St. Charles East's Jasper Koenen and South Elgin's Andre Norasith are no strangers to the state tennis finals. Both will be returning for the third time this week after a winning sectional championships this past weekend.
Hinsdale Central used a variety of defensive schemes to throw Lake Forest off its game, controlling the tempo in a 16-12 victory on Wednesday evening. The win at the Montini Supersectional advances the Red Devils to the state semifinals for the eighth consecutive season.
05/22/2013, 10:25pm CDT, By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
Lake Park's biggest problem this season hasn't been whom to put into the lineup but whom to leave out. Multi-talented Scott Filip will compete in the long jump and high jump, and run in the 100 meters and 400 relay as the Lancers try to win yet another state title.
05/22/2013, 10:20pm CDT, By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
Class 3A champ Lincoln-Way East ran the rankings gamut, starting the preseason No. 1 and keeping that spot throughout the season. Find out how the final rankings shake out here.
Hinsdale Central’s Martin Joyce is undefeated against Illinois opponents and is the favorite to win the singles title this week in the IHSA state boys tennis meet. Joyce and the doubles team of Alex Hagermoser and Peter Heneghan will try to help the Red Devils to their fifth title in seven seasons.
Third-seeded Waubonsie Valley scored on three of its first five shots and rolled to a 4-0 victory over No. 2 seed Plainfield North Wednesday in the Class 3A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinals.
05/22/2013, 9:56pm CDT, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Stagg, behind a gem of a pitching performance by Max Strus and key contributions from the bottom of the batting order, stunned Sandburg 4-2 in a Class 4A Sandburg Regional semifinal on Wednesday.
Kim Jerantowski found the back of the net twice as Lemont took care of business in its sectional semifinal matchup with Joliet Catholic, 3-1, on Wednesday to set up a championship game with Marian Catholic this Saturday.
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.
Red-hot Bishop McNamara has risen to the top of the rankings, while the other nine slots were shaken up. Find a complete list of Bill Harrison's rankings here.
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.
05/09/2013, 11:10pm CDT, By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
The IHSA on Wednesday released its new Football Acclimatization Policy, which will govern how often and how long teams can work out at the start of the preseason, along with what equipment they can wear. The concept is to protect the players, but it doesn't come without some contradictions.