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After leading Homewood-Flossmoor to unprecedented success, including 81 wins in three seasons and the program’s first state championship in 2024, Dismukes is headed to Long Island University.
The progress Brown is showing is exciting, and it appears he’s at his prospect takeoff point.
Windsor won the state championship in bass fishing Saturday on Lake Shelbyville, but the other trophies went to Chicago area boats. St. Charles North took second on a tiebreaker and Sandburg third.
Despite a two-hour, five-minute delay for dense morning fog, Lake Shelbyville looked strong in its first time hosting the Illinois High School Association’s state finals for bass fishing. St. Charles North in fourth and Sandburg in fifth were both less than a pound off the lead.
Romeli takes over at Brother Rice while Lincoln-Way East hires Luke Yaklich and Addison Trail brings in former star player Cory Little.
Farrell originally committed to North Carolina but switched to Illinois. The Fighting Illini coaches stuck with him throughout his injury recovery, something he won’t forget.
Big names from the Chicago area were among the 2,000 players who transferred to other schools.
The coveted prospect said coach Deion Sanders was a big factor in his decision.
Kenwood led 6-0 early. Lane tied the score in the sixth inning, then Broncos senior Brandon Stinson came up huge in the seventh.
An IHSA bylaw proposal allowing athletes to compete in non-school activities is expected to be on the annual ballot this fall.
Bret Bielema landed two marquee prospects in the span of an hour Wednesday.
Here are five players in the Class of 2026 who will open the eyes of college coaches at various levels in the coming weeks.
The former Whitney Young star has a chance to be only the second CPS player since 1989 to be selected in the first round.
There are a large number of schools to mix and match in the vast, wide-ranging Chicago area geographical footprint.
The IHSA’s first regionals had a robust opening.
Cleveland, a Sun-Times Area and All-City selection, averaged 21 points and led the Broncos to the Class 4A supersectionals this past season.
The Illinois High School Association’s switch to a regional-sectional-state format for bass fishing is a good thing, but in the first year, the numbers don’t add up.
‘‘It’s all about the long term,’’ Cleveland said. ‘‘I want to be one of the best to ever come out of Chicago. There’s no pressure with that. It’s just basketball.’’
The East Suburban Catholic Conference, which was established in 1974, will cease to exist after one more school year.
The Cornhuskers got the nod over Illinois, LSU and Texas A&M.
Morales, who has been Clemente’s principal since 2021, is taking over as executive director of Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Sports Administration.
Here is a look at the top Chicago area programs and how their 17U teams, made up of mostly players in the current junior class, stack up.
Balanganayi is the newest member of Illinois’ 2026 recruiting class and the third in-state commit in this cycle.
Thompson announced the move by posting a picture of himself in a Link Academy uniform on Instagram on Friday morning.
The high school sports organization said the attorney general and Illinois Department of Human Rights told the agency the inclusive policy is required by state law.
With two weekends in the books, here are some quick thoughts after taking in the RecruitLook Hoops event and the first weekend of Under Armour Association play.
Edge rusher Joey Quinn, a key member of Mount Carmel’s Class 7A championship team last fall, has committed to Vanderbilt, while defensive lineman Daniel Howard of Lane has picked Iowa State.
Massel quarterbacked York to the first state final in program history last fall, but as college interest remained lukewarm, he worked on a Plan B.