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Dundee-Crown's Christian Brunner (right) is a two-time state placer.

Family ties bind Dundee-Crown’s Christian Brunner to Purdue

June 16, 2018 at 10:46 a.m.

It was the last college visit for Dundee-Crown's Christian Brunner and it was the one that stuck. The Chargers' 195-pound senior and his father had visited Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Old...

Leyden's Zitlali Monteil gets ready to compete in the 200-yard freestyle.

Fenwick girls swimming sectional notebook: Fenwick and OPRF let it loose in bid for berths

June 16, 2018 at 11:46 a.m.

There were postseason events in multiple sports happening all over the state on Saturday, Nov. 14, but there may have been no more exciting place to be than poolside at...

Brother Rice's Xavian Valladay (6) breaks Palatine tackles as he runs the ball.

Palatine reverses roles with Brother Rice in second half

June 16, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Unfortunately for Brother Rice, a season to remember ended with a half of football the Crusaders would rather forget. Brother Rice led 17-0 at halftime of its Class 8A state...

Runners take off for the Class 3A state championship race.

Charlie Kern nosed out at finish of 3A cross country state meet

June 16, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

If cross country races were 25 meters longer, York sophomore Charlie Kern might have pulled it off. In roughly 12th place with 800 meters remaining in the Class 3A state...

Ellie Burzlaff, Harvest Christian have their eyes on the prize

June 16, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.

She has seen her team's season end in supersectional losses for three consecutive seasons, and Harvest Christian senior Ellie Burzlaff has had enough. "I want it so bad," Burzlaff said....

Underdog Naperville Central falls to Morton in supersectional

June 16, 2018 at 12:04 p.m.

Naperville Central's boys soccer season ended Tuesday night, but the memories will last a long time.. The Redhawks were 5-9 just five weeks ago, but went on a 7-1 run...

York's Emily Siegenthaler leads Loyola's Lainey McKinley, 125, and Payton Hoag during the 3A sectional hosted by Lake Park on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Lake Park girls cross country sectional: Mahal Schroeder stunned about state berth

June 16, 2018 at 1:01 p.m.

Mahal Schroeder was fairly stunned as she stared at a list of Class 3A cross country state qualifiers taped to a hallway wall inside Lake Park's East Campus on Saturday,...

York sophomore Charlie Kern wins the 3A sectional hosted by Lake Park on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Lake Park Sectional boys cross country notebook: Loud collapses down the stretch

June 16, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

If adversity builds character, the boys cross country team at Oak Park-River Forest has the makings of a good construction site. For starters, the Huskies' Irwin Loud, who placed 11th...

Dundee-Crown's Zoe Sitarz (4) and Gina Pagano (6).

Dundee-Crown can’t hold off Crystal Lake Central

June 16, 2018 at 1:01 p.m.

Once it starts fading, momentum – like youth – can be impossible to get back. After taking the first game of a Class 4A regional final against Crystal Lake Central,...

Harvest Christian wakes up, rolls past Westminster in regional semi

June 16, 2018 at 1:23 p.m.

As a top seed of the Class 1A Harvest Christian Sectional, the Lions squared off with a Westminster team that served well and played with energy Tuesday. In fact, the...

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