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Chicago Steel’s Mathieu De St. Phalle puts self-doubt behind him on the ice: ‘I was overthinking a lot of stuff’

March 16, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.

Mathieu De St. Phalle said that during the 2018-19 United States Hockey League season he realized he could be an impact player in the country's top junior hockey league. A...

Glenbrook South grad Fitz Stadler continues dream of playing professional baseball despite delay in start of MLB season

March 16, 2020 at 7:04 p.m.

During Fitz Stadler's three seasons on the Arizona State baseball team, he said the focus was on winning. The Sun Devils, after all, have won five national titles and finished...

Barrington resident Sean Behrens recently got a chance to play with the U-18 squad of the U.S. National Team Development Program

Barrington’s Sean Behrens focused on what he can control with elite U-18 national hockey team

March 15, 2020 at 8:43 p.m.

If Kyle Behrens had any doubt about the significance of the news, all he needed to do was listen to his son's voice on the other end of the line....

Kyle Retzlaff, center, seen here at Chicago Fire youth soccer tryouts in 2013, is the general manager of FC United, which plans to field a team for the upcoming U.S. Open Cup.

Local soccer players amped for U.S. Open Cup, but coronavirus calls long-standing tournament into question

March 12, 2020 at 10:19 p.m.

In the eyes of Chicago FC United assistant coach Graham Brennan, it has the makings of a Cinderella story. After a change to the U.S. Open Cup schedule prevented many...

Charlie Tilson bats for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, March 2, 2020.

Now with the Pirates, New Trier grad Charlie Tilson says he has ‘more to offer’ an MLB team

March 7, 2020 at 11:06 p.m.

Each of the last two seasons, Charlie Tilson was a temporary member of the Chicago White Sox. He played for the major-league club from May to July, but he started...

Wilmette’s Cameron Rowe fueled by NHL draft disappointment

March 7, 2020 at 9:45 p.m.

Cameron Rowe came so close to his goal that he could see it. It was just a short walk away. Rowe, a Wilmette resident, attended the 2019 NHL Draft at...

Hinsdale resident Kyle Aucoin hopes to follow his father’s NHL path

March 7, 2020 at 6:54 p.m.

When Kyle Aucoin was younger, parents of fellow players would ask his dad, Adrian, how he taught his son to read the play and cut off passes. The other parents...

Chicago Mission players compete during a practice at Fifth Third Arena in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Many of the Chicago-area players in the USHL, the top junior hockey league in the nation, came through the Mission program.

Influx of Illinois hockey players gives USHL a Windy City feel

February 29, 2020 at 12:18 p.m.

When Luke Weilandt moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., to play junior hockey this season, the Northbrook native had to make a number of adjustments. Weilandt, 17, stays with a host...

Jason Kipnis gives Northbrook Baseball a boost with indoor training center

February 3, 2020 at 9:15 p.m.

When Lucas Buti talks about Northbrook Baseball's desire to keep youth athletes in town and how the recently opened Kipnis Center furthers that goal, he isn't just referring to fewer...

Guerin's football opponents will have to find replacement teams if they want to play a nine-game regular season next fall.

Guerin’s closing raises questions for local schools, athletic departments

February 3, 2020 at 7:35 p.m.

When Guerin announced that it was closing at the end of the school year due to declining enrollment and financial challenges, the news raised several questions for other members of...

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