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Maine South’s Purcell shows at 7-on-7 why he’s a top QB recruit

It may be just July, Maine South quarterback Jameson Purcell already looks like he is in midseason form. Purcell, who is a junior and threw for over 2,500 yards last seas...

Her school dropped her tennis program, but Haber happy with how it worked out in the end

Rolling Meadows graduate Hanna Haber has weathered the loss of her college tennis program and looks positively toward a fresh start at Colorado State.

Hersey’s Kate Donovan puts up a shot over Rolling Meadows’ Maggie Schoessling and Lizzy Andriano in a girls basketball game last season.

Summer reading: Hersey players, coach seeing productive start to offseason

Hersey’s early-season construction is off to a productive start. The Huskies went 4-0 at the Windmill City Weekend Shootout in Batavia in June. After a 21-win season that included a trip to the sectional semifinals, the Huskies aim for improvement as players step into larger roles.

Fremd High School quarterback Johnny O’Brien, middle, committed to Northwestern University and recruited friends Owen Jakubczak, left, and Owen Fors, both offensive linemen, to also commit to NU and block for him in the future. They meet at Chipotle in Schaumburg several times a week.

Pitch man: How Fremd QB and NU commit Johnny O’Brien helped recruit his protection to Evanston

Fremd quarterback Johnny O’Brien decided last summer to play college football down the road at Northwestern University. In June he helped convince two local offensive linemen to join him with the Wildcats after they graduate from high school.

Dario Milivojevic of St. Francis catches a pass during a 7-on-7 football matchup against Hinsdale Central.

‘EdgyTim’: FCS programs nabbing commitments from local players

Rivals.com football recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes this week about key commitments garnered by Southern Illinois and Illinois State.

The simple pleasures of Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer league, such as Geneva’s Mitch Endriukiatis dousing his head in a field sprinkler in a 2011 regional championship of the Phil Lawler Summer Classic, are now few and far between.

High school summer league baseball now little more than a memory

For the first time since it started in 1976, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer league tournament was canceled.

Hinsdale Central’s boys swimming and diving team celebrates its first-place finish in the IHSA state meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont.

The 2024-25 Herald Cup: Hinsdale Central repeats at No. 1

For the second straight year Hinsdale Central High School finished first in the large school Herald Cup standings for 2024-25.