Providence-St. Mel hands Chicagoland Jewish first conference loss

DEERFIELD — Tuesday night’s game between Providence-St. Mel and Chicagoland Jewish was a matchup of two undefeated teams in the Chicago Prep Conference.

That’s where the similarities ended, Providence-St. Mell started — and finished — fast to blow out the Tigers 83-57.

Chicagoland Jewish tried …

Quirk emerges for surging Highland Park

SKOKIE — Highland Park’s girls basketball team won its third consecutive Central Suburban League North championship Friday.

That’s no small feat, even in a conference that features just three teams — Highland Park, Maine East and Maine West — with winning records.

The Giants have …

Mundelein graduate Brust helps Wisconsin upset Indiana

Mundelein alumnus Ben Brust helped lead the Wisconsin men’s basketball team to a 64–59 victory over then-No. 2 Indiana Jan. 15 in Bloomington, Ind. The junior guard played a team-high 35 minutes and chipped in nine points, three rebounds and two assists, while shooting 4-for-7 …

Jan. 27 high school sports scoreboard

Highland Park boys basketball and New Trier Green boys hockey both won.

Maine South wins 3A dance title

The Maine South competitive dance team scored a 98.36 to earn a narrow victory over Stevenson in the Class 3A state final in Bloomington on Saturday.

Maine South scored a 95.98 in Friday’s preliminary round to place second behind Stevenson, but the Hawks slid into …

Jan. 26 high school sports scoreboard

Boys basketball, girls basketball and boys swimming results from around the area.

Nix sets scoring mark as Niles North blows out Highland Park

HIGHLAND PARK — Highland Park controlled the opening tip and converted a layup within 10 seconds, but the momentum would be short-lived. Niles North rattled off 26 unanswered points to build an insurmountable lead en route to a 58-32 win Friday.

The Vikings (19-3, 7-0) …

Jan. 25 high school sports scoreboard

Boys basketball, girls basketball and boys swimming results from around the area.

CSL South notebook: Calkins gearing up for state tournament

SKOKIE — Terry Calkins got himself in the right frame of mind for the state series by capturing the CSL championship at 126 pounds.

The Maine South senior beat New Trier sophomore Alec McKenna 9-3 in the final Saturday at Niles West for his second …

CSL North notebook: Despite improvement, Demons still feel disrespected

SKOKIE — Maine East finished sixth out of 12 teams at the CSL tournament, even though 160-pounder Ahmed Al-Rifaei was its only wrestler to make a championship final.

The Blue Demons’ 106-point performance at the conference meet is another sign of the program’s improvement — …

Jan. 24 high school sports scoreboard

Boys and girls basketball, boys swimming and wrestling results from around the area.

Jan. 22 high school sports scoreboard

Boys basketball, girls basketball, girls bowling, boys hockey and boys swimming results from around the area.

Nawrot’s success all in the numbers

SKOKIE — Highland Park only had two wrestlers place in the top six in their weight classes en route to an 11th-place finish at the CSL tournament Saturday, but those two wrestlers had something in common.

Juniors Dom Ciancio and Brandon Garcia-Galvan both wore facemasks …

Shrago regains confidence as Highland Park surges

HIGHLAND PARK — Last June, Highland Park boys basketball player Sam Shrago had a conversation he’ll never forget.

Still recovering from reconstructive right knee surgery he underwent his junior season, he was watching his Giants teammates compete in a summer basketball league game. Shrago was …

Hinsdale Central grad Thomson guides Stanford past Pacific

Hinsdale Central alumnus Danny Thomson helped the Stanford men’s swim team to a 159–92 dual-meet win against Pacific Jan. 5 in Stanford, Calif.

Thomson, a freshman from Hinsdale, took second place in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9 minutes, 28.54 seconds, second place …