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Best Buy Classic brings hoops talent from all over the nation to the area

By Jeff Vorva | Thursday at 1:45 p.m.

More than 300 basketball teams from across the country will invade the north and northwest suburbs for the Best Buy Chicago Classic. The tournament runs … Read more ›

Area tennis teams hoping for success at state meet

By Jeff Vorva | Wednesday at 1:40 p.m.

Two-time defending boys tennis state champion New Trier will have its work cut out for it to try to win its third straight title. The … Read more ›

Palos Heights' Tom Pukstys is an assistant Olympic coach who will bring in some top field athletes to Lisle in June. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Big throws at a big show — Benedictine hosts world class track and field athletes June 9

By Jeff Vorva | Tuesday at 3:05 p.m.

A few weeks before some of the best shot put, discus, javelin and hammer throwers in the country try out for the London Olympics in … Read more ›

The boys state track and field meet gets underway Thursday in Charleston. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area boys track athletes looking for big finishes at state

By Jeff Vorva | Tuesday at 11:14 a.m.

Since 1990, only five TribLocal area teams have won Illinois High School Association boys track and field state titles. Joliet West won the Class AA … Read more ›

Joliet Slammers pitcher Brian Smith spent the spring as the University of St. Francis pitching coach. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

USF coach in the spring, Slammers reliever in the summer — Smith sees both sides of pitching

By Jeff Vorva | May 17 at 12:42 p.m.

In March and April, the University of St. Francis played its home baseball games at Silver Cross Field in Joliet and pitching coach Brian Smith … Read more ›

Bolingbrook native and Montini and College of DuPage standout Andrew Brauer was one of three outfielders to earn All-Conference honors and has helped Lewis University to the postseason tournament for the first time since 1996. (Photo courtesy of Steve Woltmann)

Area stars lead Lewis to NCAA tourney for first time since 1996

By Jeff Vorva | May 15 at 2:39 p.m.

Lewis University has a rich baseball tradition but has fallen on hard times in recent years. But the Flyers are back to a lofty position … Read more ›

Jim DaRosa (L) and Don Dziedzina show off a couple red fish caught frm the intercostal waterways by Orange Beach Alabama
From the community

Saltwater fishing offers a new adventure

By Don Dziedzina | May 4 at 7:45 p.m.

When the folks from the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism invited Jim DaRosa and me to do a remote broadcast of the Fishing and … Read more ›

Loyola University's Joey Smalzer, a Palos Heights native, is one of the Ultimate Volleyball Club's alumni having a great college career. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Ultimate enjoys success with current and alumni volleyball stars

By Jeff Vorva | May 2 at 1:15 p.m.

This is the time of the year when Ultimate Volleyball Club Boys Program Director Keith Kujawa can savor some earlier triumphs, look forward to a … Read more ›

Illinois high school track and field: Rare sectional during the day cause of concern to some coaches, athletes

April 27 at 2:41 p.m.

Hundreds of athletes will rise early May 10 and head to Concordia University to try to qualify for the girls track and field state meet. … Read more ›

Lewis University's Jay Petty, a Downers Grove native, gets ready to serve in front of a cheering section that includes a student with Petty's name painted on his chest. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area athletes keep top MIVA volleyball teams on the move

By Jeff Vorva | April 26 at 11:35 a.m.

Three of the final four teams in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament have strong TribLocal area ties. Lewis University, Loyola and Ball State reached … Read more ›

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