Cook County Sports
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Girls basketball: Fremd’s Thompson celebrates birthday with victory against ConantJan 16, 2025 9:43 pm - Playing a high school girls basketball game for the first time on her birthday, Greta Thompson was never better. The 5-foot-11 junior guard shot the ball seven times in t...
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New beer garden, other ballpark upgrades in works for Schaumburg Boomers’ 2025 seasonJan 16, 2025 3:29 pm - A new beer garden along the first-base line leads several upgrades being made to Wintrust Field in Schaumburg before the Schaumburg Boomers’ 2025 season begins May 8 at the village-owned stadium.
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Girls basketball: Carmel completes second-half comeback to down Joliet CatholicJan 16, 2025 10:07 am - The similarities between Carmel and Joliet Catholic this year have been pretty glaring. Both teams are extremely young, neither carries many players on the bench, and ent...
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Boys basketball: Malone’s buzzer-beater lifts Dundee-Crown past Prairie RidgeJan 16, 2025 10:05 am - When the unlikely hero swished an unlikely basket, Dundee-Crown celebrated a victory on its home court Wednesday night. Which seemed unlikely considering, one, the Charge...
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Boys basketball: Edento’s game-winning layup and steal helps Glenbard North hold off BataviaJan 15, 2025 10:34 pm - Glenbard North sophomore Oturo Redento knew that he needed to keep the ball out of Batavia’s hands. With 6.6 seconds remaining and the Panthers holding a 46-42 lead, the ...
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Gould helped set a gold standard for football and other programs at St. Charles NorthJan 15, 2025 4:52 pm - Mark Gould, St. Charles North’s first varsity football coach, will be among those inducted in the first class of the school’s athletics hall of fame on Saturday.
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‘We've been doing really, really well’: New Vernon Hills pickleball club off to a fast startJan 15, 2025 10:07 am - The end of a free 30-day membership promotion is nearing but given the reception, owners of Ace Pickleball Club of Vernon Hills are confident the early attention will carry over.
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Girls basketball: Maine South holds Batavia to 3 first-half points en route to impressive winJan 14, 2025 10:03 pm - It was all Maine South in the first half of Tuesday’s showdown with Batavia. The Hawks, sixth in the Daily Herald Top 20, dominated the first 16 minutes of the nonconfer...
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Photo gallery: High School Athletes Captured in ActionJan 14, 2025 10:51 am - Each week Daily Herald photographers capture high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the Week in sports photos through our lens as much as we enjoy sho...
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Boys basketball: Conant tips Lake Park in double OT to cap first MSL/DuKane challengeJan 11, 2025 10:52 pm - Seniors Nate Hahn and Saahas Talluri kept the Cougars together as they led Conant to a 47-43 come-from-behind victory in double overtime over Lake Park in the finale of t...