By Bobby Narang Oswego High School football coach Brian Cooney is headed back to the State championship game. This time, Cooney won’t be wearing a uniform. Cooney was a standout linebacker on Oswego’s 1992 Class 4A State championship team, and was a volunteer assistant coach on the 7A State title
Friday, Nov. 28BataviaMarmion vs. Bartlett, 6Maine East vs. Batavia, 7:30Coal City / Mantenoat Coal CityGardner-So. Wilmington vs. Southland, 5:30Morris vs. Coal City, 7at MantenoIC Catholic vs. Beecher, 5:30Peotone vs. IC Catholic, 7Downers Grove North / Southat Downers Grove SouthLincoln Park vs. Unity Christian, 1:30Metea Valley vs. Hinsdale Central, 3East Peoria
Thursday, Nov. 27Oklahoma State at Northwestern, 9:30 p.m., BTNIllinois State at Charlotte, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2 Friday, Nov. 28Illinois vs. UConn, 11:30 a.m., FOXGeorgia Tech vs. DePaul, 6 p.m., CBSSNIllinois State vs Richmond or Furman, TBD, ESPN2Eastern Illinois at Purdue, 11 a.m., B1G Saturday, Nov. 29Bellarmine at Northern Illinois, 2 p.m.,
Friday, Nov. 28Kent State at Northwestern Illinois, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Saturday, Nov. 29Northwestern at Illinois, 6:30 p.m., BTNNotre Dame at Stanford, 9:30 p.m., ESPNNCAA Div. III playoffs Hanover College at North Central College, noonFCS Playoffs, Illinois state at Southeastern Louisiana, noon, ESPN+NCAA Div. III playoffs Wheaton College at Wartburg College,
Aurora University’s Juliano Santalucia (43) pushes the puck between a trio of Adrian College defenders Saturday, Nov. 15 at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva.
Aurora University’s Elijah Osit, center, celebrates a fall over Carthage College’s Cooper Vincent at 3:23 in the 285-pound class at AU November 13.
By Bobby Narang As the Cinderella of the State volleyball tournament, Nazareth Academy had one more victory to conclude a storybook season. After finishing with a 3-31 record, adding a new head coach with no ties to the program, the Roadrunners overcame a tough regular season schedule to punch a
Monday, Nov. 24Non-conferenceKaneland at Sandwich, 7BataviaMaine East vs. Marmion, 6Bartlett vs. Batavia, 7:30Coal City / Manteno*at MantenoIC Catholic vs. Peotone, 5:30De La Salle / St. Ignatius*at De La SalleBenet vs. King, 6:30at St. IgnatiusHope Academy vs. Yorkville Christian, 6:30Downers Grove North / Southat Downers Grove NorthLyons vs. Maine South, 5Waubonsie
Thursday, Nov. 20Rockford at Illinois State, 7 p.m., ESPN+UIC at High Point, 1:30 p.m., Baller TV Friday, Nov. 21Northwestern at Virginia, 4 p.m., CBSSNNorthern Illinois at Loyola Chicago, 7 p.m., Marquee SNWheaton College at College of St. Scholastica, 7:15 p.m.Costal Carolina at Western Illinois, 6 p.m., ESPN+ Saturday, Nov. 22Long
Saturday, Nov. 22Illinois at Wisconsin, 6:30 p.m., BTNMinnesota at Northwestern, 11 a.m., BTNSyracuse at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., NBCWestern Illinois at Gardner-Webb, 12:30 p.m., ESPN+Eastern Illinois at Alabama, 1 p.m., ESPN+Southern Illinois at Illinois State, noon, ESPN+ Results Wednesday, Nov. 12Northern Illinois 45, Toledo 3 Saturday, Nov. 15Illinois 24, Maryland
Aurora Central Catholic High School’s Leo Corral (21) and Kyle Stanislo (2) trip up Richmond-Burton’s Hunter Farley (6) in Class 3A Round 2 playoff action Friday.
Aurora University’s Larry Carthan (5) shoots over Bethany Lutheran’s Jack Brockmann (23) Saturday, Nov. 8.
Aurora University defenders swarm St. Norbert’s Jacob McVane (28) Saturday, Nov. 8.
By Bobby Narang Montini Catholic High School football coach Mike Bukovsky couldn’t help, but take a trip down memory lane. After the Montini Broncos defeated Peoria Notre Dame Saturday, Nov. 8 in a Class 4A second-round playoff game, the stage was set for a rematch with Coal City. Twenty-one years
Class 8ASaturday, Nov. 15Oswego at Maine South, 1 p.m.Lincoln-Way East at Chicago Mt. Carmel, 4 p.m.Barrington at Lockport, 6 p.m.Fremd at Bolingbrook, 7 p.m. Class 7ASaturday, Nov. 15Lincoln-Way West at Downers Grove North, __Glenbard North at Batavia, 1 p.m.St. Rita at Hersey, 3 p.m.St. Charles North at Brother Rice, 6
Thursday, Nov. 13Benedictine University at Northern Illinois, 7 p.m., ESPN+Loyola Chicago at Wichita State, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14Colgate at Illinois, 8 p.m., B1G+Northwestern at DePaul, 7:30 p.m., truTVIllinois State at USC, 6:30 p.m., PeacockJudson University at Kuyper, 6 p.m.Lewis University vs. Malone University, 2 p.m.Eastern Illinois at Kentucky, 6
Saturday, Nov. 15Maryland at Illinois, 2:30 p.m., FS1Michigan at Northwestern, 11 a.m., FOXNotre Dame at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m., ABCAurora University at Concordia University Chicago, noonIllinois Wesleyan University at North Central College, noonSoutheast Missouri State at Western Illinois, 1 p.m., ESPN+Eastern Illinois at Lindenwood, 2 p.m., ESPN+Illinois State at South Dakota
