NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WGN) — Benet Academy freshman Keira Stone has played soccer since she was 3 years old. Stone—who also plays club soccer—just started her first high school season, but IHSA rules are ...

Student-athletes juggle a lot between homework, practice, games, and other responsibilities. So who should decide how student-athletes spend their free time? That question is getting a lot of play ...

Alton High coach Eric Roberson (background in white jacket) watches the Redbirds' Jacob Brooks (bottom) wrestle against Jacksonville's Brock Meyer last season in the 175-pound division at the Steve ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Illinois High School Association, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, will collaborate with state lawmakers over a bill that aims to allow student-athletes to ...

Depending on one's point of view, high school athletics in Illinois will soon suffer more from ever-encroaching private sports interests or benefit from a new "Right to Play" law struck between the ...

From left, Alton High athletic director Chris Kusnerick, Alton head wrestling coach Eric Roberson and assistant coach Wade Lowe watch the action during an AHS bout at the Red Schmitt Holiday Wrestling ...

Those two meager words are enough to raise the hackles of parents, athletes, coaches and administrators continually seeking a way for outside interests to coexist with the Illinois High School ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school teams during the same season in ...

A longstanding debate between Illinois lawmakers and the IHSA has been settled with a compromise on a new 'Right to Play' bill. The new bill was part of an effort to allow students who participate on ...