By Jeff Vorva Correspondent The first day of football practice at Sandburg on Wednesday featured a big surprise. Big – as in 6-foot-6, 300 pounds big. Sandburg alum Michael Schofield, who is on the Ca…
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Girls Basketball: Eagles growing and winning, but have eyes on future prize
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor A little more than halfway through the third quarter of last week’s game against Providence, things weren’t looking too good for Sandburg. The Eagles had been stuck on 24…
Boys Basketball: Spartans sink Argonauts
By Steve Metsch Correspondent Having practiced the shot daily, Oak Lawn junior guard Gavin Butler knew exactly what to do when he caught a pass in the corner late in the first quarter at Argo. Butler …
Boys Basketball: Ahmad Henderson’s clutch 3 lifts Brother Rice over Fenwick
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Brother Rice sophomore Ahmad Henderson popped in the game-winning basket with three seconds to go to give his team a huge 54-53 victory over Fenwick on Friday night. Give t…
Boys Basketball: Taylor goes off for 37 as Richards tops Evergreen Park
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent There were some offensive explosions between 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Thursday in Oak Lawn. Evergreen Park and Richards got together in a South Suburban Red battle, and it was a …
Boys Basketball: St. Laurence rides senior duo to win over De La Salle
Gabe Metzger scores 14 in second half; Darius Wilson has 26 points, 10 boards By Steve Millar Correspondent Gabe Metzger caught fire and things turned around quickly for St. Laurence at the start of …
Girls Basketball: Oak Lawn has been dominant during 6-0 start to season
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Oak Lawn coach Mark Sevedge and his staff encourage the Spartans’ players to shoot the trey. And the girls are happy to oblige. In a South Suburban Conference Red tilt ag…
Girls Basketball: Affolter’s double-double paces Marist in win over McAuley
By Steve Millar Correspondent While she waited to see if her senior season would happen, Marist forward Sydney Affolter was fueled by the hope she would get another chance to play a game like the riv…
Girls Basketball: Nikki Sobieszczyk’s monster second half propels Richards to victory
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Even when she is relaxing, Richards senior Nikki Sobieszczyk is working on her game. When COVID-19 concerns wiped out a lot of basketball events in 2020 and put the 2020-21…
Boys Basketball: Oak Lawn’s second-half surge buries Shepard
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Even taking COVID-19 and its implications out of the equation, this has been a weird season for Oak Lawn’s boys basketball team. Three of the Spartans’ first four wins of t…