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JCA tops St. Francis

By CURT HERRON For Sun-Times Media — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Joliet Catholic Academy coach Christine Scheibe didn't have to say much to her team as it faced elimination at match point of the second game of Thursday's Class 3A St. Francis Sectional final with the host Spartans.

Providence atop list of area title hopefuls

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Dick Goss: The Joliet area has nine teams remaining in the state high school football playoff hunt, with second-round games on tap this weekend. And so far, we still have the potential to send a team to the championship game in any of the six classes from 3A through 8A.

JCA's Wyman, Warren step to the fore

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Ron Kremer: With the season on the line, Joliet Catholic Academy volleyball coach Christine Scheibe had the presence to look at senior leader Annemarie Hickey for some guidance.

Football playoff capsule: JCA at Cahokia

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

#6 JCA (8-2) at #3 Cahokia (9-1) Class: 5A Kickoff: 2 p.m. Saturday Up next: JCA would host Washington or Sterling.

Football playoff capsule: Downers South at Bolingbrook

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

#7 Downers Grove South (8-2) at #2 Bolingbrook (9-1) Class: 8A Kickoff: 6 p.m. Saturday Up next: Bolingbrook would travel to Glenbard North or to Sandburg.

Football playoff capsule: Providence at Oswego

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

#2 Providence (9-1) at #10 Oswego (8-2) Class: 6A Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday Up next: Providence would host Crete-Monee or Normal Community.

Playoff football capsule: Minooka at East St. Louis

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

#3 Minooka (8-2) at #2 East St. Louis (8-2) Class: 7A. Kickoff: 3 p.m. Saturday Up next: Minooka would travel to Lincoln-Way East or host O'Fallon.

Football capsules: Best of the rest, Rd. 2

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

A look at the other teams playing this weekend.

Riddle me this: Who is Cutler?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Rick Telander: Who is Jay Cutler? Do you know? Do you have any real sense of the most-spotlighted athlete in our city at this time? I don't. And if you're honest, I think you'll admit you don't, either.

With Teahen aboard, will Beckham move to 2nd?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

The trade that dragged on yesterday, finally got done today. The White Sox acquired Mark Teahen and cash from the Royals in exhange for Chris Getz and Josh Fields.