Members of the Neuqua Valley High School boys basketball team pose Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 after capturing the East Aurora Holiday Basketball tournament with a 58-52 victory over Wheaton Academy in the championship game.
By Woodrow CarrollTucson, Ariz. The 2019 University of Illinois football season was difficult to understand. On the upside, among the 14 teams in the Big Ten Conference, Illinois and Rutgers each was predicted as the least likely to make it to a bowl game in media preseason forecasts. In a
The high school Christmas holiday basketball tournaments have passed into history and various teams are in the shakeout process. Savoring success gives way to conference confrontations. In boys tournaments, Waubonsie Valley captured the Jacobs championship and DeKalb won its venerable and historic DeKalb tournament championship. Waubonsie Valley’s closest score in
By Bobby Narang Geneva High School girls basketball team shared a similarity with Saturday’s opponent that few teams in the State can lay claim to, a fellow State champion. Just four days into the new decade, the Vikings, a two-time State champion in Class 4A in both 2017 and 2018,
Aurora University’s Sydni Olson, 33, seeks to grab the rebound Saturday from visiting Alverno College opponents, Angie Reutgen, 22, and Dom Hudson during Aurora’s 69-62 victory.
Waubonsie Valley High School/Metea Valley High School ice hockey team of Aurora receives a salute from the Aurora City Council at Aurora City Hall for capturing the Illinois State high school hockey championship in the Combined Varsity tournament. Both schools are in District 204.
The controversy over whether Ohio State was robbed or Clemson was vindicated in the replay of an apparent Ohio State touchdown in the college football playoff semifinal will live on in perpetuity. The honest answer the call comes down to the eye of the beholder. It was that close whether
East Aurora High School’s Jabian Acosta, 2, shoots under pressure from Aurora Central Catholic’s Brendan O’Brien, 25, Monday, Dec. 23 at their 54th annual holiday tournament.
Neuqua Valley High School’s Donovan Navarro drives past Wheaton Academy’s Marcus Bult, 5, Saturday at the East Aurora Holiday Tournament.
By Bobby Narang Glenbard West High School sophomore forward Braden Huff is rapidly becoming a basketball player to watch in the Chicagoland area. The 6-9 Huff put his talents on display at last week’s 18th Annual Glenbard West Holiday Classic. Armed with a sweet shooting stroke and good handles to
Metea Valley High School’s Serenity McDaniel, 1, shoots in spite of defense by Downers Grove South’s Cydnei Mitchell, 13, at the Oswego East Holiday Classic Saturday.
By Woodrow Carroll At the start of the football season, there was a general consensus that the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) would be in the playoffs. It was apparent sound thinking, given that the Bears had made the playoffs in 2018 and were viewed on the
Teams at Benet Academy in Lisle won an impressive three State championships recently in Fall sports.
North Central College in Naperville celebrates Saturday at the school the national D-III playoff championship won Friday evening.
Team championships ordinarily are the results of building programs, unless pure talent taketh over and run away with the prize. North Central College football strength was diminished, continually, until head coach John Thorne arrived in 2002 from Wheaton Warrenville South High School and now-defunct Wheaton Central High School in the
By Woodrow CarrollTucson, Ariz. Maybe it’s Tucson, Ariz. premature to give the Mid-American Conference (MAC) a pat on the back for the way the Conference started this season’s bowl games. Still, it was a nice surprise. Two bowl games Friday kicked off the 2019-2020 run of 40 games for the
By Bobby Narang The North Central College football team made history Friday. The Cardinals, hailing from Naperville, captured the program’s first championship, by defeating Wisconsin-Whitewater in blowout fashion, 41-14, in the Division III national championship game in Shenandoah, Texas. The Cardinals, 14-1, made their first trip to the Amos Alonzo
Oswego East High School’s Sam Schultz beats West Aurora players to the hoop Friday.
By Craig Lynch Sam Schultz was a driving force in Oswego East High School’s 56-36 dismantling of Rockford Auburn in the first round of the 16-team Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic Monday afternoon. He came off the bench to play 10 minutes and scored 15 points. He pulled down five rebounds
Aurora University’s Bailey Vance, 12, shoots over North Central College’s Connor Raridon, 32, Wednesday, Dec. 11
