The high school Winter season is in high-visibility mode. Boys and girls basketball, wrestling, swimming and diving, all have the finish line in view. In high school basketball the theme remains the Original March Madness: One and done, frantic finishes, all prevail. The term March Madness was started by the
Aurora University’s Ty Carlson glides to the basket against Benedictine University during the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship game at Aurora University Saturday. Aurora won, 76-71, to advance to the NCAA Division III tournament. Al Benson/The Voice
Glenbard West High School girls gymnastics State championship team members pose Saturday, Feb. 17 with the program’s first State championship trophy. Glenbard West photo
The Aurora Christian High School boys basketball team poses with the Aurora Christian Regional championship plaque. Dan Anderson of Dan Anderson Productions
Aurora Christian High School team members and coaches pose with Aurora mayor, front, left, at an all-school assembly Monday following the eight-team dual meet Sate championship Saturday. Dan Anderson of Dan Anderson Productions
By Craig Lynch- The Geneva High School’s girls basketball team will play at Redbird Arena in Normal Friday to defend its Class 4A State tournament championship. Seniors Stephanie Hart, with 16 points, and Margaret Whitley, 15 points, led the charge in Geneva’s victory over Rockford Boylan, 54-42. Geneva earned its
By Bobby Narang- The IC Catholic Prep wrestling program started with humble beginnings. Seven seasons later, the Knights proved to be one of the best in the State. Helped by a big contingent of football players, the IC Catholic wrestling team landed a spot at the Class 1A dual team
West Aurora High School’s Damien Virgen, center, in left photo, dives for a loose ball in front of East Aurora’s Devan Laughlin, back, and Maurice Judon, right, in the East-West game at West High Friday. West Aurora won, 60-41. Virgen scored 14 points. In the schools’ 225th meeting, starting in
Davanta Faulkner of visiting East Aurora High School, with the ball, is up in the air to look for a teammate for a pass Friday. He finds West Aurora defender, Traevon Brown, in front of him. West Aurora won, 60-41 in the schools’ 225th meeting, starting in 1913, West leads,
Waubonsie Valley High School freshman team players pose for photos after capturing the eight-team tournament championship at West Aurora High School Saturday. The tournament was named after well-known West Aurora booster and father of many varsity basketball players. Waubonsie Valley defeated West Aurora Red, 50-40, in the tournament championship game.
Naperville Central High School girls celebrate and pose for photos, Friday, after capturing a hard-earned 65-63 three-overtime victory over rival Naperville North in the championship game in the Central gym. Central advanced to Tuesday’s Neuqua Valley Sectional semifinal game and defeated Lockport, 58-43. Central will play Bolingbrook for sectional championship
By Carter Crane- Marmion Academy and Montini Catholic High Schools recently moved from Class 2A in wrestling to the bigger-school 3A in the three-class system and are still dominant. Both teams won their Class 3A dual sectional meets to advance to the eight-team 3A State meet in Bloomington. The excitement
Aurora University’s Ty Carlson, 20, drives in a 96-75 victory over visiting Marian University Saturday. Aurora clinched the 2017-2018 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season championship. Aurora will be host to the NACC tournament Friday and Saturday. Al Benson/The Voice
By John Schutt- Monster Energy Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18. The results are in and Austin Dillon’s No. 3 car won the crash-filled Monster Energy Daytona 500. Darrel Wallace, Jr. came in second place followed by Denny Hamlin in third, Joey Logano in fourth,
Lucy Schmid of Naperville Central High School girls regional basketball champion helps cut down the nets Friday at home. See pages 1 and 12. Jason Crane/The Voice
By Woodrow Carroll- Men’s college basketball powers such as Villanova University and University of Virginia have fallen to defeat this season. Undefeated conference teams have become increasingly rare. When the Hartford Hawks knocked off the Vermont Catamounts, 69-68, Sunday in an American East Conference game, it left no team unscathed
West Aurora High School’s Camron Donatlan, 2, draws defenders from visiting South Elgin in Friday’s Upstate Eight Conference Valley game. West Aurora clinched the championship with a 65-47 victory. Donatlan finished with a game-high 24 points, seven rebounds, and four steals. South Elgin players are David Binion, left, and Christopher
By Bobby Narang- The Glenbard West High School girls gymnastics team made history Saturday. The Hilltoppers captured the program’s first State gymnastics championship by edging three-time State champion Prairie Ridge. Glenbard West scored 149.5500 points to 148.7500 for Prairie Ridge. The State meet was held Friday and Saturday at Palatine
The high school basketball State tournament countdown last week moved into its second week of six weeks of regionals and sectionals for boys and girls. Mia Lakstigala, 31, of Naperville Central moves to the basket and draws defenders from Naperville North, Sadie Jurkovic, 42, and Ella Bristow, 33, right. Central
The final regular season high school boys basketball game for East Aurora and West Aurora will be the 225th renewal for the two varsity teams at West Aurora Friday. Here a shirt designed by the West Aurora Sports Boosters will be on sale at the game and will be on
