Hendricks earns academic All-America honor

Carmel alumnus Kevin Hendricks, a senior outfielder for the Benedictine men’s baseball team, was recently named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division III Second Team. The Mundelein native is a management and organizational behavior major. Early in the season, Hendricks was named to the …

All-area girls soccer first team

Pioneer Press Player of the Year Corey Burns, a senior defender from Loyola, tops our girls soccer first team.

All-area boys volleyball first team

Pioneer Press Player of the Year Brad Tiller of Stevenson heads our boys volleyball first team.

Stars get chance to showcase talent

Of the nearly two dozen players on the roster for this weekend’s baseball showcase at St. Charles North, few are like Hinsdale Central senior Jacob White.

White is not playing travel baseball this summer and has not seriously considered baseball in college.

That’s not the …

Baseball showcase finds new suburban home

After 15 years, the Stevenson Showcase has moved.

The brainchild of high school baseball promoter and former Hersey coach Harvey Foster has found a new home. His two-day showcase is officially known as the Northwest Suburban Baseball Tournament, the premier exhibition for Chicago-area high school …

Bulls, city break ground on new training facility

After some 20 years practicing at the Berto Center in Deerfield, the Bulls broke ground Monday for a new practice facility that will be built east of the United Center, just across South Wood Street.

College Notebook: Delaney leads Kenyon College to NCAC tourney

New Trier alumna Chelsea Delaney led her Kenyon College women’s softball team to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament this season for the first time since 2006. The Kenyon Ladies finished the season with a 22-15 record and a 10-9 mark in conference play.

Delaney, …

O’Malley, Lambert earn MVP honors at IHSLA All-Star Game

ORLAND PARK — The best of the best seniors met Thursday night at Sandburg to compete in the 2013 IHSLA All-Star Game.

Putting numbers, stats and rivalries aside, it was all about connecting and reuniting with league rivals and teammates one last time.

“It’s a …

Mundelein and Carmel Athletes of the Year

Mundelein’s Connor Black and Carmel’s Jake Cochrane are the McDonald’s/Pioneer Press Athletes of the Year.

Carmel baseball happy to be out of the rain

MUNDELEIN — Rain had an impact on every baseball team in Lake County this season.

But perhaps no team was affected more than the Carmel Corsairs.

Only once — a May 13 win over St. Patrick — did Carmel play an East Suburban Catholic Conference …

Mundelein baseball reflects on surprising end to season

MUNDELEIN — May 23 was supposed to be the start of something magical for Mundelein’s baseball team.

The Mustangs — fresh off their second consecutive North Suburban Conference title — were seeded No. 1 and headed into a Class 4A regional semifinal against No. 17 …

All-NSC volleyball team released

The Stevenson and Vernon Hills boys volleyball teams — two of the area’s best squads during the regular season — dominated the 2013 all-North Suburban Conference team selections.

The Patriots and Cougars accounted for nine members of the 25-player team, which was announced last week. …

May 29 high school sports scoreboard

Playoff scores from around the area Wednesday.

Mundelein softball ‘on the map’

When Mundelein senior pitcher Erin Kennelly was a freshman, the Mustangs struggled to crack double digits in victories.

So despite its unexpected loss to Glenbrook South in a regional semifinal this season, Mundelein achieved too much in 2013 to dwell on the playoff setback for …

Felicelli has cemented her place at Carmel

MUNDELEIN — With just days left in her junior year at Carmel, Kathleen Felicelli’s footprint is already a sizeable one.

Felicelli was batting an eye-opening .509 as Carmel’s softball team entered the Class 4A playoffs last week, according to coach Jason Raymond. Her 11 home …