Reid Hanley

By this time last season, the Naperville North wrestling team was in effect a two-man team. Super sophomores Eric Tannenbaum and Brian Dyer were about all the Huskies had to...

A few days before Prospect High School brought home the Class 7A state football championship, Schaumburg opened the defense of its Class AA state basketball title. Life is good in...

There is no way to play defense in cross country. You can't really control your opponents short of tackling them, and that's another sport. "The Loneliness of the Long Distance...

One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies, "Hoosiers," shows Hickory basketball coach Norman Dale entering cavernous Hinkle Fieldhouse for a workout before the state tournament. Dale...

Not everyone is in love with the new eight-class high school football playoff system. Even some of the coaches of the 5-4 teams that made the playoffs in the Illinois...

Do we really need eight high school football state champions? The Illinois High School Association and its member schools say we do. This year, just about all you needed was...

The muddle that is the Upstate Eight (11) Conference football standings should be sorted out after Friday's games. Sort of. There are now 11 teams in the Upstate Eight. Five...

The muddle that is the Upstate Eight (11) Conference football standings should be sorted out after Friday's games. Sort of. There are 11 teams in the Upstate Eight, and it...

No one can remember the last time Naperville North lost three straight football games before last week's loss to Naperville Central made it so. Steve Sarm is determined that next...

The real volleyball season starts this weekend for No. 8-ranked Huntley. The last six weeks have been merely preliminaries. This weekend's Autumnfest at Glenbard East will be a mid-term exam...