Bob Sakamoto

NO. TEAM REC QUICK HIT 1. Carmel 14-0 Class 6A champion and preseason No. 1 never faltered despite injury to QB Mark Venegoni. 2. Lockport 12-2 Second-team All-State QB Jake...

This was supposed to be a shootout of the two best quarterbacks in the state, but Lockport's defense stole their thunder. Using a variety of blitz-crazy, pressure-filled schemes designed to...

For the first time in a while, there won't be any changes to the state football playoff format. Illinois High School Association football administrator Dave Gannaway said Saturday that reports...

Billy McKeon is a soft-spoken, unassuming sophomore who had quite a day running for one touchdown and passing for another in Saturday's Class 5A title game at Memorial Stadium. But...

Every week was supposed to be Oswego's last in the state football playoffs. Nobody goes on a 51/2-hour bus ride to East St. Louis on a Friday and comes away...

Caught up in the hoopla of Carmel's first state football championship, quarterback Mark Venegoni tossed away his crutches and hopped across the Memorial Stadium turf Saturday, broken ankle and all,...

Before the season, Driscoll running back Mike Segreti suggested to teammate Greg Turner that they grow their hair long during the fall. This let-it-all-hang-out attitude quickly spread through the rest...

Big plays and even bigger fun ruled the day Friday for Iroquois West, and the tiny town of Gilman had its king for a day?an elfin Doug Flutie-like quarterback named...

First team THE OFFENSE QUARTERBACK ? Sean Price, Maine South, 6-2, 175, junior: Led Hawks to 8A title game passing for 4,407 yards and 53 touchdowns. RUNNING BACKS ? Rashard...