06/15/2013, 11:30pm CDT, By Erik Jacobsen ejacobsen@stmedianetwork.com
Burlington Central senior Blake Alexander, Hampshire senior Piotr Barnas and South Elgin senior Nick Binder are among the 15 players on the 2013 Courier-News All-Area Baseball Second Team.
06/13/2013, 11:30am CDT, By George M. Wilcox gwilcox@pioneerlocal.com
After 15 years, the Stevenson Showcase has moved. The event, which is known as the premier exhibition for Chicago-area high school baseball talent each June. will be held at St. Charles North this Friday and Saturday.
Haley Beno and the St. Charles East defense will face a difficult task just stepping onto the field Friday against Barrington in the Class 4A semifinals.
North Chicago, Waukegan, Round Lake, Antioch and New Trier participated in a round-robin competition that honored the memory of one of this area’s legendary referees.
The moment was enough to hot wire the pulse of any Chicago high school basketball junkie. In the third game of the just launched Nike-backed Chi-League Pro-Am at Young on Saturday, Jabari Parker delivered a perfect pass to a trailing Cliff Alexander.
06/18/2013, 10:30am CDT, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Mike Kornacker had a season that will be difficult to duplicate. On the mound the St. Laurence right-hander was 7-1 — including two perfect games — with a 0.97 ERA. Five of his seven wins were shutouts.
06/17/2013, 2:30pm CDT, By Rick Armstrong rarmstrong@stmedianetwork.com
Youth will be served on the basketball court this winter on the west side of Aurora, where the Blackhawks lost five of their top seven players to graduation.