The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Friday, April 26, 2024
High School Sports

Courier-News Player of the Week

By  Erik Jacobsen ejacobsen@stmedianetwork.com
   
SHARE Courier-News Player of the Week
tst.0921.185355.18e045591ef2bdc6d25fcc1eccb477b3_630x420.jpg

AARON EVERSON

Bartlett, senior, RB

Everson was a work horse like usual Friday, racking up 262 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 38 carries in a 37-7 victory against rival South Elgin. The senior also broke Bartlett’s single season rushing record during the Upstate Eight Valley triumph.

HONOR ROLL

Week 1 — Cody Lane, Dundee-Crown

Week 2 — Aaron Everson, Bartlett

Week 3 — Aaron Everson, Bartlett

Week 4 — Aaron Everson, Bartlett

Week 5 — Ryan Ritchie, Burlington C.

Week 6 — Davontae Elam, St. Edward

Week 7 — Aaron Everson, Bartlett

Week 8 — Aaron Everson, Bartlett

Week 9 —

Next Up In High School Sports
High school football notebook: Malik Elzy quickly catches on, Aidan Gray picks Northwestern, Illini start hot
City/Suburban Hoops Report Three-Pointer: Observations from the first live period weekend
High school football notebook: Brooks Bahr picks Michigan, Frank Covey heads to Northwestern, Ken Leonard prepares to retire
Nick Martinelli’s recruitment soars after emotional parting with Elon
A very early look at next season’s top high school basketball teams
Five players set to break out during the first live recruiting period
The Latest
Cook County Democrats selected Monica Gordon on Friday to appear on the November ballot as the party's nominee for Cook County Clerk in a special election.
Politics
Cook County Democratic leaders pick Monica Gordon to run for Cook County Clerk
Gordon will run in the November general election to fill the rest of the late Karen Yarbrough’s term as Cook County Clerk.
By Kristen Schorsch | WBEZ Chicago
 
Chicago Cubs' broadcaster Harry Caray sings "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch at Chicago's Wrigley Field in 1989.
Columnists
Why did Harry Caray always say ‘Holy Cow?’ It could be linked to a 1930s flying bovine. No bull!
In 1930, a 15-year-old Harry Caray was living in St. Louis when the city hosted an aircraft exhibition honoring aviator Charles Lindbergh. “The ‘first ever’ cow to fly in an airplane was introduced at the exhibition,” said Grant DePorter, Harry Caray restaurants manager. “She became the most famous cow in the world at the time and is still listed among the most famous bovines along with Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and ‘Elsie the cow.’”
By Michael Sneed
 
Rome Odunze
Bears
A day later, Rome Odunze's pairing with Bears still 'surreal'
Rome Odunze can keep the group chat saved in his phone for a while longer.
By Patrick Finley
 
IMG_3006.jpg
Bears
Bears QB Caleb Williams arrives at Halas Hall embracing enormous expectations
“What’s there to duck?” he responded when asked about the pressure he’ll be under in Chicago.
By Jason Lieser
 
Renderings of the proposed new Bears stadium
Letters to the Editor
Don't give away taxpayer money for a new Bears stadium
Not a dollar of taxpayer money went to the renovation of Wrigley Field and its current reinvigorated neighborhood, one reader points out.
By Letters to the Editor