By Bobby Narang York High School first-year boys basketball head coach, Mike Dunn, will have to wait a bit longer for his first coaching experience at his new school. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has yet to name a start date for the basketball season, despite surrounding states already
By Bobby Narang York High School first-year boys head basketball coach Mike Dunn might have to wait a bit longer for his debut season at his new school. The former Yorkville High School coach has a long family history that dates back 100 years with York High School. But the
By Woodrow Carroll Fans and sports writer like to proclaim an individual or team as the best. Clearly, best covers a myriad of teams and individuals and usually doesn’t come close to reaching universal agreement. What it does, however, is bring out the argumentative juices in a great many. Our
By Bobby Narang The boys basketball high school State tournament will return to Champaign. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) board of directors voted to accept the Champaign-Urbana bid to be the host for the State basketball tournament beginning with the 2020-2021 season all the way through the 2022-2023 season
By Bobby Narang Just minutes before the tipoff of Hinsdale South High School’s boys Class 3A sectional semifinal home game against Benet Academy March 12, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) canceled the rest of the basketball season due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus epidemic). Hinsdale South senior guard Billy Durkin,
Axel Motola, 14, of West Aurora High School, offers defensive effort against the reverse layup bid by Jaques Kelly, 4, of East Aurora High School in the Lockport Sectional semifinal Wednesday, March 11.
Mooseheart High School’s Latif Adeboyejo, 11, scores on a dunk in a 96-36 victory over Islamic Foundation in the Aurora Christian 1A Regional first round game February 25.
West Aurora High School’s Axel Motola, left, and Kelvin Balfour share a hug after a 56-51 victory Friday, March 6 over visiting Plainfield Central
Jillian Acosta of East Aurora drives against Kai Evans of Bolingbrook High School in the Oswego East Regional championship. East Aurora won, 79-72
Aurora Christian head coach Dan Beebe cuts down the net after the Eagles won the Class 1A Regional championship Friday, Feb. 28.
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced March 12 that it will significantly limit attendance at the remaining games in the 2020 IHSA Boys Basketball State series, as well as at other IHSA events, to preemptively reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. The decision comes after consultation with the Illinois
By Carter Crane East Aurora High School’s boys basketball team used hard-working full-court pressure defense to defeat rival West Aurora, 61-50, in Wednesday’s Lockport Sectional semifinal game this week.. “Our defense was important,” East Aurora head coach Rick Robinson said after the game. “I wasn’t going to let Kelvin Balfour
West Aurora High School’s basketball team celebrates its 56-51 victory Friday over visiting Plainfield Central.
East Aurora High School’s boys basketball team celebrates its 79-72 victory Friday over Bolingbrook.
Aurora Christian and Timothy Christian in Elmhurst both won high school super-sectional boys basketball games Tuesday to qualify for State basketball tournaments Friday and Saturday. Aurora Christian will play Madison at 11 a.m. Friday in Class 1A and either the third place game or the championship game Saturday afternoon. Aurora
High school boys basketball head coaches at East Aurora and at West Aurora (see page 11 photos) each developed a keen sense of his team’s character and destiny during the season. That sense for each coach constituted a part of a regional championship this season and a biggest school Class
By Bobby Narang The Montini Catholic High School girls basketball season ended with a victory. But the Broncos’ victory arrived a few hours earlier than veteran head coach Jason Nichols would’ve liked at Redbird Arena in Normal Saturday. The Broncos defeated Springfield Lanphier 55-43 Saturday afternoon in the Class 3A
March Madness spreads its wings. In the basketball world, college and high school, March Madness is frenzy filled with facing sudden elimination, or, advancement for another game, or more games. Winter sports other than basketball have their own form of madness in their journeys to finality. Girls high school basketball
Yorkville High School senior Ty McCurdy, 34, denies an entry pass into the post to Oswego’s Connor McCance in spite of a nine-inch height disadvantage Friday in a Southwest Prairie Conference West game.
Naperville North High School girls basketball team poses with the championship plaque Thursday, Feb. 20 after capturing the Yorkville Regional championship with a 49-43 victory over West Aurora.
