Marlen Garcia

Her enormous lead resembled all the other races Erika Odlaug won this season, but this record run meant much more to the Deerfield senior. It was apparent in the embrace...

School: Kaneland, 1999. Position: Split end. College: Northern Illinois. Fleck led Kaneland to Class 3A state titles in 1997 and '98 to cap 14-0 seasons each year. He holds state...

Jake Stout won the Hinsdale South boys cross-country regional Saturday and then waited at the end of the finish chute to offer his hand and congratulate the other 56 finishers....

School: Dunbar, 1998. Position: Tailback. College: Illinois. Rocky Harvey set five state records for Dunbar with 7,348 career rushing yards, 14 games with 100 or more rushing yards in 1997,...

School: Downers Grove North, 1997. Position: Offensive tackle. College: Air Force. Strock was outstanding in football, basketball and baseball at Downers North. The 6-foot-3-inch, 280-pound senior is starting at left...

School: Lockport, 1999 Position: Kicker/punter College: Notre Dame Setta was a two-time All-State pick in football and kicked the second-longest field goal in state history, a 59-yarder, during his sophomore...

Athletes in high school are so often measured by results that it's easy to forget they're simply students struggling through the teen years. On an early December Friday night in...

Lockport senior Drew Pierson shot a 3-over-par 75 and sank a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole of the final round to clinch the Class AA state individual title....

Maria Cicero had hoped to run against the fastest high school distance runners in the country next weekend in the Nike Indoor Track and Field Classic. A rule by the...

Parental pressure is clearly nothing new to high school sports. More than 13 years have passed since Tom Powers resigned as Evanston's football coach under pressure from parents. Powers decided...