By Bobby Narang The Montini girls high school basketball team is back. Well, at least back on top of the mountain. After an illustrious run, during the Jason Nichols’ era, the Broncos endured some ups and downs the last few years. But Saturday, March 8, the Broncos restored some of
By Woodrow Carroll For collegiate basketball fans, the regular season has come to an end. Now, it’s on to tournament time. A period that takes a hold of the sporting public in a way that neither the World Series or the Super Bowl can match at times. College basketball crowned
Thursday, March 13(Semi-finals)University of Illinois (State Farm)IHSA State Tournament – 1ASt. Anthony vs. Hope Acad., 9:30 a.m.Peoria Christian vs. Eastland, 11:15 a.m.IHSA State Tournament – 2AAlthoff vs. Christ the King, 2Dyett vs. Manual, 3:45IHSA State Tournament – 3ABrother Rice vs. St. Patrick, 6:30DePaul vs. Glenwood, 8:15 Friday, March 14IHSA State
IHSA State Tournament – 4AFriday, March 7SemifinalsChicago Kenwood 61, Alton 55Fremd 80, Loyola Academy 74Saturday, March 8Third placeAlton 54, Loyola Academy 44ChampionshipChicago Kenwood 65, Fremd 44 IHSA State Tournament – 3AThursday, March 6SemifinalsChicago St. Ignatius College Prep 48, Washington 33Montini 50, Quincy Notre Dame 41Friday, March 7Third placeWashington 60, Quincy
By Bobby Narang Kaneland High School sophomore wrestler, Angelina Gochis, concluded a stunning season with another memorable performance Saturday, March 1. A year after winning her first girls state championship, Gochis made it 2-for-2 with a victory over Crystal Lake South sophomore, Annalee Aarseth, in the 110-pound state final at
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s football history dates back to 1894 when the school first fielded a team. Keep in mind that the school did not achieve university status until many years later. For the sake of continuity and clarity, the school will be called Northern Illinois from here
Friday, March 7IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Sectional championships) Monday, March 10IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Super-sectionals) Thursday, March 13IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Semi-finals) Friday, March 14IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Third place) Saturday, March 15IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Finals) Results Friday, Feb.
Waubonsee Community College guard James Parker (22), a Metea Valley High School alumni, drives to the basket against College of Lake County Friday, Feb. 28.
Friday, Feb. 28IHSA State Tournament – 4A – 1A(Regional Championships)Schedules depending on results Results Monday, Feb. 25IHSA State Tournament – 4A(Regional – Quarter-Final)Benet SectionalBolingbrookNaperville Central 75, East Aurora 39Waubonsie ValleyOswego 60, Plainfield Central 28St. Charles East SectionalAddison TrailWillowbrook 65, West Chicago 54GenevaSt. Charles N. 74, Elk Grove 34New Trier SectionalHighland
By Bobby Narang A year after watching teammate Ben Davino take centerstage at the Class 3A state individual wrestling tournament, St. Charles East junior Dom Munaretto had his turn in the spotlight Saturday. And he took full advantage of the moment. Munaretto added his name to an illustrious list of
By Woodrow Carroll There are a number of high schools around the country that as soon as you mention the school’s name there is almost instant recognition. And, very often the recognition is based on the school’s athletic achievements. With that in mind let’s hone in on McClymonds High School
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Ambetter Health 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Atlanta Ga., Sunday, Feb. 23. Ryan Blaney won the pole, but it was Christopher Bell who won the race. Carson Hocevar took second place, Kyle Larson third, Ryan Blaney fourth, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. fifth. Josh Berry won the
Waubonsee Community College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are set to begin post-season play in the Region 4 Division II Tournaments Thursday, Feb. 27. The men’s team will play host to the College of Lake County Thursday at 7 p.m.. WCC men’s coach, Lance Robinson’s, men’s squad received the No.
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team hits a key part of its schedule in the final days of February. The Northern Illinois Huskies, who faced Mid-American Conference leader Akron Tuesday, are riding the hot play of Quentin Jones. Leading the MAC in scoring at 16.5 points,
By Woodrow Carroll With the collegiate basketball season heading into the home stretch, it might be a good time to take a look at some of the contenders for national honors with the state of Illinois in mind. And, we might point out a few pretenders as well as the
West Aurora High School’s Serenity Evans (14) drives to the hoop guarded by Glenbard South’s Kaitlin Erickson (5) Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Thursday, Feb. 20Fox ValleyCrystal Lake Central at Jacobs, 7West Suburban GoldWillowbrook at Downers Grove South, 6:30Non-conferenceBartlett at Marmion, 7Oswego at Christ the King, 4Parkview Christian at Wheaton Academy, 7:30Westminster Christian at IMSA, 7 Friday, February 21DuPage ValleyWaubonsie Valley at DeKalb, 7Fox ValleyCary-Grove at Burlington Central, 7Crystal Lake S. at Hampshire,
