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Jeannie Boehm (13) and her teammates on the West Team react late in the second half of the McDonald's All-American Game on Wednesday, March 30.

New Trier’s Jeannie Boehm relishes time as McDonald’s All-American

June 12, 2018 at 3:01 a.m.

Jeannie Boehm's experience as a McDonald's All-American was a whirlwind that included a number of interviews, practices with the best seniors in the country and her first nationally-televised game. The...

Glenbrook South's Pat Braczko (9) hits over Glenbrook North's Jeremy Doman (14).

Glenbrook North overcomes lack of height, beats Glenbrook South

June 11, 2018 at 2:23 a.m.

The Glenbrook North boys volleyball team finished off Glenbrook South with a point that almost perfectly embodied how and why it beat the Titans 25-10, 25-23 on Thursday, April 7,...

Glencoe’s Andrew Berlin turns Chicago Cubs affiliate into model team

June 8, 2018 at 10:33 p.m.

Andrew Berlin purchased the South Bend Silver Hawks at a point when the franchise was in real trouble. South Bend, which is a Low-A minor league baseball team, had only...

New Trier junior Graham Ikler sold T-shirts at the Trevians girls soccer team's game on Thursday, March 17, to raise money for Loveblood, his fundraising campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Ikler is battling lymphoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

Community rallies to support Graham Ikler while he battles lymphoma

June 12, 2018 at 1:57 a.m.

In one sense, Graham Ikler has always fought cancer by himself. It's his body that has battled lymphoblastic T-cell lymphoma ever since he was diagnosed in June 2015. It's his...

Fenwick's Mike Smith (21) drives to the basket against Farragut.

Boys basketball player of the year: Mike Smith

June 11, 2018 at 2:42 a.m.

This year, senior point guard Mike Smith and his teammates lifted the Fenwick boys basketball team to heights it hadn't experienced since the late 1990s. The Friars matched a school...

All-area boys basketball first team: Mike Smith

June 12, 2018 at 1:50 a.m.

Mike Smith, a senior guard for Fenwick, averaged 19.3 points, 4.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game this season. In addition, he shot 42 percent on 3-pointers. Smith...

Niles West graduate George Kontos signed a $1.15-million, 1-year contract with the San Francisco Giants in the offseason.

Q&A: San Francisco relief pitcher George Kontos, a Niles West graduate

February 1, 2024 at 12:39 a.m.

George Kontos is coming off the best season of his professional baseball career. The 30-year-old, who graduated from Niles West and played college baseball at Northwestern, was 4-4 out of...

Members of the New Trier boys hockey team celebrate after winning the Amateur Hockey Association Illinois Red Varsity state title on Friday, March 18, 2016, at the United Center. New Trier beat Providence 5-2 in the final.

New Trier Green’s top line leads it to state championship

June 12, 2018 at 1:54 a.m.

The New Trier Green boys hockey team's top line of juniors Jack Raith, Charlie Burton and Matt Mulhern got an assist from an unlikely source during the Amateur Hockey Association...

Loyola Academy forward Anne Bloomer (75) reaches in for the puck.

Prior experience helps Loyola girls hockey team win state

June 11, 2018 at 3:09 a.m.

There was one box left unchecked for the veterans on the Loyola girls hockey team. The Ramblers, who lost in the state championship game in 2014 and 2015, were well-versed...

After injury hiatus, Charlie Lemersal makes Maine South baseball team

June 12, 2018 at 2:06 a.m.

Charlie Lemersal's journey back from a dislocated left shoulder and a torn labrum was almost complete last January. Lemersal missed his entire sophomore season, but his first season of varsity...

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