Long Jump

Funmi Alabi, Long Reach Alabi continued to show why she's one of the area's most versatile and talented sprinters. The junior won the Class 3A 100-meter dash at the state meet (11.81 seconds), and finished third in the 200 in a close race. She also ran...

With only six members on its roster as recently as four years ago, the prospects of Young's girls track and field team becoming city champions seemed remote. But that's exactly what happened Saturday, thanks to the Dolphins' dramatic triumph in the...

Performer of the Year: Lindsay Grigoriev, Atholton For additional perspective on how talented Grigoriev is, consider that her record-setting discus throw of 160 feet, 5 inches at the Penn Relays in April was just 5 feet less than the winning mark among...

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: Shane Stroup, River Hill Has an individual's Maryland high school track performance ever generated more buzz than Shane Stroup's state record-setting 1,600-meter race this season? Spectators at UMBC cheered and watched in awe as...

Performer of the Year: Tony Cole, Oakland Mills Few athletes can miss their county or conference championships and still walk away from the region and state meets with arms full of gold medals. Then again, Cole has proven to be anything but ordinary....

Performer of the Year: Lauren Centrowitz, Broadneck In a world where very few things are constant, the senior proved that when it comes to running, she is about as consistent as consistent gets. The Sun's All-Metro Runner of the Year in cross country...

Saturday, April 19 results BASEBALL Antioch 3-9, Palatine 2-8 Barrington 11-11, Naperville Central 1-13 (1st gm. 6 inn.) Bloom 13, T.F. North 3 (6 inn.) Bradley 10-14, Pontiac 0-7 (1 gm 5 inn) Carmel 21-21, Marian Catholic 11-6 (2nd gm. 5 inn.) Conant 11,...

Saturday, May 15 SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMINARIES DIVISION I At Trabuco Hills High Senior Whitney Johnson of Mission Viejo was the top qualifier in the girls' pole vault at the Division I preliminaries at Trabuco Hills High, clearing 12-10 to break the...

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, May 18 results BASEBALL Antioch 3, Wauconda 1 Brother Rice 12, St. Laurence 8 Carmel 8-11, Jacobs 4-1 (2nd gm. 5 inn.) De La Salle 3, Thornridge 2 Downers Grove North 3, Leyden 2 Elgin 4, Streamwood 3 Elmwood Park 11-3, Proviso East 8-13 Geneva...

Judo Where: Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. When: Aug. 14-20. Top U.S. performers: Alex Ottiano, Jimmy Pedro, Brian Olson, Ronda Rousey, Celita Schutz. U.S. chances: The U.S. has never won a gold medal in judo. U.S. competitors have won 10 medals, four...