By Jason Maholy Sports Editor When a program hasn’t won a home playoff game in 27 years, attempting to exorcise that demon doesn’t come easy. Kevin Graham hit Yousef Isa for a 46-yard touc…
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Marist ‘D’ dominates in win over Stevenson
By Steve Millar Correspondent Marist senior Billy Skalitzky has shown off his versatility all season, helping the RedHawks in both the passing game and on the ground. In Saturday night’s playoff opene…
Richards rolls Rocks, advances to Round 2
By Steve Millar Correspondent The only debate that was still unsettled by the time Richards’ Class 6A first-round game against Rock Island was over was which was more dominant: the Bulldogs’ offense o…
Cougars top Saints for fifth straight win
By Steve Millar Correspondent Five down, one to go. After dropping three of its first five games this season, Saint Xavier knew it needed to win its final six games to have a shot at making the NAIA p…
Freshman QB leads Evergreen Park over top seed Payton in 5A playoffs
By Steve Millar Correspondent Welcome to varsity football, Devin Turner. Turner, a freshman quarterback, was brought up to varsity for Evergreen Park’s Class 5A playoff opener night Oct. 26 and made h…
Griffin, Rodgers combine for 321 rush yards as Knights advance
By Steve Millar Correspondent In its first playoff game in 10 seasons, Chicago Christian ran for more than 300 yards and rolled to victory in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs. Jonathan Griffin…
Vikings off the mark, bow out of playoffs with loss to Washington
By Steve Millar Correspondent St. Laurence was left in disbelief following its season-ending double overtime loss to Washington. The Vikings generated a ton of scoring opportunities, but were victims …
Chicago Christian tops Fenton for first playoff berth since 2008
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor With Chicago Christian down by seven points, less than a minute to go and its season on the line, head coach Nick Cook knew there was only possible choice to make …
The Easy Writer: Outdoors writer Jim Kirby retires
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor I don’t really know Jim Kirby. When I came on here as the sports editor for The Regional-Reporter, Jim had already been our outdoors writer for the past few years. …
Korey Burrell runs for 180 yards as Astros end Argonauts’ playoff hopes
By Steve Millar Correspondent Shepard’s Korey Burrell knew Argo was desperate for a win Friday night that could have sent the Argonauts to the playoffs for the first time since 2013. The senior runnin…