Bill Jauss

Teutopolis may be 218 miles from the Loop, but it is close to the hearts of Illinois high school girls basketball fans. That's one reason I wanted to make the...

Badminton As expected, Erin Hois of Downers Grove South won her second singles title in three years. What was unexpected was her performance in the final, when she defeated Prospect's...

Kerry Wood's control woes and Ismael Valdes' blistered pitching hand have manager Don Baylor concerned, despite 9-8 and 1-0 victories started by Wood and Valdes on Friday and Saturday. Wood...

Harlan and Julian were all set to play Tuesday in a second-round Public League playoff game at Mt. Vernon Park. But Harlan and Julian will have to wait another day....

Maybe this business about playing extra-inning marathons is contagious. Just as the Oak Park girls were finishing their record-setting 28-inning, two-day, 1-0 softball victory over Glenbard West on Tuesday, the...

Baseball fans hungry for an old-fashioned slugfest could have feasted Tuesday on Glenbard North's 12-9 victory at West Chicago. Each team had 15 hits, and 10 of the 30 hits...

Second-ranked New Trier's 4-2 victory over Niles West on Thursday was a classic case of the rich getting richer. "I'm at a luxury with my pitchers," said coach Mike Napoleon...

Junior Jeff Reinke has already learned how to become a winning pitcher: work quickly, throw strikes and have great fielders behind you. Reinke and his 10th-ranked Stagg teammates used all...

Oak Park senior Jason Lambert may have sounded a bit overenthusiastic Tuesday when he said, "I think our team has the qualities to go Downstate..." But considering the way Lambert...

St. Ignatius knocked No. 3 De La Salle from baseball's unbeaten ranks Wednesday in blustery football weather by the football score of 13-7. And they did it with patience and...