Michael Eaken
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Girls cross country: WW South's Poglitsch, York claim titles at Palatine
Wheaton Warrenville South junior Samantha Poglitsch was running on low on a muddy and slippery course, but had enough in her tank at the end to run to the title at the Palatine girls cross country invitational on Saturday at Deer Grove East Forest Preserve in Palatine. → Read More
Glenbard West hits state's best mark of season
Glenbard West won the Fremd girls gymnastics invite on Saturday. → Read More
Carmel an impressive champ at Conant Invite
Carmel Catholic's girls gymnastics team won the championship of the Conant Invitational Saturday. → Read More
Girls cross country: Prospect cooks up a winning formula
Prospect's girls cross country team won the Class 3A Hoffman Estates sectional championship Saturday at Busse Woods. → Read More
Boys cross country: Methner, Hersey Mid-Suburban League champs
Hersey junior Josh Methner won the Mid-Suburban League boys cross country meet Saturday, helping the Huskies secure their third straight team title. → Read More
Girls track: Wheeling's feeling great downstate
The Wheeling girls track and field team had been waiting for a breakthrough moment, and the Wildcats got one on Friday in the Class 3A girls track and field high school state meet preliminaries at Eastern Illinois and O'Brien Field. → Read More
Girls track and field: Lakes' Tilmon makes a trio of finals
Lakes' Taylor Tilmon had a hard time catching her breath after the 200-meter preliminaries, her third and final race of the afternoon. But otherwise, the Eagles senior made it look easy on the track on a warm and overcast day in the girls track and field state meet prelims at O'Brien Field at Eastern Illinois. → Read More
Girls track and field: State meet scouting, Northwest
Here's what to expect from competitors in the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Maine West and Leyden in this weekend's girls track state meet in Charleston. → Read More
Boys track: Barrington seniors set winning Relays example
Barrington seniors Luis Cossio, Ray Niro and Alec Andrea have been the core for the Broncos' sprint relays. The three veterans again anchored the Broncos' attack in the 86th annual Palatine Relays on Saturday at Chic Anderson stadium. → Read More
Girls track and field: Scouting Northwest
Here's what to expect of the high school girls track and field teams of the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Maine West, Christian Liberty Academy and Leyden this spring. → Read More
Prairie Ridge co-op stands in 2nd at state
For Hersey senior Mackenzie Kamysz it was just a matter of time before she hit it big. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: Maine South's special effort edges out Prairie Ridge
Caleigh Pistorius took first in the all-around (37.65), helping Maine South edge Prairie Ridge 147.425-147.325 in the Hoffman Estates girls gymnastics sectional Wednesday. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: Conant steams to regional title at Palatine
The tension was at a boiling point at the Palatine girls gymnastics regional on Wednesday night, with the host Pirates and Conant locked in a tight battle. Palatine had jumped out to an early lead after two events, but Conant came on strong on the floor and then hung on during the beam, which was the final event, to edge the Pirates 139.825-139.525 and claim a second consecutive regional title. → Read More
Fremd's performance is right on the number
Seniors Melanie Ng and Abby Moran anchored Fremd's effort on Tuesday as the host Vikings captured their 25th consecutive girls gymnastics regional title by scoring 144.45 in Palatine. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: Prairie Ridge in top form at Hersey
The Prairie Ridge co-op girls gymnastics team swept the top four all-around spots in rolling to the Hersey regional title with a season-high 151.3 in Arlington Heights on Monday. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: Ng, Fremd roar to MSL victory
There was no stopping Fremd senior Melanie Ng and the Vikings on Wednesday night in the Mid-Suburban League girls gymnastics meet at Elk Grove. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: Buffalo Grove excited after winning Prospect Invitational
Buffalo Grove's girls gymnastics team won the Prospect Invitational with 134.15 points on Saturday. → Read More
Girls gymnastics: An all-around optimistic outlook for Amato, Palatine
Senior Abby Amato sure looked comfortable on Wednesday in taking first in the all-around (36.10) and powering host Palatine to an impressive 140.20-128.05 Mid-Suburban West girls gymnastics victory over visiting Barrington. → Read More
Boys cross country: Kaneland's Richtman captures Class 2A championship
Kaneland senior Matthew Richtman capped off his stellar boys cross country career by winning the Class 2A state championship Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria. → Read More
Girls cross country: Long lifts Barrington to sectional crown
Barrington senior Joceyln Long saved her best for last on Saturday at the Hoffman Estates Class 3A sectional. The Fillies senior found an extra gear in the final 400 meters to run to her second consecutive sectional title crossing the line in 16:57. Long's strong run propelled Barrington to its first sectional title since the Fillies won back-to-back crowns in 2002 and 2003. The Fillies placed… → Read More