Football
Mount Carmel's football program has a new look, but the same feel. New coach Jordan Lynch has made it clear the tradition the program was built on will stay the same.
Aug. 20 6 a.m.
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Annie Costabile
Football
It's a banner year for defensive talent all around the area. Batavia's Michael Jansey Jr. leads the way, one of several Big Ten recruits that make the list of the area's ten best defensive players.
Aug. 16 5 a.m.
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Beth Long
Football
Marist’s high-flying offense was a terror for opponents last season. The RedHawks averaged 40 points a game against a challenging schedule. Coach Ron Dawczak has...
Aug. 15 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Basketball
The state’s best player and prospect, Belleville West’s E.J. Liddell, is one of several top senior prospects in the state who are in the process of trimming the list of college suitors and setting up official visits.
Aug. 15 5 a.m.
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Joe Henricksen
Basketball
The Illinois High School Association has punished 17 schools for playing in summer high school basketball shootout events the first weekend of June.
Aug. 14 10:30 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Football
Most schools would be worried about replacing a quarterback with Riley Cooper's skills and intangibles. He was a dynamic force that helped lead Batavia to the Class 7A state title last season.
Aug. 14 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Basketball
Belleville West rising senior EJ Liddell trimmed his list of possible college destinations to five on Monday. Illinois made the cut.
Aug. 13 1:08 p.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Football
Nazareth was supposed to be too young to make a deep playoff run last season. Nobody bothered to tell the Roadrunners though, who nearly upset Prairie Ridge in the Class 6A state title game.
Aug. 13 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Basketball
Lincoln Park grad Terrence Shannon committed to DePaul on Sunday, choosing the Blue Demons over Florida State, Illinois and Maryland.
Aug. 12 2:04 p.m.
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Joe Henricksen
Football
Defensive end Charlie Brooks and Homewood-Flossmoor's defense wants to raise its standards this season. The Vikings begin the season ranked No. 8 in the Super 25.
Aug. 12 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Football
Senior running back Tyquan Cox Cox knows that a great deal of the Hilltoppers’ success this season will hinge on his production.
Aug. 11 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Football
Lake Zurich offensive lineman Andrew Miller has put last season behind him, but he hasn’t forgotten how the final moments felt after the Bears lost to Batavia in overtime in the Class 7A state championship game.
Aug. 10 5 a.m.
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Michael O'Brien
Basketball
Following the magical Final Four run that captivated the country this past season, Loyola coach Porter Moser is now trying to capitalize on the recruiting front. With Naperville North’s Tom Welch committing to the Ramblers on Thursday, Moser and his staff are off to a great start.
Aug. 9 5:45 p.m.
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Joe Henricksen
Football
Football is around the corner. Find all the preview stories and the Super 25 countdown right here.
Aug. 9 4:40 p.m.
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Staff Report
Football
Following Chicago's most violent weekend this year with 74 people shot, 12 fatally, Raby coach D'Angelo Dereef held his annual team lock-in as part of the team's first week of football practice.
Aug. 9 5 a.m.
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Annie Costabile
Basketball
The NCAA is taking steps to try to clean up college basketball, carving out a limited role for agents to work with players and changing pivotal parts of its rules-enforcement system as part of numerous reforms in the wake of a corruption scandal.
Aug. 8 9:10 p.m.
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Associated Press
Football
The pace of the recruiting process seems to quicken each year and the class of 2019 is no exception. This summer a slew of top prospects gave oral commitments to colleges.
Aug. 8 4 p.m.
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Beth Long
