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The Hampshire High School Whip-Purs break the banner to start the 2017 football season.

Fear not, we’ve found the area’s coolest high school nicknames

Following up on last week’s column, we present the area’s coolest high school nicknames.

Barrington softball coach Perry Peterson wears a T-shirt Thursday celebrating his 1,000th win.

Softball: Peterson joins 1,000 club in Barrington’s MSL championship win over Hersey

What would be the odds that Barrington's Perry Peterson would win his 1,000th career game in the very town where his love for softball evolved while in high school and wh...

Dundee-Crown’s Oreoluwa Sobodu, left, edges Barrington’s Lamar Osterhues at the finish line as the Chargers win the 400-meter relay during the Class 3A Hoffman Estates boys track and field sectional on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Boys track and field: Barrington earns coveted May trophy at Hoffman Estates sectional

For the 16 schools convening at Hoffman Estates for Thursday's Class 3A boys track and field sectional meet, it marked their opportunity to qualify for next weekend's sta...

Baseball: Trio of Glenbard East pitchers stymie West Aurora

Already crowned as champions of the Upstate Eight Conference East, Glenbard East had an opportunity to face one of the top teams in the Upstate Eight West Thursday aftern...

Boys track and field: Hersey takes third, Prospect fourth at Deerfield sectional

Hersey’s Logan Farrell, who was third in the state last year in the shot put (18.20 m) and sixth in the state in the discus (51.33 m), had a big day Thursday at the Class...

The heat two 3200 meter race begins during the Boys Track and Field Class 3A East Aurora Sectional hosted by East Aurora High School in Aurora on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

Boys track and field: Neuqua Valley finishes second at East Aurora sectional

Dontrell Young broke into a skip down the curve of the track in a post-race celebration, alone apart from the rest of the 100-meter dash field. He indeed separated himsel...

Boys track and field: Cary-Grove’s Abrams gives it his best shot, wins two titles at Huntley Sectional

A foot foul wiped out Logan Abrams’ jaw-dropping throw of 19.29 meters in the shot put. The bigger takeaway for Cary-Grove‘s massive junior? His surgically repaired foot ...