Joliet Junior College coach Wayne King receives congratulations from assistants after getting win No. 900 Tuesday. | Larry Kane~For Sun-Times Media
Joliet Catholic running back Ty Isaac (32) rushes the ball against Lincoln Way West at Lincoln Way West High School in New Lenox, Illinois, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. | Michael DiNovo~For Sun-Times Media
Bolingbrook's quarterback Aaron Bailey (15) at vs Homewood-Flossmoor held at home on Friday, September 21, 2012. | Larry Kane~For Sun-Times Media
Champaign, IL 2/17/12 The top high school wrestlers in the state met up in Champaign in Saturday's championship matches of the IHSA State Meet. Providence Catholic's Eddie Klimara runs to hug his coach after winning the 126 pound title in class 3A| Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
Bolingbrook's Morgan Tuck moves up the floor against West Aurora. | Corey R. Minkanic~For Sun-Times Media
From a national championship for the Joliet Junior College baseball team to a runaway tarp to injuries that affected the seasons of two nationally ranked high school football stars to the deaths of three high school athletes to team and individual championships and near misses, …
