By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Nate Thomas went into the offseason after his sophomore season determined to be a better football player his junior year. Specifically, the St. Laurence running back knew…
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Boys Basketball: Long-range shooting lifts Vikings over Bulldogs
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor When Richards hosted St. Laurence on Dec. 17, the matchup featured a clash of contrasting styles. The Bulldogs are big, long, physical and athletic, and prefer to get the…
Girls Basketball: Oak Lawn breaks even at own holiday tourney
By Randy Whalen Correspondent For the Oak Lawn, its annual Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament was a microcosm of its season so far: A split decision. The Spartans went 2-2 in the tourney, held last w…
Boys Basketball: Lockport pounds Stagg
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Team don’t often look forward to a long layoff during the season, particularly when the season is less than 10 games old. But after last week, that’s exactly what S…
Boys Basketball: Hillcrest’s hot hands sink Oak Lawn
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor As a team with high expectations, Oak Lawn was not surprised by its 5-0 start to the season. The Spartans made an early statement by defeating St. Laurence to take the ti…
Boys Bowling: Sandburg takes fifth at Bengal Invite
By Randy Whalen Correspondent For four years, Sandburg had a top performer in lefty two-handed roller Cameron Crowe. Crowe capped his outstanding high school career last season with a second-place ind…
Girls Basketball: McAuley defense strong in win over Celtics
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Keisha Newell knew her first season at the helm at Mother McAuley would come with significant challenges, not the least of which would be replacing four starters from las…
Prep Bowl: St. Laurence wins first Prep Bowl title since 1978; Nate Thomas named MVP
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor St. Laurence head coach Adam Nissen’s No. 1 goal is a state championship. He and his Vikings will have to wait until next year to attempt to attain that, but the program …
Football Class 7A State Championship: Mount Carmel ‘D’ shuts down Nazareth to claim state title
By Steve Metsch Correspondent Mount Carmel head coach Jordan Lynch noted “defense wins championships” after the Caravan prevention corps shut down the high-powered Nazareth offense in the Class 7A sta…
Football Class 5A State Championship: Rochester tames Mustangs for eighth state title
By Tim Cronin Correspondent DE KALB – Never scoff at an opponent. Some St. Rita partisans did so coming into the Class 5A championship game at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois Univers…