This year’s playoffs have been as unpredictable as ever – just look what happened on Saturday in the Class 4A regional finals. A look ahead at the Class 4A and 3A sectionals, with matchups and predictions.

More so than any other class, 4A is completely up for grabs. Predictions and crooked logic on why I'm going against my preseason pick.

Just about every game I go to I get the same question: “PBR … Is that Pabst Blue Ribbon?” No, Professional Bull Riders. Then they usually ask me the real stumper: “Who is the best team I’ve seen this season.”  

Before the season began I wrote that Class 3A was going to be a disaster, completely watered down and basically a nuisance to the state tournament landscape. Here's a shocking newsflash: I was wrong. In fact, Class 3A very well may be the most exciting class in the new four-classification system. ... Plus other notes from around the state.

Want to see some great baseball this weekend, then some of the best teams in the state are playing two tourneys in Edwardsville and Peoria ... Plus all the happenings from Southern Illinois.

Oak Forest's Tim Barry has blasted eight bombs, driven in 45 and is batting .500. Not bad for a freshman. ... Plus other notes.

You may remember Ladendorf’s meteoric rise, when, as a sophomore at Maine West High School, the Class of 2006 grad shattered just about every school record while showcasing the athleticism and skill to be earmarked as a high-level pro prospect.

When you’ve done something for so long, experiencing something really different is a good thing, even if that experience is a really bad thing.

The weather is finally starting to resemble spring. Sweet. Now let's all play 10 games a week and make like the past never happened. Here's who's remained hot through all the cold.

I’m in the bleachers at Cary-Grove High School, hands feeling like frozen Eggos, the sky is turning a darker shade of gray, and the NCAA national championship game is tipping off in an hour. This game between Cary-Grove and Fremd should’ve been over a long time ago, and the guy to my left keeps talking about extra innings.

I have a proposal for the suits at IHSA headquarters. It’s a proposal that, if passed, will at once preserve the past and strengthen our future.

Here’s the gist: Before the first high school baseball game is played, each coach will be mandated to host a Championship Night. It can be held at the school’s lunchroom, auditorium, the nearest Hardee’s – anywhere but a casino, bar, strip club or house of worship. At Championship Night, topics such as sportsmanship and natural selection will be addressed. Then the head coach will personally place a shiny meda ... Read More »