Metea Valley High School girls volleyball team celebrates its Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 4A (largest school) State championship Saturday, Nov. 13 at Redbird Arena in Normal.
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora and Chicago Steel hockey team up in “Make A Goal To Fight Diabetes” night at Geneva’s Fox Valley Ice Arena Saturday, Nov. 6.
Boys Basketball Thanksgiving Tournaments • At Oswego and Naperville North Hoops 4 Healing, November 22-24, 26: Neuqua Valley, West Aurora, DeKalb, Downers Grove South, Oswego East, Hinsdale Central. • At Batavia, November 22-23, 26-27Include Waubonsie Valley. • At St. Charles East, November 22-24, 26-27Includes East Aurora • At Wheaton Academy,
Class 8AGame 29 — Lockport at Loyola Academy, Sat., Nov. 20, 1 p.m.;Game 30 — Maine South at Chicago Marist, Sat., Nov. 20, 1 p.m. Class 7AGame 29 — Chicago Brother Rice at Wheaton North, Sat., Nov. 20, 4 p.m.; Game 30 — Prospect at Chicago St. Rita, Sat., Nov.
IllinoisFri, Nov. 12, Arkansas State, W 92-53Mon, Nov. 15, Marquette, L 67-66Mon, Nov. 22, 5:30 p.m., ESPNEWS, vs. Cincinnati, at Kansas City, Mo., T-Mobile CenterTue, Nov. 23, 6 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNEWS, vs. Arkansas/Kansas State, at Kansas City, Mo. T-Mobile CenterFri, Nov. 26, 7 p.m., BTN+, vs. UT Rio Grande Valley NorthwesternFri,
Wednesday, Nov. 17FBSNorthern Illinois at Buffalo, 6 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU Saturday, Nov. 20FBSPurdue vs. Northwestern in Wrigley Field, Chicago, 11 a.m., BTNIllinois at Iowa, 1 p.m., FS1Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m., NBC Subdivision IIndiana State at Illinois State, noon, Marquee SN Division III PlayoffsAurora University at Wheaton College, noon,
By Bobby Narang The Batavia High School girls basketball team returns one of the tallest and best players in the State this season. At 6-5, Tessa Towers embodies her last name. She’s tall, strong, and committed to being an outstanding player. The University of Wisconsin recruit averaged 17.1 points and
By Craig Lynch The Northwestern University football team enters into the final leg of the 2021 season 3-7 overall and a 1-6 record in the Big Ten Conference. Head coach Pat Fitzgerald is realistic about the Wildcats’ shortcomings. “We have made too many turnovers and we haven’t tackled well,” Fitzgerald
By Woodrow Carroll With a 30-29 victory over visiting Ball State last week, the Northern Illinois University Huskies collected their third one-point victory this season. Throw in a 22-20 victory at Toledo Saturday, Oct. 9 reveals that Northern Illinois has been tough at crunch time. A 32-yard field goal at
Metea Valley High School in Aurora is in its 12th school year and is a part of District 204. Celebrations are under way with the school’s first athletic State tournament trophy. The Mustangs wasted no time in going right to the top. The girls volleyball team captured the Class 4A
Runners in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 3A State cross country meet push toward the finish line with encouragement from fans.
The early lead drew an assortment of schools in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 3A boys cross country State meet Saturday in Detweiler Park in Peoria.
Rosary High School’s Lianna Surtz poses with coach Vic Mead after she finished in first place in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 1A girls cross country State championship Saturday, Nov. 6, at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
Marmion Academy quarterback Daniel Chung, 6, is tripped up by Nazareth Academy’s Jacob Eraci, 6, in the IHSA Class 5A playoff second round game Saturday, Nov. 6
Class 8AGame 25 — Lincoln-Way East at Loyola Academy, Sat., Nov. 13, noonGame 26 — Lockport at Glenbard North, Sat., Nov. 13, 1 p.m.Game 27 — Chicago Marist at Glenbrook South, Sat., Nov. 13, 1 p.m.Game 28 — Maine South at Neuqua Valley, Sat., Nov. 13, 5 p.m.. Class 7AGame
IllinoisFri, Nov. 12, 8 p.m., BTN+, vs. Arkansas State,Mon, Nov. 15, 6 p.m., FS1, at MarquetteMon, Nov. 22, 5:30 p.m., ESPNEWS, vs. Cincinnati, at Kansas City, Mo., T-Mobile CenterTue, Nov. 23, TBD, ESPN2/ESPNEWS, vs. Arkansas/Kansas State, at Kansas City, Mo. T-Mobile CenterFri, Nov. 26, 7 p.m., BTN+, vs. UT Rio
By Bobby Narang Nazareth Academy High School head football coach Tim Racki has experienced extreme highs during his illustrious coaching career. He’s won seven State championship, including four consecutive at the closed Driscoll in Addison. The former Southern Illinois University football player has notched a pair of second-place trophies, most
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz., 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 7. It was the final race this season and only four racers had collected enough points win. Two racers were from Hendrick Motorsports, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, and two from Joe Gibbs Racing, Martin
The change of seasons in the whirl of sports is more than painted Autumn scenery. It blends Fall and Winter seasons and we are in the midst of that transition. High hopes in Fall sports either reach reality, or reach a crashing conclusion. • In football playoffs Batavia High School
In contention for a pass in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 7A second round football playoff game Saturday
