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Cheer & Dance Xtreme squads bring it on the competition mat

June 16, 2018 at 12:07 p.m.

Cheer & Dance Xtreme of Gurnee's fall competition season could not have gotten off to a better start. This season, the program's 120 participants were placed across seven age-group squads....

North Chicago players react to a call during a loss this season to Vernon Hills. The team finished 1-8.

Football notes: North Chicago’s next step in rebuild: hiring a coach

June 16, 2018 at 12:51 p.m.

The real heavy lifting this week in connection with area high school football isn't being done on practice fields by teams preparing for playoff games, It's happening in the conference...

O'Brien Schofield of the Atlanta Falcons reacts to a play earlier this month. He is a graduate of North Chicago High School.

Lake County sports has quite a cast of at least 140 characters

May 23, 2019 at 7:05 p.m.

As of 6:04 a.m. Thursday, the world's population was listed as 7,377,296,858 ... 7,377,296,853 of whom do not follow @JeffBonato on the Twitter. And while it's true that 7,377,296,853 people...

Carmel grad Brienne Minor wins major collegiate tournament

June 16, 2018 at 1:07 p.m.

Brienne Minor and Maddie Lipp have been on the same big stage before. Just not at the same time. In October of 2012, then-Lake Forest senior Lipp was starring in...

Rob May’s mission: Help prep athletes get recruited

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

The GPS does not lie. And neither do the numbers. Based on the all-knowing Global Positioning System, a student-athlete who is interested in playing sports at the NCAA Division III...

Warren's Kody Anderson (white) and Waukegan's Irving Dominguez get tangled up during the second half of Saturday's game.

Waukegan, Lakes among eight area regional champs in boys soccer

June 16, 2018 at 1:02 p.m.

Regional week was the most successful ever for the News-Sun area in boys soccer, with eight teams winning regional titles and turning sectional week into mini-county tournaments. In Class 3A,...

Nine Lake County area teams qualify for football playoffs

June 16, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

In the moment, the 47-0 final score on the board Friday night at North Chicago was a victory for Wauconda's football team. But in the big picture, it was an...

Stevenson's Willie Herenton scores on a layup during a Sunday fall league game in Libertyville.

Basketball fans can get sneak peak Sunday at Stevenson, Zion-Benton

June 16, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

The real high school basketball season doesn't start for another month, but Lake County fans have a chance to see many of the top stars in action Sunday when the...

Unsung football heroes include quarterbacks Jacob Wright, Kyle Debevec

May 23, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

Points pondered about high school football while waiting for the start of high school basketball season, when there will be time to hopefully pursue the possibility that North Chicago and...

Michigan State's Matt Morrissey, 10, joins the end-zone celebration after the Spartans beat Michigan.

Stevenson grad Matt Morrissey contributed on final play of MSU’s win

June 16, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

Barring yet another miracle, the defining play of the 2015 college football season will be the botched punt by Michigan as time was expiring that turned a sure 23-21 Michigan...

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