Alan Sutton

Geneva freshman Kelly Whitley couldn't catch Sandburg's Kristin Sutherland down the stretch in the girls Class 3A cross-country final Saturday. No matter. They both wound up winners at Detweiller Park....

Neuqua Valley's Danny Pawola is having a pretty good cross-country season — and he hasn't even won a race. That's nothing to be embarrassed about because the junior finds himself...

St. Charles East's Lizzy Hynes easily won the Schaumburg sectional title Saturday. But the junior--along with the rest of the girls in the Class 3A finals at Peoria's Detweiller Park--face...

The chip on Tom Achtien's shoulder was maybe the size of, oh, a redwood tree. He and his teammates on the York cross-country team came into the 2007 season ranked...

Annette Glaz knew about the chatter at the start of the girls cross-country season. "In the beginning of the year we started running really well and everybody said, 'Oh, who's...

Unseasonably warm weather sent six high school athletes in Sugar Grove to the hospital Saturday, and officials warn that the heat and humidity Sunday could be even more brutal for...

Think of Tom Achtien this way: If he were a baseball player, the York senior would be batting 1.000 this season. He has been perfect so far in this fall's...

Young's Bill Prosecky and Payton's Annie Quast felt good after the Public League golf championships Friday at Indian Boundary. Prosecky shot a tournament-best 2-over-par 74 as the Dolphins took the...

When she was only a 14-year-old freshman, Amber Stack did something other high school girls have only dreamed about: She won a state championship. In the Class AA finals in...