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6 things as high school football heads into the home stretch

By John Radtke
Oct 1, 2023 3:54 PM - The calendar page from September to October sure seemed to flip in a hurry, and here we are heading into the final three weeks of the high school football season. As Week 6 has just wrapped up, today we offer 6 things you need to know as we come into the home stretch of the 2023 campaign.
Never a typical day: How Huntley sports family balances work, play

By John Radtke
Sep 26, 2023 6:32 PM - Mike Naymola, Huntley's second-year head football coach, and his wife Karen, now in her 11th year as the Red Raiders' head girls volleyball coach, plan to keep writing chapters of success in their respective programs. Stories about husbands and wives who coach are fairly common, right? Well, yes, but you don't run across many who coach a high-leverage sport in the same season, and with daughters playing volleyball for their mom, too.
Suburban swimmers will take Olympic dreams to Indianapolis

By John Radtke
Sep 17, 2023 5:24 PM - Brayden Capen, a freshman at Marmion Academy in Aurora, is the son of two swimming coaches. He will be joined in Indianapolis for the U.S. Olympic trials by Elizabeth Nawrocki, a junior at Rosary High School, and Mendota senior Bridget McGann.
How high school coaches are helping ensure 9/11 is never forgotten

By John Radtke
Sep 11, 2023 5:00 AM - Twenty-two years after 9/11, the student-athletes we cover and write about in this space, have to rely on their parents and their teachers/coaches to tell them of that Tuesday morning, when the skies in New York City were crystal clear until they weren't -- until they were filled with the black smoke caused by the two jetliners that plowed into the towers.
State and national athletic governing bodies agree: Hazing not tolerated on any level, especially in high school

By John Radtke
Aug 28, 2023 8:46 AM - High schools don't all have the same accountability system in place as colleges, and state and national governing bodies give school officials autonomy in running their programs with good reason. But when it comes to things like hazing, the Illinois High School Association, the Illinois Athletic Directors Association and the National Federation of High School Associations send a clear message: No hazing is acceptable.
'Hazing defeats the purpose of the team': What some schools are doing to ensure it doesn't happen

By John Radtke
Aug 24, 2023 7:18 AM - As the 2023 high school football season gets ready to kick off on Friday night, coaches, administrators, parents and student-athletes, can't ignore the ever present issue of hazing. Here's what some suburban coaches and administrators are doing to ensure hazing doesn't happen.
IHSA's Anderson on the year in prep sports, girls flag football, NIL deals and more

By John Radtke
Jun 11, 2023 5:01 PM - John Radtke interviews the association's executive director as the high school season comes to a close.
Super Monday promises lots of super baseball, softball games

By John Radtke
Jun 4, 2023 5:37 PM - It's supersectional Monday in IHSA Class 3A and 4A baseball and softball, and over the years Super Monday has proved to sometimes be more dramatic and thrilling than its successor, which is this weekend's state finals.
Breaking down key postseason matchups in a busy week for high school sports

By John Radtke
May 30, 2023 10:10 AM - This coming week of high school sports is a busy one, with state titles to be doled out in boys volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, and girls soccer before baseball and softball state finals close things out for 2022-23 on June 9-10.
5 burning questions posed about baseball, softball postseasons

By John Radtke
May 21, 2023 6:32 PM - The postseason begins Monday for Class 3A and 4A baseball and softball, culminating in championship games the weekend of June 9-10.

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