Bill Jauss

Downers Grove North 2, Downers Grove South 1: Downers North (16-8) knocked off No. 6 Downers South (17-3) in a West Suburban crossover as Krissy Kubiak went 3 for 3...

Addison Trail 12, Hinsdale South 2: Kristen Brestan (7-4) struck out seven and doubled twice, and Joyce DiGuglielmo had two hits and five RBIs to spark the Blazers (15-8, 5-3)...

It may be an upset in terms of rankings, but it wasn't to the players and coaches of Illiana Christian. For years, Illiana Christian has been one of the best...

Last half of the seventh. Score tied 4-4. Bases loaded. Two out. And a one-ball, two-strike count on a 5-foot-9-inch, 165-pound sophomore leadoff man. What's the last thing you'd expect?...

Grady Symonds and Jordan Buzil formed the kind of 1-2 punch for the Stevenson Patriots on Tuesday that third- and fourth-place hitters are supposed to provide. Catcher Symonds and designated...

Harlan's sophomore catcher, Kenyatta Davis, says he's "real close friends" with several of the Simeon players he opposed Tuesday in a South Side showdown between the Public League's two top...

On their bus trip to Wednesday's 13-2 six-inning romp over Fremd, the Schaumburg Saxons heard a pretty decisive pregame talk from coach Paul Groot. "I told them that they'd taken...

Catcher Paul Tokarz and his Notre Dame teammates showed their new coach Gaetano Gianni and themselves Tuesday how winning can be the byproduct of those "little things" that coaches harp...

When Joe Ziemba of Nazareth walked off the mound a 3-2 winner over Pat Flynn of ninth-ranked De La Salle on Wednesday, Ziemba realized he had just taken part in...

Until Barrington romped to five-inning no-hit victories over both Clemente and Dixon on Saturday, junior pitcher-outfielder Dan Pohlman actually considered himself the weak link on his team. Well, if that...