Jim Rohrlack

Palatine freshman Tom Hanus was battling a cold during Saturday's tennis sectional at Fremd. It was about the only thing that gave him trouble. Hanus easily won the sectional singles...

Fremd 11, Palatine 0: Angie Thielsen went 3 for 3 with five RBIs and Kari Kreuz added three hits for No. 6 Fremd (23-4, 12-2) in the Mid-Suburban North. Mundelein...

Joliet 1, Sandburg 0: Top-ranked Joliet (22-3, 5-2) prevailed in the SICA West behind Mary Jaszczak (15-1), who tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts. Heather Suca scored the lone run...

As far as coach Peter Paul is concerned, his Benet team can look forward to playing Fremd on Monday in the East Aurora supersectional without a care in the world....

Joliet did it again. For the second straight season, the Steelwomen abruptly knocked Waubonsie Valley out of the Class AA girls state basketball tournament. This time, unranked Joliet (19-10) erased...

Friday night's clinching of the SICA East championship over Bloom left No. 17 Thornridge desperately in need of a little rest and relaxation. No such luck. Joshua Drumgole scored 14...

Going into the last rotation of the girls gymnastics sectional at Stevenson, the last stop before the state meet, the fates of four teams were on the line. Buffalo Grove,...

It started out so easily. No. 20 Julian walked into Simeon's gym Tuesday and immediately jumped out to a big lead. No problem, the Jaguars must have thought. Two overtimes...

What began as another easy Upstate Eight Conference game turned into a nail-biter Saturday as host Waubonsie Valley blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead before Ashley Luke saved the day in...

Young can't seem to shake that coughing, sniffling, stuffy-head thing. But it was Manley that wound up feeling sick Thursday. Flu-stricken Quentin Richardson scored a school-record 46 points as the...