Mike Helfgot

Maybe it was the weather, possibly the defense, likely a combination of the two. Brendan Skalitzky and the Marist passing attack had their most unproductive night of the season with...

Chris Andriano considered the driving snowstorm, the stakes and the comeback. He then congratulated his team on perhaps the greatest victory in Montini history. Down by two touchdowns and covered...

Cary-Grove had three returning starters. Crete-Monee gave up 52 points in a Week 9 playoff primer. Marist lost four regular-season games. So did Waubonsie Valley, three to teams that didn't...

Conference call Major props to the Southwest Suburban Red and the Catholic White, a couple of mid-sized conferences with two teams playing for a spot in the state finals this...

No. 2 Glenbard West vs. No. 6 Cary-Grove When: 1 p.m. Saturday at Glenbard South. Records: Glenbard West 12-0, Cary-Grove 11-1. On the offensive: Both teams rely heavily on the...

Five regular-season losses mean you're out of the playoffs. Four losses, at least in the case of Marist or Waubonsie Valley, keep you alive for a state championship. One of...

1. Loyola 12-0 (1) Defeated Homewood-Flossmoor 34-28. Next: Class 8A semifinals at Palatine. 2. Glenbard West 12-0 (2) Defeated Rockford Auburn 45-14. Next: Class 7A semifinals vs. Cary-Grove. 3. Libertyville...

The first 11 games were smooth, clean, easier than a team could ever hope they would be. Loyola was then presented with a season's full of challenges in the form...

Morale has been low here at HQ, and I think I know why. The sometimes weekly picks blog is jonesing for an underdog. Nothing gives us more joy than identifying...