Basketball previews for area girls teams.

Coming off a four-win season last winter, Morton girl’s basketball is likely to head only one way — up.

Aaron Nagel was a linebacker at Notre Dame, one of college football’s Holy Grails, but he wasn’t happy. The Lemont graduate did not like the Fighting Irish’s coaches. They weren’t the kind of people he thought they would be back when he committed to play football there. He wanted something different. That’s when he rediscovered his youth.

Georgia Southern women’s soccer head coach Ashley Hart calls her goalie a great shot stopper.

Another complete team effort lifted Hinsdale Central’s girls tennis team to its fourth consecutive IHSA state title.

In a game as fast-paced as volleyball, a team’s setter needs to be able to make split-second decisions and act on them just as quickly. A setter is a team’s quarterback on the court, a fact not lost on area high school players and coaches.

Conference titles and playoff hopes are on the line in Week 8 prep football action. Check out scores, coverage and photos and talk about your team at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

Wheaton Academy's David Flynn will be leading his team into the Class 2A state tournament this weekend at the Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in Bloomington.

Knowlege is definitely power when it comes to playing center midfield for Morton, one of the top-ranked teams in the state.

The Illinois High School Association added lacrosse to its sports roster starting with the 2010-11 school year.

Here are the results from yesterday's IHSA sectionals.

When Jim Tsenes began teaching physical education and driver’s education for Morton High School, he said his main goal was to coach the baseball team.

Morton has its work cut out against an Oak Park-River Forest team that nearly upset state power Hinsdale Central in overtime last week. Find scores and talk about your team at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

Brian Heimerdinger's goal early on in the first half held up for Lyons Township as it edged Morton 1-0 on Saturday afternoon in Berwyn.

Bob Miller called some of baseball's best players teammates, roommates and friends during his career, but none of them can hold a candle to the charity work he has performed the last 20 years.