Merrick Sullivan hardly played on Benet’s freshman team. Now he’s a senior leader. ‘He paid his dues.’
Sullivan leads the Redwings in total hits, doubles and triples.
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‘Rebuilding himself,’ Neuqua Valley’s Kiet Truong makes a comeback to become a 2-sport stalwart
Truong. who requested a demotion last year, bounced back to start at QB and then start at second base.
Naperville Central’s Casey Cooperkawa sets tone in 2 sports. ‘He’s all about winning, and that’s contagious.’
As the fourth of five children who all are athletes, Cooperkawa has competitiveness seared into him.
Neuqua Valley’s Krista Waldusky ‘isn’t the quietest one out of the bunch.’ They wouldn’t have it any other way.
Waldusky showed signs of being a leader early in her varsity career.
Wauconda’s Emma Wisniewski might take a page from her 4 older sisters. But she’s ready to steal the show.
Wisniewski, a 5-foot-10 senior forward, averaged 2.4 steals last season.
Adversity pushes New Trier’s Ariane Lesterhuis and Keri Rothenberg at state. ‘It’s about how you handle it.’
Lesterhuis and Rothenberg didn't lose a set all season until the Class 2A state final.
Martha Kuwahara and Illinois commit Alexis Myers are dynamic duo for Glenbrook North, which makes history
Kuwahara and Myers finished first and second, respectively, at the Class 2A state meet.
UCLA commit Colton Gumino will graduate early. Hersey QB has learned a lot, ‘but my best game has yet to come.’
Gumino, a 17-year-old high school student, is already running an NFL-style offense.
Glenbrook North left tackle Samuel Cray Paich, a Cincinnati commit, transforms into ‘completely different player’
Paich, a 6-foot-6, 310-pound left tackle, put in the work to get "bigger, faster and stronger."
Grayslake Central’s Jayden Hall wakes up at 5 a.m. to ‘work on my craft.’ Rising early is paying dividends.
Grayslake Central senior Jayden Hall wakes up early. Since this summer, he has been rising routinely at 5 a.m. "Five days a week," Hall said. "I wake up and go...