Alan Sutton

The girl considered the best who ever played the game of basketball in this state exited the way she entered?a winner. Candace Parker, who dominated the first high school game...

As a 6-foot 3-inch post player, Lauren Lacey isn't expected to be a threat 20 feet away from the basket. But that didn't stop the Marian Catholic senior from entering...

1. Amanda Schuring, Jacobs A 5-10 junior and transfer from Westminster Christian, she's the team's leading rebounder and second-leading scorer. 2. Brittany Johnson, Fenwick Coming off knee surgery, the 5-8...

Proviso West junior Andrea Bankhead already has taken care of one of next year's difficult decisions--where she'll play college basket-ball. The 5-6 guard chose Wisconsin because "that's where I really...

When she transferred to Naperville Central from Oak Park as a sophomore, Tiffany Hudson had no idea things would turn out like this. "It's all a surprise and a blessing,"...

Yes, it is Shari'--with the apostrophe--Welton. "I guess my mom just wanted to stress the `eee' sound," Thornwood's outstanding senior basketball player said. "It's on my birth certificate, so that...

After five years in the late 1970s as an assistant football coach at Young High School in the Chicago Public League, Arthur Penny turned his attention to girls basketball. It...

NO., TEAM, REC., QUICK HIT %% %% %% 1. Naperville Central 23-2 Public League champion Marshall visits Tuesday when Candace Parker's jersey is retired. 2. Loyola 28-0 Stephanie Pesoli fought...

After his children opened all their presents on Christmas Day, after he and his family ate dinner, Naperville Central girls basketball coach Andy Nussbaum drove over to the high school...

NO., TEAM REC., QUICK HIT %% %% %% 1. Naperville Central 20-2 Goes for 47th win in a row with Candace Parker in lineup at South Bend St. Joseph Monday....