Cicadas Love Baseball
When cicadas came out in the spring of 2024, high school baseball saw its fair share of the winged spectators.
Throwback Photo Gallery: Chicago High School Kickoff Classic 2007
Throwback photo gallery from the 2007 Chicago Kickoff Classic at Soldier Field. A triple header of high school football games between the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League.
Best Photos: IHSA Wrestling State Finals 2024
A selection of some of my best photos from the 2024 Illinois wrestling state finals. I can’t say this enough, these photos don’t happen in a void. Photographers like myself, Gary Middendorf for Shaw, John Starks for The Daily Herald, … Continued
Postcards From IHSA Football State Finals 2023
On the sidelines and baselines of high school sports I see a ton of photographers & video makers. Most are kids and parents of the schools they are filming, but if a team has a big enough star, more than … Continued
IHSA Football State Finals Biggest Fan Section 2023
Each year I cover the IHSA football state finals I’ve tried to capture photos showing the amount of fans each school brings to the game. Partially because someone is always claiming their school brought the most fans and because even … Continued
A Chicago Catholic League Two-fer
The reason I stared going around the state looking for some of the best high school gyms, had almost nothing to do with the construction of new state-of-the-art athletic facilities, but more to do with the passing of awkward, antiquated, … Continued
Chicago is high on DuSable right now
Tonight I photographed a group of football players from DuSable High School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. You may have heard of them. Recently the team, along with Fenger High, was featured on every TV news cast in Chicago, and surprise … Continued
Groundbreaking Females In Illinois High School Football History
The 3 biggest female centered high school football stories I’ve covered
Girls Rock Title IX
Before Girls Could Play It’s crazy to think that women’s sports was not always a thing in schools in America. Until Title IX was passed in 1972 I can’t help but feel that most of the thinking at the time … Continued
150 of the Best High School Gyms in Illinois
From 820, down to 150 Gyms. Here are some of the finalists and what it might make take to make it into the book. There are over 800 high schools in the state of Illinois and with every school year … Continued