Carmel’s 2016 football schedule presents a formidable challenge
Holiday leftovers from someone who, back in the day, spent two Decembers serving as a Santa's Helper at the mall, but over the years has morphed into Ebenezer Scrooge. Carmel...
Home > Reviews
All Stories
Derrick Noble broadens scope of Waukegan Youth Wrestling Club
Located near one of the busiest intersections in all of Waukegan, the tall, unattractive building perfectly fits the definition of a white elephant. On the outside. What's happening on the...
Maine South to be litmus test for Waukegan boys basketball
Can practice really make perfect? During Ron Ashlaw's first run as Waukegan's boys basketball coach, that actually was his modus operandi. Once the superstars from the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 teams...
LFA grad Charles Harris III playing basketball at Central Methodist
The view from the observation deck ... Lost and now found: While playing high school basketball at Lake Forest Academy, Charles Harris III was teammates for a handful of games...
Z-B grads playing basketball at St. Louis, Tennessee, Missouri and ISU
That saying about having your cake and eating it too ... it would seem to apply to Zion-Benton basketball fans this winter. If the Zee-Bee Nation wants to be up...
Local notes: Cheer & Dance Xtreme rules at IRCA state meet
The high-fives exchanged by coaches and athletes took on more significance than just acknowledgment of a job well done. The "five" represented the number of state titles won by Cheer...
Prep basketball notes: Holiday tournaments to heat up soon
Four months from now, 45-degree weather, strong winds and a weekend of rain can be a curse hovering over the high school baseball, softball and track seasons. But because it's...
Local notes: U.S. Paralympics recognizes GLASA for program excellence
The Lake Forest-based Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association earned the highest possible rating — the gold award — from U.S. Paralympics, which is a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee....
Prep notes: For Antioch girls basketball, winning is a long shot
There indeed is more than one way to skin a cat. And area basketball fans who chose to do so could have seen it done in two distinctly different ways...
Waukegan boys basketball remains a work in progress
Five takeaways from Evanston's 61-44 win over the Bulldogs on Tuesday night in Waukegan's historic Dog Pound gym: * For serious basketball fans on hand, the two words of the...