East Aurora High School's Jacques Kelly, 4, stretches for control of the ball under the basket Saturday in a battle for control of the Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball race against Bartlett High School
Thursday, March 11DuPage ValleyNaperville North at Metea Valley, 7 Non-conferenceBenet at Batavia, 7 Upstate Eight TournamentConsolation semifinalConsolation semifinalSemifinalSemifinal Friday, March 12Chicago Catholic White*Montini at Providence, 7 DuKaneBatavia at St. Charles East, 7Lake Park at Wheaton-Warr. South, 7St. Charles North at Glenbard N., 7Wheaton North at Geneva, 7 DuPage ValleyMetea Valley...
High school and college basketball teams, boys and girls, men and women, are grateful, mainly, just to have a season, which has been modified by COVID-19. High school players must wear masks in their six-week season. They are making the best of it. Players’ and fans’ adjustments include no annual...
By Bobby Narang In a year full of surprises, Waubonsie Valley High School boys basketball head coach, Jason Mead, delivered his own surprise. Monday, Feb. 22, in the middle of a shortened six-week season, Mead announced his resignation as head coach of the varsity program effective at the end of...
Neal Schwartz, 24, Marmion Academy senior, looks for a shot against Leo defenders Monday in Aurora. Leo won the Chicago Catholic League game, 76-59.
East Aurora High School teammates, Jullian Acosta, 23, left, and Jabian Acosta, 3, right, and South Elgin's Wyatt Steurer, middle, find their focus on possession of the ball in Monday's game.
Aurora Christian's McCade Weber, 12, drives against Danny Cwinski, 10, of Aurora Central Catholic Friday.
By Bobby Narang With basketball in full force throughout the state, the biggest underlying issue for high schools team is making sure the season runs its course. Several teams in the state have experienced “shutdowns” because of cases of COVID-19. Many regions experienced upticks following Super Bowl Sunday parties, which...
Rosary High School's Emily Hurst, 11, drives against Aurora Christian's Lexi Lamana Monday.
By Bobby Narang Basketball is back. After a long absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that stretched into early February, high school basketball was back in full force in Illinois last week. Although some teams had trouble scheduling games at the last minute, several teams played multiple games in a...
From Super Bowl to high school sports. The fast conveyance of competition keeps sports interesting. Ageless 43-year-old Tom Brady of Tampa Bay stays in good shape, physically and mentally, and received the benefit of a young and improving defense and a coordinated offense to capture the Super Bowl Sunday over...
By Bobby Narang Basketball runs in the Cohn family. So does the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament. Let former York High School star point guard, David Cohn, explain the long-running Tournament’s worth to his family. “My uncle is a huge high school sports fan,” Cohn said. “He went to York games...
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
