third-place finish. The Spartans left Redbird Arena with a 25-20, 19-25, 25-21 win over Althoff. Sycamore...