As a basketball and softball standout in the Lincoln-Way district all throughout her high school career, Lauren Hunter came up big.

But when it came time to choose a college, the recent Lincoln-Way East graduate wanted...

Prior to his final two seasons at Lincoln-Way Central, Ryan Vice was a first baseman with a powerful bat who had never spent much time pitching.

That all changed in the summer before his junior year.

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When Peyton Nigro earned playing time on Lincoln-Way East’s varsity team as a sophomore, he started to believe that college football may be in his future.

“Ever since I was in seventh grade, I knew I wanted to play in...