By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Three games prior to Brother Rice’s Class 8A playoff quarterfinal matchup with Minooka, Jack Lausch was seeing his first action of the season under center during a blowou…
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Football Class 8A Second Round: Marist ‘D’ comes up big in win over Huntley
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Marist got two early scores from its offense, and a defense that is playing its best ball of the season held off Huntley, 14-7, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cla…
Girls Volleyball Class 4A Supersectionals: 25th straight win send RedHawks back to state
By Randy Whalen Correspondent A RedHawks’ 3-peat is two matches away. Two-time defending Class 4A state champion Marist survived a tough match to win its 25th straight and emerged once again as the So…
Boys Cross Country: Eagles land in fourth in Class 3A
By Tim Cronin Correspondent PEORIA – The bus ride home may have been a reflective one for Sandburg’s boys cross country team. One more runner passed here or there, around the tree near the finish line…
Boys Soccer Class 3A Sectionals: Shepard, Marist fall to Lincoln-Way West
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Strong seasons by the Marist and Shepard boys soccer teams came to an end against a mutual foe at the Class 3A Lincoln-Way East Sectional. The RedHawks and Astros both wo…
Girls Volleyball Class 4A Playoffs: Homewood-Flossmoor tops Shepard for regional championship
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Shepard and Homewood-Flossmoor both entered last Thursday’s Class 4A regional championship match with long droughts since their last postseason titles. The Vikings …
Girls Cross Country: Sandburg and McAuley runners trudge way to Peoria
By Tim Cronin Correspondent WESTERN SPRINGS – Sometimes, you just have to grit your teeth and go. That’s what Brielle Morris did in the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional on Nov. 2. Morris ignored th…
Boys Cross Country: Eagles slog to sectional title
By Tim Cronin Correspondent WESTERN SPRINGS – The familiar faces were back in the Sandburg lineup in the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional. The Giblins: Will and Ben. Eagles coach John O’Malley’s mo…
Football Class 8A Playoffs – First Round: Marist dismantles Glenbard East
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Amari Watkins always has his late grandmother on his mind. “I play for her,” Watkins said of Eleanor Collins, who died in July. “She loved me and she to…
Girls High School Volleyball: Sandburg takes share of conference crown
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Sandburg has won many a SouthWest Suburban Blue Conference title. Most of them have not been shared. The Eagles went into the final week of the regular season knowing the…