Month: March 2026

Nazareth Academy girls basketball win Class 4A title

By Bobby Narang Nazareth Academy High School senior forward, Stella Sakalas, carried the offense March 6. With Sakalas in foul trouble during Saturday’s Class 4A State championship game against Loyola, it was Nazareth junior guard Sophia Towne’s turn to provide the scoring. Towne scored 17 points and dished out five

Boys high school basketball schedule March 12-14; results March 9-3

Thursday, March 12University of Illinois (State Farm)IHSA State Tournament Class 1ASemi-finalsGoreville vs. Lawrenceville, 10 a.m.Eastland vs. Marshall, 11:45 a.m.Third placeTBD vs. TBD, 7 p.m.IHSA State Tournament Class 2ASemi-finalsManual vs. Tolono Unity, 2:30Farragut vs. Notre Dame (Quincy), 4:15Third PlaceTBD vs. TBD, 8:45 Friday, March 13IHSA State Tournament Class 3ASemi-finalsDeerfield vs. Kaneland,

Girls high school basketball State championships

Class 4AFriday, March 6Game 1: Nazareth Academy 54, Belleville East 36Game 2: Loyola Academy 46, Rolling Meadows 33Game 3: Belleville East 43, Rolling Meadows 30Saturday, March 7Game 4: Nazareth Academy 55, Loyola Acad. 23Class 3AFriday, March 6Game 1: Glenwood 46, Trinity 35Game 2: Washington 55, St. Viator 34Game 3: Trinity

NCAA Division III Hockey Tournament

Saturday, March 14First RoundAurora vs. Saint John’s (Minnesota), 8 p.m.Hamilton vs. Neumann, 7 p.m.Salve Regina vs. Norwich, 7 p.m.Utica vs. Williams, 7 p.m.Saint Norbert vs. U New England, 8 p.m.Wisconsin-Stout vs. Anna Maria, 8 p.m. Quarterfinals: Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m.Semifinals: Friday, March 27, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.Championship: Sunday,

Men’s college basketball schedules and results

Friday, March 13NAIA Tournament: St. Francis Joliet at Indiana Wesleyan University, 4:30 p.m.Big Ten Quarterfinal: Illinois vs. TBD, 1:30 p.m., BTN Results Sunday, March 8Illinois 78, Maryland 72 Saturday, March 7Minnesota 67, Northwestern 66Boston College 77, Notre Dame 69Butler 81, DePaul 71Loyola Chicago 68, George Washington 62Missouri Valley Semifinal: Northern

Trump’s sins; Iran war circumventing law, procedure

Musings (special edition!): •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter 17). He has: Sought to re-name Penn Station in New York City to “Trump Station” and Dulles International Airport to “Trump International Airport”; Floated the possibility of a fourth term in office; Threatened to block the opening of a bridge

Reader’s Commentary: Operations in Iran came from years of threats/terrorism

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda When someone says “I will kill you”…believe them. Only fools ignore threats against their lives. For 50 years Iran’s mullahs (an honorific title for a Muslim cleric, imam, or scholar) and ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei have threatened us saying “death to America” and “death to Israel.”

Preemptive war, permanent emergency: The real cost

By John & Nisha Whitehead “‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.”—Jeremiah 6:13–14 The military-industrial complex and the American police state have joined forces. War abroad and war at home are no longer separate enterprises. They have fused. This did not happen overnight. Every modern president has stretched

Illinois lawmakers call for Epstein investigatory commission

By Maggie DoughertyCapitol News Illinoismdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois lawmakers are calling for an independent commission to investigate Illinois-linked crimes connected to international sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Democratic lawmakers Monday joined advocates for women and survivors of sexual abuse to introduce House Bill 5723, called the Illinois Epstein Files Investigation Act. The bill,

Illinois being sued by Trump admin. over access to voter data

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Eighteen former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a brief in federal court this week opposing the Donald Trump administration’s lawsuit that seeks access to sensitive personal information about every registered voter in Illinois. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday in U.S. District Court in