John Radtke
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Elgin, IL, United States
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How this 1980s St. Edward star got connected to the top-ranked South Carolina women's team
Maureen Mueller Kremer, a Bartlett native and 1988 St. Edward High School graduate, never expected when she played four years of college basketball at Bradley to 30 years later have a direct tie to the best women's college program in the country. → Read More
John Radtke returns! Re-entry begins with a look back at the legendary 2022 Glenbard West boys basketball team
Longtime Daily Herald prep editor John Radtke is back. Begininng Monday, and through the remainder of the high school sports season, he'll be writing a column each week for the Daily Herald's sports section. Re-entry begins, of course, with basketball. → Read More
High school basketball game the spark for Radtke's career
A 48-year career winds down for longtime Daily Herald High School Sports Editor John Radtke. → Read More
Patriots, Corsairs, Fillies make Lake County proud
It's funny how things work out sometimes. On December 30, had you asked Babbi Barriero and Ashley Graham if they envisioned their respective girls basketball teams would be playing against each other for the Class 4A state championship less than three months later, they would have both said they sure hoped so. → Read More
Retiring Streamwood coach Rosner made 'Beautiful Noise" for 40-plus years
If you've ever been to a Streamwood girls basketball game, then you know that Sabres' coach George Rosner is a big fan of iconic musician Neil Diamond. Rosner blares Diamond music during every practice -- and even at games now and then -- and has been for 40-plus years. Rosner is retiring from coaching at the end of the Sabres' season. → Read More
COVID-19 issues cause change to football schedules again
COVID-19 has caused more changes to the football schedule in the Daily Herald area. St. Edward's scheduled home game against St. Francis on Friday night has been cancelled due to a positive COVID case within the St. Edward program, Green Wave athletic director P.J. White confirmed Thursday afternoon. → Read More
Welcome back to high school sports, but with a dose of caution
It's OK to be excited about the return of high school sports, but it also must be with an abundance of caution, as the coronavirus remains a concern. → Read More
Masks required for all indoor high school sports
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an update to the state's All-Sports Policy Wednesday requiring masks to be worn for all indoor IHSA athletic events regardless of vaccination status. → Read More
COVID 19 cancels season-high 12 area football games
At least 12 high school football games scheduled for the final week of the six-week IHSA spring season have been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. → Read More
With excitement
It's been 473 days since the last high school football game was played in Illinois. That ends Friday. → Read More
Taking a look at how the football playoffs are shaping up heading into Week 8
Since August 27, when the high school football season kicked off, anyone and everyone who cares about high school football has had October 23 circled on their calendars. October 23 is IHSA pairings night and for the first time in two years, there will be playoffs, and today we take a look at how things are shaping up heading into Week 8. → Read More
Looking back, it's so much better to look ahead
March 12, 2020. If you follow high school sports, it should take a nanosecond to remember that day. It was a Thursday. Eight boys basketball teams, including Aurora Christian and Timothy Christian, were in Peoria for the Class 1A and Class 2A state finals to be played the next two days. Many more Class 3A and Class 4A teams statewide were concluding practices for sectional finals the next night.… → Read More
Ray Haley, Larkin's first AD and football coach, dies at 92
Ray Haley, Larkin High School's first football coach and athletic director, died June 18. He was 92. → Read More
Presenting the 2021 Daily Herald All-Area football teams
Wheaton North's Mark Forcucci, Cary-Grove's Jameson Sheehan, Maine South's Mike Sajenko and Warren's Maurice Edwards are the captains of the 2021 Daily Herald All-Area football teams. → Read More
Here's how the DVC can make things right for Naperville football
The annual Naperville Central vs. Naperville North football game, played in many years at North Central College in Naperville and scheduled for Saturday at North, has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. → Read More
Scotty Miller's dad: 'He failed every eye test when he was 17'
Even though their seats were in the rafters of Lambeau Field in Green Bay last Sunday, the cheers from Scott and Kristy Miller were likely heard all the way back in Barrington. → Read More
Return of sports also comes with challenges
The high school sports community woke up Thursday morning to another new world. → Read More
Game on: High school sports to resume, including basketball soon and football in March
It's game on for high school sports, but in a way the state has never seen. The Illinois High School Association on Wednesday released a calendar for the remainder of the 2021 portion of the school year. Most notably, basketball competition can begin for schools in regions that have reached Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan, after those schools have conducted seven practices. → Read More
Game on. High school sports, including basketball, set to resume.
It's game on for high school sports, but in a nontraditional way we've never seen. → Read More
Taking a look at the most important things the IHSA board will need to address Wednesday
When the Illinois High School Association's board of directors meet Wednesday, it will be their most significant decision-making session since the COVID-19 pandemic hit a year ago. → Read More