Jerry Shnay

Buick Open--Life as a pro golfer has been hard for Billy Pierot, but something good finally happened. Pierot and Davis Love III, both PGA Tour rookies, shot 7-under 65s to...

Mark Edmundsen of Arthur knew what was wrong. Five minutes into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class A All-Star Game Saturday night at the Peoria Civic Center, his team trailed...

Eldorado`s Scott Pilkington may finally have escaped the ghosts that have haunted him in the Class A state baseball tournament. The Eagles` ace pitcher allowed just two hits in a...

The ''no pass-no play'' question is replacing the forward pass as the biggest bomb in high school sports, and it is covering considerably more ground. Whether a student should be...

Westmont didn`t come to the Class A state basketball tournament to just be here. Next year--well, maybe they`ll settle for just having a next year. The Sentinels (28-4), whose best...

Kevin Williams` debut was, at best, a qualified success. ''I`d give him a grade of `C,` '' said King coach Landon ''Sonny'' Cox after the 6-foot-8-inch Williams collected seven points...

Kendall Gill scored 22 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and had 8 steals for Rich Central Friday night. Too bad he was off form and hurting. ''He really didn`t play one...

Kendall Gill wanted to leave the Rich South Tournament a winner. ''Last year we played for third place, and I didn`t even make the all-tournament team,'' said the 6-foot-3-inch guard...

The Illinois High School Association has pulled a Class AA basketball supersectional out of its traditional site at Northwestern because the university demanded the IHSA underwrite expenses. ''We don`t want...