Rashad Love’s approach makes him a ‘championship football player.’ He wants to make Zion-Benton a winner. October 6, 2025 at 8:26 a.m. Rashad Love and the Zee-Bees have already matched their win total from the past three seasons.
Lakes’ Will Mercure can’t remember his fall on a pole vault. Recovered, he believes ‘I could do anything.’ September 25, 2025 at 10:16 a.m. Will Mercure missed last season after suffering a fractured skull on a pole vault.
Grant’s Logan Sledzik disrupts offenses’ ‘perfect world.’ But the football field is the perfect world for him. September 17, 2025 at 7:43 a.m. Watching the Chicago Bears made an impression on Logan Sledzik when he was a little kid.
Grayslake Central’s Cory Hayson covers ground like Wayne Rooney. ‘Can’t teach grit.’ But he does learn something. September 10, 2025 at 8:57 a.m. Cory Hayson hit the weights in the offseason to get stronger, and his coach sees the difference.
Carmel tackle Jalin Strowder gains by losing. The EIU recruit ‘literally dedicated his life’ to the effort. September 3, 2025 at 7:35 a.m. Implementing a healthier diet with his mother's help, Jalin Strowder gets faster and stronger as he loses 25 pounds.
Once an overmatched freshman, Jamere French is a ‘force to be reckoned with.’ Just as Zion-Benton planned. August 28, 2025 at 8:49 a.m. Jamere French is expected to be a playmaker on both sides of the ball in his third varsity season.
Illinois kicker David Olano is ‘super confident’ as a returning starter. His Naperville family is excited too. July 31, 2025 at 7:32 a.m. David Olano was voted an All-Big Ten honorable mention in his first season as the starter.
Naperville’s Colin Barczi may not hit umpires with line drives at Vanderbilt. But the drives keep coming. July 15, 2025 at 9:59 a.m. Barczi had 11 doubles, eight home runs and 39 RBIs in his first season as Vanderbilt's starting catcher.
Indiana recruit Trey Meyers is a tall order for opponents. But the 6-6 New Trier star ‘has all the makings.’ May 22, 2025 at 12:59 p.m. With the 2025 MLB draft a possibility, Meyers prefers to focus on the Trevians and hopes to win a state title.
Naperville North’s Matt Sonnenschein rules out college baseball. Then a coach invites him to campus. May 8, 2025 at 9:34 a.m. Sonnenschein has shown he has the talent to play in college.