Prep sports

  • Girls basketball notes: Geneva channels memories from 2009

    Many current Geneva girls basketball players joined in the community caravan to Illinois State during the program’s only other state finals appearance ...
    March 7, 2014 - 7:46 am

  • Geneva boys basketball aims to end regional title skid

    A long-anticipated milestone awaits the Geneva boys basketball team should it defeat Bolingbrook in tonight’s IHSA Class 4A Plainfield East Regional c ...
    UPDATED: March 7, 2014 - 2:39 pm

  • Burlington Central girls basketball, Montini have mutual respect

    Montini’s girls basketball mystique precedes the team to its latest trip to the IHSA Class 3A state finals.
    UPDATED: March 7, 2014 - 2:41 pm

  • Geneva girls basketball’s length boosts confidence, builds leads

    Sidney Santos suggests length on the perimeter is underrated. She smiles before explaining her reasoning, because the Geneva girls basketball team is ...
    March 6, 2014 - 9:57 pm

  • Jacobs: Until next time, ‘au revoir’

    There are a lot of ways to say goodbye, ranging from “Parting is such sweet sorrow” to “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
    March 5, 2014 - 9:23 pm

  • Burlington Central girls basketball embraces 'slugging it out' mentality

    Burlington Central coach Mark Smith provides a window of intrigue into this weekend’s Class 3A girls basketball tournament for a handful of entities o ...
    March 5, 2014 - 9:22 pm

  • Marmion boys basketball upends St. Francis

    MAPLE PARK – At the onset of Wednesday’s IHSA Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal, it looked like it would be a typical Suburban Christian Conference ...
    March 5, 2014 - 11:51 pm

  • St. Charles East boys basketball takes charge in crosstown showdown

    ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles East boys basketball team played uptempo, crashed the glass and successfully slowed St. Charles North’s quality backcour ...
    March 5, 2014 - 11:58 pm

  • Smith’s clutch shot completes Wheaton Academy boys basketball’s rally

    GENOA – Baskets were hard to come by Wednesday night in the second half of the IHSA Class 3A Genoa-Kingston Regional semifinal between Burlington Cent ...
    March 5, 2014 - 11:48 pm

  • Efficient Geneva boys basketball advances to title game

    PLAINFIELD – Geneva free-throw shooters toed the line to repeated chants of “CHOKE!” in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s IHSA Class 4A Plainfield Eas ...
    March 6, 2014 - 12:00 am

  • Mooseheart boys basketball starts hot, hangs on

    SERENA – Mooseheart has been working all year long to get one more shot at Chicagoland Jewish Academy.
    March 5, 2014 - 11:45 pm

  • Schwab: State your case – East-North game could swing either way

    The only thing better than a St. Charles East-St. Charles North boys basketball postseason rumble is one in which the outcome is completely up for gra ...
    March 4, 2014 - 10:50 pm

  • Slow-starting Batavia boys basketball falls to Bolingbrook

    PLAINFIELD – For the first few minutes of Tuesday’s IHSA Class 4A regional semifinal at Plainfield East, the Batavia boys basketball team played like ...
    March 4, 2014 - 10:37 pm

  • Theatrical victory for Vaca, Knights

    MAPLE PARK – By the time he knew the shot went down, Dylan Vaca had fallen on his backside on the other side of half court.
    March 5, 2014 - 12:19 am

  • Druley: Geneva football players learn Cardinal rule about rivalries

    Geneva seniors Billy Douds and T.J. Miller recently committed to continue their football careers at North Central College, an NCAA Division III progra ...
    March 3, 2014 - 11:09 pm

  • Prep roundup: Clodi's 3-point shooting paces Saints to lopsided win

    ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles East boys basketball team proved to be an exception to the old basketball adage that “it’s   hard to beat a team three ...
    March 3, 2014 - 10:52 pm

  • Schoessling, Batavia boys basketball awaken in regionals victory

    PLAINFIELD – As has been the case for many of his teammates, it's been a trying basketball season for Batavia senior guard Jeremy Schoessling.
    March 3, 2014 - 10:43 pm

  • Burlington Central girls basketball rides Pryor, defense to 3A state berth

    HOFFMAN ESTATES – Samantha Pryor had a defender in her face. The Burlington Central sophomore gave a ...
    March 3, 2014 - 10:38 pm

  • Geneva girls basketball routs Boylan for state berth

    ELGIN – Every blue-clad student who had been chanting and cheering for the Geneva girls basketball team suddenly converged on the Vikings and their ne ...
    March 4, 2014 - 6:33 am

  • Saturday's prep roundup: Marmion wrestling third in dual team state tourney

    BLOOMINGTON – The Marmion wrestling team rebounded from a narrow semifinal loss to place third in the Class 3A team dual state meet Saturday.
    March 3, 2014 - 7:36 am

  • East's Shanel makes final impression with two state swimming medals

    EVANSTON – St. Charles East senior boys swimmer Will Shanel posed with the second of his two state medals before smiling again and exhaling.
    March 3, 2014 - 7:31 am

  • Schwab: Geneva girls hoops receives welcome assist

    The Geneva girls and boys basketball teams were a combined 47-10 going into the Vikings boys’ regular season finale Friday night, so perhaps it should ...
    March 1, 2014 - 9:04 am

  • Weekend Chit-chat with ... St. Francis' Mike Fitzgerald

    New St. Francis football coach Mike Fitzgerald plans to move from Chicago’s south side to Woodridge this weekend. That figures to put him in good midd ...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 10:38 pm

  • Geneva boys basketball ready to rise up

    GENEVA – The extent of the Geneva boys basketball team's postseason futility escaped Geneva boys basketball coach Phil Ralston when he took over the V ...
    March 1, 2014 - 9:30 am

  • St. Charles East's Shanel advances to state swim finals

    EVANSTON – St. Charles East boys swimmer Will Shanel periodically checked his phone during Friday’s IHSA state swimming and diving preliminaries at Ev ...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 10:59 pm

  • Mooseheart boys hoops holds on for regional title

    SOMONAUK – The Mooseheart boys basketball team scored only 25 points for the night, none in the fourth quarter, and lived to tell about it.
    March 1, 2014 - 9:21 am

  • Kaneland boys basketball earns share of division title

    MAPLE PARK – With three games remaining in the conference schedule, the Kaneland boys basketball team needed three wins to have a chance for a share o ...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 10:42 pm

  • Lutze-led rally not enough for Aurora Christian boys hoops

    AURORA – Once again the Aurora Christian boys basketball was cast as the underdog as the third-seeded team took on IC Prep, the top seed in Friday nig ...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 10:42 pm

  • Geneva boys hoops wins tight game over Waubonsie Valley

    GENEVA – On what became a memorable night for the Geneva boys basketball team, the Vikings played their typical half-court defense, grind-out affair i ...
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 11:24 pm

  • St. Charles East boys hoops grabs momentum in regular season finale

    ST. CHARLES – A.J. Washington talked about wanting to go out with a bang in his final home game at St. Charles East.
    Feb. 28, 2014 - 10:40 pm

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