Phil English

Buffalo Grove's coach didn't recognize his own team until the second quarter. "I don't know what Buffalo Grove team that was in the first quarter," Tom Dineen said. The real...

Bloom 70, Thornridge 57: Tranelia Aldridge's 16 points and Sophia Ruffin's 14 led Bloom (7-7, 2-2) in the SICA East. Elgin 43, Larkin 25: Ramona Aguado scored 15 and Stacey...

Shawn Monroe Sr. was tempted to keep his son, Shawn Monroe Jr., home from school Wednesday. The players at Gage Park probably wish he had. Monroe Jr. hit two free...

Tom Dineen began his coaching career in 1979 when he was named Buffalo Grove's interim head coach. Since then he has guided the Buffalo Grove girls basketball team to the...

The final stretch of Benet's showdown with Aurora Christian on Saturday turned into a personal duel between Benet's Matt Wilke and Aurora Christian's Jason Collins. In the final minutes, Wilke...

If St. Patrick was going to be dethroned as champions of the Elgin Holiday Tournament, coach Mike Bailey couldn't have picked a better successor. Fourth-ranked Elgin (13-0), on the strength...

Maybe Jack Maniscalco and Sean Harrington should have had their own three-point shooting contest. They would probably still be firing away. Maniscalco hit seven three-pointers en route to a 23-point...

Going into the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's game trailing No. 9 Gordon Tech by four points, Stagg coach Al Biancalana was just hoping to shorten the game. Biancalana got...

Bill Wandro neatly summed up Hoffman Estates' 68-64 victory over Jacobs in the Jacobs Tournament Monday night. "Pretty exciting, huh?" Brian Cosentino's third three-pointer of the fourth quarter and fifth...

For 32 minutes Saturday, Joliet couldn't seize control of its first-round game against No. 16 Glenbard West in the Benet/Naperville North tournament. In fact, Joliet's first lead in the game...