Although it's less than a month into the regular season, the Oak Park and River Forest High School wrestling team looks formidable once again.

The first time I saw Brent Woods play basketball was at Burnett Park in Jacksonville, Florida on a sultry summer day in 1991. I loved his game immediately.

Rap and pop music are typically the tunes played during an Oak Park and River Forest High School boys hockey game at the Paul Hruby Ice Arena at the Ridgeland Common Recreation Complex.

The players on the Fenwick High School girls basketball team really wanted to get head coach Dave Power his 900^th win last season.

Fenwick senior Jacob Keller clearly heard the chants during the Friars' 63-57 win in overtime against rival Oak Park and River Forest at the Chicago Elite Classic Friday night.

As I watched the closing seconds of the Class 8A football state title game on TV, I felt happy for champion Maine South which defeated previously unbeatable Loyola Academy 27-17.

With upcoming games against a mix of area and conference rivals like Hinsdale Central, Fenwick, Downers Grove North and Trinity, the Oak Park and River Forest High School girls basketball team will get a better gauge of its development soon.

When the Oak Park and River Forest High School boys basketball team is in full flight, the Huskies provide a breathtaking style of play.

 On Wednesday morning, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy ruled to uphold the result of an 18-17 overtime win for Plainfield North over Fenwick in the Class 7A state semifinals last weekend, dashing the Friars' hopes for a state finals bid.

It's not often a team loses its first five games only to win a conference championship later in the season. That's the uncommon narrative the Oak Park and River High School girls basketball team produced in 2015.