Larkin basketball hungry for more success

Nov 8, 2012

One dismal season after another rendered Larkin’s boys basketball program nothing more than an afterthought during recent summers, but thanks to a breakthrough 2011-12 campaign, the narrative is beginning to change. The Royals are now being viewed as a team on the rise in the western suburbs, and if last …

Rockets, Sabres revel in return to playoffs

Mar 7, 2012

ERIK JACOBSEN: In the Land of Lincoln, six victories provides automatic entry into the state playoffs, and on Friday night a pair of success-starved local teams crossed that threshold in emphatic fashion as Burlington Central and Streamwood punched tickets to the postseason.

Struggling teams still fighting to the finish

Mar 7, 2012

Finding inspiration when any chance of reaching the playoffs is gone isn’t easy for high school football teams, but that’s the situation half of the area’s 14 squads faced entering Week 7 of the season.

Bilyeu, Finnane top list of Elgin-area recruits

Mar 7, 2012

With high school football practices set to begin Wednesday, the 2011 season is quickly approaching. On the recruiting front, several of the area’s top players …