Regional takes heavy toll on Geneva, St. Charles East wrestling

WEST CHICAGO – A length of blue fabric buffered fans from the wrestling mats on one side of West Chicago's gym on Saturday. On the other side, plastic red tape marked "DANGER" streamed down the sideline. The folks who roped it through didn't know the half of it. The IHSA Class 3A West Chicago Regi ... Read More »

Coffey's hot hand keeps short-handed Batavia competitive in Night of Hoops defeat

BATAVIA – Fulfilling or not, this was unmistakable progress.

St. Charles North boys swimming cleans up at UEC Meet

AURORA – St. Charles North swimmers dominated the Upstate Eight Conference Meet Saturday at Metea Valley, finishing with first place in five of the 11 events en route to the N

Pair of qualifiers not enough to satisfy 'angry' Batavia wrestling coach

NAPERVILLE – Revenge can be rewarding. Just ask Batavia’s Anthony Scaccia and Connor McKeehan.

Cougars

Buchanan ready for start of Kane County Cougars' season

GENEVA – Buck Buchanan fought the urge to lean against the dugout fence during his inaugural tour of Fifth Third Bank Ballpark on Friday. Even if this weren’t the region’s mil ... Read More »

Broadcaster Hem heads south to climb north up career ladder

Broadcaster Jeff Hem chronicled hundreds of upwardly mobile minor leaguers during seven seasons in the Kane County Cougars' radio booth. This winter, it seemed about time to ... Read More »

Community Sports

Druley: Shuffle 5K adds variety to super day

Sunday’s Super Bowl Shuffle 5K run/walk already boasts more than twice as many registrants as the inaugural 2011 event in Geneva. As of Thursday afternoon, 735 runners – that’ ... Read More »

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