West Aurora High School senior Marquise Walker, 15, works his way out of a jam in the corner filled with Plainfield Central defenders in the Oswego Regional Class 4A championship game Friday. Plainfield Central defenders include Andres Gomez, 22, Cordell Wallace, and Javari Johnson. West Aurora won, 66-65, to advance
By Bobby Narang – The Benet Academy girls basketball team experienced a two-game losing streak at the wrong time of the season. After winning back-to-back Class 4A State championships in the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, the Redwings have become a State powerhouse under head coach Joe Kilbride. The Redwings had
By John Schutt – NASCAR Monster Energy series, Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Nev., Sunday, March 3. Kyle Busch was trying for a trifecta this weekend at his home track in Las Vegas, Nev.. Kyle won the Friday night NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck race and Saturday’s Xfinity
Although Division I college men’s basketball season has another week of regular-season games in both the Big Ten Conference and Mid-American Conference, the Missouri Valley Conference was set to start Conference tournament play Thursday, March 7 in St. Louis. It’s a brutally compact tournament which run four consecutive days and
Aurora University guard Demetrius Pointer, right, shoots against an Augustana College defender Friday at Augustana in Rock Island in the first round of the NCAA Division III national tournament. Augustana won, 93-67. Al Benson/The Voice
Fun and excitement prevail. March Madness is both college and high school: Six college teams started Friday from Illinois in the 64-team Division III college men’s tournament. Aurora University, North Central College, and Wheaton College were among the six and 64. Add Lake Forest, Eureka, and Illinois Wesleyan. Friday there
Schedule Friday, March 8 IHSA State Class 1A and Class 2A tournaments Semifinals IHSA State Class 3A and Class 4A tournaments Sectionals Saturday, March 9 IHSA State Class 1A and Class 2A tournaments Championship and third place Tuesday, March 12 IHSA State Class 3A and Class 4A tournaments Super-sectionals Friday,
March Madness makes visits around the country in basketball each year. The college pairings announcements Sunday, March 17 for the 68-team NCAA Division I tournament, which will begin two days later and end in early April, is the visibly-diagnosed cases of March Madness each year. There are many other observations,
The United Methodist Church of Plano Fellowship Team invites all Plano Church families to join us for an afternoon of fun and entertainment at Plano Hometown Lanes in Plano from 12:30 to 1 p.m., Sunday, March 10. Bowling will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 3 p.m.. Donations are
Benet Academy celebrates its sectional basketball tournament championship Thursday, Feb. 21 following its 41-33 victory against Montini. Benet defeated Oswego, 55-22, Monday in the Lewis University Super-sectional in Romeoville to advance to the State tournament’s final four teams in Normal at Illinois State University. Benet will play Mother McAuley at
Oswego High School girls basketball team members pose for photos Thursday, Feb. 21 following its 48-28 victory against Joliet Central in the Sectional Tournament championship game. Oswego fell to Benet Academy in Monday’s Super-sectional at Lewis University in Romeoville. Oswego was one of the final eight teams in the tournament.
Glenbard West won its second consecutive State gymnastics championship recently at Palatine High School. Submitted photo
Glenbard South High School girls basketball team poses for photos following a 36-30 victory against Rock Falls. Glenbard South won, 34-24, Monday against St. Viator in the Elgin Community College Super-sectional to qualify for Friday State semifinal game against Sacred Heart-Griffin of Springfield. Submitted photo
By Bobby Narang – Aurora Christian High School junior Noah Villarreal was ready to turn the page on the wrestling season. Minutes after Lena-Winslow ended the Eagles’ season with a resounding 44-20 defeat in the Class 1A dual-team State wrestling meet championship Saturday in Bloomington at the Grossinger Motors Arena,
IMSA’s Alej Curtis, 50, and Kaneland High School’s Will Cushman, 15, become entangled on their way to a loose ball Monday at the IMSA Class 3A Regional boys basketball tournament. Kaneland won, 69-62, in overtime on the first day of 3A/4A regional tournament games. Al Benson/The Voice
Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball has been around for more than 100 years. Membership has fluctuated greatly. A conference champion never has had six or more defeats: At least until last weekend. Drake University and Loyola Chicago, came into last weekend’s games leading the Missouri Valley race, each with a
Max Vickers of Aurora University drives to the basket in a 73-70 victory over visiting Edgewood University Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the first round of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament. Aurora won the tournament to advance to an NCAA Division III tournament game at Augustana Friday. Vickers scored 31
March Madness has struck Division III men’s college basketball, and high school boys and girls basketball. Division I NCAA basketball berths will be announced Sunday, March 17. The Original March Madness, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) since 1943, has determined girls champions in Class 1A and 2A. The final
