Ed Schaffer

Lincoln-Way Central converted one field goal in the fourth quarter. It just so happened Bobby Olson's tip-in basket came at the most opportune time: right before the final buzzer sounded...

Troy Watson said he does it every game: The Homewood-Flossmoor guard wears a headband in the first half and goes without it in the second half. Perhaps Watson should consider...

Brother Rice didn't exactly light it up from the field in its season opener against Morgan Park, but the No. 14 Crusaders were nearly perfect from the free-throw line as...

It took top-ranked Naperville Central awhile to ignite Saturday, but once the Redhawks picked up steam they were unstoppable. Naperville Central tailback Jason Paquette scored two touchdowns and quarterback Phil...

The streak lives--barely. Tenth-ranked McHenry, playing without star running back Nick Guardyak, needed every bit of savvy it could muster but ran its Fox Valley Conference victory streak to 40...

For more than 30 minutes, No. 9 Lincoln-Way and Lockport played a so-so game in their SICA West opener. The host Knights led by 10 points with 1 minute 40...

If No. 20 New Trier had any doubts at halftime of its game Monday with Prosser, Josh Nigut squelched them in the third quarter. Nigut, a 6-foot 9-inch, 260-pound center,...

Downers Grove South coach Denise Lazzeroni-Kavanaugh knows all the cliches and the one she hates is what usually happens after a team has won the first game of a match...

In a conference dominated for years by Andrew and Bolingbrook, No. 18 Bradley-Bourbonnais was looking to make a statement Friday night. James Wright rushed for 140 yards in 16 carries...

Dan Spano made sure his first impression meant something. The Richards running back returned the opening kickoff 62 yards, the first evidence his team was in no danger, as the...