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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 ›

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 ›

Evanston's Margaret Bamgbose, left, won a state title in the 300 hurdles. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area track stars bring home gold from state meet

By Jeff Vorva | Monday at 2:23 p.m.

Three individuals and one relay team from the TribLocal North/Northwest suburban area won state championships at the Illinois High School Association Girls Track and Field … 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 ›

Gabriel Weininger scores a point in the 2012 IFC Dominick Epee Challenge
From the community

Illinois Fencers Club Held the 2012 IFC Dominick Epee Challenge on April 22nd in Mount Prospect.

By Agnieszka Wiosna | May 2 at 7:17 p.m.

Fencers from several states joined local fencers to participate in an epee tournament hosted by the Illinois Fencers Club (IFC) at the Central Community Center … 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 ›

Kathy Gaertner of Park Ridge took 2nd in Y14 Women's Foil at the Illinois Fencers Club, Illinois Division Championships at the Winnetka High School on April 7.
From the community

Illinois Fencers Club Attends Illinois Division Championships

By Agnieszka Wiosna | April 18 at 1:05 p.m.

On Saturday, April 7, the Illinois Fencers Club attended the Illinois Division Championships at the Winnetka High School. Several club members qualified to compete in … Read more ›

Chicago's Carolyn Lloyd (left) and Leslie Gellatly of Arlington Heights sweep during a recent night of curling at the Chicago Curling Club. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Area curlers enjoy national and international success

By Jeff Vorva | April 11 at 9:47 a.m.

The Chicago Curling Club has hosted a wide variety of people over the years. Screaming men, women in their 90s and even the Ricketts family, … Read more ›

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