MIKE NIETO: A slam dunk for DePaul, Chicago

It appears to be the perfect private-public partnership.

Scouting the IHSA Girls Track & Field State Championships

41st IHSA Girls Track and Field Championships

Illiana Christian softball team hoping for regional title rematch

Nearly one year removed from the 2012 regional, one score still remains on the minds of the Illiana Christian softball team: Chicago Christian 3, Illiana Christian 2.

Scouting Local Class 1A & 2A Softball Reigonals

(Seedings in parentheses)

MIKE NIETO: Crete's Finnin heads to Nebraska

It has been a different and rough road for former Crete-Monee football player Matt Finnin.

Huey Johnson guides his final Bloom team to sectional

Huey Johnson goes back to the days of cinder tracks and stopwatch timing.

Scoutng Local Girls Track Sectionals.

Advancement: The first- and second-place finishers in each event, including relay teams, from each of the sectional meets, or any individual or relay team who equals or surpasses the qualifying standard in the finals for the class they represent in the sectional advance to the IHSA state mee…

Vera and Baron lift Crete-Monee past Bloom Township in girls soccer

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Crete-Monee freshman Adrianna Vera has a motor that wasn't going to stop and let her Warriors lose.

T.F. South beats T.F. North in softball

CALUMET CITY | T.F. South's Daviea Cowans and Cori Reynolds had never hit inside-the park homers.

Homewood-Flossmoor tops Marian in neighborhood rivalry

FLOSSMOOR | Jeremy Orbik knew the game was on the line when he entered in relief in the sixth inning with Homewood-Flossmoor leading 7-5.

Oppenhuis talks it up for Illiana

LANSING | The chatter is constant, and occasionally impenetrable. So much so, that you might wonder if the pressure of being the coach's kid has gotten to Sam Oppenhuis.

Stay classy? Spartans prefer winning

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Though they would have you believe otherwise, there are differences between the five freshmen starters among Marian Catholic's Spartans and their older teammates.

General McArthur marches Crete past Rich Central in baseball thriller

CRETE | General McArthur is not your typical No. 9 hitter.

Orris commits to Northern Illinois

Michael Orris said the re-recruiting process would not take long and he was right.

Beecher stumbles at start of tough week

OAK FOREST | There are more reasons to play some softball games than merely to win. If there weren't, Kevin Hayhurst would never have scheduled the week his Beecher Bobcats began Monday.

H-F's Buchanan selected by New England in 7th round

Michael Buchanan thought he could go as high as the second round of the NFL Draft.

Cassell paces Bloom's third-place finish at Carol Urich Invitational

HARVEY | Ivory Cassell has high standards.

Illiana Christian girls win Chicago Christian track invitational

PALOS HEIGHTS | Just two weeks ago, Illiana Christian's Victoria Archie thought it would be fun to give the long jump a try. Now, she's taking first place in the same competition.

Brown, Crete-Monee, sharpening focus at Oak Forest Invitational

OAK FOREST | At 5-foot-10, Simone Brown is far too tall for the image to be truly apt. But, as she leaned back on her right heel, left foot forward, regal lift of the chin, and her left hand resting lightly on her stomach, Napoleon leaped to mind.

Pete Struck Invitational

ORLAND PARK | Many things can go wrong in a 300-meter hurdle race. A runner can trip over a hurdle, run into the wrong lane on the curve, get a bad start, or fade at the finish.