Imagine hosting a family reunion that could draw 4,000 people. It’s a possibility when the Crete Bulldogs Youth Football and Cheerleading Organization hosts its 50th anniversary celebration, an Aug.

Reed Manstedt may have one more coaching assignment to announce before his Crete football team opens the season. Manstedt took over as the Cardinals' head coach after longtime coach Chuck McGinnis ...

Jerry Verde's dilemma probably makes many of his coaching counterparts envious. Wednesday's first day of practice officially began Verde's fifth season as varsity football boss at Crete-Monee, and the ...

CRETE — Three lost fumbles spelled doom for Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, and Crete-Monee handed the Cyclones their first loss in 40 games. Crete-Monee got 213 yards rushing from Clint Ratkovich ...

The East St. Louis and Crete-Monee football teams have history — and recent history at that. Just last year, the two programs met in the IHSA Class 6A semifinals, with the visiting Flyers blistering ...

In the last two games, the senior has thrown eight touchdown passes and Friday, despite a rough start, Bailey threw for four touchdowns and the defense shut down Rich South as the Warriors blanked the ...

Crete punched it into the end zone twice in the second to lead 21-0 at halftime. Both teams reached the end zone in the fourth quarter. "I thought we made some improvements in many areas against Crete ...

The uncertainty of playing high school football during the COVID-19 pandemic hit Crete this month. The Cardinals were loaded onto their new charter bus ready to travel to Class B No. 7 McCook on Sept.

Crete-Monee senior Marcus Kidd was raised to place team success ahead of individual achievements. It’s a characteristic his mother, Demetria, instilled in the 6-foot-3, 185-pound wide receiver from a ...

WASHINGTON — Meaningful November football and Babcook Field have become intertwined phrases in recent years. And, in Saturday's newest installment of playoff memories, Washington got a painful jolt of ...