Jakub Rudnik

OPRF guard Isaiah Barnes (11) recently added big-name scholarship offers from programs such as Kansas and Maryland.

Scholarship surge: OPRF guard Isaiah Barnes adds Kansas, Maryland offers as recruitment soars

April 5, 2020 at 2:38 a.m.

Isaiah Barnes was at home March 26 when Kansas assistant men's basketball coach Kurtis Townsend asked him if he had time to chat on the phone. Because of the statewide...

Special Olympics athlete Danny Shaughnessy, seen here speaking during a special assembly in December at Maine South, recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for Special Olympics funding.

Maine South students advocate for Special Olympics funding on Capitol Hill

March 30, 2020 at 3:44 p.m.

In mid-February, Maine South students Charlotte Geier and Danny Shaughnessy went to Washington, D.C., to speak to some of Illinois' most influential elected officials. Geier, a senior, and Shaughnessy, a...

Fenwick's David Gieser shoots a free throw against Westinghouse on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

Before season’s sudden end, Fenwick registers one final statement victory

March 16, 2020 at 2:16 a.m.

The game had only just begun, but it seemed like Fenwick sophomore guard David Gieser had already made his mark. On the Friars' first possession, sophomore point guard Trey Pettigrew...

St. Joseph's Kyle Thomas is only a sophomore but has already completed two seasons of varsity basketball.

St. Joseph focuses on improvement in first season after Gene Pingatore’s death

March 9, 2020 at 3:19 a.m.

For 50 years, the St. Joseph boys basketball team's identity was synonymous with that of its coach, the legendary Gene Pingatore. That changed in June, when Pingatore died at age...

OPRF's Rashaad Trice (34) drives around Hinsdale Central's Quinn Cain (13) on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

OPRF’s Rashaad Trice earns recognition with Steph Curry’s Underrated Tour

March 8, 2020 at 8:25 p.m.

Rashaad Trice was asleep on the bus when he was frantically woken up. The OPRF junior guard woke from his nap to see something he never expected: Trice was included...

New Trier's Tinah Hong (13) puts up a shot in front of Lane's Maria Katsogridakis on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

New Trier’s Tinah Hong ends basketball career with all-CSL honors; ‘To get it my senior year means a lot’

February 25, 2020 at 1:52 a.m.

Late in the third quarter against Lane Tech, New Trier senior guard Tinah Hong dribbled at the top of the key surveying the defense. Her sister, sophomore Aimee Hong, came...

Loyola's Silvana Scarsella (in headband) tries to get past Leyden's Anixa Cisneros during a Class 4A regional semifinal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

Loyola rebounds from season’s tepid start to claim 4A regional title

February 24, 2020 at 2:10 a.m.

The Loyola girls basketball lost 59-37 to Hersey on Dec. 26 in the Montini Christmas Tournament. That lopsided loss left the young Ramblers at 8-7. Star guard Julia Martinez had...

Leyden's Becky Colmenares (1) drives past Loyola's Riley Bendery (14) on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

Leyden girls basketball team ends season with confidence after 3-11 start; ‘We finally realized the potential we actually had’

February 25, 2020 at 1:53 a.m.

The Leyden girls basketball team came into this season with just two returning players who had played substantial varsity minutes the year before. With many newcomers stepping into big roles,...

Evanston's Isaiah Holden shoots while being defended by New Trier's Ian Burns on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.

Isaiah Holden embodies Evanston’s ‘fearless’ approach to basketball

February 4, 2020 at 2:32 a.m.

The Evanston boys basketball team doesn't start a single senior. No player in the starting lineup stands taller than 6-foot-3. Still, the core of this group has made it to...

Niles West's Andrew Pabst (11) drives to the basket against Glenbrook South on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.

Andrew Pabst brings ‘the heart of a champion’ to Niles West boys basketball

February 4, 2020 at 2:07 a.m.

In the second half Jan. 24 against Glenbrook South, a shorthanded Niles West team was starting to fall behind. The Wolves couldn't seem to match the scoring of the deeper...

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