Wolverines caught napping in Big Apple
Derrick Rose strode into Madison Square Garden looking to show all the folks in the city that is a breeding ground of great point guards that a Chicago kid could...
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Bob Sakamoto’s Top 20 boys basketball teams
%% %% %% RANK TEAM REC MOMENTUM PREV 1. Simeon 8-0 Side-by-side 1 Shooting to capture two holiday tournament titles within 7 days. 2. Loyola 15-0 Side-by-side 2 Jeff &...
Kaneland’s tenacious duo
They are quite the tandem, this Kaneland connection of Boone Thorgesen--the little quarterback that could--and Casey Crosby, the nearly 6-foot-5-inch receiver with the golden future. They led Kaneland to the...
Tribune’s All-State football selections
First team offense | First team defense Second team offense | Second team defense Special mention First team offense Quarterback Boone Thorgesen, Kaneland, Sr., 6-0, 175: His 4,767 total yards...
Sakamoto’s final football rankings
1. Wheaton Warrenville South 14-0 Danny Dierking does his thing, Jim O'Brien scores on 96-yard kick return, 65-yard run and Tiger defense covers the option in 44-21 8A title victory...
Class 8A: Tigers pounce early, often
A sure sign of impending success for Wheaton Warrenville South on Saturday night was the sight of Purdue-bound running back Danny Dierking lining up at defensive end for the first...
Normal beats Batavia for 6A title
Biggest play of the game ? here is Batavia quarterback Jordan Coffey's perspective: "That interception was huge, and it's all on me," Coffey said about the errant pass that Normal...
Driscoll wins 6th straight title
Few things are certain in life, but Driscoll winning a state football championship is becoming one of them. With a raucous Highlanders crowd extolling their team's virtues with a banner...
Maroa-Forsyth rolls in 2A final
Illinois-Chicago basketball signee Robert Kreps had nine catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns as Maroa-Forsyth defeated Westville 43-22 Friday in the Class 2A state football championship in Champaign to...
Highlanders shift into gear, as usual
This was supposed to be the year the winning streak was snapped. Five-time state champion Driscoll had only three returning starters and needed a fourth-down touchdown pass from Phil Pedi...