Bob Sakamoto

No longer can you call No. 6 Bloom Township the surprise of the SICA East after its 50-47 road victory Friday night at Thornridge. Thornridge was trying to avenge an...

When it was finally over, this magnificent playoff run down a hazardous road with seemingly a last-second cliffhanger at every turn, there were the 98 Lockport players climbing onto a...

Just like clockwork, Providence administered another licking. Concluding one of the most dominant seasons in Illinois High School Association history, the undefeated Celtics romped past Pontiac 42-0 Saturday for the...

The Frank Lenti giving this pregame talk Saturday in the Memorial Stadium locker room stood 6 feet 2 inches and was only 17 years old. But just like his dad,...

Right from the start this was Driscoll's day. Scoring on five of their first six possessions, the Highlanders cruised to a 42-0 triumph over Mt. Carmel, Ill., on Friday to...

Conjure up images of Brian Grzelakowski and Pierre Thomas and they really should be in black-and-white because these two high school football players are throwbacks to a bygone era. Certainly...

First team OFFENSE Quarterback Steve Walker, 6-1, 190, sr., Lockport. the Porters to their first state championship game, completing nearly 60 percent of his passes for 3,786 yards and 33...

Heroics, and the warriors who provide such inspiration, were in abundance Saturday at Gately Stadium as No. 7 Mt. Carmel and No. 6 Carmel brought out in one another the...