Marlen Garcia

The wound is raw and firmly indented on the bridge of his nose. Even with a bandage, Nick Guardyak cannot ease the pounding of his football helmet against the widening...

An assignment in her speech class required her to pay tribute to someone, and she had many influential people from which to choose. People like her father, Larry, who showed...

After stunning No. 13 Thornton Fractional North Friday night, Eisenhower entered Tuesday night's SICA North contest against No. 14 Hillcrest knowing a second straight upset would create a three-way tie...

A funeral service will be held for Jawan Jackson--the Northern Illinois freshman who died Friday after collapsing during a sprint workout with the school's football team--at 11 a.m. Saturday at...

School: Homewood-Flossmoor, 2000. Position: Forward. College: UCLA. Cummings averaged 18.5 points and 7.4 rebounds in his senior season at Homewood-Flossmoor and was a two-time player of the year in the...

School: Glenbrook South, 1997. Position: Guard. College: Northwestern, 2001. Leonard made a big impression as a high school freshman when she hit the game-winning three-pointer as Glenbrook South upset Marshall...

Candace Parker fell backward in disbelief after she dunked for the first time. "I said, `Oh, my gosh,'" the 6-foot-3-inch Naperville Central forward recalled. "I didn't even think I could...

Jeff Bailey saw it coming. Bailey, a state qualifier on Deerfield's boys cross-country team, was one of a few runners who kept up with girls state champion Erika Odlaug this...

School: Sandburg, 2000. Position: Forward. College: DePaul. Kustok, a four-year starter at Sandburg, earned first-team All-State honors in her senior season with an 18.6 scoring average and led the Eagles...

School: Loyola, 1997. Position: Quarterback. College: Yale. Lee passed for 2,423 yards and 26 TDs in his last two years at Loyola and spent two years at Wisconsin before transferring...