The Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs entered this season on a streak. The Cubs are on a winning streak. The Sox are on a losing streak. The Cubs seek a fifth-straight playoff appearance. In the past four seasons, the Cubs have won no less than 92 games in
Kane County Cougars first-year manager, Vince Harrison, meets the media in his office Tuesday at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva. The Cougars are a fifth-year Class A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Major League Baseball team. The Cougars will open their 29th season Thursday, April 4 at home against Clinton
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Arlington, Texas, Sunday, March 31. Jimmie Johnson won the pole position, Kyle Busch led the most laps, but Denny Hamlin won the race and the coveted six-shooters. Following in second place was Clint Bowyer, Daniel
The outdoor high school boys and girls track and field meets will start Friday and Saturday, weather-permitting. Batavia High School will be host to the Les Hodge meet Friday. The meet is named after a long-time Batavia and Tri-City sports writer. The late Les Hodge covered sports in all three
Oswego High School’s Sarah Petrauskas, 6, and West Aurora’s Gracie Prather, 20, compete for control of a loose ball at West Aurora Friday, March 22. West Aurora won in the non-conference match, 1-0. Al Benson/The Voice
By Bobby Narang – Dan Hartman just wanted to be a coach. His football coaching and teaching position was in limbo at Hinsdale Central High School, so Hartman started looking at other positions. He found out earlier this month. Hartman was named the new head football coach at Lyons. He
A complaint in the men’s Division I basketball tournament’s first week has been the lack of upsets. The starting field of 68 teams was reduced to 16 teams for Thursday, March 28 games. Only Oregon, a No. 12 seed remained among the double-digit seeded teams. The way in which many
Aurora University’s lacrosse team member, Morgan McGinnis, right, drives against University of Northwestern (St. Paul, Minn.) defenders Saturday. Host Aurora won, 13-10, to improve to a 3-3 won-loss record. In the third annual Lax Attacks Cancer fundraiser, proceeds benefited Coaches vs. Cancer and American Cancer Society. Al Benson/The Voice
It’s transition time! It’s not from offense to defense, rather from high school Winter sports to Spring sports, weather permitting. High school baseball and softball (see page 10) are dependent on good weather, or, at least dry days, to play games. Often bad weather at the end of March and
Aston Francis, 1, of Wheaton College drives against University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Brett Wittchow in an NCAA Division III national tournament semifinal Friday. Oshkosh won, 104-85, and won the national championship Saturday in Ft. Wayne, Ind.. Wheaton College photo
Carter Lindstrom of Glenbard West High School shows plaques he won Saturday at the Illinois High School Association King of the Hill three-point shooting at the State tournament in Peoria at Carver Arena. He won the Class 4A competition for biggest schools. There were competitors from three other classes. Glenbard
By Bobby Narang – The Marmion Academy boys tennis program enters a new era this Spring in Aurora. Brian Cole takes over the head coaching duties for the Cadets’ program. Led by singles players Jack Draper and Anthony Sleezer, the Cadets will seek to break new ground this season. “Some
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif., Sunday, March 17. Fittingly, the green car driven by Kyle Busch won the Auto Club 400 on St. Patrick’s Day! Following Kyle Busch was Joe Logano in second place, Brad Keselowski in third, Kevin
Two years ago it was Northwestern University. Last season it was Loyola University. This year it’s Bradley University. They are the last three Illinois schools in the NCAA men’s Division I basketball tournament. Those teams’ coaches are Chicago area high school products! Chris Collins, Porter Moser, and Brian Wardle all
Wheaton College advanced the closest to a basketball championship of any of our teams in this 2018-2019 basketball season. There was no apparent Thunder to let us know at the start of the season that among high school and college/university teams that Wheaton College was most likely to capture our
