The inaugural Chicagoland Summer Showcase high school boys basketball tournament tips off this weekend with plenty to top teams from around the country as well as some of the highest-rated recruits. Mat Paker, Rockford Public Schools Athletic Director talks about the next two weekends of top-flight basketball here in Rockford.

 

East faces Geneva tonight in the NIU Supersectional, with the winner advancing to the IHSA Class 4A Boys Basketball State Tournament in Peoria. Geneva Coach Scott Hennig talked with Randy & Co. about his team and what he expects from tonight's game.

 
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In a surprise move, Jim Schroeder, who had served as head football coach at Rockford University for four seasons, took the same job at Benedictine. The Regents were quick to fill the vacancy, promoting defensive coordinator J.T. Zimmerman.

 
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Zack Jones has gone from a guy who didn't pitch a lot in high school at Harlem to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference's Pitcher of the Year. We talked with the Rockford University junior on Randy & Co.

 
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