Cook County Sports
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Pitching will be Judson's strengthMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - New Judson University baseball coach Rich Benjamin has a luxury that many covet. "Our strength is probably going to be our starting pitching," said Benjamin, who came to...
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Tough finish for BG/WheelingMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove/Wheeling (BGW) seemed to be in prime position to advance to the Final Four of the Blackhawk Cup on Saturday. BGW was ahead 3-1 with just over eight minutes...
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ESPN casts a lovely spell with 'Black Magic' documentaryMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Between Black History Month and the start of the NCAA Tournament, ESPN presents a new miniseries called "Black Magic," and it's all the more powerful for not trying to e...
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Fruendt named all-stateMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Batavia senior Nick Fruendt earned a spot on the Associated Press Class 4A all-state team, which was announced Wednesday. Fruendt averaged 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assis...
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Polly Hirt's athletic career follows familiar, successful arcMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - About the time she started realizing she wasn't going to soar any higher, and that she was scraping the ceiling of her gymnastics potential, Polly Hirt began to plummet....
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Neuqua keeps UEC titleMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - After capturing its first boys state cross country championship last fall, Neuqua Valley will enter the upcoming spring outdoor track season with high hopes. Judging fro...
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Looking back at the best of the 2007-08 basketball seasonMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As the high school boys' basketball season comes to an end this weekend in Peoria, I felt the time was right to put the 2007-08 campaign to bed by reliving some of the m...
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Elgin's Rohlman finally gets to see 'his' school in a superMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - It took 28 years, but Art Rohlman was finally able to watch "his" school play in a supersectional. Rohlman, the longtime DeKalb High School athletic director who has bee...
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Grimes shines as VH nets another victoryMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The Vernon Hills girls water polo team already had put together an impressive first half in its 10-2 victory Wednesday against visiting Palatine. Maddie Kleinhample's g...
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Palatine doubles way to quad titleMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Palatine was doubly tough in its badminton quad Wednesday. The Pirates won four of five doubles matches to take the team title with 14 points. Plainfield North was secon...