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 …
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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…
Football Class 8A Semifinals: Brother Rice bedeviled by Warren
By Tim Cronin Correspondent GURNEE – The whistles didn’t blow. On that omission, perhaps a season turned. Warren led Brother Rice by a touchdown at the time, and the Blue Devils were looking at a thir…
Prep Bowl Playoffs: St. Laurence in Prep Bowl title game for first time in 41 years
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Getting knocked out of the IHSA playoffs means the end of the season for most teams in Illinois. Chicago Catholic League and Chicago Public League schools, however, still…
Football Class 8A Playoffs: RedHawks’ run ends at hands of Griffins
By Jon DePaolis Correspondent For nearly three quarters, the Marist football team went toe to toe with the No. 1-ranked team in the state. But in the end, turnovers doomed any chance at an upset bid f…
Football Class 5A Playoffs: St. Rita conquers Boylan, will play for state title
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Back on Sept. 20, St. Rita lost its third game in a row. The Mustangs’ record sat at 1-3, and at that point a second straight season without qualifying for the playoffs l…
Girls Volleyball Class 4A State Finals: Marist falls to Benet; rebounds to take 3rd place
By Randy Whalen Correspondent Winning a state championship is, to understate it, challenging. The vast majority of programs in Illinois have never accomplished what is every team’s ultimate goal. To w…
Football Playoffs: Brother Rice routs Minooka, advances to Class 8A semifinals
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Three games prior to Brother Rice’s Class 8A playoff quarterfinal matchup with Minooka, Jack Lausch was seeing his first action of the season under center during a blowou…
Football Class 8A Second Round: Brother Rice weathers Storm
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor For most of three quarters, Brother Rice and South Elgin were engaged in a grinder of a game in their second-round Class 8A matchup. Neither team was able to get the uppe…