High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.
Basketball and softball scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
Category: High School Sports
Out of the mix, Jaylin Sustr converts penalty kick as Lincoln-Way Central stuns Lockport. ‘You need full confidence.’
Jaylin Suster scores on a penalty kick with 21:17 left as Lincoln-Way Central held on for a 2-1 victory.
Introducing the 2024-25 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Basketball All-Area Team
Top players from Waubonsie Valley and Kaneland, the area’s best, headline the first three teams.
Western Michigan football recruit Freddy Brown isn’t done at Morton. ‘Big on family,’ he wants this one to grow.
Brown continues to make an impact in Hammond.
Photos: Mayor Brandon Johnson hosts CPS basketball champs
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hosted student-athletes, coaches, and staff from CPS schools, Hope Academy and Dyett Arts High School.
Introducing the 2024-25 Naperville Sun Boys Basketball All-Area Team
Blake Fagbemi is one of four players from Class 4A state champion Benet on the team.
Bowman transfer Jamarie Pollard brings ‘a spark’ to East Chicago Central, which catches fire in the playoffs
Pollard is an energetic sixth man in the Cardinals’ best postseason run since 2007.
Wauconda’s Alyssa Threde overcomes ‘most challenging thing I have ever experienced,’ and she’s stronger for it
Threde had three knee surgeries in a matter of months two years ago.
Waubonsie Valley’s Tyreek Coleman is the 2024-25 Boys Basketball Player of the Year for Aurora, Elgin, Naperville
The Illinois State commit led the Warriors to a team-record 31 wins.
Column: Olympics could be next after Kaneland alum Matt Richtman wins Los Angeles Marathon. ‘This is the future.’
Matt Richtman wins running only his second marathon, the first American in three decades to win in Los Angeles.