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When DeeDee Durr is studying at Loyola University next year and Hailey Rothstein is playing softball at Wisconsin-Platteville, it will mark the first time in 12 years that the Conant seniors aren't teammates on the softball diamond.
The Cougars shor...
Updated: May 25, 2015 at 02:59 PM
To understand why Fred Lussow has been a coaching success in the northwest suburbs for 50 years, all you have to do is listen to Hersey assistant principal John Novak.
"Fred Lussow is all about kids," Novak says. "Athletes respond to him because of ...
Updated: May 18, 2015 at 05:08 PM
Bradley sophomore and former Prospect standout golfer Ally Scaccia picked up some momentum heading into the Missouri Valley Conference tournament which began Sunday and concludes today.
In her previous two events, Scaccia posted top-five finishes.
S...
Updated: Apr 20, 2015 at 11:33 PM
The stars continue to come out in the Mid-Suburban League.
For the second time in three years, a player from the MSL has been named the Gatorade Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Haley Gorecki, who led Fremd to second placed in the Class...
Updated: Mar 13, 2015 at 11:43 PM
When Mike McGovern retired from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2001, he was 62 years old and one of the winningest softball coaches in the country.
Fourteen years later, he still has that desire to win and coach.
Maine West High School in Des...
Updated: Mar 09, 2015 at 05:32 PM
NORMAL - Saving your best for last might be a sports cliché, but that's exactly what Benet did.
The Redwings had a fourth quarter - and a game - they won't soon forget, running away from Fremd in the final eight minutes to notch a 61-39 win in the c...
Updated: Mar 10, 2015 at 11:32 PM
There comes a time in every coach's life where the decision to continue has to be made.
That time has come for Denise Sarna, and she's made the decision to retire as the only head varsity girls basketball coach in the 17-year history of Bartlett Hig...
Updated: Mar 05, 2015 at 10:28 PM
In describing his team's 68-40 win over visiting Leyden on Tuesday night, Schaumburg girls basketball coach Curtis Goodwin said his Saxons got off to a slow start and then picked up their energy.
He could have been describing the overall season.
Aft...
Updated: Jan 21, 2015 at 10:53 PM
While we are a few days into the New Year, I'd like to take one last look at a memorable 2014 for area high school athletics.
State champions
Last February, Geneva freshman Claire Ginsberg became the area's first girls gymnastics state champion...
Updated: Jan 03, 2015 at 04:33 PM
Back in the early days of Fremd girls volleyball, Lane Hindenburg's mother Sue was an outside hitter for the Vikings' varsity team.
Standing 5-foot-8, Sue was the tallest player on the team.
"Volleyball has definitely changed," she said.
And Sue's d...
Updated: Dec 16, 2014 at 08:59 AM