08/23/2012, 8:22pm CDT, By Phil Arvia parvia@southtownstar.com
Before practice Wednesday, and again Thursday, Homewood-Flossmoor coach Craig Buzea hauled the SouthtownStar Rivals Series Turf War Trophy out to the football field. We want to make sure they understand what we’re playing for,” the Vikings’ third-year coach said.
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.