We can have it all in sports, that is enjoy and dig deeply, or, lightly, and at all levels. • At once, the University of Georgia wins its second consecutive top level college football national championship in stunning fashion, 65-7, against stunned TCU. • Then, we have high school sports
By Woodrow Carroll With the conference portion of the collegiate basketball season well under way, a glance at the various polls tells us that every team has suffered at least one defeat. Purdue, Houston, and Kansas, and you can mix and match the top teams with each passing day, lead
IllinoisWed, Jan. 4, Northwestern, L 73-60Sat, Jan. 7, Wisconsin, W, 79-69Tue, Jan. 10, 8 p.m., BTN, at NebraskaFri, Jan. 13, 8 p.m., FS1, vs. Michigan StateMon, Jan. 16, 5 p.m. BTN, at Minnesota NorthwesternWed, Jan. 4, Illinois, W 73-60Sun, Jan. 8, Indiana, W 84-83Wed, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., BTN, vs
Saturday, Dec. 3 – Division III QuarterfinalsMount Union 22, Delaware Valley 6Mary Hardin-Baylor 41, Bethel (Minn.) 28North Central College 48, Ithaca 7Wartburg 45, Aurora University 17 Saturday, Dec. 10 – Division III SemifinalsMount Union 34, Wartburg 31North Central College 49, Mary Hardin-Baylor 14 Friday, Dec. 16 – Division III National
Downers Grove North High School’s Jack Stanton, 21, and Wheaton Academy’s Wyatt Vandervelde, 20, chase a loose ball in the championship game of the East Aurora Holiday Tournament.
Thursday, Jan. 5Non-conferenceMarquette at Yorkville Christian, 7 Friday, Jan. 6DuKaneWheaton North at Geneva, 6DuPage ValleyNaperville Central at DeKalb, 7Naperville North at Metea Valley, 7Waubonsie Val. at Neuqua Valley, 7East Suburban CatholicBenet at St. Patrick, 7Joliet Catholic at Carmel, 7Marist at Nazareth, 7Notre Dame at St. Viator, 7Fox ValleyBurlington Cen. at
By Bobby Narang The holiday high school basketball tournament season is a key moment in the schedule for teams throughout the State. The four-class State system hits the mid-point of the season and allows a true indicator of teams in the hunt for a championship. • On the girls side,
By Woodrow Carroll The football bowl season got off to a very good start for the Big Ten Conference. Nine teams from the Big Ten qualified for postseason games. The conference was 4-0 in the early going. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Maryland all emerged victorious from their respective bowl games.
End of the calendar year in sports offers excitement in football and basketball in playoffs, bowl games, tournaments, and football and basketball back-to-back, mostly in top-level college games. Mix in important National Football League games in preparation of playoffs, a plethora of high school holiday basketball tournament games, both boys
Thanks to the generosity of lifelong and cherished friend, Ed Regole, of St. Charles, who died August 15, 2022, Marmion Academy proudly announces the renovation of both the Varsity Baseball Field and multi-sport Fichtel Field. This generous bequest will enable Marmion to move forward with this long-awaited and impactful project.
Thursday, Dec. 29Bloomington / NormalConsolation semi-finals, semi-finalsDeKalbConsolation semi-final, semi-finalEast Aurora7th place, 15th place, 2:353rd place, 4:10Championship, 5:45Elgin13th place semi-final, 9 a.m.13th place semi-final, 10:30 a.m.Consolation semi-final, noonConsolation semi-final, 1:455th place semi-final, 3:155th place semi-final, 4:45Semi-final, 6:30Semi-final, 8Hinsdale Central15th place, 9:30 a.m.13th place, 11 a.m.11th place, 12:30Consolation championship, 3:457th place, 25th
By Bobby Narang Entering the holiday tournament season, the West Chicago High School girls basketball team remains one of the surprise stories in Chicagoland. The Wildcats (13-4, 4-3, Upstate Eight Conference) won just eight games last season, and through two months of the season are off to their best start
By Woodrow Carroll The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball program last week showed the unpredictable sports world. First, playing at home and favored, the Huskies dropped an 83-78 decision to the New York Albany University Great Danes. Two days later in Terre Haute, Ind. against the Sycamores of Indiana State,
Illinois was one of the first states to offer high school Christmas holiday basketball tournaments. Back then the tournaments were strictly for boys. Think Pontiac, DeKalb in the 1920s. There are many other boys tournaments with nearly all schools playing tournament basketball. Think East Aurora, Elgin, Hinsdale Central, IC Catholic/Westmont,
Ethan Greenfield, 8, of North Central College, reaches the ball across the goal line for a touchdown against University of Mount Union (Ohio) in the Division III playoff championship at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Friday, Dec. 16.
West Aurora High School’s Terrence Smith, 24, shoots over Minooka’s Nicholas Andreano, 22, Friday, Dec. 16 against Minooka
By Bobby Narang With the holiday high school basketball season in full swing, Downers Grove North is emerging as a dark-horse candidate. After Glenbard West dominated the boys basketball West Suburban Silver Conference on the way to the program’s first State championship last season, Downers Grove North is looking to
By Woodrow Carroll It is difficult to believe, and even more difficult to contemplate, yet, the Minnesota Vikings are eight games ahead of the Chicago Bears in the National Football Conference (NFC) North. The Vikings, who rallied from a 33-0 halftime deficit to beat the Indianapolis Colts, 39-36, in overtime
National champion! Two words roll easily. It was the goal, the objective. North Central College won its second Division III college football national championship Friday, Dec. 16 at the Naval/Marine College in Annapolis, Md. home of the Navy which plays Army the second Saturday in December each year. North Central
West Aurora High School will induct three former athletes into the School’s Athletic Hall of Fame (HOF) Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 at the School. • Mario Clark earned four varsity letters at West Aurora High School in boys basketball and was named to the Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) First
