Class 3A: Plano wins high-scoring affair
Luis Alvarado skipped into the end zone with a go-ahead, 33-yard score for Plano deep into the fourth quarter, the kind of touchdown that generally cues the end of drama...
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Rose gains national following
Derrick Rose's appearance in Sports Illustrated this week--a feature on the Simeon star is part of the magazine's high school preview package --centers on how Rose's family sheltered him from...
HISTORY LESSON
A look back at Simeon's 2006 Class AA state championship: The ball came loose on the sideline, pried out of Peoria Richwoods guard Justin Dehm's hands, fatefully falling into the...
HISTORY LESSON
A look back at Bolingbrook's 2006 Class AA state championship: The buzzer sounded on regulation in the Class AA girls basketball final last March, touching off the typical celebration for...
Farrakhan opts for Virginia
Left to decide between Illinois or Virginia, Thornton guard Mustapha Farrakhan sighed before he signed. "Sometimes you wish you were two people," Farrakhan said, "so you can go to both...
Mason’s mess at Minnesota his own doing
At some point Saturday, Minnesota fans almost certainly will unleash their preferred ensemble chant: "Fire Mason," inexorably directed at head coach Glen Mason. School spirit? Rah, humbug. So it is...
Rose cuts UCLA; DePaul still in mix
And then there were four. Simeon standout Derrick Rose has trimmed UCLA from his list of college finalists, his brother Reggie confirmed Saturday, due to concerns that Los Angeles was...
Picking up the pieces
Eric Gordon's not coming. Who is . . . and who could be? Who's still coming - Demitri McCamey, a sturdy 6-3 point guard from St. Joseph. Rivals.com ranks him...
Prep may pick Illini or Hoosiers soon
There has been rumor, innuendo and text messaging ad nauseum in the recruitment of prized Indianapolis high school guard Eric Gordon. All of it could be nearing an end. As...
Vaccaro and Rose: Fact, fiction
When Simeon standout Derrick Rose announced his five finalists for college destinations, Illinois was nowhere to be found. Illini conspiracy theorists made several observations: All five were Adidas schools. And...