Bloom's Gina Narcisi won the 3,200-meter run and the 1,600 to complete the distance double Wednesday night and help the Blazing Trojans win the six-team Southland Meet.
04/29/2013, 10:10pm CDT, By Beth Long FOX Sports NEXT Twitter: @Beth_Long
Crete-Monee’s Nyles Morgan has fielded a number of recruiting visits from some of the top college programs in the country, while Glenbard North’s Justin Jackson and St. Rita’s Tommy Mister added scholarship offers in this week’s recruiting roundup.
04/08/2013, 10:25pm CDT, By Beth Long FOXSports NEXT Twitter: @Beth_Long
Crete-Monee’s Nyles Morgan discusses the next step in his college decision as he nears thirty scholarship offers, while St. Francis freshmen Justin Berry picked up an offer from Arizona State in this week’s recruiting roundup.
04/01/2013, 9:50pm CDT, By Beth Long FOX SportsNEXT Twitter: Beth_Long
Benet’s Jack Beneventi received a scholarship from Notre Dame and St. Charles North offensive lineman Chase Gianacakos committed to Michigan State in this week’s recruiting roundup.
03/20/2013, 8:35pm CDT, By Pat Disabato and Susan DeMar Lafferty
In a 3-2 vote by the district school board, Gene Cahan was dismissed as Crete-Monee athletic director Tuesday. According to a source, Cahan posted newspaper photos outside his office of Laquon Treadwell that the star athete did not approve of.
Marian Catholic’s Tyler Ulis scored the host Spartans’ first nine points in the fourth and assisted on two more baskets as Marian pulled away from Crete-Monee for good in a 54-37 Class 4A regional title game.
Crete-Monee’s Laquon Treadwell had a huge third-quarter effort as the Warriors went on to a 72-57 win over Thornton in Wednesday night’s 4A Marain Catholic Regional semifinal.
02/18/2013, 7:12pm CST, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Phil Henderson, a star basketball player at Crete-Monee who went on to lead the 1989-90 Duke men’s basketball team to the national championship game, died Sunday in the Philippines.
Mother McAuley got 25 points from Alyssa Siwek as it advanced to Sectionals by defeating Crete-Monee 72-50 in a Class 4A regional title game at Eisenhower Thursday evening.
02/06/2013, 4:59pm CST, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Laquon Treadwell could’ve easily milked the recruiting process for all it was worth from an attention standpoint. But the Crete-Monee star chose instead to play the role of Pied Piper.
Hillcrest, down as many as seven points in the third quarter, used an 18-2 run over 2 minutes, 48 seconds late in the third to pull away for good in an 84-66 win over Crete-Monee Tuesday in Country Club Hills.
01/21/2013, 10:11pm CST, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Brandon McCollum scored 19 points to lead led Joliet West to a 68-63 win over potential sectional opponent Crete-Monee at the Joliet Central MLK Day of Hoops Monday.
01/21/2013, 10:08pm CST, By Beth Long FoxSports NEXT
Crete-Monee defensive back Jaylen Dunlap, one of the area’s last remaining high-profile seniors to choose a college, recently committed to Illinois during the Core 6 Winter Showcase. Meanwhile, Marist tight end Nic Weishar picked up an offer from Ohio State.