Patrick Filbin

Elmwood Park's Adrian Lach (left) defends the basket against Guerin's Adam Castro during a nonconference game on Jan. 30.

Strong summer starts hopes for Elmwood Park boys basketball

June 16, 2018 at 9:18 p.m.

Elmwood Park head basketball coach Tony Sylvester has the offensive line huddled around him. The quarterback and wide receivers lean their heavy heads into the huddle and wait for the...

Candace Madison, former high school basketball coach reunite at Triton

June 15, 2018 at 4:37 p.m.

Inside Triton's gymnasium on a muggy Tuesday night in July, Candace Madison tightens her laces for an offseason open gym. Her basketball shoes are highlighter pink, her shorts black with...

Morgan Maize put her mind to an All-Big East type of season for DePaul softball

June 15, 2018 at 5:38 p.m.

When DePaul junior Morgan Maize was named to the All-Big East First Team following the Blue Demons' 13-4 conference season, head coach Eugene Lenti was hardly surprised. Primarily batting leadoff,...

Triton’s Anita Brugioni toughs out All-American honors

June 15, 2018 at 5:59 p.m.

Anita Brugioni felt a pop in her knee with 60 meters left in her 200-meter sprint at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III track and field championships. Or...

Scott Erdman, left, and Adam Cremieux check out the progress of their new pool in Willowbrook that will be the new home of the West Swim Club.

West Swim Club wedded to building state-of-the-art facility

June 15, 2018 at 7:02 p.m.

Three pick-up trucks sit in the gravel driveway of a gutted warehouse on Quincy Street in Willowbrook. Two workers wearing baggy jeans and bandannas sit underneath the shade of a...

Matt Behrendt collects 2nd national title at Wisconsin-Whitewater

June 17, 2018 at 1:19 a.m.

Wisconsin-Whitewater quarterback Matt Behrendt doesn't imagine winning. Nor does he imagine losing. He doesn't fantasize hoisting trophies or celebrating with his team or family. He prepares, he studies, he trains,...

Todd Anderson savors hydroplane triumph

June 16, 2018 at 11:33 a.m.

When Sunday came around, Todd Anderson was already used to the swampy weather of Central Florida. He had been there a week and a half, accompanied by his father, his...

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