Prep primer and video: What's hot in high school sports
Prospect provided a lesson in determination on Thursday night.
Playing with one fewer player than host Schaumburg for most of the Mid-Suburban League boys soccer championship match, the Knights played the Saxons to a 1-1 tie through regulation and two overtimes before prevailing in a shootout thanks to some terrific saves from senior goaltender Brad Reibel. See the whole story.
Fighting Illini Family: The Luhrsen family legacy at the University of Illinois goes back two generations, when Paul wore No. 50 for the football Illini before a fella named Butkus. Now Paul's grandaughter Annie #8212; a 2008 Wheaton Warrenville South graduate #8212; is setting for Illinois' No. 1-ranked women's volleyball team. Josh Welge examined the family's generational excellence.
Football fun:#376; Carmel running back Jordan Kos is closing in on the school's career rushing and TD records established by Jimmy Potempa. A closer examination of the Corsairs' history at the running back position by Patricia Babcock McGraw shows just how successful the school has been at producing top-rate rushers.
#376; Rich Crabel is still fairly new to head coaching at Burlington Central, but his effect on the Rockets is undeniable. Burlington Central is sporting a winning attitude and a unified approach, explains columnist John Radtke, as it tries to lock up a playoff spot with a win tonight.
#376; The Streamwood football team has arrived at its moment of truth. After slogging through eight losing seasons in which the Sabres won just 10 games, Streamwood (5-2) can make its triumphant return to the state playoffs for the first time since 2002 with a victory over Larkin at Millennium Field tonight. Jerry Fitzpatrick explains how the Sabres reversed field and found success.
Big-game Friday:There's no shortage of pivotal pigskin, as the playoffs loom and Week 8 of the high school football season approaches. Among the key contests: Bartlett at Neuqua Valley, Naperville Central vs. Naperville North (at North Central College), Jacobs at Crystal Lake South, Grayslake North at Grayslake Central, Hersey at Elk Grove and unbeaten Kaneland at Sycamore. For all the weekend previews, see our football website.