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Passing the bar: Wilmette’s Mayumi Suzue-Pan overcomes lack of ice time to pass U.S. Figure Skating’s senior freestyle test

January 25, 2021 at 10:21 a.m.

For figure skaters like Wilmette resident Mayumi Suzue-Pan, the closing of ice rinks during the COVID-19 pandemic made it almost impossible to work on certain skills. After practicing for 18...

Yorkville coach Mike Dunn, who will succeed Vince Doran at York, reacts to a call during a game at a holiday tournament in DeKalb on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019.

Basketball coaches figure out how to navigate with new teams during COVID-19 pandemic: ‘I can’t wait to get into the gym with them.’

December 7, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

A pandemic, an Illinois High School Association pause in team sports and a newborn son have given Oak Park and River Forest's first-year boys basketball coach Phil Gary ample time...

Lake Zurich's Jake Myers, center, sprints to the finish line in the Class 3A state meet at Detweiller Park in Peoria on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.

Fight or flight: New Trier figures out flight meets at right time for first sectional title in six years

November 8, 2020 at 1:22 p.m.

With few flighted events during the regular season, New Trier boys cross country coach Matt Sloan said it took his runners some time to get used to the new postseason...

Virtual swim meets: A new form of synchronized swimming for some conferences during COVID-19

September 13, 2020 at 8:21 a.m.

This fall, the idea of synchronized swimming has taken on a whole new meaning. Swimming and diving is the one indoor sport taking place during the IHSA's fall calendar, which...

Coaches and athletes in traditional spring sports, which were canceled in the spring, react to IHSA’s shift to short ‘summer’ season in 2021

August 10, 2020 at 11:09 a.m.

At Niles North, the nine spring teams that had their seasons canceled jokingly declared themselves Illinois High School Association state champions and — with the blessing of the IHSA —...

Northwestern’s Logan Weaver, Spencer Farina give Wildcats a Trevian touch

August 2, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.

If there is a Big Ten men's soccer season — and that remains a big if — the Northwestern Wildcats might have a distinctly New Trier-feel to the outside of...

Barrington product Giles Phillips helps Wycombe Wanderers move up to the second tier of English pro soccer: ‘It was like going back to high school.’

July 17, 2020 at 10:01 p.m.

A few nights after a champagne-soaked celebration on the field at historic, fan-free Wembley Stadium, Barrington graduate Giles Phillips said strong chemistry had been instrumental as the Wycombe Wanderers won...

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