Gene Chamberlain

All along, South Elgin expected to have a starting quarterback named Nate. It's just a different Nate than some people might have anticipated. Junior Nate Smith now has a solid...

After his shortened spring season, Kyle Alvarado had hoped summer baseball would keep right on going. The finish came sooner than Alvarado and his young Elgin Post 57 teammates liked....

Accustomed to chasing down passes, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jake Kumerow instead fielded a few questions. The 2010 South Elgin graduate did a quick Q-and-A session with participants on July...

Huntley pitcher Adam Smylie could not resist the temptation to invoke the deja vu factor. It provided as good an explanation as any as to why the Red Raiders' run...

Larkin's Christian Negron seems to know the airport security line as well as the free-throw line. For the senior forward, it has been one summer trip after another: New York,...

Burlington Central's Paddy McKermitt couldn't end a regional semifinal marathon Wednesday against Jacobs in the seventh or ninth innings when he had chances. So he waited. McKermitt kept right on...

It's less hectic now for South Elgin's Jack Stancl and many of his Elgin Post 57 teammates. The majority of Post 57 players in the summer bounce between high school...

Burlington Central's Ryan Knowlton saw no reason to wait. After all, the Rockets' bats had been on ice already for four innings Tuesday. Knowlton's one-out double to the fence on...

Teammates are suggesting the nickname "Walk-off Walker" for South Elgin's Adam Walker. It seemed appropriate Monday when the Storm started play in the Lake Park Regional. Walker's one-out, line-drive single...