Now in his second season at North Dakota State University, Austin Marsden takes part in practices daily with his athletes and works one-on-one each Wednesday.

The IHSA winter sports season can finally begin next week and local coaches are encouraged that the COVID-19 trend might help salvage the rest of the sports year.

Bill Schulz, the 6-foot-10 1/2 center on Alden-Hebron's 1952 boys basketball state champion team, died on Thursday at age 86.

Marian Central graduate Gavin Dineen transferred from Drake to Indiana State for his final football season. He must wait until the fall, but he is eager to show the Sycamores what he can bring to their defensive line.

IHSA schools got a bit of good news regarding sports Tuesday as they learned some sports teams may return to practice, and lower-risk sports may be competing next week.

Katie Beyer, who committed to Valparaiso in April, got a surprise offer in December to join the NCAA Division-I Crusaders a semester early and jumped at the opportunity.

Three Illinois regions moving out of Tier 3 and into Tier 2 of the Illinois COVID-19 mitigation plan can resume some youth and adult recreational sports, Gov. JB Pritzker said at a news conference Friday.

IHSA athletes and coaches state-wide are taking to Twitter and posting videos advocating to Gov. JB Pritzker and other state officials to resume high school sports, which remain on pause.

Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan, a McHenry graduate, catches everything thrown his way. He finished the 2020 regular season fourth in the NFL in catch percentage with zero drops.