- While 2020 didn't offer many opportunities for high school sports, it didn't prevent several athletes from producing amazing moments.
- A year ago, Connor Davis scored a personal-best 29 points in a double-overtime win over West Aurora at a Thanksgiving tournament.
- Last season, Adam Sturtz made the shift to outside linebacker in order to optimize his range, savvy and expertise in pass coverage.
- Emily Kleffman plans to donate to Together We Cope, a Tinley Park-based charity that helps south suburban residents in need.
- Round Lake guard Hakim Williams averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals as a junior last season.
- The work paid off as the senior guard accomplished his goal of making it to the Division I level by committing to East Tennessee State.
- Lake Forest's Molly Fisher, a 5-foot-4 senior guard, will play at Denison, an NCAA Division III program in Ohio.
- Hare, a junior guard, committed Tuesday. She’s headed to the Atlantic 10 Conference, the same conference where Sinclair will play.
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- Notre Dame teammates LaMarr Justice and Billy Taylor and Arizona grad Corey Williams honed their basketball skills on area playgrounds.
- It should have been done years ago, but the installation of artificial turf on Eisenhower's football field is well worth the wait.
- On the day of her Aug. 10 visit, a storm packed winds of nearly 100 mph and damaged an estimated 10 million acres of crops in Iowa.
- Aidan Ellison participated in a national camp organized by Chris Sailer, a former All-American kicker at UCLA, and won a competition.
- Leah Bylut liked how the NCAA Division II school offered a pharmacy major, was close to home and had a competitive volleyball team.
- Lester Long recently earned career recognition as an assistant from the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association for 2020.
- The star point guard played for four different schools before graduating from Bellarmine with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
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- The Oak Forest resident helped start Books with a Buddy as an eighth grader at St. Damian Elementary School. It’s still going strong.
- The Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday that winter sports, including swimming, will not begin before January 2021.
- On Monday, Warren midfielder Sebastian Rodriguez committed to play at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
- Former students, players and colleagues are cherishing memories of a quiet coach who provided a link to East Aurora's glory days.
- Dontrell Jackson Jr. decided the right choice for him was the program that recruited him first. He committed to Coastal Carolina.
- The IHSA announced all low-risk sports will not begin till at least January 2021. Where that leaves boys and girls basketball, deemed high-risk sports by the Illinois Department of Public Health, is a mystery.
- Grant’s Chad Kiesgen didn’t merely get playing time as a freshman. He was the floor general during a season of learning and losing.
- The Chicago Bears hosted the Houston Texans (and quarterback Deshaun Watson) in Week 14 on Dec. 13, 2020, at Soldier Field. The Bears won, 36-7.
- Jaden McGill, a two-way star at Oak Park-River Forest, is weathering the adjustment well after transferring to Naperville Central.
- With the Illinois High School Association pushing back the football season to the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were no state championship games during Thanksgiving weekend.
- Illinois-Chicago saw the speed of Yorkville's Hogan Schmitt, who grew up in the Dallas area, as an X-factor in the recruiting process.
- Western Michigan recruit Zach Vode walked off the Lucas Oil Stadium field with his head held high after a 49-7 loss to Roncalli.
- Senior forward Isabella Ogliore made it official on Nov. 24. The Tigers, an NCAA Division III program, had a 28-2 record last season.
- After calling off five games because of the coronavirus pandemic, Crown Point opened its season with a dominant win at LaPorte.
- Michigan City and Morgan Township enter the area's top 10 after continuing undefeated starts to the season.
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