An athlete who has won almost every award there is to win in freestyle wrestling now makes his home in Huntley, working to raise a new generation of not only great wrestlers, but also hard workers.

Marian Central Catholic High School has hired Jim Sarther as its new boys basketball head coach and Kevin Smith as boys golf head coach.

Big Division 1 athletic programs often see players who were stars in high school having diminished roles, as was the case with Illini softball outfielder Veronica Ruelius, who after starting all four seasons at Marengo Community High School, did not see the playing field at all in 2016.