highschools
Warren’s tradition of excellence continues
PREP BOYS TENNIS: While the team championship in the state boys tennis tournament seems to be the province of schools located along the North Shore, Warren’s blue-collar program can never be ignored.
Boys Volleyball: Well-rounded Nate Royer has volleyball in his blood
Nate Royer, a 6-1 senior who leads Lincoln-Way East in multiple statistical categories, decided not to follow in the footsteps his older brother Ryan, who Read More
- Tuesday’s results Updated: May 23, 2012
- Monday’s results Updated: May 21, 2012
- Saturday’s results Updated: May 19, 2012
Grant thrower is area’s best hope at state meet
PREP BOYS TRACK: The best high-school boys basketball in Lake County is played at schools east of the tollway. But if you’re looking for the area athletes with the best chance of winning a state title in boys track this weekend, you need to look to the west.
Area’s elite are on right track
PREP GIRLS TRACK: Friday is position day at the state girls track meet. You can’t win anything on Friday, but athletes need to perform well enough during the preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston to be in position to run/jump/throw for state titles on Saturday.
Warren wins NSC title for first time
PREP SOFTBALL: Sophomore Jana Wagner fanned 11 and pitched a three-hitter as Warren blanked host Vernon Hills 2-0 on Thursday to win the North Suburban Conference title for the first time since the league went to the two-division format a dozen years ago.
Lake Forest’s girls soccer team dominant in Class 2A regional opener
PREP GIRLS SOCCER: Seven different players scored as Lake Forest High School’s girls soccer team began tourney play by wiping out Wauconda 9-0 on Wednesday in the semifinals of the Class 2A (smaller schools) regional at Grayslake North.
Meline delivers for champions; Warren is next
PREP SOFTBALL: Senior Megan Meline pitched a six-hitter as Vernon Hills wrapped up the North Suburban Conference Prairie Division title on Tuesday with a 4-1 win over host Lakes.
Program’s revival is an NSC feel-good story
PREP BOYS TRACK: At last week’s North Suburban Conference boys track meet, five different schools had team members cross the finish line first in at least two events.
Warren’s Trukov is No. 1 singles champ
PREP BOYS TENNIS: Warren High School junior Kristiyan Trukov ended Stevenson’s string of North Suburban Conference tourney No. 1 singles titles at three in the marquee match of this year’s tourney, which concluded on Saturday.
Six-run seventh is decisive
PREP BASEBALL: Grayslake Central may own the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division baseball championship. But for now, Grayslake North has city bragging rights, courtesy of Friday’s 9-5 victory on Central’s turf.
Three area girls dominate meet
PREP GIRLS TRACK: Ebony Smith of Waukegan won three individual events, and Warren freshman Brittny Ellis and Lake Forest senior Carolina Carmichael won two each to highlight area efforts Thursday at the Class 3A sectional girls track meet at Grayslake North.
Bats go silent at wrong time
PREP SOFTBALL: A wonderful two months of play put Zion-Benton’s softball team in position to win the North Suburban Conference Lake Division title. But two days of zero hitting ended the dream, as the Zee-Bees followed up Tuesday’s 8-0 loss to league-champ Warren with a 3-0 clunker against Lake Zurich on Wednesday.
Coach is going out a winner
PREP SOFTBALL: Warren High School’s softball team made sure retiring coach Carri McGahon went out a winner. With Tuesday’s 8-0 thumping of Zion-Benton, th Blue Devils virtually assured themselves of representing the Lake Division in the North Suburban Conference Championship Game for the first time in the 12-year history of division play in the league.
Webber officially joins Warren family
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: In just 15 words Tuesday night, Warren School District Superintendent Dr. Philip Sobocinski accurately summed up the hiring of Ryan Webber as the Blue Devils’ varsity boys basketball coach: “You have big shoes to fill, but I’m sure you’ll be up to the challenge.”
Lake Forest standout to play at St. Ambrose
Thomas Durrett, the best player on Lake Forest High School’s boys basketball team last winter, will play next year at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Big night for Wells, Deerfield
PREP BOYS TRACK: Grant hurdler Sean (pronounced “Scene”) Wells was the only double-winner and host Deerfield went home from the Lake County Boys Track Meet with the team trophy on Friday night.
Deerfield’s Brown always has his head in the game
Jason Brown is a thinking man, and on the tennis court, that can sometimes be a hindrance. The Deerfield High School senior player is learning to balance his game between the mental and physical side as he tries to improved on back-to-back third-place finishes at the state tourney.