By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Toyota Owners 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond Va., Saturday, April 13. Martin Truex, Jr. held off Joe Logano in final laps to get his first victory in 25 races and his first victory of the 2019 season. Following Logano in third place were
The draft will be through seven rounds. The first round will take place Thursday, April 25. Rounds two and three will be Friday, April 26 and rounds four through seven will be Saturday, April 27. The draft will be held in Nashville, Tenn. Bears selections Round 1, no pick; Round
State champion: Waubonsie Valley High School/Metea Valley High School ice hockey team of Aurora receives a salute from the Aurora City Council Tuesday evening at Aurora City Hall for recently capturing the Illinois State high school hockey championship in the Combined Varsity tournament. Both schools are in District 204. There
By Bobby Narang – The DuKane Conference is fully in swing in high school baseball. After Batavia captured the football championship and Geneva claimed the boys basketball championship, St. Charles North is seeking to win the inaugural Conference baseball championship. The North Stars notched their first Conference victory with an
Kane County Cougars pitcher Erin Baldwin delivers Friday in the team’s second game of the Class A Midwest Baseball League season. Visiting Clinton won, 5-1, in the game in Geneva. The Cougars were 3-2 through Monday and will return home Friday for a pair of three-game series against Peoria and
The Chicago White Sox opened the season last year with a pair of road victories at Kansas City. The two victories didn’t fool anyone familiar with the Sox. Reality soon set in for the Sox and by the time the team had played 36 games. The Sox record was 9-27,
Oswego East High School’s Keylen Williams clears six-foot, two-inches to win the high jump at the Wolves’ boys track meet Wednesday, April 3 with Oswego and Joliet West. Williams captured the A.A. Stagg High School Invitational Saturday in Palos Heights by clearing 6-6. Oswego East will be in Friday’s Matt
By Craig Lynch – After a loss to St. John’s University in the men’s college basketball Big East tournament, DePaul University took its 15-15 record to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) tournament. The Demons defeated Central Michigan, Longwood, and Costal Carolina to qualify for the best of three finals. They
By Carter Crane – In a match of winning Division III college basketball programs, Aurora University announced Tuesday that Matt Airy of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., is Aurora’s 28th men’s head basketball coach in the program’s 107-year history and only the fourth since the 1980 season. Aurora has
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Recent NCAA men’s D-I champions 2019 Virginia def. Texas Tech. 85-77 (ot) 2018 Villanova def. Michigan 79-62 2017 N.Carolina def. Gonzaga 71-65 2016 Villanova def. N. Carolina 77-74 2015 Duke def. Wisconsin 68-63 2014 Connecticut def. Kentucky 60-54 2013 Louisville def. Michigan 82-76 2012 Kentucky def. Kansas 67-59 2011 Connecticut
Men’s Semifinals – April 2 Lipscomb 71 def. Wichita St. 64, Texas 58 def. TCU 44 Final – April 4 Texas 81 def. Lipscomb 66 WNIT Basketball Tournament Women’s Semifinals – April 3 Northwestern 74 def. James Madison 69 Arizona 59 def. TCU 53 Final – April 6 Arizona 56
West Aurora High School’s Erik Perez, 8, hits against Geneva defenders in the 12-team Blackhawk boys varsity invitational Saturday. West Aurora defeated Geneva in a second-round match and went on to defeat Wheeling in the championship Gold Division match, 16-25, 25-22, 25-18. Al Benson/The Voice
By Bobby Narang – The West Suburban Silver Conference is shaping up to be another memorable season in high school baseball. Last season, Lyons captured the conference championship with a 15-3 record, Oak Park-River Forest was 13-5, and Glenbard West, 11-7, York, 10-8, Hinsdale Central, 8-10, Downers Grove North, 6-15,
West Aurora boys volleyball team members pose with the plaque after capturing the Gold Medal championship match against Wheeling Saturday in the 12-team Blackhawk invitational in which West Aurora was host. The Blackhawks will participate in the Glenbard East Springfest tournament Saturday. Al Benson/The Voice
