Prep Sports
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Geneva grad Loberg understands Big Ten's decisionAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - For the last three years playing volleyball in Madison, Wisconsin was everything Grace Loberg dreamed it would be when the two-sport standout from Geneva picked the Badg...
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Clubhouse Chatter: What siblings combos are the best in sports history?Aug 15, 2020 1:00 am - What the sports staff has to say now that the games have resumed. They weren't the best brother duo in sports history, but I enjoyed Rick and Paul Reuschel. Hardly a chi...
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Wheaton North's Mueller brothers missing out at NorthwesternAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - When Xander Mueller was in middle school, the journey to play football with his older brother seemed much farther away than the distance between Wheaton North's bleacher...
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Prospect grad Palczewski sees his senior season at Illinios get cancelledAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - During the lockdown in the spring, Alex Palczewski woke up early each morning and headed straight to the kitchen. He was determined to have a big breakfast made in time ...
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'It's hard to process': Burlington Central grad Kollhoff reacts to Big Ten cancellationAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - To Zoey Kollhoff it was a double whammy. That's how the Burlington Central graduate, now a freshman women's soccer player at Illinois, felt Tuesday when the Big Ten anno...
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Former Warren infielder excited to be 'Cubbie'Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Baseball loves its mop-up men, guys who throw filthy stuff and players who dig dirt. Put Matt Burch in the last category. "I love my dirtballs, my fireplugs," Burch said...
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'The whole thing is an overall migraine': Athletic directors face new challenges in creating fall schedulesAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Athletic directors are nearing the end of a 15-day sprint. From the day the IHSA announced the plan for the 2020-21 school year on July 29 that allows golf, cross countr...
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Rock-solid Neuqua Valley, other teams ready for a different looking girls swimming seasonAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Neuqua Valley, a rock in high school girls swimming, added a precious piece. A Stone. McKenna Stone. As a junior for Metea Valley last November, Stone rocked the 100-yar...
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Rangers call up St. Charles East grad Benjamin
Aug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Wes Benjamin's long road to reaching the major leagues has been achieved. Benjamin, a former St. Charles East standout, earned a promotion and was added to the 28-man ac...
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Tennis players ready to get back to matches and teamworkAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Already, the ideas are flowing for "silly dress-up day." That's what the players on the Cary-Grove girls tennis team typically do on Fridays during the season. And in wh...