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North Chicago's Quardale Maggett, left, pulls down Waukegan's Latrell Brown during a game on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

North Chicago leaders Quamarr Duty and Quardale Maggett have seen it all as four-year starters

September 7, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.

Starters since freshman year, seniors Quardale Maggett and Quamarr Duty are the unquestioned leaders for North Chicago. Maggett, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound running back/linebacker for the Warhawks (0-2), even is called...

Wauconda's Colin Husko heads for the end zone after intercepting a pass during a game at Antioch on Friday, April 9, 2021.

A ‘kind of crazy’ start to what Colin Husko and Bennett brothers Nick and Vince hope is an entire season worth remembering for Wauconda

August 30, 2021 at 2:11 p.m.

Colin Husko has played football with twin brothers Nick and Vince Bennett since second grade. Now Wauconda seniors, the multisport athletes have big plans for their final football season together....

Longtime friends George McAtee, Josh Pos and Justin Uribe compete for starting role in goal as Warren begins pursuit of state title: ‘It’s kind of like a brotherhood.’

August 27, 2021 at 1:38 p.m.

George McAtee has been a goalkeeper since he was 5. Josh Pos first played the position when he was 7. That makes Justin Uribe a bit of a late starter....

Warren's Miguel Garcia (2) tries to control the ball under pressure from Libertyville's David Farlee (17) during a game on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

News-Sun’s top 5 boys soccer teams in Lake County

August 27, 2021 at 1:37 p.m.

Top 5 With last season's records in parentheses. 1. Warren (15-0) 2. Stevenson (10-3) 3. Lakes (9-2) 4. Lake Zurich (8-3-4) 5. Libertyville (5-5-1) Gregg Voss is a freelance reporter...

Vernon Hills quarterback Nolan Lazor smiles as he makes a throw during a practice on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.

Spotlight on football: Vernon Hills’ Nolan Lazor, son of the Bears’ offensive coordinator, and Deerfield’s Andrew Avenaim could be factors in the Central Suburban North

August 19, 2021 at 4:49 p.m.

Call it Lazor focus. Vernon Hills junior quarterback Nolan Lazor has been targeting the Aug. 27 season opener since March, when he suffered a shoulder injury during a basketball game...

St. Joseph's Kyle Thomas (24) goes up to shoot during a game against Lane Tech in the Proviso West Holiday Tournament in Hillside on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.

Basketball star Kyle Thomas has an offer from Illinois but doesn’t know where he’ll finish high school. Now that St. Joseph has closed, where will he go?

August 16, 2021 at 4:23 p.m.

Making one choice about the future can be difficult enough. Former St. Joseph star Kyle Thomas has faced two this summer. Thomas, a 6-foot-9 center, is in the unenviable position...

Niles North's Yogi Oliff, left, guards Stevenson's Evan Porto during Fundamental University's High Academic Showcase at the Waukegan Field House on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

New Trier’s Jackson Munro and Carmel’s Bryce Moore get recruiting boost during travel team’s successful run

August 6, 2021 at 2:52 p.m.

New Trier senior forward Jackson Munro has had a busy year, raising his stock from an under-the-radar prospect to one of the more sought-after players in the state. The 6-foot-9...

Lake Zurich's Brooke Johnston, left, has an edge on Benet's Elisabeth Camic during the 800-meter final at the Class 3A state meet at Eastern Illinois in Charleston on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Johnston finished seventh, and Camic was eighth.

Middle school experience of runners like Lake Zurich’s Brooke Johnston indicative of ‘incredible feeder programs’ in Chicago area

August 2, 2021 at 9:36 a.m.

Mikaela Burns, who began running in fifth grade at St. Francis Xavier in La Grange, first participated in Fenwick coach Kevin Roche's summer camp as a sixth grader. Today, she's...

U.S. Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team members, from left, Elizaveta Pletneva, Lili Mizuno and Nicole Sladkov train at the North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Deerfield on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Glenbrook North graduate Lili Mizuno and other North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center athletes ‘still trying to process’ reality of Tokyo Olympics

July 26, 2021 at 7:56 a.m.

A chance decision at the ripe old age of 8 was an auspicious one for Lili Mizuno. Mizuno, a 2019 Glenbrook North graduate, had participated in artistic gymnastics as a...

Two for world’s biggest show: Glenbrook South’s Smoliga and New Trier’s Maggie Shea ready to compete for US in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

July 16, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.

It's true that Olivia Smoliga has won an Olympic gold medal, but there's still one major goal for her at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Games. Smoliga, a Glenview resident and...

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