Pole Vault

One is a natural, the other doggedly determined. Put them together and Bloom Township pole vaulters Japheth Cato and Matthew Page are soaring to new heights in a sport Bloom once dominated. It's been nearly three decades since Bob Dandino won Bloom's...

Performer of the Year: Darrius Heyward-Bey, McDonogh There were several reasons the University of Maryland football team recruited -- and eventually signed -- Heyward-Bey. The senior showed off soft hands, ran precise routes and demonstrated an...

Performer of the Year: Matthew Centrowitz, Broadneck The high school season may have ended, but Centrowitz's season continues. With his focus on the Nike Outdoor Nationals later this month in North Carolina, the junior downplayed any notion of taking a...

Saturday, March 22 results BASEBALL Argo 14, U-High 3 Batavia 4, Minooka 1 Bishop McNamara 15, Petersburg PORTA 13 Brother Rice 15-15, Chicago Christian 1-2 (both gms. 5 inn.) De La Salle 10, Morton 9 Elk Grove 4-15 Bartlett 3-5 (1st gm. 10 inn.; 2nd gm....

PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Tristram Thomas, McDonogh With two All-Metro Runner of the Year honors in cross country on his resume, Thomas clinched his first Performer of the Year award in indoor track with his dominance in distance runs in the metro area....

Saturday, June 5 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS At Hughes Stadium, Sacramento Boys SACRAMENTO -- Things didn't go exactly the way David Gettis of Los Angeles Dorsey had hoped they would in the boys' competition of the state track and field championships at Hughes...

Saturday, April 12 results BASEBALL Andrew 7, Oak Forest 1 Argo 6-14, St. Joseph 4-2 (2nd gm. 5 inn.) Barrington 8-8 Young 2-7 Benet 15-4, Holy Cross 6-3 Bolingbrook 3-1, Plainfield 1-13 Bradley 3-6, Manteno 1-5 Conant 10, Glenbard North 6 Elmwood Park...

Saturday, April 3 MEET OF CHAMPIONS At Mobile, Ala. Girls TOP MARKS: 200 (wind 0)-Knight, Ridgeland (Miss.) 23.75. 400-Knight, Ridgeland (Miss.), 54.74. 100 HH (0)-Hunter, Riverside North, 14.19; 4. Ward, Riverside North, 15.02. 300 LH-Ward,...

Saturday, March 15 results BOYS GYMNASTICS Libertyville 127.3, Hersey 118, Naperville Central 107.7. All-around: Jay Harig, Hersey, 50.9. BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Oak Park 101, Moline 68, Young 36, Holy Cross 7 Plainfield South 76, Minooka 44, Reavis 16,...

Saturday, March 8 results BOYS GYMNASTICS Glenbrook North 144.2, Wheaton South 141.1, Fremd 119.2. GLENBROOK S. INVITATIONAL Final team standings: 1, Glenbrook South 140.85. 2, Naperville North 133.6. 3, Homewood-Flossmoor 106.75. 4, Highland Park 99.75....

Saturday, March 29 results BASEBALL Chatham Glenwood 16, Stagg 7 Driscoll 9, Prospect 7 Lockport 14, Downers Grove North 4 (5 inn.) Maine South 5, Rolling Meadows 0 Mt. Carmel 9-7, Rockford Guilford 2-0 Naperville Central 5, Fremd 4 (9 inn.) Nazareth 12-...

BOYS PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Tony Cole Oakland Mills, senior Cole collected four first-place medals at the Ivan Walker Howard County championships, winning the 55 (6.5 seconds) and the 300 (35.1) and running legs of the victorious 800 (1 minute, 33.6...