What if students can't pay the pay-to-play fees?
Pay-to-play, registration, and other fees are going unpaid and building up in the West Aurora (Ill.) school district. What to do?
Athletics
Statistical properties of undefeated IL football teams
124 teams are undefeated in Illinois varsity football, according to the Illinois High School Association. Here’s a report to look at their stats in a new light.
Friday night not quite as filled with lights this week
Football in two states observed the Jewish holiday in many communities this weekend. Plus, we’re getting ready to turn on our predictions for every Illinois high school football game.
Weather postpones start of football in Illinois
For more than 200 varsity football teams in Illinois, especially in the northern half of the state, games would have to wait at least another day.
Quick test for concussions can be given on field
A newly developed, low-tech test for concussions may make diagnosing concussions easier on the sidelines during collision sports like football and boys’ lacrosse.
USA Today's top IL high school football teams
USA Today’s rankings are out for high school football, as are partial rankings of the top 20 or so Chicago-area teams by the city’s two major papers.
94 Baltimore-area players on D-I college football rosters
The Baltimore Sun has tallied the football players from Baltimore-area high schools who are listed on Division I rosters this season and compared it to previous years.
IL schools to carry catastrophic sports injury insurance
Catastrophic injury insurance has been mandated in Illinois for student-athletes at the high school level. Response is favorable, but some argue that it’s another unfunded mandate.
Booster clubs unite against pay-to-play in Harford Co.
Pay-to-play fees for Harford County, Md., students begin this fall in hopes of saving money for teachers. Booster organizations oppose the fees, but they’re modest compared to national averages.
Philly miraculously finds millions for music, football
The School District of Philadelphia restored positions for school secretaries and some music teachers, as the district found new money from savings, taxes, and an increase in state funding.