Bob Sakamoto

Young's quest to win a state basketball championship was dealt a severe blow over the weekend with the news that 6-foot-7-inch Najeeb Echols is expected to enroll at Leo on...

6 Naperville North: Jay McCareins threw for a touchdown and ran for another as the Huskies downed Palatine 30-16. After Palatine pulled to within 22-16 on a Mike Hnytka 8-yard...

He is the most wanted man in high school football, the No. 1 college recruit in the state. Almost 40 NCAA Division I schools have offered him a scholarship. On...

1. Naperville Central COMMENT: Defending Class 6A champion returns nine starters from a dominating defense that yielded 12.5 points a game in an undefeated season and gains DT Chris Hill...

Teutopolis may be 218 miles from the Loop, but it is close to the hearts of Illinois high school girls basketball fans. That's one reason I wanted to make the...

Boys golf Lake Forest won the Class AA team championship by four strokes over New Trier, the Scouts firing a two-day total of 631 strokes to New Trier's 635. Freeport...

Badminton As expected, Erin Hois of Downers Grove South won her second singles title in three years. What was unexpected was her performance in the final, when she defeated Prospect's...

Girls bowling Three-year-old Bartlett High School had its first state champion when Jaime Calusinski claimed top honors with a 2,602 pinfall at the state tournament. Calusinski, a junior, rallied from...

The Illinois High School Association's new football playoff format, which expands the field from six classes to eight and from 192 teams to 256, likely will bring a legitimate outcry...

Few teams ever have had a wilder ride to the state tournament than Tom Wooden's Dunlap Eagles. This week Dunlap had to wait through three consecutive rainouts of its date...