The Illini from the New Lenox Rec League Girls Jr. Basketball Division won the 2017 title March 5 to complete an undefeated season. The team, which is sponsored by Raffy’s Candy Store and coached by brothers Chris and Dave Rafalski,...

While Ava Gugliuzza, a Nelson Ridge girls basketball player, may have been much younger than her Athlete of the Month competitors, that did not stop her from rising to the top of the December competition.

It should...