Linda Young

Even in what was considered a down year for Hinsdale Central swimming, the Red Devils were better than every team but one in Saturday`s state finals at New Trier. Central...

Mother McAuley got its third-place trophy, but La Salle-Peru got something equally important Saturday in the Class AA state volleyball tournament`s third-place match. The Cavaliers got some respect. La Salle-Peru...

Mother McAuley missed out on a chance to play for the Class AA state championship by a foot: A twisted foot suffered by all-state setter Nikki Valentine midway through the...

Defending state champion Mt. Pulaski is out. Out, too, is Wheaton St. Francis, which was considered the prohibitive favorite to win the 1990 Class A state volleyball championship. Seven-time state...

The opening day of last weekend`s girls state tennis finals was played in 30 m.p.h. winds and a wind-chill factor that tumbled well below freezing. The playing uniform of the...

New Trier. New Trier. Doubles. Doubles. Seems like every time the Illinois High School Association puts on a state tournament, New Trier is playing opposite itself for the doubles title....

Will she or won`t she play high school tennis? Here`s the latest on the saga of Hersey High School senior Jennifer Nasser. Definitely maybe. That was the word Saturday from...

Girls volleyball-There it was, hanging on the big scoreboard above the floor at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield. Lane Tech 14, Lyons Township 6. One more Lane point...

About a year ago, Eric Wieneke was celebrating Evanston`s championship in the Niles West state invitational volleyball tournament. Meanwhile, Bob Erlenbaugh was trying to figure out who and where his...

In the early 1990s, Derek Ramel expects Romeoville`s cheerleading squads to go coed. When that happens, it will be unusual but not unique. Eleven years ago, when R.J. Hannon took...