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Naperville North's Caden Tsao shoots against New Trier last season at the state tournament. Tsao is one of the key players back from the Huskies’ state championship team.

Boys water polo: Defending champ Naperville North excited for new opportunity

Naperville North headlines the boys water polo season after winning the program’s first state championship last season. All eyes will be on the Huskies’ quest to add titl...

High school scores for March 12

Thursday, March 12 Boys basketball IHSA finals Class 2A Semifinals (1) Manual 62, (1) Tolono Unity 57 (1) Quincy Notre Dame 64, (5) Farragut 43 ...

Benet players celebrate a late dunk during Monday’s win over Auburn in the IHSA Class 4A Northern Illinois University supersectional in DeKalb.

Schmit: Will Benet, York or Kaneland bring home a boys basketball state title?

Kevin Schmit: What will it take for Benet, York or Kaneland to bring home an IHSA boys basketball title this weekend in Champaign?

Kaneland's Marshawn Cocroft drives by Morton's Jude Zeller during the Class 3A supersectional Monday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The Knights play Deerfield at 10 a.m. Friday at the Class 3A state tournament in Champaign.

Boys basketball: Kaneland’s secret weapons — A barn, 500 shots a day, and the defense carrying the Knights to state

Team dinners at Connor Kimme’s house for the Kaneland boys basketball team aren’t just about the food. They’re about the barn. Kyle Kimme, Connor’s father, started buildi...

Prospect's Alli Linke, left, the program’s all-time rebound leader, averaged 16.1 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.1 blocks this season on her way to earning the Daily Herald’s Cook County All-Area captain award.

Girls basketball: Cook County All-Area captain Linke leaves Prospect as program leader in points, rebounds

As the expression goes, it's hard to put a price tag on how important Alli Linke was to the Prospect girls basketball program. She was money for the Knights the last four...

Lily Fisher averaged 19.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.9 steals this season while leading Libertyville to the NSC championship and a 27-win season.

Girls basketball: Libertyville’s Fisher elevates her game, earns Lake County All-Area captain

Numbers have a tendency to speak for themselves. In the case of Libertyville junior girls basketball standout Lily Fisher, they speak loudly — so much so that others refe...

Danyella Mporokoso, right, scored 2,979 points at Waubonsie Valley, including 1,027 this season, while leading the Warriors to a record of 119-19.

Girls basketball: DuPage County All-Area captain Mporokoso finishes stellar 4 years with 2,979 points, 119 wins

Danyella Mporokoso enjoyed the kind of senior season most high school girls basketball players can only dream about. For starters, she averaged 27.5 points in 4 games whi...