Mike Clark
High school sports contributor
Mike Clark is a high school sports contributor at the Chicago Sun-Times.
There are new faces in charge at Lemont, Loyola. St. Rita, Bolingbrook and Kankakee.
As usual, there are some intriguing transfers around the area, including two who landed at a Public League power.
Mark Krueger, a fixture on the local high school and college broadcasting scene for several decades, has died unexpectedly.
Prep football fans don’t have to wait long to see one of the best matchups of the season.
Assad (1-2) will make his second start of the season. He pitched 3 2⁄3 scoreless innings Monday, his second-longest outing of the season.
“Just one of those days,” said Hendricks, who yielded seven runs and eight hits — all in the fourth inning — of the Cubs’ 8-0 loss Friday.
The senior athlete from Hersey committed to Northwestern on Monday, a milestone in interim coach David Braun’s efforts to bring some stability to the troubled program.
Darrion Dupree is the third Illinois senior in Wisconsin’s recruiting class, joining Jacobs tight end Grant Stec and Joliet Catholic defensive lineman Dillan Johnson.
Andre Lovett, Antonio Russell and Kwan Johnson are leading a resurgence in Blue Island.