NASCAR: Kevin Harvick, Eric Jones, victors
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Line, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind. Sunday, Sept. 8. Kevin Harvick raced side by side with Joe Logano in the final laps and pulled away to win this year’s race by three
White Sox Abreu, shining star
By Woodrow Carroll In the 2018 season with five games remaining, the Chicago White Sox record was 62-95. The White Sox would have had to drop their final five games of the season to reach the not-so magic 100-loss season. To their eternal discredit, the Sox did just that to
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 13-14; results September 6-7
Friday, Sept. 13 DuKane Batavia at Lake Park, 7:30 St. Charles East at Glenbard North, 7:30 St. Charles North at Wheaton North, 7:30 Wheaton Warrenville S. at Geneva, 7:30 Fox Valley* Burlington Central at McHenry, 7 Cary-Grove at Hampshire, 7 Jacobs at Dundee-Crown, 7 Prairie Ridge at Huntley, 7 Illinois
Mid-American Conference football teams fall short
By Woodrow Carroll Two weeks into the college football season, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) combined record was 10-13. Each of the 12 MAC members had played two games with the exception of Toledo, which had a bye. At first glance, a record of 10-13 doesn’t look bad, however, a closer
Hammock’s NIU Huskies face rugged schedule
By Woodrow Carroll It was not a classic victory! But for Northern Illinois University first-year head coach Thomas Hammock it was a welcome debut. Hammock, who played at Northern Illinois for two seasons, 2000-2001, before a heart ailment ended his playing days early his junior year, was 1-0 after his
West Suburban Silver football, led by Glenbard West High School, starts fast
By Bobby Narang The high school West Suburban Silver Conference had a strong showing in football in week one. Three teams won three significant non-conference games. The highlight victory for the Conference came in host Glenbard West’s dominating 45-28 victory over powerhouse Maine South Saturday in an annual non-conference game
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 6-7; results August 30-31
Friday, Sept. 6 Fox Valley* Dundee-Crown at McHenry, 7 Crystal Lake C. at Cary-Grove, 7 Crystal Lake S. at Burlington Central, 7 Huntley at Jacobs, 7 Upstate Eight Bartlett at Glenbard East, 7:30 Larkin at Streamwood, 7:30 Glenbard South at Elgin, 7:30 South Elgin at East Aurora, 7:30 West Chicago
QB Brandon Peters’ goal: Lead University of Illinois up
By Woodrow Carroll Lovie Smith is in his fourth season as head coach of the University of Illinois football fortunes. The Orange and Blue are 9-27 after his first three years. Smith is the first Illinois head football coach not to get a team into a bowl game within three
PBA week-long run at Parkside Lanes in Aurora to end Saturday
The Professional Bowlers Association returned to Parkside Lanes in Aurora in a week-long, three-event series later this week, the finale to the FloBowling PBA Summer Swing that will award three PBA Tour championships and decide three important competition points races. The Summer Swing, presented by the Brands of Ebonite International,
Selected high school football games: Schedule August 30-31
Friday, Aug. 30 Fox Valley Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7 Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, 7 Jacobs at Hampshire, 7 McHenry at Huntley, 7 Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake Central, 7 Upstate Eight East Aurora at Bartlett, 7:30 Glenbard East at Elgin, 7:30 Larkin at Fenton, 7:30 South Elgin at
Hamlin, Harvick, take NASCAR victories
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn., Sunday, Aug. 17. It was not clean and nice, but Denny Hamlin overcame issues of early contact and defeated Matt DiBenedetto in the last 11 laps of the race for the victory.
Northwestern seeks repeat of 9-5 record
By Woodrow Carroll Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s Wildcats will play at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., August 31, to kick off this season. It will mark Fitzgerald’s 14th season as the school’s head coach. In 2006, when Fitzgerald at age 32 took over after the unexpected
Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball closes season in ISC, 16-17
By Robin Reder Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team finished 0-2 in the International Softball Congress (ISC) tournament an was 2-2 in the ISC II bracket to finish the season with a 16-17 record. In Dolan’s first ISC tournament game against Niagara, Ont., in the first inning Robert Reder was