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Images: Naperville North vs. UIC College Prep boys basketball Dec 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Naperville North takes on UIC College Prep in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament at York High School in Elmhurst on Friday.
Bob Frisk’s favorite sports quotes of 2012Dec 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Former Daily Herald Sports legend Bob Frisk returns with his annual treat: his favorite sports quotes of the year. Check out the gems he tucked away in his desk drawer at home throughout the year, and pick out your favorite. We guarantee a few of them will make you laugh.
Images: West Chicago vs. Willowbrook boys basketball Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
West Chicago takes on Willowbrook at the annual Glenbard West Boys Basketball Holiday Classic in Glen Ellyn on Thursday.
Bob Frisk’s favorite sports quotes of 2012Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Former Daily Herald Sports legend Bob Frisk returns with his annual treat: his favorite sports quotes of the year. Check out the gems he tucked away in his desk drawer at home throughout the year, and pick out your favorite. We guarantee a few of them will make you laugh.
Daily Herald website named among nation’s best for sports Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
The Daily Herald earned a Top 10 ranking in the Associated Press Sports Editors annual Web contest for 2012, APSE officials announced Thursday.
Drug companies cashing in on human growth hormone abuse Dec 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Whether for athletics or age, Americans from teenagers to baby boomers are trying to get an edge by illegally using anabolic steroids and human growth hormone and not heeding the well-documented risks. An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales.
Images: Stevenson vs. Libertyville, boys basketball Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
The St. Viator basketball team faced Libertyville High School Wednesday, December 26th, at the Wheeling Holiday boys basketball tournament.
Hampshire wins 11th in a row Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Images: Willowbrook vs. West Aurora girls basketball Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Willowbrook played West Aurora in girls basketball action at the 2012 Bill Neibch Holiday Tournament at Wheaton North High School on Wednesday.
The Soapbox Dec 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Daily Herald editors muse on the end of the world that didn't happen and the end of waning daylight hours -- which is happening -- among other topics.
Indiana girls high school team wins 107-2 Dec 12, 2012 12:00 AM
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana high school girls basketball team routed an opponent 107-2 this week, prompting an official with the state prep sports association to say he never wants to see anything so one-sided again.
Mooseheart has until Feb. 4 to comply with IHSA, end probation Dec 11, 2012 12:00 AM
A day after three basketball players were reinstated, attorneys for Mooseheart were back in court on Tuesday trying to tie up some loose ends on the lawsuit filed last week against the Illinois High School Association.
Some examples of suburban hazing cases Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
A listing of some of the suburbs' most notorious hazing cases since 1996.
No charges in Hoffman Estates High School hazing Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Criminal charges are unlikely against members of the Hoffman Estates High School boys' varsity basketball team accused of hazing fellow students earlier this year, police said Monday. "The investigation at this point is going to be closed with no criminal charges pending," Hoffman Estates police Sgt. Darin Felgenhauer said.
Images: Batavia vs. Minooka, girls basketball Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Minooka took on Batavia in girls basketball at the Oswego tournament on Monday, Dec. 10.
Why kids haze, and how to stop perpetuating the culture Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Hazing scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools have shone a light on an age-old problem that has only gotten worse with time, some experts say. They call it a culture of sickness that gets passed down through generations by the abusers, and often the victims themselves. “Sometimes, it’s so embedded in the culture that the parents actually support it,” says psychologist Susan Lipkins.
Images: Aurora Christian vs. Wheaton Academy, girls basketball Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Aurora Christian took on Wheaton Academy in girls basketball on Monday, Dec. 10.
Berggren’s role in turnaround proved to be ‘priceless’ Dec 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Ashley Berggren, now a 36-year-old teacher and coach at Schaumburg High School, found out recently that she will be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame later this season. Berggren was the face of one of the greatest turnarounds in women's college basketball. But neither her rise from a passed-over recruit to a college all-American, nor the transformation of the University of Illinois from Big Ten doormat to national powerhouse could have been predicted.
Mooseheart athletes from Sudan can play basketballDec 4, 2012 12:00 AM
Mooseheart officials are fighting an Illinois High School Association ban on three basketball players that are from Sudan and players on the school's basketball team. The IHSA has scheduled a hearing on Dec. 10 downstate for Mooseheart officials to plead their case. A Kane County judge Tuesday afternoon granted a temporary restraining order allowing the three to play games Tuesday and Wednesday until next week's hearing.
Hazing allegations involving Hoffman Estates team forces canceled gameNov 30, 2012 12:00 AM
Officials in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 canceled a basketball game as they investigated allegations of hazing involving the Hoffman Estates boys varsity team. District administrators learned of the hazing allegations Friday afternoon and "conducted an immediate and thorough investigation involving all team members and the coach," said Tom Petersen, the school district's spokesman.