Bob Sakamoto

For a Top 20 team, the regional final is supposed to be a no-sweat warmup act for the real test at the end of the week. Try telling that to...

Shannon Brown was on the phone non-stop Thursday once word spread of the trade to his hometown Bulls. "My cell phone has been blowing up," said Brown, the former high...

Jack Cooley, a 6-foot-8-inch junior at Glenbrook South, is the fastest-rising prospect in the state. Not long after coming away with 30 points and 15 rebounds in a victory over...

Neuqua Valley's Chris Derrick didn't think he would run too well in Saturday's Reebok Boston Indoor Games. He was wrong. Though he did not win the junior mile event at...

My favorite story That's easy: the feature on Simeon's Derrick Rose, who was honored as Mr. Basketball of Illinois. Because of the media ban imposed by Simeon coach Robert Smith,...

St. Joseph had one heck of a run Wednesday at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. The 11th-ranked Chargers, who are seeking their fourth consecutive tournament title, went on a 22-7...

Homewood-Flossmoor's dynamic duo of Kevin Dillard and Supo Sanni was a little too much for Fenwick Wednesday. Dillard, the Southern Illinois signee, and Sanni, headed to Illinois for football, combined...

For nine games, New Trier coach Rick Malnati wondered why his best all-around player, 6-foot-4-inch sophomore Alex Rossi, wasn't his usual self. On Wednesday, Rossi had surgery to remove loose...

Somehow, this grand experiment seems to be working. How else to explain Young's 50-42 victory over Downstate power Champaign Central (6-2) Saturday night in the marquee attraction of the Shootout...