No. 4 Brother Rice unstoppable on offense so far
It was only a matter of time. The way Xazavian Valladay was running wild through gaping holes at the line of scrimmage, somebody at some point was going to make...
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NIU drops to 0-3 with 42-28 loss to San Diego State
For openers, it could have been worse. Take the first half, for instance. Bad. Really bad. Bad enough that the progress shown over the final 30 minutes won't quiet concerns...
St. Laurence lighting it up
Harold Blackmon told his St. Laurence players they would get here back when they won one game. "We would stress that we can play with these guys," Blackmon said. "We...
No. 8 Palatine routs New Trier, highlights MSL’s surge
Zach Oles and Palatine made their point about Mid-Suburban League football. The MSL's entire West division did. All that's left is for the West's teams to play one another after...
Mike Helfgot’s blog: Possible solutions to conference conundrums
The freshman basketball team I played on won a game. As in one. We won another one as sophomores, or maybe that was JV the following year. It was a...
Saturday’s matchup, prediction: San Diego State at Northern Illinois
TV/radio: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS Sports Network, WIND-AM 560. Line: San Diego State by 11. Records: NIU 0-2; San Diego State 2-0. Last meeting: In the Huskies' third season playing...
Ryan Graham takes over as NIU quarterback armed with confidence from 2015
It's different this time. It's different because Ryan Graham knows he can do the job, and everyone else in the Northern Illinois football program does too. This belief isn't based...
No. 8 Palatine, New Trier hope MSL-CSL crossovers lead to playoff success
Palatine faced two imposing obstacles in last year's state semifinals. Its opponent, the state's most dominant team, was one. The other was the Mid-Suburban West's 17-year track record of playoff...
Injury could end Drew Hare’s QB career at Northern Illinois
Drew Hare's NIU career appears to be over. A fifth-year senior who spent nine months recovering from the Achilles tear that ended his 2015 season in week nine, Hare suffered...
Loyola remains No. 1, Barrington makes move in the Week 4 Tribune Top 20
Loyola prevailed in its second straight close game to remain at No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week in the Tribune's Top 20. With Lincoln-Way East's loss to Homewood-Flossmoor, Glenbard...