High school and local college results and highlights from Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.
Day: September 7, 2024
Johnson’s 3 TD passes helps Gould win 1st game at Rolling Meadows
The traditional postgame lineup was about to start Friday night at Conant’s Feutz Field. But first Rolling Meadows coach Robbie Gould gave senior quarterback Quincy Johnson an emphatic handshake with a big smile and some congratulatory words.
Chicago Sky snap a 7-game skid with a 92-78 win against the LA Sparks behind Angel Reese’s 26th double-double
Angel Reese finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, helping the Chicago Sky snap a seven-game losing streak with a 92-78 victory against the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday.
110 and counting: Chicago White Sox fall again, staying on pace to break the modern-day record for losses
The Chicago White Sox suffered their 110th loss of the season Friday, falling 3-1 to the Boston Red Sox. They are 10 losses away from tying the modern-day record.
Indiana sets program scoring record with a 77-3 rout of Western Illinois, which suffers its 26th straight loss
Kurtis Rourke threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Indiana broke the school’s scoring record with a 77-3 rout of Western Illinois on Friday.
Boy, 6, suspected of stabbing brother, 2 with kitchen knife: Joliet police
A 6-year-old boy is thought to have used a kitchen knife to fatally stab his 2-year-old brother in southwest suburban Joliet Friday evening, Joliet police said. Officers found the boy with multiple stab wounds just after 5 p.m. in a home on the 2700 block of Fairway Drive, according to a news release from the […]
Joliet police investigating 6-year-old boy who stabbed, killed 2-year-old brother
JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) — Joliet police said they are investigating after a 6-year-old boy fatally stabbed his 2-year-old brother Friday evening.
Red Line electrocution victim jumped to his death trying to avoid pursuing group: police report
The Cook County Medical Examiner rules death of a man electrocuted at a Red Line station a homicide, as he jumped trying to escape a group of of men chasing him.
It comes down to two choices for West Aurora’s Terrence Smith. Iowa and football. ‘I really wanted to lock in.’
West Aurora’s Terrence Smith, a multisport star, had plenty of options with a bevy of Division I scholarship offers.
Tim Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for ‘all the right reasons’ while condemning Hamas
Walz’ comments came in an interview with a local Michigan public radio station — a state with a large Muslim American population that is also a potentially pivotal swing state.