Ed Schaffer

Richard James spent much of the second half of Tuesday night's Willowbrook sectional semifinal on the bench. But the St. Joseph junior made his presence known in overtime, scoring the...

St. Rita 86, de Sales 82: Marques Buford scored 34 points and had seven rebounds, Dan Lyons added 16 points and Pierre Shuttlesworth had 14 points and 13 rebounds for...

West Aurora is unranked and unpublicized. But it still has a shot at the Upstate Eight title. In a conference showdown, West Aurora fired the biggest shots Friday, knocking off...

Conant 78, Rolling Meadows 77: Rob Schader's 19 points, including the game-winner with :07 left, led three players in double figures for Conant (7-2 in the Mid-Suburban South). Rolling Meadows...

Schaumburg 58, Prospect 50: Jack Michaels scored 18 points and Mike Brown added 17 as Schaumburg (15-3, 5-1) held off pesky Prospect (3-17, 1-5) in the Mid-Suburban South. Schaumburg took...

Trailing during much of its SICA West game Friday against Andrew, Lincoln-Way tied the score with 10 seconds left and won 55-53 on Ryan White's layup :05 later. Nick Piazza...

Wheaton-Warrenville S. 66, Glenbard North 52: After nine first-half lead changes, strong rebounding and an 18-9 spurt in the third quarter allowed Wheaton-Warrenville South (14-4, 7-2) to break away and...

Five Homewood-Flossmoor players saw the bulk of the playing time Friday night in their game versus No. 11 Thornridge, but it was Falcons coach Mike Flaherty who seemed exhausted after...

Joliet 48, Lockport 32: Lockport tried to stall, but No. 2 Joliet (15-2, 5-0) got 13 points from Gary Bell to lead a balanced attack in the SICA West contest....

Thornton 71, Bloom 45: James Johnson scored eight of his 14 points in the third quarter to spark a 26-9 advantage and help No. 6 Thornton (13-1, 4-0) pull away...