Marc Hansen served the last seven points of his Oak Lawn Spartans' 25-14, 25-8 over TF United. He also had 13 kills, as his team moves on to the regional semifinals against Marist.
05/20/2013, 10:15pm CDT, By George Wilcox gwilcox@pioneerlocal.com
Former Oak Park-River Forest state high-jump champion Carl Heinz returned to his alma mater to help current Huskies jumper Christopher Wright-Madison prepare for the state meet.
Hinsdale South is looking to defeat Lyons, which it feels it had a good chance of doing earlier this season had it not been errors that plagued them. The Hornets will have that chance, as they defeated Nazareth 25-17, 25-18 Monday at the Benet regional and advance to face Lyons tomorrow.
05/20/2013, 9:15pm CDT, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
The first four batters in Oak Forest’s order went a combined 10-for-14 with nine runs and four RBI as the host Bengals went on to a 12-2 victory over Tinley Park on Tuesday in a Class 3A regional quarterfinal.
Metea Valley won its last four series in the Upstate Eight Valley and the Mustangs’ conference progress continued Monday with a 10-0, five-inning win over East Aurora in the Class 4A Oswego Regional quarterfinals.
05/20/2013, 8:45pm CDT, By Rick Armstrong rarmstrong@stmedianetwork.com
In a game dictated by two solid offenses, Metea Valley emerged with the 8-7 win over West Aurora on a bloop single by Alise Perna in a Class 4A regional quarterfinal at Metea Valley Monday.
West Aurora has been a streaky baseball team this year, starting the season 6-0 before losing 16 of 17 and winning seven straight. The Blackhawks began the playoffs Monday by beating Marmion 3-1.
Jimmy Ward allowed six hits, and held Elgin to one run as Hoffman Estates earned a 3-1 victory on Monday and advanced to the semifinals of the Class 4A Bartlett Regional.
05/20/2013, 7:00pm CDT, By George M. Wilcox gwilcox@pioneerlocal.com
With so few players returning from last season's squad, Oak Park-River Forest has had to rely on juniors to do much of the heavy lifting. All they've done is helped the Huskies win their fifth conference crown in seven years and earn the top seed in the Niles West Sectional.
05/20/2013, 6:45pm CDT, By George M. Wilcox gwilcox@pioneerlocal.com
Nick Piker qualified in the discuss by eclipsing his season by two and a half feet at Saturday's Downers North Sectional. He is one of four Red Devil qualifiers
05/18/2013, 10:40pm CDT, By Michael O'Brien mobrien@suntimes.com
The Public League has shifted its premier event, the boys basketball tournament, all over the city the last few years. With a potential brand-new arena near McCormick Place, the Public League might finally have a place to call home.
Stevenson's Willie Bourbon is a rare three-sport athlete. Through talent and hard work, the sophomore hasn't been forced to narrow his focus and doesn't look to be doing so any time soon.
There's a new top team in the rankings this week, while a former No. 1 has once again cracked the top 10. Find a complete list of Phil Brozynski's boys volleyball rankings here.
Bishop McNamara and New Trier vaulted into the No. 2 and 3 spots, respectively, while Benet and Lincoln-Way West each fell a couple places. Find a complete list of Bill Harrison's softball rankings here.
Lincoln-Way East's Aaliyah Brown won the 100-meter dash, the 200, anchored the winning 400 relay and led off the first-place 800 relay as the Griffins rolled to a sectional championship Thursday.