Jacki Gulczynski leads optimistic Hawks after controversial end to last season.

Losing 44 assists from Brianna DiGioia, six points and five rebounds per game from Nicolette Rini and 38 three-pointers from Monica Noti has left the Panthers will a fair share of void filling to take care.

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.

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

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.

The undefeated Glenbard North football team can clinch a share of the DuPage Valley Conference title with a win over Wheaton Warrenville South Friday. The Tigers are not likely to go down easy, however, as their perfect league record puts them in the running as well.

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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.

Carly Schneider and Samantha Coyne of the South Elgin/Bartlett/Streamwood co-op girls golf team were among eight individual state qualifers at Tuesday's sectional tournament.

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

The Glenbard North train continues as the Panthers look to make it a perfect 7-0 start against West Aurora. Find scores and coverage and talk about your team at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

St. Charles East looks to make it 5-0 in the Upstate Eight Conference against a Bartlett team already fighting for its playoff life. Find score-by-score coverage and analysis and talk about your team at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

Also, South Elgin can secure an automatic postseason berth with a win over Lake Park.

Overcast skies, relentless wind and driving rain are hardly the ideal golf conditions. Anthony Burdi found a way to buck those conventions Tuesday the Class 3A Streamwood regional tournament at Bartlett Hills Golf Club in Bartlett.

In a meeting in 2006 when South Elgin’s debut football team was hardly considered a varsity squad, Bartlett blitzed the Storm in a blowout loss. Three years later, the two schools are meeting for just the second time, and because of the Storm’s development in recent years, it should be a much more intense battle.

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Glenbard North looks to extend its shutout streak to five games tonight against Glenbard East.

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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.