CubsFri, Feb. 23, vs. White Sox, W 8-1Sat, Feb. 24, at San Francisco, W 8-4Sun, Feb. 25, vs. San Diego, L 7-0Mon, Feb. 26, at Kansas City, L 6-0Tue, Feb. 27, vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.Wed, Feb. 28, at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Thu, Feb. 29, vs. Colorado, 2:05 p.m.Fri, March 1, vs.
2023: UConn 76, San Diego State 592022: Kansas 72, North Carolina 692021: Baylor 86, Gonzaga 702020: Canceled due to COVID 192019: Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77, ot2018: Villanova 79, Michigan 622017: North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 652016: Villanova 77, North Carolina 742015: Duke 68, Wisconsin 632014: UConn 60, Kentucky 542013: Louisville
Class 4A2023: Moline 59, Benet Academy 422022: Glenbard West 56, Whitney Young 342021: Canceled due to COVID2020: Canceled due to COVID2019: Belleville West 71, Evanston 592018: Belleville West 60, Whitney Young 56, ot Class 3A2023: Metamora 46, Simeon 422022: Sacred Heart-Griffin 53, Metamora 502021: Canceled due to COVID2020: Canceled due
Aurora Christian High School sophomore guard Jacob Baumann (23) shoots over Earlville’s Easton Fruit (10) Friday, Feb. 23.
Spring training baseball, March Madness, both high school and college, other Spring sports evolve. It might be many fans’ favorite time of the year. Just the good, fresh, warm, air might be a part of good feeling. But, in some years, early March can be bitter cold and repressive. We
Colon Maldanado, an East Aurora High School graduate, runs to become the first Aurora University woman to earn cross-country All-America honors by taking 29th place in the NCAA Division III Championship event recently.
Friday, Feb. 23IHSA State Tournament Class 4A(Regional Championships)Elgin SectionalDundee-CrownChampionship, 7Guilford (Rock Valley) SectionalDeKalbChampionship, 7JacobsChampionship, 7East Aurora SectionalYorkvilleChampionship, 7Oswego EastChampionship, 7Downers Grove NorthChampionship, 7Metea ValleyChampionship, 7Rich SectionalStaggChampionship, 6Lincoln-Way WestChampionship, 6ThornwoodChampionship, 7AndrewChampionship, 6Riverside-Brookfield SectionalLyonsChampionship, 7YoungChampionship, 7KenwoodChampionship, 6Hinsdale CentralChampionship, 7Addison Trail SectionalWillowbrookChampionship, 7Glenbard NorthChampionship, 7St. Charles EastChampionship, 7BataviaChampionship, 6Maine South SectionalMaine EastChampionship, 7Oak
Chicago Catholic White Conf. All W L W L St. Laurence 8 0 19 12 St. Francis 7 1 17 13 Providence 6 2 15 13 IC Catholic 5 3 18 13 Marmion 4 4 14 17 St. Francis de Sales 3 5 10 19 Montini 2 6 13 18
By Bobby Narang St. Charles East High School senior Ben Davino capped a perfect season with a near perfect State tournament at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Yorkville Christian senior Ty Edwards capped a season-long question with an ideal celebration. The 2024 IHSA (Illinois High School Association) State wrestling
By Woodrow Carroll Those who follow the college basketball scene will be quick to say that there are no undefeated Division-I men’s programs remaining.. In fact, there are no teams with only a single defeat as we go to the latter quarter of college basketball’s regular season. Going undefeated in
Thu, Jan. 18at Michigan, W 88-73Sun, Jan. 21vs. Rutgers, W 86-63Wed, Jan. 24at Northwestern, L 96-91, otSat, Jan. 27vs. Indiana, W 70-62Tue, Jan. 30at Ohio State, W 87-75Sun, Feb. 4vs. Nebraska, W 87-84, otSat, Feb. 10at Michigan State, L 88-80Tue, Feb. 13vs. Michigan, W 97-68Sat, Feb. 17at Maryland, W 85-80Wed,
Wed, Jan. 17vs. Maryland, W 72-69Sat, Jan. 20at Nebraska, L 75-69Wed, Jan. 24vs. Illinois, W 96-91, otSat, Jan. 27vs. Ohio State, W 83-58Wed, Jan. 31at Purdue, L 105-96, otSat, Feb. 3at Minnesota, L 75-66, otWed, Feb. 7vs. Nebraska, W 80-68Sun, Feb. 11vs. Penn State, W 68-63Thu, Feb. 15at Rutgers, L
Tue, Jan. 16vs. Kent State, L 83-76Tue, Jan. 23vs. Toledo, L 89-73Sat, Jan. 27at Ball State, L 81-71Tue, Jan. 30at Central Michigan, L 84-77, 2 otSat, Feb. 3vs. Eastern Michigan, W 76-66Tue, Feb. 6at Miami, W 62-59Sat, Feb. 10at South Alabama, L 75-66Tue, Feb. 13vs. Buffalo, W 72-68Sat, Feb. 17at
March Madness is here! Well, almost here. High school and college basketball both used to start at the beginning of March and for three or four weeks the countdown consumed the daily activities on the way to finding tournament champions through single elimination and the brackets would furnish two remaining
Aurora University’s Dewayne Jervier, Jr. (22) and Dominican University’s Joshua West (4) chase a loose ball the in Saturday, Feb. 17
Aurora Lions Club and retired teachers will sponsor bus trips to Chicago Cubs and White Sox games. The public is invited. Included will be transportation, game admission and potluck tailgate parties. A Sunday, June 2, road trip will be for the Sox vs. Milwaukee Brewers game at 1 p.m. in
Thursday, Feb. 15Fox ValleyJacobs at Crystal Lake Central, 7Non-conferenceMinooka at Geneva, 5:30Mooseheart at IMSA, 7Morris at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:30Nazareth at Downers Grove South, 6:30Newark at Aurora Christian, 7 Friday, Feb. 16Fox ValleyBurlington Central at Cary-Grove, 7Hampshire at Crystal Lake South, 7Huntley at McHenry, 7Prairie Ridge at Dundee-Crown, 7Interstate EightKaneland at
By Woodrow Carroll With the college basketball season heading into the stretch, we might enjoy looking into some of the past NCAA men’s finals and the story that went with them. The first men’s final was held in 1939 with Oregon the victor. Each and every final since has produced
