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Naperville North comes together in time for huge win against No. 2 Evanston

May 12, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Mitch Lewis, Naperville North's senior leader, and three of his teammates were busy with football all fall. The Huskies' point guard, Chris Sullivan, sixth man Tom Welch and two other...

Conant's Jimmy Sotos shoots against Fremd's Mark Kating (40) and Ryan Martin, right, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 in Palatine.

Kyle Sliwa’s four-point play propels No. 8 Fremd past No. 10 Conant

May 12, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Kyle Sliwa said a 3-pointer was not the plan as Fremd faced a three-point deficit with the clock winding down and the Vikings' perfect record in the balance. Sliwa's four-point...

<font color="#FF0000"><strong>Fremd's</strong></font>Kyle Sliwa shoots against <font color="#FF0000"><strong>Conant's</strong></font>Jimmy Sotos (3) on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 in Hoffman Estates.

No. 8 Fremd, No. 10 Conant to meet in biggest Mid-Suburban matchup in years

May 12, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Kyle Sliwa doesn't have to think too hard to come up with the last time Fremd was still undefeated at this point in the season. "My freshman year," Sliwa, a...

Valparaiso forward Alec Paters charges past UIC forward Tai Odiase during a game at the UIC Pavillion on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016.

Around the city: Deeper UIC able to absorb rash of injuries

June 6, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

The injuries have piled up, the big blow coming first, followed by three others that have put the depth of second-year coach Steve McClain's young UIC team to the test....

Simeon's Talen Horton-Tucker drives against Fenwick's Billy Bruce (24) on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 in Chicago.

No. 1 Simeon holds off No. 19 Fenwick to improve to 16-0

May 12, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Evan Gilyard, Talen Horton-Tucker and Kezo Brown aren't exactly under the proverbial radar, but they don't have the cachet of the stars of Simeon past. The Wolverines have been ranked...

Warren head coach Jon Jasnoch has a quick chat with his Blue Devils between quarters during the IHSA varsity basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at Waukegan High School.

Warren making noise at Wheaton South MLK tourney

May 12, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Warren's coaching staff left Waukegan on Thursday night feeling somewhat heartened. A 65-61 loss to a talented Waukegan team - the Blue Devils' sixth in their last seven games -...

Jacobs' Cameron Krutwig drives the baseline while being defended by Prairie Ridge's Kyle Loeding on Saturday in Algonquin.

Prairie Ridge survives Cameron Krutwig, hands No. 18 Jacobs its first loss

May 12, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Nobody has a single player to match up with Jacobs center Cameron Krutwig. Nobody in the Fox Valley Conference, anyway, and there aren't many big men in Illinois who can...

Bolingbrook's Tyler Cochran (23) hits a 3-pointerin the fourth quarteragainst Homewood-Flossmoor on Friday, Jan. 13.

Tyler Cochran shines as No. 3 Bolingbrook outlasts No. 12 Homewood-Flossmoor

May 12, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Malik Binns avoided the "U" word, insisted going undefeated isn't something Bolingbrook bothers to discuss. The first loss could have — probably would have — come Friday night, if the...

DePaul coach Dave Leitao waves instruction to his players during the second half of an 87-56 loss to Seton Hall on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Newark, N.J.

Around the city: DePaul going for rare Big East win streak at Marquette

June 6, 2018 at 8:54 a.m.

Big East wins are, as Dave Leitao called them, "treasures." His Blue Demons (8-9, 1-3) had knocked on the door in all but one of their previous conference games before...

Jack Nolan’s shooting leads way for another strong Benet team

May 12, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Jack Nolan grew 8 inches and gained 60 pounds. The physical explosion really wasn't one, though, with the former 5-foot-5, 105-pound freshman listed at a modest 6-1, 165 three years...

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