Joliet Catholic’s Jordan Anderson is not going to let it happen again. The senior running back had 316 yards on 30 carries and scored six touchdowns Friday night for the Hilltoppers in a 56-4…

Alex Knaperek found a bench to sit on, gathering his thoughts after Lincoln-Way East dropped a hard-fought 3-0 decision to Loyola in a Class 8A state quarterfinal game. A 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior…

Posen’s Dave Athans said he needed something to calm himself after his nephew, Dave Kreis, died of cancer Nov. 11, two days after Kreis’ 42nd birthday. Kreis was a popular head athletic…

Backup kicker Michael Kozak booted two extra points after Lincoln-Way East built up a 33-point lead over district rival Lincoln-Way Central. The several hundred fans in the stands went wild. But th…

On Saturday, Feb. 27, Brother Rice senior Matt Murphy sat in the stands as Marist visited his school for the annual rivalry basketball game. It was not where he expected to be. Murphy had played in…

There are broadcasters who have not accomplished this much in 20 years in the business. Tinley Park’s Jon Zaghloul just turned 20 in February and his broadcasting career is in its infancy, bu…

When Meghan McCurdy heads to the University of Illinois in Champaign in August, she’ll pursue her goal of becoming a math teacher and cheerleading coach at Sandburg High School. Maybe she wil…

There is some unique math involving Quinn Holler, Andrew’s new boys track head coach. He has been out of college for three years, but this will be his eighth year of coaching varsity track. W…

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the recruiting process was different for Sandburg senior Griffin Lehnhardt, but he had the same goal in mind. He wanted culture. He wanted training. And he found bo…

When twin brothers Ben and Will Giblin graduated from high school, they left a running legacy at Sandburg that will be tough to beat. But the Giblin family is not finished just yet. Another set of …

It would be unfair to point the finger at Ismail Tineh and Griffin Lehnhardt and say they cost Sandburg a trophy last season at the Class 3A boys cross country state meet. But there are two people …

To appreciate what Patrick Mahoney did on Feb. 24 during a men’s volleyball match for Loras, consider this. In all of the tens of thousands of NCAA matches played in the history of the sport,…

So, how did Lincoln-Way East’s Conner Durkin celebrate being unanimously selected by the conference as the SouthWest Suburban Blue’s defensive player of the year? By getting a tackle fo…

Sandburg’s Kevin Zimmer already has Division I wrestling coaches drooling, including interest from Northwestern. The junior quarterback wouldn’t mind doing the same in football. “…

It was Friday night in Orland Park and the lights at Seliga Field at Sandburg High School were burning bright, the band was performing and color guard flags were flying. There was, however, no foot…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Danielle Doerfler, Director of Athletics at Fontbonne University, announced that TJ Vorva has been promoted to Men’s Volleyball Head Coach after serving for two years as the Men’s...

As a flag football player in first grade, Brennan Stolarek can remember being in the stands and watching Lincoln-Way East. “I always had visions of playing on this field,” he said. Elev…

Sophomore wide receiver Joe Polselli has big plans when he graduates from St. Xavier. He wants to become a traveling nurse — a job that could take him just about anywhere. “I want to tr…

Since July 1, friends and family members of Gabby Adamo have followed a daily activity calendar. The Frankfort native and Lincoln-Way East graduate, who died at age 22 in November after battling le…

So, what has been learned in the SouthWest Suburban Conference from a hot day in August through a cool late afternoon in October? Well, Lockport’s Wil Kiley is still the best cross country ru…

Ella Woltman was not even 10 years old when she first approached a microphone in front of an audience. She was invited to sing OneRepublic’s “Counting Stars” for the cover band Re…

After playing six games and logging 500-plus miles on the road, Mother McAuley’s Bella Finnegan was looking forward to her first home game of the season. “It was really nice not going b…

Dave Wierzal can talk sports. He can also talk about the law. And he has some sociological thoughts on disinformation. Wierzal retired after teaching English at Sandburg for 34 years. He coached fo…

No President Biden? No problem. Tooth pain Sunday that led to a root canal for Biden Monday forced him to miss the inaugural College Athlete Day event on the White House Lawn, leaving Vice Presiden…

A year ago, Cameron Petrusevski was as happy as he could be. The Sandburg graduate and Orland Park resident was thrilled to be playing at St. Xavier. The 6-foot-6 setter, who hits with his left han…

There’s no truth to the rumor that the last time Eisenhower won a conference championship in boys cross country came when the school’s namesake, Dwight D. Eisenhower, served as presiden…

Anyone who has watched South Suburban College men’s basketball coach John Pigatti at work might be surprised to find out that he got his start coaching girls at a Catholic grade school in Roc…

When he was in fifth grade, Lincoln-Way East’s Sean Walsh wanted to be a running back. A youth coach for the Frankfort Square Wildcats had other ideas. Walsh was moved to quarterback, and he …

The Thanksgiving game plan for the Zvonar family starts with an early morning wake-up call. By 7 a.m., coach Rob Zvonar and his twin sons, juniors Trey and Tyson, and freshman son Colton will be at…

CHAMPAIGN — It was a painful end to a painful season for Lincoln-Way East’s Jake Scianna. The 6-foot, 220-pound senior linebacker managed to be the heart and soul of the Griffins despit…

Marist’s Luke Becker has the brawn. And he has the brains. When asked what it’s like to be an offensive lineman, the senior left guard offered up some wisdom and talked about the physic…

In 2016, it would have been a long shot to think that cousins Jimmy and Declan Smyth would be baseball teammates again. Jimmy transferred from Oak Forest to Evergreen Park and was a senior when Dec…

When Andrew seniors Amy Rediger and Meredith Flaherty were creating a video for the Illinois High School Association’s inaugural Holiday TikTok Challenge, they didn’t get it quite right…

For Andrew junior Jack Day, the day actually did not get started on a perfect note. A bowler and baseball player who is advanced in math, Day headed to Shepard on Oct. 14 to take the SAT. As a stud…

On Anthony Perry’s day off, he was on his way from his mother’s house in Calumet Park to his grandfather’s house in Chicago when he witnessed a fight on the tracks at a train stat…

Lincoln-Way East’s Braden Tischer has a good memory. The junior quarterback watched the wild NFL game last Sunday between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings, with Josh Allen fumbling the…

Declan Tunney woke up Friday morning not knowing if the Sandburg boys cross country team was even going to compete at Saturday’s Class 3A Marist Regional. Tunney, a junior, woke up Saturday m…

After playing soccer for most of his life, Lincoln-Way East’s Carter Nair decided as a junior last year that he wanted to change sports and try kicking for the football team. The trouble was,…

Sandburg’s Danny Durkin did not pitch a complete game. But senior right-hander played an all-around complete game. He struck out nine in 6 ? innings Friday afternoon. He also made two pickoff…

Providence’s Leo Slepski said he tries to his model his game after Justin Herbert. The sophomore quarterback has followed Herbert’s career from when he was a star at Oregon to being a s…

It’s one thing to be surprised by winning an award. It’s another thing to be surprised by an award you didn’t know existed. Four area high schools — Richards, Stagg, Rich So…

When the Evergreen Bath and Tennis Club was built, current Evergreen Park students and even some of their parents weren’t born yet. Erected in 1975, the 94,000-square-foot facility was consid…

Junior wide receiver Eric Nowak may have been the only person in the stadium who knew the ball was coming to him. That’s what happens when you have a long relationship with your quarterback. …

It was a big week for the Ulatowski family, and Friday night was Tommy’s turn to shine. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound senior quarterback ran for three touchdowns in the rain, powering the St. Rita …

Andrew High School’s athletic program had 30 out of 30 teams earn Illinois High School Association Academic Achievement awards in 2020-2021. By 2022, that total was 31.