Prep Sports
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Girls basketball: Nordstrom, Lake Zurich pull out OT thriller over Hersey in Loyola semifinalsDec 27, 2024 9:56 pm - A berth to the championship game of the Loyola Academy Christmas Tournament was on the line when Hersey and Lake Zurich squared off in the semifinals Friday night. The co...
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Boys basketball: Deerfield upsets top seed Downers Grove North in Hardwood Classic semifinalsDec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - Downers Grove North came to the Wheeling Hardwood Classic with high hopes. The Trojans had just one loss and were the top seed in the tournament. Unfortunately, the Troja...
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Girls basketball: Glenbard South stymies Downers North, advances to Neibch title gameDec 27, 2024 9:35 pm - Glenbard South’s stifling defense earned the Raiders a berth in Saturday’s Bill Neibch Holiday Classic championship game with a 30-21 semifinal win over Downers Grove Nor...
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Boys basketball: Cary-Grove beats Geneva to place fifth at Hinkle Holiday Classic
Dec 27, 2024 8:10 pm - Cary-Grove felt like it let a big opportunity slip away following a 58-41 loss to top-seeded Waubonsie Valley in its quarterfinal game at Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic e...
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Girls basketball: Glenbrook North edges Glenbard West for title at St. Viator’s Blenner ClassicDec 27, 2024 7:46 pm - When senior forward Makenna Yeager hit her second 3-pointer of the game with 1:23 left, it was 'game on' for the championship of the 41st annual St. Viator Blenner Classi...
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Girls basketball: Johnson nails six 3-pointers, leads St. Charles North to semifinals at Komaromy ClassicDec 27, 2024 7:19 pm - It was raining 3-pointers at Dundee-Crown’s 41st annual Komaromy Classic on Friday courtesy of St. Charles North junior guard Sydney Johnson. Johnson drilled 6-of-11 from...
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Boys basketball: Rolling Meadows dominates second quarter, pulls away from cold-shooting St. FrancisDec 27, 2024 6:20 pm - Since Hinsdale South's Holiday Tournament ended after its second edition in 2012, Rolling Meadows was among several that decided to go to the expanded 32 team Jack Tosh H...
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Boys basketball: Sum of its parts more than enough for Benet in win over Bloom at Pontiac
Dec 27, 2024 4:51 pm - At its best the Benet Academy basketball team plays as a locked in unit, placing little emphasis on any one given player. The Redwings broke out of that mold for a little...
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Today’s sports figures don’t deserve annual top quotes columnDec 27, 2024 6:00 am - Today’s sports figures don’t deserve the continuing tradition of Bob Frisk’s annual top sports quotes column.
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Boys basketball: Top-seeded Kaneland pulls away from No. 8 L-P in Plano Christmas Classic
Dec 26, 2024 10:56 pm - Evan Frieders stole the ball from beyond half court and took it the distance, jamming it home with 1:54 left in the first half of Kaneland’s quarterfinal game against La ...