Category: Sports

Northwestern and Illinois looking for bowl, NIU hanging on

By Woodrow Carroll While few are predicting a major breakthrough for the Northwestern football program, one has to admit that the Wildcats have performed better than expected by most to this point. With a 19-0 road victory at Purdue last Saturday, Northwestern upped its season record to 5-2. Five victories

Select high school football schedules Oct. 23-25; results Oct. 17

Thursday, Oct. 23Southwest Valley BlueSandburg at Lincoln-Way East, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24CCL/ESCC GreenSt. Francis at Nazareth, 7:30 p.m.St. Rita at IC Catholic, 7:30 p.m.CCL/ESCC Orange*Providence at Joliet Catholic, 7:30 p.m.CCL/ESCC PurpleBenet at DePaul, 7 p.m.CCL/ESCC RedLeo at Marmion, 7:30 p.m.CCL/ESCC White*Montini at St. Laurence, 7:30 p.m.Chicagoland ChristianChicago Christian at

College basketball schedules and results

Thursday, Oct. 23Saint Louis at Bradley University, 7 p.m. (exhibition) Friday, Oct. 24DePaul at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., TBD (exhibition) Saturday, Oct. 25Lake Forest College at Aurora University, 4 p.m. (exhibition) Sunday, Oct. 26Northwestern at Iowa State, noon, ESPN+ (exhibition) Tuesday, Oct. 28Quincy at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m. (exhibition)St. Francis

College football schedules and results

Saturday, Oct. 25Illinois at Washington, 2:30 p.m., BTNNorthwestern at Nebraska, 11 a.m. FS1Ball State at Northern Illinois, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+Augustana College at North Central College, 1 p.m.Western Illinois at Tennessee State, 1:30 p.m., ESPN+Eastern Illinois at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m., ESPN+Illinois State at South Dakota, 1 p.m., ESPN+Lakeland at Benedictine

Aurora City Council honors native Kenny Battle, basketball star

Kenny Battle, an Aurora native, college basketball standout, and the first person from the City to be drafted to the National Basketball Association (NBA), was honored at Aurora’s Tuesday night City Council meeting for his impressive basketball career and extraordinary representation of Aurora on the national stage. Mayor John Laesch

Select high school football schedules Oct. 17; results Oct. 10

Friday, Oct. 10Chicagoland ChristianWheaton Academy at Aurora Christian, 7 p.m.McNamara at Hope Academy, 7 p.m.Christ the King at Chicago Christian, 7:15 p.m.St. Edward at Woodstock Marian, 7 p.m.DuKaneSt. Charles East at Batavia, 7 p.m.Warrenville South at Lake Park, 7 p.m.Glenbard North at St. Charles North, 7 p.m.Geneva at Wheaton North,

Little Ten Conference girls volleyball tournament finals

The 51st Little Ten Conference Girls Volleyball Tournament is in the books. Saturday’s results from Serena High School: Consolation Earlville d Leland 25-23, 23-25, 25-11 3rd Place Somonauk d Hinckley-Big Rock 30-28, 25-11 Championship Newark d Serena 23-25, 25-23, 25-16 The championship is Newark’s ninth straight. The Lady Norsemen have

College football schedules and results

Saturday, Oct. 18Purdue at Northwestern, 2 p.m., BTNNorthern Illinois at Ohio, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+Southern Cal at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBCConcordia University Wisconsin at Aurora University, 1 p.m.North Central College at North Park University, 1 p.m.Charleston Southern at Western Illinois, 3 p.m., ESPN+Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 2 p.m., ESPN+Youngstown

Select high school football schedule Oct. 10; results Oct. 3-4

Friday, Oct. 10Chicagoland Christian*Chicago Hope Academy at St. Edward, 7 p.m.Wheaton Academy at McNamara, 7 p.m.Aurora Christian) at Chicago Christian, 7:15 p.m.DuKaneWheaton North at Batavia, 7 p.m.Geneva at Glenbard North, 7 p.m.St. Charles East at Lake Park, 7 p.m.St. Charles North at Wheaton Warrenville S. 7 p.m.Fox Valley*Dundee-Crown at Jacobs,