Defying an order issued on Tuesday by Gov J.B. Pritzker that the basketball season be put on hold due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois High School Association's board of...

Editor's note: Over the next eight days, the Daily Herald will be naming our 2019-20 high school athletes of the year. We begin today with the DuPage County Female Athlete of the Year, Glenbard...

IHSA executive director Craig Anderson expressed on Wednesday continued hope that the spring sports season will resume when the state's stay-at-home order ends. A day after Illinois Governor J.B....

In his playing days at Northeastern Illinois University, 5-foot-8, 165-pound Andy Jakubowski would joke that he was the smallest Division I first baseman in the country. Now, at least figuratively,...

There's no question just how much Denin Limouris wants to play football for Glenbard West this fall. “We really don't want this season taken away from us,” the Hilltoppers senior said. “We wan...

The Mid-Suburban League all-conference football team is featured below. Football Mid-Suburban League All-Conference TeamPalatine - Peter Russchenberg (Sr., OL/DL), Charles Harris (Sr., RB), Rand ...

Sure, he's a little biased. He's also right. "Nick, he's as tough as there is," Wheaton Warrenville South boys basketball coach and athletic director Mike Healy said of his oldest son. Each of his...

Michael Hodges of Schaumburg is this week's Daily Herald boys basketball MVP. Michael Hodges, Schaumburg: In three Saxons' wins, the 6-foot-2 senior guard scorched the nets for an average of just...

Sophomore guard Mackenzie Hare poured in a school-record 43 points to help lead Bartlett's girls basketball team to an 85-35 Upstate Eight Conference victory over Fenton Wednesday night in Bartlett....

Zach Damenti has so many friends, way more than he did before he became a Lakes football player, that not even he can count them all. He easily tallies, however, the number of stickers on his Lakes...

Fox All-Area Baseball Team Name School Year Pos. Brayden Bakes, Huntley, Junior, Outfield Gavin Duran, Harvest Christian, Sophomore, Infield Brady Gilroy, Burlington Central, Sophomore, Outfield...

Officials with the Illinois High School Association approved a plan to hold state finals for traditional spring sports. The IHSA board of directors agreed Monday to hold all rounds of state champio...

Here's a compilation of high school spring all-conference teams, as submitted to the Daily Herald. Baseball Mid-Suburban League Barrington - Logan Eisenbarth, jr., West Player of the Year, Ryan...

Katrina Barthelt, South Elgin How does a team go from 3-11-2 to 14-4-3 and Upstate Eight Conference champions? It welcomes a super talented freshman like this one who scores 33 goals. "She was...

Schaumburg junior receiver Heze Trotter and Lake Park senior defensive back Rashad Khwaja have earned Daily Herald MVP honors for their performances in Week 7 of the high school football season....

With it looking like the high school basketball season will be put on hold, one concern from coaches, athletic directors and medical professionals is the effect on the mental health of student-athl...

He was supposed to be just a spectator, cheering on a friend. But Josh Methner couldn't help himself last fall. Eventually, he found himself doing what he does best. Running. "It was just for about...

West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda had a good one. “We're keeping pace as far as shutting out teams in the final game,” he said. He cited West Chicago's state championships 45 years apart — the Wi...

Cook All-Area Baseball Team Name School Year Pos. Jaden Alberson, Elk Grove, P/OF, Sr. Jack Alport, Buffalo Grove, P/OF, Sr. Joe Bollard, St. Viator, P/CF, Sr. Max Bianchini, Schaumburg, P., Sr. P...

Some probably thought Naperville North didn't have a shot of beating two-time defending state champion Barrington. The Huskies found a way to win without taking any. Behind a pair of saves from...

Nick Bordenet made sure that his team was first. Bordenet knocked down 4 free throws down the stretch to help Barrington hold off an upset Glenbrook South 52-50 Monday in the Class 4A supersectional...

Player School Year Pos. Daphne Brown, Harvest Christian, jr., G Kendra Brown, Kaneland, jr., G Anna Campanelli, Huntley, jr., G * Brooke Carlson, Batavia, sr., G Mia Carter, Larkin, so., G Isabel...

Barrington and Metea Valley were center stage for their biggest and most important soccer game of their season Saturday night - and the two superpowers did not let down a jammed packed crowd at...

This would be quite a twist. What are the odds of the person starting a hall of fame ending up in it? That's exactly what appears will happen for Wheeling assistant/principal student activities...

Is Vinnie Panico a medical marvel? Or perhaps the luckiest kid on earth? Maybe both. One thing is for sure. The Lake Zurich senior has had one of the most remarkable years of any teenage athlete in...

The teal socks could be here to stay. "If we keep winning, who knows how long we might wear them," Wauconda football coach Dave Mills said with a chuckle. The Bulldogs, who are 2-1 heading into...

Editor's note: The Daily Herald is presenting our 2019-20 high school athletes of the year. We continue today with the Lake County Male Athlete of the Year, Warren's Juan De La Cruz. As the son of...

Illinois High School Association executive director Craig Anderson told the state's athletic directors on Wednesday the IHSA is prepared to delay the start of the 2020-21 high school sports season,...

DuPage County All-Area Baseball Team Name School Year Pos. Luke Adams Hinsdale Central sr. P/INF *Colin Barczi Naperville Central jr. C Tyler Dean Benet sr. C Shea Gaffney Glenbard North sr. OF/SS...

Fox Baseball All-Area Team Player School Year Pos. Joe Arend St. Charles East So. P/OF Brayden Bakes Huntley Sr. OF Ryan Bakes Huntley Sr. C/DH James Brennan St. Charles East Sr. 1B/P Mike Buo...

Not everything can be easily explained. Not even in a cut-and-dried sport such as track and field. In track and field, you either run faster, jump higher or throw farther than everyone or you don't....

On the same court on which her freshman season ended in agony just 4 minutes and 30 seconds into the season opener, Lake Park senior Darrione Rogers stood last week with a broad smile on her face...

Natalia Kubsik made a point to make a request on her first trip to the bench on Monday night. The Hersey senior forward asked for her pink water bottle from a teammate in the stands during the first...

Girls soccer Team Comment 1. Naperville North (15-5-4) Won fourth Class 3A championship 2. Barrington (22-2-1) PK loss denies Fillies 3rd straight 3A title 3. Benet (24-3-1) Class 2A champion 4....

St. Charles East's baseball program has been regarded as one of the best in the state for the past 30 years. A major reason behind the long-term success can be found in the Saints' dugout - head...

Prospect's Ben Schneider asked his mom Kate for a little advice before his team's sectional game with Stevenson. "My mom told me, 'Let's Go!'" Ben Schneider took his mom's words to heart. The...

Just nine days after Elk Grove coach Ken Grams reached 1,000 wins, chalk up another milestone for a Mid-Suburban League hall of fame softball coach. Perry Peterson, now in his 29th season at Barrin...

It's hard to name something that hasn't changed over the last 30 years. Here's something. Glenbard East boys basketball coach Scott Miller's coaching philosophy. "It's not really changed," he...

Emmi Scales raised her hands up in the air in celebration late Saturday afternoon. After completing the final leg of a historic trifecta, Scales reveled in her historic performance at the Class 2A...

It was tough to watch sometimes. But the little brothers were loyal to their big brothers. Plus, the little brothers really loved basketball. So, the little brothers watched. As big brothers Kyle...

It started 41 springs ago with a 2-0 shutout at West Chicago High School. That was the first victory for Elk Grove softball coach Ken Grams, who on Saturday afternoon in Lincolnshire reached a...

Bartlett sophomore Mackenzie Hare is the first Daily Herald girls basketball MVP of the 2019-20 season. Mackenzie Hare, Bartlett: This sophomore sharpshooter opened her season by breaking the school...

Prospect's Drew Terpins heeded Knights coach Brad Rathe's advice. "I knew my teammates trusted me and I had to take that final shot," Terpins said. "My coach told me this morning that he was ready...

Lake County All-Area Football Team Name School Position Year Lincoln Adams, Lake Zurich, LB, Jr. Ethan Aghakhan, Stevenson, DE-T, Sr. Amir Al Hindi, Lakes, RB-LB, Sr. Erik Boehmer, Vernon Hills, HB,...

CHAMPAIGN - Fifty wins weren't enough for Jack Jessen this season. For the second straight year at the Class 3A individual state wrestling tournament at 182 pounds, the Willowbrook senior and...

Rob Lindgren, a force in Dist. 214 high school aquatics for more than two decades, has died of pancreatic cancer. Diagnosed in November, Lindgren bravely fought the illness before it claimed him...

Fox All-Area Softball Team Name School Year Pos. Grace Algrim, Kaneland, Sr., P Mya Bermudez, Larkin, Fr., 2B Ashlee Chantos, St. Charles North, Sr., RF Madilynn Crick, Cary-Grove, So., C Cara Cru...

Historically, we've had plenty of diversity in our choices for the Daily Herald's Northwest male high school athlete of the year. There have been three-sport multi-taskers who manage to elevate each...