Henry Del Valle

Lemont d. Ridgewood 15-2, 15-12: Val Rydberg had eight kills and Kristen Carvell added five for No. 10 Lemont (14-0, 1-0) in the Suburban Prairie White. Bradley-Bourbonnais d. Thornwood 15-5,...

Lockport running back Craig Duppong outlasted Thornwood on Friday, scoring eight touchdowns and rushing for 456 yards--third highest in state history--on 35 carries in the Porters' 57-43 victory. "With Craig,...

Top-ranked Sandburg survived a scare to post a 15-13, 6-15, 17-15 victory over Mother McAuley in a non-conference volleyball matchup. Game 3 featured nine lead changes and the Eagles rallied...

Lockport coach Julia Hudson had a fitting description for her team's girls volleyball match Wednesday against St. Charles. "It was a battle of the big hitters," Hudson said. And Lockport...

Softball Buffalo Grove 10, Hersey 0: Ninth-ranked Buffalo Grove (23-2, 11-0) cruised in the Mid-Suburban East behind Kim Czapla (17-1), who threw a six-inning one-hitter. Conant 5, Palatine 0: In...

Softball Joliet 2, Stagg 1: Second-ranked Joliet (16-3, 3-1) scored two runs in the top of the seventh to top No. 3 Stagg (19-4, 0-4) in the SICA West. Samantha...

New Trier coach Rick Malnati wasn't alarmed when Maine South was forcing his Trevians to shoot from the perimeter Tuesday. "To force us to shoot outside is usually death," Malnati...

Most players are lucky to block 15 shots in their high school careers. Fremd's Lynell Davis managed that in one game Thursday. With the 6-foot-1-inch Davis swatting shots like flies,...

Say this for Neuqua Valley's basketball players: They listen to their coach. That much was evident in the Wildcats' 48-44 regional semifinal victory Tuesday over Morris in Naperville, the 2-year-old...

Although the state tournament is nearing and conference races still need to be decided, virtually every Tribune Top 20 team in action Friday defied the pressure and cruised to easy...