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Fenwick (Oak Park, Ill.) had been paired with Rolling Meadows (Ill.) at the McDonald's Shootout because the two girls' basketball teams played the same vertical game, with the same emphasis on taking the best shot available as early in the shot clock...

Jackie Kemph is continuing to build her legend at Rolling Meadows High School and throughout Illinois. The undeclared junior's most recent achievement was being named the state's Gatorade Player of the Year.

John Kelly (Oak Park, Mich./Oak Park), a 2015 defensive back, already is starting to hear from some of the bigger programs in the Midwest. "I hear from most of the Big Ten schools like Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana," he said. "I...

Ohio State is looking at several prospects from the Chicago area, and 2014 defensive end/linebacker Nile Sykes (Oak Park, Ill/Oak Park-River Forest) is among them. Sykes made it to Ohio State for a visit Saturday for the game against Michigan. ...

Blog | November 24, 2012

It was a busy week for 2014 prospect Nile Sykes (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest), who made two visits to Midwest programs. The more recent of the two trips came Saturday to Wisconsin, which he was seeing for a second time. "It was good. T...

Blog | November 18, 2012

Illinois is struggling under first-year coach Tim Beckman, but at least one top in-state junior is not too worried. Nile Sykes (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) made another visit to the Illinois campus, for the loss to Minnesota on Saturday....

Blog | November 11, 2012

Oak Park and River Forest (Ill.) High School is off to a 3-1 start, and one of its best players has yet to play. It will face its toughest test yet Saturday against Glenbard West, and it looks like Nile Sykes (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) sh...

Blog | September 18, 2012

Michigan State was the first college to host Nile Sykes (Oak Park, Ill./River Forest) for a game as a recruit, and he described the experience and visit as "perfect." "It was really fun, and the atmosphere was great. I got to talk to some of the p...

Blog | September 16, 2012

Luca Bruno (Oak Park, Calif./Oak Park) planned to wait until the midpoint of his senior season to make a verbal commitment. But with available spaces running low at his top school, Bruno couldn't hold off any longer, and the Arizona Wildcats' 2013 re...

Blog | August 11, 2012

He might not have been in a classroom, but Luca Bruno (Oak Park, Calif./Oak Park) did plenty of homework this summer. The 6-foot-3, 280-pound two-way lineman took unofficial visits to a handful of schools and worked hard to narrow down his finalists....

Blog | August 08, 2012

A dedicated ESPNHS team managed the Gatorade State Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year selection process, resulting in winners based on the program's three pillars: athletic production and impact in the 2012 season, high academic achievement and e...

By Mark Tennis and Kirstin Olsen The CIF Southern California regional championships are in the books from last weekend, and two teams clinched at least No. 2 and No. 3 final rankings in this year's FAB 50. No. 2 Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach, C...

Westlake defensive back Dashon Hunt picked up his ninth scholarship offer. Boise State joined the fray. Hunt, who will be a senior in the fall, has verbally declared to UCLA, but is still receiving offers from other colleges. He is the 12th ranked de...

1. Corona del Mar's hopes of winning a second consecutive Southern Section volleyball championship ended in four games as the second-seeded Sea Kings were dethroned by top-seeded Oak Park, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-21, on Saturday in the Division 2 fin...

The stage is set for a great state meet weekend in Charleston with 11 3A sectionals that took place last Thursday and Friday. Here is a look at each of these sectionals. ~~ St. Ignatius Sectional - May 17 ~~ ~~ Oak Park-River Forest Sectional -...

Mira Costa captured its seventh CIF-Southern Section boys' volleyball title Saturday night by upsetting top-seeded Loyola in the Division 1 final at Cypress College. The Mustangs won an exciting five-set match, 25-18, 25-22, 25-27, 21-25, 15-12. L...