Alan Sutton

Athletes who became stars early were household names by the time they finished their high school careers: gymnast MaryAnne Kelley of Fremd, golfer Emily Gilley of Homewood-Flossmoor, quarterback Cory Paus...

Looking down the list of New Trier girls soccer victories in 1998, one sees the same annotations next to the scores. Emily Brown, 2 goals. Emily Brown, 3 goals. Emily...

When Naperville North and Naperville Central met in a regular-season game last month, North's Aileen Guiney missed the game--a Naperville Central victory--because she was playing on a Junior Olympic development...

Lockport's baseball team received an effective pregame pep talk Monday from someone who knows a lot about winning--Porters girls volleyball coach Julia Hudson, who led her team to a state...

At the start of the girls soccer season, Maine South senior Krissy Seberhagen had 74 career goals and reaching the magic number of 100 seemed almost a sure thing. But...

Laura Heine didn't feel so good. Playing her first varsity soccer game, the Fremd freshman said she felt it was her fault the Vikings trailed Lincoln-Way 1-0 in the Downers...

The Illinois High School Association's decision to rule St. Rita wrestler David Drew ineligible was upheld Thursday afternoon U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur. Drew, a state qualifier last season while...

Marshall coach Dorothy Gaters said she isn't even thinking about whether Keisha Paige, the 6-foot-2-inch transfer from Josephinum, will fit into her team this season. "Grades will be the determining...

Wrestlers from seven schools will compete in a foreign-exchange dual meet with a team from Japan at 7 p.m. Monday at Conant High School. Wrestlers from Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Conant,...

Lyons Township girls basketball coach Dawn Schabacker said Friday that Amanda Papuga, who transferred from Fenwick, will be eligible to play for the Lions Dec. 17. "I'm impressed with how...