Despite higher gas prices, Oswego East’s Owen Valek and his family are likely to look back on this summer’s travels as a wise investment. Fingers crossed. The senior kicker has gained a valuable ...

Cade Valek doesn’t have to score a single point to make a difference for Waubonsie Valley. A key reserve, the 6-foot-6 junior forward is often first or second off the bench for coach Andrew Schweitzer ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Erika Valek has been to a Final Four. The problem is, Purdue's junior point guard never played in one. She missed the opportunity in 2001 thanks to a torn anterior cruciate ...

Gunner Pollman’s bat sliced through the air. Like so many others on this cloudy Sunday at Alex Box Stadium, Pollman missed. It’s what he missed that was so confounding. Jared Poché’s low-90s fastball?

Left-handed pitcher John Valek is headed to LSU after three years as a weekend starter at Akron. (GoZips.com) One program's demise has proven to be a potential big boost for the LSU baseball program.

A winner in all four of his first LSU starts, John Valek III’s given LSU and Paul Mainieri just what they’d hoped for as a Sunday starter. Now comes the question that’s been asked since February: Can ...