Prep Sports
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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...
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Golfers determined to make most of whatever season they getAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - For all we've been through the last six months, it sure felt good to laugh again. While talking to St. Charles East girls golf coach Jarod Gutesha about his sport return...
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A message to fall sports student-athletes: Have fun, and be safeAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Welcome back! That was the message student-athletes received Monday when practices began in boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, girls tennis and girls swi...
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Clubhouse Chatter: Which pro golfer would complete your twosome?Aug 08, 2020 1:00 am - What the sports staff has to say now that the games have resumed. Dating myself a bit here but when I did play golf I always thought it'd be cool to play a round - then ...