Early Sunday morning, just as the sun beat back the night sky, I awoke to a sharp whining noise. It took me a few seconds to clear the fog of sleep fr ...
March 5, 2015 - 9:27 pm
COAL CITY – Right from the start of Wednesday night’s Class 3A Coal City Regional semifinal boys basketball game between Morris and Plano, it was clea ...
March 5, 2015 - 9:03 pm
SOMONAUK – One might assume Newark’s 71-43 defeat of Ashton-Franklin Center on Wednesday at the Class 1A Somonauk Sectional came easily after the Nors ...
March 5, 2015 - 9:09 pm
COAL CITY — Rebounding and a balanced offense helped lead Morris to a 62-52 win over Plano on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Class 3A Coal C ...
March 4, 2015 - 10:08 pm
CHANNAHON – For basketball fans, this weekend will be a busy one at Families of Faith Christian Academy in Chanahon. Families of Faith is hosting the ...
March 4, 2015 - 9:44 pm
JOLIET – Earlier this basketball season, Minooka boys basketball coach Scott Tanaka’s statement raised a few eyebrows. “I think Joe Butler is the best ...
March 4, 2015 - 9:09 pm
Starting at 7:30 p.m., the Morris varsity boys basketball team will take on Plano in a regional playoff game. Catch the action live through our partne ...
March 4, 2015 - 3:47 pm
CHARLESTON – Morris graduate Haleigh Knapp, who won three consecutive Class 2A state high jump titles, recently helped Eastern Illinois University’s w ...
March 3, 2015 - 9:32 pm
COAL CITY – Catching has always been a valuable commodity in baseball circles. If you have a player who is good behind the plate, and wants to play th ...
March 3, 2015 - 9:22 pm
COAL CITY — After playing a nearly perfect first half, the Coal City boys basketball team couldn't quite sustain that level in the second half Monday ...
March 2, 2015 - 9:41 pm
ROSEMONT – Chicago Bandits general manager Aaron M. Moore announced Monday that the team has agreed to terms with pitcher/first baseman Kirsten Verdun ...
March 2, 2015 - 9:23 pm
BLOOMINGTON – After experiencing a memorable season in so many respects, it only seemed appropriate Coal City’s wrestling team would capture a state t ...
March 2, 2015 - 8:53 pm
Starting at 7:30 p.m., the Coal City boys varsity basketball team will take on Plano in the Class 3A Coal City Regional. You can catch the action live ...
March 2, 2015 - 3:41 pm
MARSEILLES – Will Clausel and Evan Schomer were, again, the only players in double figures for Newark on Friday, but its latest regional championship ...
Feb. 27, 2015 - 10:10 pm
MORRIS – During the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball game between Morris and Northern Illinois Big 12 East rival Sycamore, a basket seemed ...
Feb. 27, 2015 - 10:10 pm
DWIGHT – As expected in a battle of neighborhood rivals, Thursday’s regional semifinal game between Gardner-South Wilmington and Dwight in the semifin ...
Feb. 27, 2015 - 7:32 pm
By now I’m sure many of you have heard about the gray wolf incident west of town. I’m not going to rehash that particular story, but instead focus on ...
Feb. 26, 2015 - 9:23 pm
The faculty at Morris Community High School and the members of the Morris Police Department are getting together to play some basketball, all for the ...
Feb. 27, 2015 - 9:40 am
Starting at 5:30 p.m., the Coal City girls basketball sectional will host a three-point contest. Catch the action live through our partner High School ...
Feb. 27, 2015 - 9:43 am
MARSEILLES – Surviving an early scare, top-seeded Newark defeated Little Ten Conference rival LaMoille-Ohio, 59-33, in the first of two semifinals We ...
Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:34 pm
For most people who find themselves in a line of work that they’re passionate about, there was some confluence of events where dreams became reality a ...
Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:32 pm
MAZON – When the current group of players that comprise the Mazon-Verona-Kinsman eighth-grade boys basketball players were in fifth grade, they scrimm ...
Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:31 pm
SENECA – Earlier in the season, the Seneca boys basketball team lost to Reed-Custer 103-55. That is not a misprint. That is a 48-point loss. Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:26 pm
NEW YORK – Coming off the best weekend of her career, DePaul softball player and Seneca High School graduate Nicole Pihl was tabbed as the Big East Pl ...
Feb. 24, 2015 - 8:13 pm
DeKALB – After three quarters Friday night, the Morris boys basketball team led DeKalb, 47-46. Unfortunately for the Redskins, the Barbs got hot in th ...
Feb. 23, 2015 - 9:52 pm
PLAINFIELD – The Minooka boys basketball team had a cold start in its Southwest Prairie Conference game Friday night at Plainfield Central. Feb. 23, 2015 - 9:43 pm
CHAMPAIGN – Corey Jurzak’s attempt at a back flip after capturing his first state wrestling title was a bit off, but that was one of few missteps for ...
Feb. 23, 2015 - 9:27 pm
PLAINFIELD – The Minooka boys basketball team had a cold start in its Southwest Prairie Conference game Friday night at Plainfield Central. Feb. 21, 2015 - 10:28 pm
Even though we are in the latter stages of February, it’s time for what the Illinois High School Association calls the Original March Madness. Feb. 20, 2015 - 10:01 pm
INDIANAPOLIS – Bears general manager Ryan Pace is on the record as saying he believes the way you attack the quarterback position is in waves, draftin ...
Feb. 20, 2015 - 10:29 pm
Starting at 6:45 p.m., the Coal City varsity boys basketball team will take on Reed-Custer. Catch the action live through our partner High School Cube ...
Feb. 20, 2015 - 2:55 pm
It’s that time of year again. Today, Saturday, and Sunday, 56 of the world’s best anglers will be vying for the crown of Bassmaster Classic Champion. ...
Feb. 19, 2015 - 11:58 pm
NEW LENOX – Back in December, the Morris girls basketball team lost a 66-36 decision to Lincoln-Way West in the Ottawa Christmas Tournament. Feb. 19, 2015 - 9:48 pm
NEW LENOX – With slightly more than two minutes remaining in the third quarter Wednesday night against Lincoln-Way West, Morris senior forward Julie J ...
Feb. 19, 2015 - 9:22 pm
MORRIS – The Gassman dispensed premium – play, that is – and the Ottawa Pirates celebrated an outright Northern Illinois Big 12 west boys basketball c ...
Feb. 18, 2015 - 10:04 pm
NEW LENOX – In a basketball game that is close at halftime, the conventional wisdom says that whichever team wins the first few minutes of the second ...
Feb. 17, 2015 - 9:51 pm
ROSEMONT – University of Illinois men’s track and field middle distance runner Joe McAsey, a Minooka Community High School graduate, has been named th ...
Feb. 17, 2015 - 9:31 pm
Starting at 7 p.m., the Morris boys varsity basketball team will take on Ottawa. Catch the action live through our partner High School Cube. Feb. 17, 2015 - 1:43 pm
WILMINGTON – The Coal City wrestlers presented abundant smiles Saturday as they posed for team pictures after the Class 1A Wilmington Sectional. Feb. 16, 2015 - 9:40 pm
MORRIS – When the starting lineups were read off Friday night before Morris’ final home game of the season against LaSalle-Peru, most of the Redskin n ...
Feb. 13, 2015 - 10:54 pm
STREATOR – A big fourth quarter led Coal City’s girls basketball team to a come-from-behind, 35-24 win over Interstate Eight Conference rival Streator ...
Feb. 13, 2015 - 11:47 pm
Starting at 7 p.m., the Morris girls varsity basketball team will take on LaSalle Peru. Catch the action live through our partner High School Cube. Feb. 13, 2015 - 3:59 pm
There are many worthwhile nonprofit organizations involved with the outdoors. Many of them impact the sports we love through habitat purchase, reclama ...
Feb. 12, 2015 - 11:30 pm
A pair of local eighth-grade boys basketball teams – Minooka and Mazon-Verona-Kinsman – have advanced to the IESA state finals in their respective cla ...
Feb. 12, 2015 - 11:31 pm
Starting at 7 p.m., the Morris varsity girls basketball team will take on Sycamore. Catch the action live through our partner High School Cube. Feb. 12, 2015 - 11:38 am
SOMONAUK – It took a little while for the Newark girls basketball team to get going Wednesday night. But when they hit their stride, the Norsemen zoom ...
Feb. 11, 2015 - 9:34 pm
With a new general manager and coach, and plenty of questions about which players are returning, the Bears’ organization is difficult to gauge when it ...
Feb. 10, 2015 - 10:25 pm
LaSALLE – Three was a charm for the Morris wrestling team Saturday at the Class 2A LaSalle-Peru Regional. The Redskins saw three members of their team ...
Feb. 9, 2015 - 8:50 pm
O’FALLON – Taking a break from its regular schedule, the Morris boys basketball team took part in the Bank of O’Fallon Shootout on Saturday. The Redsk ...
Feb. 9, 2015 - 8:47 pm
STREATOR – Minooka and Morris girls bowling finished first and second, respectively, atop an 11-team field at the Joliet West Regional in 2014. Feb. 9, 2015 - 8:42 pm
DeKALB – After rolling through the conference season undefeated, all that remained for the Morris girls bowling team was the Northern Illinois Big 12 ...
Feb. 6, 2015 - 6:20 pm
Area boys and girls varsity basketball teams will play throughout the region tonight. Catch the action live through our partner, High School Cube. Feb. 6, 2015 - 2:24 pm
The other day, I turned around in my classroom to write something on the board. This in itself is a terrifying thing for a teacher to do. The antics t ...
Feb. 5, 2015 - 11:16 pm
PEOTONE – Just a few days after winning the Interstate Eight Conference Tournament on its own floor against Peotone, the Coal City girls basketball te ...
Feb. 5, 2015 - 11:08 pm
MORRIS – Their season officially began Nov. 1, but they have been working out since the summer. During the competitive season, they are involved six d ...
Feb. 5, 2015 - 11:05 pm
YORKVILLE — The Morris boys basketball team's Big Three of Austin Patterson, Evan Bjelland and Jake Walker took center stage Thursday night as the Red ...
Feb. 5, 2015 - 10:24 pm
MINOOKA – With 11 hours of coverage dedicated to National Signing Day on ESPNU and four major Internet services charging in excess of $7.95 a month fo ...
Feb. 4, 2015 - 8:31 pm
MORRIS – Defense was the name of the game Tuesday night as the Morris girls basketball team defeated non-conference rival Serena, 54-21. The Redskins ...
Feb. 4, 2015 - 8:13 pm
