Cook County Sports
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Foot in the door: Suburban native started shoe company from scratchDec 06, 2025 8:11 pm - Starting a niche footwear brand is a daunting task. But Deerfield native Eric Porter is having success and adding athlete endorsements with his Stria Sport line.
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College of DuPage wins fifth consecutive national championship in Red Grange BowlDec 06, 2025 5:36 pm - College of DuPage won its fifth consecutive NJCAA Division III championship with a 36-13 victory over North Dakota State College Of Sciences in the Red Grange Bowl on Saturday in Glen Ellyn.
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Cook County All-Area captain O’Brien leads Fremd to best season in school history, throwing for nearly 3,000 yardsDec 06, 2025 10:13 am - Talent, leadership, self-sacrifice and IQ. It’s the four corners of what makes an athlete special. Fremd’s Johnny O’Brien possesses all of these and a lot more. Because o...
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Boys basketball: Krishnarajah doesn’t give clutch 3-pointer a second thought in Stevenson winDec 05, 2025 11:19 pm - At a pivotal moment in Friday night’s Lake Zurich-Stevenson boys basketball clash in Lincolnshire, Stevenson reserve senior guard Karthik Krishnarajah’s mind went blank. ...
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Girls basketball: Fremd wins debut in MSL East, defeating Rolling MeadowsDec 05, 2025 11:13 pm - Fremd's state-ranked girls basketball team, which has been a dominating force in the Mid-Suburban West for many seasons, played its first game on Friday night in the newly formed MSL East Division. The back-to-back Class 4A finalists (6-0), who haven't lost a conference game since Jan. 18, 2022, settled right into their new division with a 52-46 victory over visiting Rolling Meadows (5-1).
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Boys basketball: Welch nails late 3 in overtime, lifts Glenbard North over BataviaDec 05, 2025 10:53 pm - With less than 20 seconds left in overtime and trailing Batavia 47-45, Glenbard North’s Lamari Carpenter had a decision to make after taking a pass in the paint from team...
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Boys basketball: Balanced effort helps Elgin down Streamwood, snap Upstate Eight streakDec 05, 2025 10:44 pm - Elgin second-year basketball coach Kurt Kerrigan is trying to build a winning tradition. After the team suffered through a 2-28 campaign a year ago that included a 0-12 m...
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Boys basketball: Schaumburg pulls away from rival Conant in second halfDec 05, 2025 10:40 pm - There were a couple of other notable events that took place in the fall of 1970 in the Northwest Suburbs. One of those was the late opening of Schaumburg High School that...
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Boys basketball: Matz stuns St. Viator with buzzer-beating 3, leading Carmel to comeback winDec 05, 2025 10:24 pm - Carmel’s Ethan Matz put St. Viator down on the mat Friday in Arlington Heights. Matz, a 6-foot-3 guard, canned a pair of 3-pointers in just 12 seconds to put the Corsairs...
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Boys basketball: Langreder’s all-around play leads Glenbard South past South Elgin in OTDec 05, 2025 9:57 pm - Glenbard South junior Cooper Langreder said that he had “never made a bigger shot” in his life. Raiders coach Jason Mead said that as good as Langreder was on offense in ...