Introducing the 2024 News-Sun Boys Volleyball All-Area Team
Libertyville's Jackson Kern, Vernon Hills' Ben Miller and Grayslake Central's Ben Boron are among the players on the first team.
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Lake Zurich’s Gabe Schwartz is the 2024 News-Sun Boys Volleyball Player of the Year
Schwartz, a junior outside hitter, led Lake Zurich with 351 kills this season.
Landon Diaz feels ‘fortunate and grateful.’ But Waukegan’s winning season owes much to him.
Diaz, the school's male athlete of the year, is the driving force for the Bulldogs.
Ben Boron raises expectations in his second season at Grayslake Central: ‘It was a great addition’
Boron, who attended Rolling Meadows as a freshman, has become a star at Grayslake Central.
What’s next for Libertyville’s Jackson Kern? Already co-captain, sophomore libero is ‘really unique.’
Kern's freshman season was auspicious enough. But just one year later, he's a captain.
Vernon Hills’ Ben Miller ‘wasn’t destined’ to be a dynamic player. With hard work, he has become one.
Miller, who said he was "was pretty bad throughout middle school," has racked up 75 kills.
Live, outdoor commencement held for ‘amazing class’ of 2021 grads at Buffalo Grove High School
Commencement was held as a live event earlier this month for the graduating class of 2021 at Buffalo Grove High School, with hundreds of seniors and their families filling Grant...
Hersey High School holds live commencement for 2021 seniors: ‘The resilience in our class is unreal, unmatched, and doesn’t go without notice’
In the first live commencement at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights since 2019, hundreds of graduating seniors and their families filled the school's Roland R. Goins Stadium for the...
Barrington public library now mails books, other checked-out items to patrons ? free of charge
The Barrington Area Library is offering patrons another way to check out and receive books and other items: by mail. "We had to do a lot of thinking about how...