Class 4A State Final TournamentFriday, March 4Game 1: Stevenson vs. Benet Acad., 2:30 p.m.Game 2: Bolingbrook vs. Barrington, 4:15 p.m.Game 3: Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2, 8:45 p.m.Saturday, March 5ChampionshipWinner game 1 vs. winner game 2, 7:15 p.m. Class 3A State Final TournamentFriday, March 4Game 1: Civic Memorial
By Bobby Narang High school State basketball is set to return to the middle part of the State this month. The four-class girls basketball field was finalized following Monday’s super-sectional action. In Class 3A, Nazareth Academy and Carmel are among the northern Illinois teams to reach the final four. Benet
By Woodrow Carroll There are 32 major college basketball conferences. Any team in any one of these conferences theoretically could capture the NCAA basketball tournament championship. The tournament will begin March 15. Clearly, the eventual national champion will come from approximately 20 schools. There are no undefeated teams this season.
March fits into the sports scene quite well: March Madness, crescendo of the Winter scene, pitchers and catchers have reported and Spring training is under way, except this season with the stalemate over money and contracts, other good-weather competition comes into focus, including golf and tennis. We can dream. The
The Yorkville Christian High School wrestling team members pose for a team photo after capturing the Class 1A dual team championship Saturday at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.
Oswego High School’s Deakon Tonielli, 22, is in a battle with Joliet Central’s Anthony Nava, 2, for a rebound Saturday, Feb. 19.
Rick Albright, right, with Neal Ormond, recently was selected for the 2022 Friends Class of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame. Ormond, a 1984 IBCA inductee, nominated Albright.
Aurora University’s Katie Beebe, 44, shoots over Dominican University’s Kamryn Woods, Saturday, Feb. 19.
The Oswego High School girls bowling team captured third place in the IHSA State Tournament last weekend at Cherry Bowl in Rockford.
Naperville North High School’s Huskies celebrate their 62-52 Class 4A West Aurora Class 4A Regional championship victory Friday, Feb. 18, over host West Aurora to advance to this week’s East Aurora Sectional Tournament.
By Woodrow Carroll What teams may perform well in the men’s collegiate basketball season and make the NCAA Tournament. March 15-April 4? There are 13 Illinois schools playing Division I basketball. Schools in theory, could be part of the Big Dance final four tournament. The University of Illinois heads up
By Bobby Narang The Glenbard West High School boys basketball team doesn’t need a State championship to validate its place in history. The Hilltoppers, who captured the West Suburban Conference Silver championship for the second straight season and for the fourth time in the last 50 years, did manage to
Wednesday, Feb. 23IHSA State Tournament Class 4A(Regionals)Proviso West SectionalYoungYoung vs. Argo, 6Downers Grove N. vs. Lane, 7:30Riverside-BrookfieldRiverside-Brookf. vs. Proviso West, 6Oak Park-R.F. vs. Jones, 7:30Hinsdale CentralCurie vs. Downers Grove South, 6Hinsdale Central vs. Morton, 7:30Proviso EastLyons vs. Leyden, 6Proviso East vs. Lincoln Park, 7:30Collinsville SectionalMinookaMoline vs. Plainfield South, 6Minooka vs.
IHSA State Tournament Class 4AEast Aurora SectionalTue., Feb. 22Benet Acad. vs. Waubonsie Valley, 6Naperville N. vs. Downers Grove N., 7:30Thu., Feb. 24Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.Bartlett SectionalTue., Feb. 22Geneva vs. St. Charles East, 6 p.m.Wheaton North vs. Batavia. 7:30 p.m.Thu., Feb. 24Winner Game 1 vs. Winner
The shift on the horizon in sports is postseason play in high school and college basketball along with other Winter sports. The Big Ten Conference women’s basketball tournament dates are March 2-6 in Indianapolis and the men’s Big Ten basketball tournament will be March 9-13 in Indianapolis. High school girls
All five of Geneva-based Chicago Steel hockey team alumni on the Team USA Olympic roster reached the score sheet, by recording 10 total points and factoring in all eight goals in an 8-0 Team USA victory over China Thursday, Feb. 10 in the Club’s opening game in the 2022 Beijing
Tyler Jones, Aurora University interim men’s head basketball coach, talks strategy with his Spartans Saturday, Feb. 12, in Aurora.
The Oswego High School girls bowling team finished in second place at the recent IHSA regional tournament and qualified for the sectional meet.
Lisle High School’s Joseph “Joey” Raineri qualifies at 195-pound class for the State wrestling tournament Thursday through Saturday this week at the University of Illinois in Champaign by qualifying last weekend at the Coal City Sectional meet.
Aurora University interim men’s head basketball coach Tyler Jones, center, poses with basketball Spartans/prospective graduates on AU senior night Saturday, Feb. 12.
