'D' Bulls top LeBron
Would you believe the Bulls won for a second straight game because of their -- ahem -- defense? Believe it.

Walking off the field one final time
Larry McKeon circled his players, tapping their helmets and gathering himself for one final postgame speech. This was the program he built from the ground up, in his own image.

This Hammers' trade is special
Brandon McArthur has been acquired by the Joliet JackHammers for the playing rights of Michael Moore. But it hardly ranks as your average trade.

Great ride ends for Plainfield North football
The Plainfield North Tigers drew powerful Chicago St. Rita in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs and were sent home to pack their gear after a 40-14 loss to the Mustangs on Saturday night.

Consider it a muddy success
For your Saturday morning entertainment, how about a nice traipse through the mud?

2010: Hammers play 50 at home
The Joliet JackHammers have announced their 2010 regular-season schedule, which includes 50 home games. The Hammers will begin play Friday, May 21, in Fargo, N.D., against the defending Northern League champion Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks.

Fabulous 15 in state football playoffs
Fifteen indeed was the magic number. That's how many Joliet area high school football teams have been invited to the postseason playoff extravaganza.

Minooka beats P'field C. in mud bowl
You line up two high school football teams together that have been improving all season. You have plenty riding on the outcome for both sides. What do you get? Friday night's thriller at Plainfield Central, where Minooka clinched the Southwest Prairie Conference championship with a thrilling 21-13 victory.

PFN runs past district rival PFE
The Plainfield North High School football team completed its regular season with an impressive 43-0 Southwest Prairie Conference win over neighborhood District 202 rival Plainfield East Friday night.

Adams shines for PFS in win over Oswego E.
It's becoming all too familiar for the Plainfield South football team. For the second straight year, the Cougars finished 5-4 and will likely miss the playoffs after a 40-15 win over Oswego East.

P'field C. linebacker has been defensive ‘Superman’
Bill Scheibe: Superman's cape has been the subject of several genres, including a Jim Croce song. Like it or not, Plainfield Central middle linebacker Ryan Carr inherited that type of handle after playing 10 varsity games last year.

JCA doubles pleasure in chilly sectional
The three matches contested under the lights Saturday night in Romeoville told pretty much the story of a long, cold day at the Bolingbrook Sectional Girls Tennis Tournament.

It's Plainfield C. on one wild and crazy night
A veteran official came over to the chain gang and said, "This game has more weird, unique penalties than any one I've ever seen." A fellow reporter on the sideline must have remarked a half-dozen times, "You ain't seen nothin' yet."

Bibbs breaks loose as Plainfield North rolls
Kapri Bibbs scored five touchdowns as Plainfield North defeated District 202 rival Plainfield South 39-13 in a key Southwest Prairie Conference matchup Friday night.

'Hammers offer Rush a piece of Joliet pie
The Joliet JackHammers have reached out to conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh to become an investor in the franchise. Now that he will no longer be part of the group looking to purchase the St. Louis Rams, he may have some funds available to invest somewhere else.

More than a game
St. Raphael's 2009 Punt, Pass and Kick Competition at Benedictine University coincided with the recent release of a book highlighting the valuable life lessons acquired through the youth football league by longtime coach Jim Brown.

Plainfield Central drops a heartbreaker
It was a gamble. And it paid off. For Oswego, that is. On 4th-and-5 in the second overtime and trailing Plainfield Central 24-21, the Panthers decided to go for the win rather than kick the tying field goal. Oswego's Ryan West completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Sean Danielson to come away with a 27-24 Southwest Prairie Conference win.

Plainfield N. takes its fifth vs. Oswego E.
Kapri Bibbs scored 4 touchdowns and rushed 26 times for 244 yards as Plainfield North High School (5-2, 3-2) defeated Oswego East 41-6 Friday night in Southwest Prairie Conference play.

Adams' return sparks Plainfield S.
Plainfield South jumped to a 27-0 halftime lead over district rival Plainfield East on Friday night and cruised to a 41-6 win.

Not fans of suspense
At the start of the season, all the Plainfield-based boys soccer teams' coaches agreed the Southwest Prairie Conference title was up for grabs this year.