Gabe Sanders scores a team-high 14 points and comes up with several big plays as Yorkville defeats Oswego 64-55.
Category: High School Sports
Jennifer Urban, 2nd coach ever for Naperville North girls volleyball, leaves ‘dream job’ after making real impact
Urban had a 0.756 winning percentage in 21 seasons as the Huskies’ coach.
Called up to varsity, sophomore guard Abe Martinez doesn’t flinch for West Aurora. No nerves? ‘It’s coming easy.’
Abe Martinez scores a career-high 23 points to lead the Blackhawks to a 58-43 Upstate Eight Conference win.
Lucy Hynes, a swimmer and soccer player growing up in Ireland, runs Lockport’s basketball show. ‘So much potential.’
Lucy Hynes ties for team-high scoring honors as Lockport stays unbeaten with a 41-34 win over Lincoln-Way Central.
Shooting his way out of a so-called slump, Oak Lawn’s Jack Dempsey finds key to formula. ‘Doing everything else.’
Jack Dempsey scores 18 points and sees a return to his shooting form for Oak Lawn in a 59-57 win over Hillcrest.
Introducing the 2024 News-Sun Girls Volleyball All-Area Team
Libertyville and Stevenson each has two players on the first team.
Battling injury, Cameron Thomas comes off bench to boost Mount Carmel past Providence. ‘Willed us to that win.’
Cameron Thomas tallies 12 points and nine rebounds as Mount Carmel holds off Providence for a 68-57 win.
Griffith’s Jakhari Mackey keeps getting better. Name it, and he has improved it. ‘He’s really matured.’
Mackey is averaging 10.0 points and 4.7 rebounds, and he may be one of the area’s top defenders.
Stevenson’s Ava Wysocki, an Illinois recruit, is the 2024 News-Sun Girls Volleyball Player of the Year
Wysocki had 357 kills and 81 blocks and led a young team to conference and regional titles.
New Trier’s Ben Crane is more than a state champion. He’s a Midwest champion, too, and a national contender.
Crane has emerged as one of the best high school distance runners in the nation.