Saturday, Oct. 9 FBS Wisconsin at Illinois, 2:30 p.m., BTN Northwestern, Bye week Northern Illinois at Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 11 a.m., CBSSN Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 7:30 p.m., ACC NET Subdivision I Illinois State, Bye week Division II St. Francis at Trinity International Uni., Deerfield, Ill., 1
Stuart Sports Complex in Montgomery, was selected to be host to a major youth baseball tournament next year. Ripken Baseball, a joint venture by brothers and former Major League Baseball players, Cal and Billy Ripken, announced its first multi-city tour through their newly added Ripken Select Tournaments program. The program
Oswego High School’s No. 26 Jacob Sergen runs for a first touchdown after a catch against Minooka.
West Aurora High School players take down Oswego East’s Samuel Stone, 23, against Oswego East Friday, Sept. 24.
By Bobby Narang Glenbard West High School senior forward Braden Huff possesses a rare game. The 6-10 and 225-pounder ended up picking a college that rarely recruits in the Chicago suburbs. Huff announced his commitment to Gonzaga University September 27. It’s a fitting choice for the highly-skilled inside-outside player with
Sports is a wide-ranging world! From the spectacle events in every sport, Super Bowl, Kentucky Derby, Final Four, Wimbledon, World Series, Olympic Games, and many more supreme and attention-magnetic attractions, we can revel in the mundane, every-day, events both as participant and spectator. It is the upset, unusual, excellence, and
By Woodrow Carroll In a game Northern Illinois University needed to win prior to the stretch of eight consecutive Mid-America Conference (MAC) games, the Huskies prevailed, 41-14, against the visiting Maine University Black Bears. Maine made it interesting for a while Saturday, Sept. 25. Northern Illinois, 2-2, and Maine, 1-3,
Saturday, Oct. 2FBSCharlotte at Illinois, 11 a.m., BTNNorthwestern at Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., 6:30 p.m., BTNEastern Michigan at Northern Illinois, 1:30 p.m., ESPN+Cincinnati at Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IMissouri State at Illinois State, 1 p.m. Marquee SN, ESPN+ Division IIMissouri Baptist University at St. Francis, 1 p.m. Division IIIAurora
Friday, Oct. 1Chicago Catholic GreenNazareth Academy at St. Rita, 7:30 p.m.Niles Notre Dame at Benet Acad., 7:30 p.m. Chicago Catholic OrangeSt. Laurence at Joliet Cath. Acad., 7:30 p.m.Montini at Providence Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Catholic White*Marmion Academy at Fenwick, 7:30 p.m. DuKaneBatavia at Wheaton Warr. S., 7:30 p.m.St. Charles East
Oswego High School’s No. 22 wide receiver, Nick Scott, catches a 30-yard throw and tiptoes inbounds.
Marmion Academy High School senior wide receiver Dane Pardridge, 3, dives for yardage against St. Ignatius Friday, Sept. 17.
Aurora University senior running back Tyran Bailey, 1, eludes Concordia Chicago defender Kaleb Feliciano, 99, against visiting Concordia Chicago Saturday, Sept. 18.
The list of undefeated high school football teams dwindles each week. Following the games September 24-25, the list will be reduced by at least one, because Glenbard North will play at Batavia at 7:30 p.m. Friday and each team enters undefeated with a 4-0 record. Nearly every game this season
By Bobby Narang York High School and Downers Grove North High School each is enjoying a renaissance in the respective football program. Both West Suburban Conference Silver programs won their first three games to lift the spirits of their players after a few rough years. Playing in a division that
West Aurora High School sophomore Mia Malczyk serves Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the Blackhawks’ 7-0 victory at Yorkville.
By Woodrow Carroll The road to recovery for the University of Illinois football team will go through Purdue University in West Lafayette with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday, Sept. 25. Illinois will seek to recover from its last-second defeat at the University of Maryland, Friday, Sept. 17 when the host
Sat, Sept. 25FBSIllinois at Purdue, West Lafayette, Ind., 2:30 p.m., BTNMaine at Northern Illinois, 1:30 p.m., ESPN 3Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin at Soldier Field, Chicago, 11 a.m., FOX Subdivision IIllinois State at Southern Illinois, Carbondale, 2 p.m. ESPN+ Division IISt. Francis at Siena Heights University (Mich.), Adrian, Mich., 1 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 24DuKaneGlenbard North at Batavia, 7:30 p.m.Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:30 p.m.Lake Park at Wheaton North, 7:30 p.m.St. Charles E. at Wheaton Warr. S., 7:30 p.m. DuPageMetea Valley at Waubonsie Valley, 7 p.m.Naperville Cen. at Neuqua Valley, 7:30 p.m.Naperville North at DeKalb, 7 p.m. Fox ValleyCrystal Lake Cen.
By Woodrow Carroll In a span of less than 15 minutes, the Northern Illinois University Huskies outscored the visiting University of Wyoming Cowboys, 27-0, in the Saturday, Sept. 11 football game in DeKalb. Northern Illinois, which had looked hopelessly lost a short time earlier, was suddenly in the driver’s seat
The Northern Illinois University Department of Athletics announced Tuesday, Sept. 14 that the Saturday Sept. 18 volleyball match against nationally-ranked No. 2 University of Wisconsin at Victor E. Court in DeKalb is sold out. A limited number of tickets will be made available for Northern Illinois students for Saturday’s match
