By Jason Maholy Sports Editor Johnny Dieck is used to lighting it up on the basketball court. The Chicago Christian senior played three varsity seasons for coach Kevin Pittman’s Knights and was during…
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Washington monumental: Shepard junior has two picks, runs for two scores as Shepard blanks Evergreen
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Because he is prone to making dramatic and spectacular plays on both offense and defense, Shepard football player Kendrick Washington finds himself to be the center of atte…
Girls Volleyball: Richards tops Shepard in battle of unbeatens; Bulldogs’ Sam Mayo dedicates season to fallen friend
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Richards senior Sam Mayo wore uniform No. 9 for her volleyball team last year. This year, she is proudly sporting No. 13, in honor of former Richards boys volleyball and wr…
High School Football: Late-game heroics lift Eisenhower over Richards
By Steve Millar Correspondent On a night of back-and-forth big plays, Richards made a couple that seemed like potential game winners in a South Suburban Red battle with Eisenhower. Instead, it was th…
Boys Soccer: Chargers settle for share of SouthWest Suburban Red crown
By Steve Millar Correspondent Stagg will go down as a SouthWest Suburban Red champion for 2021. The Chargers will just have to share the title after a heartbreaking overtime loss to Lincoln-Way West …
High School Football: Run game, ‘D’ lead Loyola over Brother Rice
By Steve Metsch Correspondent After a first quarter that saw the Loyola and Brother Rice offenses stuck in neutral, the Ramblers’ formidable running game and stingy defense led them to big win over Br…
High School Football: St. Rita squeaks past Providence
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent For a while, it was dealer’s choice – quarterback style. St. Rita signal caller Tommy Ulatowksi had some talented choices and threw touchdown passes to Kaleb Brown (67 yard…
Girls Volleyball: Coaches such as Sandburg’s David Vales will be pulling double duty during overlapping seasons
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent The plan is simple even, though it’s not a simple situation. The boys volleyball season was scheduled to open up for practice Monday, but with the COVID-moved girls volleyb…
High School Football: Richards scores 36 first-half points in win over Oak Lawn
Jason Maholy Correspondent Coming off a Week 2 lashing by Shepard that was one of the most lopsided losses during his tenure as Richards head coach, Tony Sheehan was interested to see how his Bulldogs…
High School Football: Evergreen Park runs past Argo
By Steve Millar Correspondent With starting running back James Williams out with a concussion, junior Michael Torres knew he had to step up for Evergreen Park on Thursday – both in the backfield and…