Class 8A Loyola Academy 13, Brother Rice 3 Class 7A Nazareth Academy 31, St. Charles North 10 Class 6A Cary-Grove 35, Crete-Monee 13 Class 5A Joliet Catholic Academy 35, Montini 27 Class 4A IC Catholic 31, McNamara 21 Class 3A Monticello 24, Byron 20 Class 2A Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 35, Maroa-Forsyth
Oswego High School’s Connor McCance, left, and West Aurora’s Hezekiah Salter compete for a rebound at Oswego’s Hoops for Healing Tournament. West Aurora won, 69-66, Wednesday, Nov. 21. Oswego East defeated West Aurora in the championship game Friday. Al Benson/The Voice
West Aurora High School guard Dajour Miles drives to the basket and is defended by Oswego’s Danielle Dorilio Friday at the Lady Warhawk Thanksgiving tournament at West Aurora. Oswego won, 66-56. Al Benson/The Voice
Aurora University forward Ty Carlson, formerly Kaneland High School, lays up a shot against a visiting Millikin University defender November 21. Aurora University won its season-opener, 90-65. Al Benson/The Voice
The Northwestern University football team will play the East Division champion Ohio State for the Big Ten championship at 7 p.m. Saturday in Indianapolis, Ind.. Northwestern was only 8-4 overall, yet, the Wildcats were 8-1 in the Big 10 West and finished three games in front in the Big Ten
Quarterback Broc Rutter of North Central College looks down the field for a receiver Saturday against visiting Bethel (Minn.) University in a second round Division III playoff game in Naperville. Bethel won, 27-24, to end North Central’s season. North Central College photo
By Bobby Narang – In his sixth year at the helm, St. Charles North High School head football coach Rob Pomazak almost brought home a State championship this season. After leaving an assistant coaching job at Elk Grove, Pomazak slowly started improving the culture at St. Charles North. Before his
The Hilltoppers celebrate a State championship in Class 5A football Saturday following a 35-27 victory over Montini at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. JCA won its 14th football State championship. Joliet Catholic Academy photo
The Knights celebrate a State championship in Class 4A football Friday following a 31-21 victory over McNamara at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. IC Prep in Elmhurst won a third successive championship and fifth overall. IC Catholic Prep photo
Transition! • With the high school football eight-class State championship games last weekend at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, the transition is to Winter sports. Basketball, wrestling and swimming tournaments fill the schedule. • IC Catholic Prep High School, which captured its third successive State football championship (see page
By Jaelyn Rounds – This year, Grace Holistic Center for Education (GHCFE) middle school students in Yorkville are creating a wall of memorial for Anne Frank’s story and the Holocaust. This will be the wrap-up on the end of a unit lesson. Rather than expressing depressing parts of the time,
The top students representing Illinois’ colleges and universities were honored by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during the annual Student Laureate Convocation Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield. Each Fall, an outstanding senior from each of the State’s four-year degree-granting colleges and universities
Ashlei N. Ross of Plainfield, third from left, a senior at Northeastern Illinois University, receives honors as one of the top college students in Illinois by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during the annual Student Laureate ceremony November 17 at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield. From
The Robert R. McCormick House at Cantigny Park in Wheaton invites visitors to a special holiday attraction honoring Colonel McCormick’s philanthropic legacy. Through December 30, McCormick House will feature seven “Community Trees,” each decorated for Christmas by a community nonprofit organization. Charities were invited to participate because their missions involve
The Naperville Park District eighth annual holiday lights recycling program, in partnership with Elgin Recycling, will continue through February 1, 2019. Residents and businesses are invited to bring their old, non-working lights to any of the following locations: • Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Avenue. Hours of
• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The Kane County Electronics Recycling Program will include two daily drop-offs locations. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of $25. for screens under 21 inches (measured diagonally) and $35. for screens 21 inches and larger. The
