Pat Rooney

Boys golf Lake Forest won the Class AA team championship by four strokes over New Trier, the Scouts firing a two-day total of 631 strokes to New Trier's 635. Freeport...

Badminton As expected, Erin Hois of Downers Grove South won her second singles title in three years. What was unexpected was her performance in the final, when she defeated Prospect's...

Girls bowling Three-year-old Bartlett High School had its first state champion when Jaime Calusinski claimed top honors with a 2,602 pinfall at the state tournament. Calusinski, a junior, rallied from...

Few teams ever have had a wilder ride to the state tournament than Tom Wooden's Dunlap Eagles. This week Dunlap had to wait through three consecutive rainouts of its date...

Last week's state tennis tournament was the last for one of the Chicago area's premier coaches. Chuck Morrison, who coached Deerfield to two state championships, is retiring after 30 years....

It took 48 hours, an upheld protest and finally a forfeit, but the bizarre Public League playoff game between Julian and Robeson finally ended Wednesday. It ended when an umpire...

Lane Tech staged a track meet on the Horner Park base paths Monday when it sprinted to a 16-0 five-inning rout over Crane in the first round of the Public...

Mt. Carmel's first-year baseball coach Brian Hurry explained Wednesday why he gives catcher Stan Mucenski the green light to throw to any base at any time. "He has no fear,"...

Think of interviews you've read or heard where a pitcher cites reasons he was able to win a big game over an archrival. "I kept the ball down," said the...

Joe Moreau can breathe more comfortably. The head coach of the third-ranked St. Charles girls soccer team is not used to early-season struggles--or hardly any struggles. St. Charles started the...