Bill McLean

The cold felt borrowed from soccer season. October cold. Hoodie-under-the-team-jacket cold. Didn’t matter. The Barrington Fillies turned Wednesday’s Class 3A Vernon Hills girls track and field sec...

The backward baseball caps stayed soaked. Shirts clung to backs. Players bent between points, hands on knees, searching for air in the thick Saturday heat at Conant. Then Maksim Hristov uncorked 3 con...

Bad memories from a year ago at Wintrust Field got buried somewhere beyond the left-field wall Monday night. Maybe alongside the baseball Maine South senior catcher Luka Stojakovic demolished in the f...

Senior Olivia Spieth whipped one backhand skip shot into the cage, then feathered a lob over a helpless defender and goalie minutes later Tuesday night. Different shots. Same result. More Stevenson go...

With a second boutique newly opened in Hinsdale, Lauren Peters is betting that personalized style, warm welcomes and old-fashioned in-store connection still matter.

A tennis ball rocketed off the racket of an airborne Jaden Dai on Saturday morning. Struck from midcourt, it veered right and landed inside a baseline corner before another helpless opponent could even react.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown? Not really. Not when Hersey junior Matthew Sikorski is grinning between points, feathering drop shots, rifling groundstrokes and treating pressure like it’s ...

Lake Forest girls soccer coach Ty Stuckslager barked the question toward senior midfielder Maddy Cummins Friday night at Mel Eide Field, moments before a penalty kick in a scoreless Class 2A Lake Zurich sectional final.

A tennis ball zipped toward the sideline Saturday afternoon at Palatine, the kind of shot that usually ends points and induces shrugs from opponents.

Lukas Slesers went into the bleachers Tuesday night. Shins first. Libertyville parents scattered. Bleachers rattled. A volleyball that looked doomed stayed alive. And moments later, after Slesers retu...