May is on the way

There’s no time busier on the prep sports calendar than May, but before we get to all the postseason meets and tournaments coming up, Kevin Schmit looks at local players selected in last week’s NFL Draft.

Dick Quagliano writes about the new varsity football coaches hired this off-season.

The baseball conference races are heating up including a big win for Palatine.

Antioch and Grayslake Central couldn’t settle things Tuesday.

South Elgin picked up a key Upstate Eight win over West Aurora.

Jacobs battled to split a series with Huntley.

Wheaton Academy ran its winning streak to 10 games.

Weekly softball notebooks from John Leusch and Mike Miazga.

There’s plenty of big track and field meets coming up this weekend, and we had another Wednesday with the Lake Zurich girls dominating the Lake County meet.