Ed Schaffer

No. 13 Bloom 59, Crete-Monee 43 SICA South Records: Bloom 16-5, 5-1; Crete-Monee 8-10, 3-3. Halftime: Bloom 27-18. Summary: Bloom never trailed after it took a 3-2 lead with 6:09...

No. 12 Thornton 90, Thornwood 77 SICA East Records: Thornton 13-3, 3-0; Thornwood 7-8, 1-2. Halftime: Thornton 44-38. Summary: Thornton led 58-43 with 3:19 to play in the third quarter...

Stagg 40, Bolingbrook 39 SW Suburban Blue Records: Stagg 9-5, 1-2; Bolingbrook 9-4, 1-2. Halftime: Bolingbrook 21-17. Summary: G Robbie Butcher's layup with 16 seconds left lifted Stagg to victory....

Rank, teams, score: 8 Conant 54 BARRINGTON 44 Mid-Suburban West Summary: Conant (17-1, 6-1) had 9-2 opening run, led 17-9 after one quarter and opened third with 3 straight 3-pointers...

TEAM, SYNOPSIS Johnsburg 42 Cary-Grove 39 At Cary-Grove Tara O'Malley scored 9 of her 14 in 4th to help No. 2 seed Skyhawks (25-5) rally to win 1st title since...

Boys basketball TEAM, SYNOPSIS 1 ST. JOSEPH 82 Joliet Catholic 28 East Suburban Catholic Tony Freeman hit 5 3s and scored 18 and Vonshae Davis had 17 as Chargers (18-0,...

Boys basketball TEAM, SYNOPSIS 1 St. Joseph 46 BENET 42 East Suburban Catholic Ron White and Tony Freeman scored 12 and 10, respectively, as Chargers (16-0, 6-0) forced 8 turnovers...

Boys TEAM, SYNOPSIS Chicago Heights Classic Trailing 10-5 in 1st quarter, No. 2 Hillcrest (3-0) went on 12-3 run to close quarter and never trailed again as Hawks beat Leo...

TEAM, SYNOPSIS 1 Lockport 38 LINCOLN-WAY E. 14 SICA Blue WR George Kadlec caught 5 passes for 95 yards--including go-ahead TD for Porters (5-0, 3-0). Game was tied 7-7 at...