During the many years I spent as a full-time high school sports writer and editor, we would start asking that question during the blizzards of winter, and then the monsoons of spring. As Memorial Day weekend came around, we'd ask again because we were finally seeing a light the end of the high school sports season tunnel.
Boys volleyball: Defending state champ Glenbard West is still alive and takes on Conant Tuesday in the South Elgin sectional final, with a berth in Friday's state quarterfinals at Hoffman Estates on the line. The other sectional finals on Tuesday include: Glenbrook South vs. Glenbrook North at GBN, Oak Park-River Forest vs. Chicago Payton at OP-RF, Whitney Young vs. St. Ignatius at Chicago Jones, Barrington vs. Hononegah at Grant, O'Fallon vs. Lincoln-Way West at LW-W, Marist vs.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service In the girls' tournament, a new state champion will be crowned as 2022 champ New Trier lost to Loyola in the sectional final. The Ramblers will face Evanston on Tuesday at Schaumburg, while the other three supers have Crystal Lake Central facing Lake Forest at Huntley, Hersey taking on Hinsdale Central at Hoffman, and Marist meeting Sandburg at Benedictine.
In Class 2A last year's runner-up, Benet, travels to downstate Washington to play Peoria Notre Dame, while Lake Forest plays Crystal Lake Central at Grayslake Central.