Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

Results and highlights of high schools and local colleges from the Southland and Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.

Lincoln-Way East’s Rory Moran bumps up two weight classes, wins regional title. ‘Greatest feeling in the world.’

As he tried to crack Lincoln-Way East’s varsity lineup, junior Rory Moran found himself blocked by a pair of established wrestlers. It’s why Moran wrestled on the JV level for nearly the entire season. Determined to find a way to get his chance, he started to put on weight and bumped up two classes from […]

Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

Results and highlights of high schools and local colleges from the Southland and Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas. Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com. SUNDAY’S RESULTS HIGH SCHOOLS BOYS BASKETBALL Marian Catholic 67, Benet 60 Marian (18-8, 10-3 ESCC): James […]

Redemption, thy name is Darshan Thomas. And it leads to Marist’s upset of Benet. ‘It showed a lot of guts.’

Marist’s Darshan Thomas remembers the game vividly. In December, the senior forward had a chance to sink the winning basket against Benet in Lisle. He missed. And that’s not all. “I missed that shot, I didn’t go for the rebound, and we ended up losing by one,” Thomas said. “I never forgot about it. When […]