Aurora Christian High School's Jabari Sisco, 13, shoots over Joliet Catholic Academy's Eli Hunter, 10, and Kyle Simon, 23.
West Aurora High School senior guard Isaiah Siler, 20, drives against visiting Oswego East defender Patrick Robinson, 1, Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Thursday, Dec. 9Southwest Suburban crossoverBradley-Bourbon. at Lincoln-Way E., 6:30 Non-conferenceSchaumburg Christ. at Neuqua Valley, 7 Friday, Dec. 10Chicago Catholic crossover*Marmion Acad. at St. Rita, 7:15Montini Acad. at DePaul, 7 DuPage ValleyMetea Valley at Waubonsie Valley, 7Naperville Central at Neuqua Valley, 7Naperville North at DeKalb, 7 East Suburban CatholicBenet at St....
Saturday, Dec. 11Division III SemifinalsMary Hardin-Baylor at Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+North Central College at Mount Union, 11 a.m., ESPN+ Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) select bowl gamesFriday, Dec. 17Cure Bowl, Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Thursday, Dec. 23Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Chase Field...
IllinoisFri, Dec. 3, Rutgers, W, 86-51Mon, Dec. 6, Iowa, W 87-83Sat, Dec. 11, 4 p.m., FOX, vs. ArizonaSat, Dec. 18, noon, BTN, vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)Wed, Dec. 22, 8 p.m., BTN, vs. Missouri NorthwesternTue, Nov. 30, Wake Forest, L 77-73Sun, Dec. 5, Maryland, W 67-61Sun, Dec. 12, 3 p.m., ESPNU,...
By Bobby Narang The high school girls basketball season is ready to hit the one-month mark. So far, the season has included the typical ups and downs for teams. Benet Academy, which won seven of its first eight games, is one of the top teams to watch. Led by a...
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s 41-23 victory against Kent State in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship game Saturday, Dec. 4 may have been bit of a surprise to some observers. Host Kent State beat Northern Illinois, 52-47, when the two teams played in the regular season. In the MAC...
A championship game is expected to have a championship moment. It belonged to the College of DuPage Chaparrals, who are the inaugural NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Division III national champions. Freshman wide receiver Matthew Brown broke free from his wide-out position with 21 seconds left in the game,...
Baseball, especially at the Major League Baseball level, is for all seasons. We are winding down with college football, set to watch football bowl games, North Central College’s football team will play a Division III playoff semifinal game at perpetual playoff team, Mount Union College, at 11 a.m. Saturday in...
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club has named Gary Hanson the December 2021 Herschel Luckinbill Veteran of the Month. Gary was born December 19, 1939 in Ottawa and grew up on different farms in the Somonauk and Sandwich area until 1954 when his father sold the farm...
By Kelly Allsup, Horticulture Educator, Illinois Extension With their vibrant, floral displays and low-maintenance needs, holiday cacti are a great holiday gift. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter cactus are each different species. They bloom reliably each year without much up-keep. “Every December, one plant in my office comes to life despite...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Who gets to decide when it comes to bodily autonomy? Where does one draw the line over whose rights are worthy of protecting? And how do present-day legal debates over bodily autonomy, privacy, vaccine mandates, the death penalty, and abortion, play into future...
December 9 On this day, 1,800 United States Marines arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, to spearhead a multinational force aimed at restoring order in the conflict-ridden country. – 1992. December 10 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. –...
Women of Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will make holiday cookies, candies, and bean soup mix, to raise funds for missions projects. Congregant Emmy Lou John said United Methodist Women will sell boxes of cookies for $10, plates of 20 buttermints for $2, three rosettes for $2, bags of...
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post #395 will be host to an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 12. Menu items will include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and made-to-order omelets. The breakfast will be...
By Peter Hancock Attorneys for the General Assembly’s Democratic Party leaders filed documents in federal court Wednesday last week to deny that newly- drawn State legislative district maps amount to racial gerrymandering, instead accusing the plaintiffs in the three lawsuits of trying to use race to redraw districts for their...
The Weisner Ice Rink cuts a pretty picture in the Aurora Festival of Lights in Phillips Park created by the Aurora Rotary Club.
The 52nd annual Pearl Harbor Day luncheon will be held at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6 sponsored by the Aurora Navy League Council. The event will be at the Gaslite Manor, 2485 Church Road, in Aurora. Tickets, $25 each, will be available at the door.World War II survivors and one...
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, the Consul General of Mexico in Chicago, was well-received during her first visit to Aurora Monday, Nov. 29. “Wow, Aurora really knows how to make you feel at home,” said the ambassador. “I love the diversity and the energy and how beautiful and organized everything is.”...
With blocking from Nathaniel Stevens, Wheaton North High School's Luke Beedle, 30, runs for yardage against St. Rita.
