Reid Hanley

Rick Mann is not one for statistics, even when it comes to his age. "I'm 56-57," he said. One statistic he is familiar with is 29, the number of years...

Laura Laurent learned a lesson in reality on a cold, rainy day in October when the second round of the girls state golf tournament was canceled. You see, that's not...

Wrestling is a family sport for Oleg Polyatskiy, whose roots run deep--all the way to Belarus. The 152-pound senior at Buffalo Grove High School is a third-generation wrestler, his grandfather...

I don't think Bob Sterr will mind me saying this, but the Naperville Central boys basketball coach is a dinosaur. This is no reflection on his age. He's a very...

There are hard lessons to be learned on the wrestling mat, and it doesn't make it any easier knowing 10,000 people are watching. Schaumburg's Scott Bodziak got one step away...

Olympic champion Rulon Gardner will receive an Honorary Midlands Champion Award this weekend at the Midlands Wrestling Championships at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena. The tournament opens at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with...

There are no such things as good losses. They don't put an asterisk next to "good" losses. All losses go in the right-hand column. Nonetheless, there is no reason to...

Maine South's wrestling team had reason to doubt itself Saturday morning at the Prospect Invitational. Less than 12 hours earlier, the Hawks, who were rated among the top 10 in...

Derrick Clanton has finally got it. Something in the Waubonsie Valley senior guard's head has clicked and the Warriors are 6-0 going into Friday's Upstate Eight Conference basketball game against...

Last season, the Bartlett boys basketball team had an interesting ride. Perhaps too interesting for Hawks coach Leo Szpejnowski. The Hawks went through stretches where they soared but also had...