Scott Powers

New Trier Green players celebrate their win against Oak Park-River Forest in an AHAI quarterfinal Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Bensenville.

Hockey: New Trier Green ready for another title game despite complete turnover from last season

May 13, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

New Trier Green coach Bob Melton has rarely worried about his team's nerves heading into a boys hockey state championship game. Melton's teams have appeared in 11 state title games...

Conant fans cheer on their team during the second half of the IHSA Class 4A Supersectional against Rockford Auburn on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016, in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Boys basketball: No. 14 Conant falls short against Rockford Auburn

May 13, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

Conant just never found a way to overcome the way it started against Auburn on Tuesday in the Class 4A Hoffman Estates Supersectional at Sears Centre. The No. 14 Cougars...

St. Joseph center Nick Rakocevic (31) and teammates get pumped up prior to the first half of the IHSA Class 3A Supersectional against Ridgewood on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016, in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Boys basketball: St. Joseph returns to state with rout of Ridgewood

May 13, 2019 at 12:53 a.m.

St. Joseph senior Nick Rakocevic would have panicked earlier in the season if he had been on the bench for an entire quarter while five underclassmen filled the floor for...

Hales' Milton Wordlow (1) drives to the basket during a Class 2A supersectional against Orr on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

Boys basketball: Hales holds off No. 19 Orr to secure 2A state berth

May 13, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

Hales called its plan "feed the big men" on Tuesday. Hales' strategy was to utilize 6-foot-8 Austin Trice and 6-foot-11 Karim Sameh against No. 19 Orr in the Class 2A...

Orr's Devon King celebrates after defeating Uplift for the Class 2A DePaul Prep Sectional final on Friday, Mar. 4, 2016, in Chicago.

Boys basketball: Raekwon Drake leads Orr to sectional title with win over Uplift

May 13, 2019 at 12:46 a.m.

Orr sophomore Raekwon Drake may fly high, but he's flown under the radar so far in his young high school basketball career. Drake, who is 6-foot-5 and has a 30-plus...

DePaul Prep's Fred Nunez goes to the basket against Orr's Raekwon Drake on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016.

Boys basketball: Devon King’s big shots lead Orr past DePaul Prep in sectional semifinal

May 13, 2019 at 12:44 a.m.

Orr senior Devon King could feel the game slipping from his team's grasp. DePaul Prep had taken its first lead late in the third quarter, and it ignited the Rams'...

Michael Liszka, right, takes control of the puck during the AHIA All-Star game at The Edge.

IC Catholic’s Michael Liszka makes best use of size to score goals

June 11, 2018 at 10:23 a.m.

If you're a smaller hockey player, produce points at a high rate and happen to be from the Chicago area, there's no avoiding some sort of Patrick Kane comparison. Michael...

Vocational's Sidney Mason walks off the court after the second half against Kenwood on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in Chicago.

Boys basketball: No. 5 Kenwood holds off Vocational in CPS second round

May 25, 2019 at 6:39 p.m.

Kenwood senior forward Nick Robinson was confident his team's offense would eventually get going. Until then, he and the Broncos needed to step it up defensively. No. 5 Kenwood forced...

Orr's Alexander Flute (4) passes the ball in the second quarter against Morgan Park at Morgan Park High School Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Chicago.

Boys hoops: No. 1 Morgan Park, ‘built to destroy,’ routs No. 18 Orr in CPS first round

May 13, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

The mission for No. 1 Morgan Park was the same regardless of whether No. 18 Orr played its star sophomores in the Public League tournament's first round Wednesday. "We're built...

Triton defenders Tashianna Walton, left, and Alondra Chavarria double-team College of DuPage's Tiara Afanador.

Kellee Robertson returns pride to Triton women’s basketball program

June 9, 2018 at 6:05 a.m.

Candace Madison never experienced anything as dysfunctional as playing for the Triton College women's basketball team last season. The Trojans were a mess on and off the court. The players...

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