Homewood-Flossmoor won eight of 18 events at the Trevian Invitational Saturday to edge second-place Young, 104-98. New Trier (83 points), Metea Valley (75) and Niles West (69) rounded out the top-five.
Brother Rice's Rudy Yates Jr. ended his freshman season with a state title and a perfect record, earning him a spot on this year's SouthtownStar All-Area team. Check out who else made the cut.
Jake Pearson and Tony Mikrut each won two events and swam on two relays that also qualified for the state finals in leading host Lincoln-Way North to the sectional title with 254.5 points.
Vikings are unable to stop O'Fallon quarterback Todd Porter, who throws for 389 yards in 37-35 Panthers' victory in Class 8A first-round playoff game in Flossmoor Friday night.
10/24/2012, 7:30pm CDT, By Pat Disabato pdisabato@southtownstar.com
Some Southtown-area teams have recently advanced to the Big Game — Lemont (6A) in 2007 and ’08, Providence (6A) and Marist (8A) in ’09, Mount Carmel (8A) in ’10 — only to come up short. Which teams are best equipped to bring home a title this season?