Sidney Tice, 100, of Garden Grove, Calif., a 1947 Aurora College alum, handles the coin toss at the Aurora University-Wisconsin Lutheran College football game at Vago Field Saturday, Oct. 1.
Senior Gio Zeman, 32, of Yorkville High School runs to daylight in the Southwest Prairie West 10-0 victory against host West Aurora.
East Aurora High School’s Ralph Clark, 2, runs against Larkin Friday, Sept. 30.
Friday, Oct. 78-Player Football North 1Harvest Christian Academy at Parkview Christian Academy, TBDDuKaneGlenbard North at Lake Park, 7Geneva at Batavia, 7St. Charles East at St. Charles North, 7Wheaton-Warrenville S. at Wheaton N., 7DuPage ValleyWaubonsie Valley at Neuqua Valley, 7Naperville Central at DeKalb, 7Naperville North at Metea Valley, 7Fox ValleyBurlington Central
By Bobby Narang Two of the biggest high school football games in the Chicago suburbs took place Friday night, September 30. In week five, feature games billed State powerhouse Glenbard West at up-and-coming York, and the annual Naperville North- Naperville Central game at North Central College in Naperville was on
By Woodrow Carroll The University of Illinois football program has an opportunity to rid itself of two curses in a two-week span when the Illini will play host to Iowa Hawkeyes at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. Saturday, Oct. 1 in Madison, Wis. the Illini put a 34-10 victory hurt
Aurora University’s Carlos Montgomery leaps over Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Cole Jackson, 11, Saturday, Oct. 1.
Sports transitions are ongoing and always continue in one form or another. No doubt the Chicago Major League Baseball fans wave good-bye the season this week and seek to turn attention elsewhere. The White Sox with higher expectations than the Cubs truly were disappointing. The Cubs with lower expectations showed
North Central College football players show the Little Brass Bell trophy to fans following their 33-20 victory over visiting Wheaton Saturday, Oct. 1 in a CCIW conference game in Naperville.
Friday, Sept. 30Chicago Catholic GreenChicago St. Rita at Nazareth Acad., 7:30Benet Academy at Niles Notre Dame, 7:30Chicago Catholic OrangeJoliet Catholic Acad. at St. Laurence, 7:30Providence Catholic at Montini, 7:30Chicago Catholic White*Fenwick at Marmion Academy, 7:30DuKaneGlenbard North at Wheaton North, 7Geneva at St. Charles East, 7St. Charles North at Lake Park,
By Bobby Narang York High School wants to follow the same script Friday night, Sept. 30, in football. Glenbard West is aiming for a rewrite. The Dukes and Hilltoppers hook up for a key midseason West Suburban Silver Conference game in week six. The York Dukes, 5-0, 3-0, have recent
By Woodrow Carroll Saturday’s University of Illinois 11 a.m. football game at Wisconsin will find the Illini in an unusual situation, namely, Illinois has the better won-loss record. Visiting Illinois will arrive in Madison, Wis. with a 3-1 overall record and the Wisconsin 2-2. What was once a spirited rivalry
High school, college, professional. Those are the choices for fans in football, basically Friday night for high schools, Saturday for colleges, Sunday for professional teams. It used to be that neat, clean, and evenly divided. These days a few college and professional games are played Thursdays and the Illinois High
Aurora Christian’s Max Bray, 9, is in a battle with Chicago Christian tacklers Friday, Sept. 24.
Plainfield North High School’s football team prevailed against visiting Yorkville in a match of previously unbeaten teams in the Friday, Sept. 23 game in Plainfield.
IC Catholic Prep’s, No. 88 looms large in back of Aurora Central Catholic High School junior quarterback Kevin Stanislo.
Honoring Aurora’s Ormond family for three generations of service over 80 years, West Aurora School District 129 dedicated Ormond Stadium at West Aurora High School Thursday, Sept. 15. West Aurora’s a capella choir opened the ceremony outdoors on Ken Zimmerman Field at the stadium with the alma mater. Jason Buckley,
Aurora Classic champion: Aurora University’s Kaitlyn Beebe, 7, goes up to block a University of Wisconsin-Platteville hitter Saturday at AU’s annual Jim Coleman Memorial Classic.
By Bobby Narang St. Francis High School in Wheaton and IC Catholic Prep in Elmhurst are on their to a collision course in week nine football. However, Riverside-Brookfield might have something to say in the Metro Suburban Red Conference standings. The Metro Suburban Red Conference has four teams with at
By Woodrow Carroll In the Saturday, Sept. 17 football game against visiting Vanderbilt University, Northern Illinois University could not have started better. The first four drives by the host Huskies resulted in touchdowns. Then the magic disappeared! It was all Vanderbilt, 3-1, the rest of the way and the Vanderbilt
