Pat Rooney

Palatine freshman Tom Hanus was battling a cold during Saturday's tennis sectional at Fremd. It was about the only thing that gave him trouble. Hanus easily won the sectional singles...

Antioch 8, Rockford Jefferson 0: Jamie Wismer had a hat trick and Amie Carlberg collected three assists, while Krista Wiewel got her sixth shutout for Antioch (7-4). Barrington 3, Hoffman...

Sandburg 3, Lockport 0: Katie Hertz, Rae Lyn Parello and Lauren Arquilla each scored in the SICA West for No. 6 Sandburg (16-1). Lincoln-Way 3, Homewood-Flossmoor 1: Meghan White, Lindsey...

Maybe now someone will give Rich Central some respect. "We don't care (about respect)," Rich Central coach Lee Boyko said. "We're in the Sweet 16, and it's a great feeling."...

Home-court advantage? It hasn't meant a thing in the Thornridge sectional complex. Last week Thornwood and Bloom were eliminated on their home courts. Tuesday night Thornridge joined the list. D'Juan...

As far as coach Peter Paul is concerned, his Benet team can look forward to playing Fremd on Monday in the East Aurora supersectional without a care in the world....

Joliet did it again. For the second straight season, the Steelwomen abruptly knocked Waubonsie Valley out of the Class AA girls state basketball tournament. This time, unranked Joliet (19-10) erased...

For the first three quarters of Tuesday night's 46-32 regional semifinal rout of Glenbard East, Naperville Central looked ready to battle the best in the Naperville North sectional. Now, about...

It started out so easily. No. 20 Julian walked into Simeon's gym Tuesday and immediately jumped out to a big lead. No problem, the Jaguars must have thought. Two overtimes...

Nigel Thomas couldn't have picked a better time to score his only points of the game. The Rich East guard buried a three-pointer at the buzzer as the Rockets stunned...