Koz is part of the Champagne Jazz lineup at Thornton Winery and has been since the early ’90s. Tickets are on sale for this year’s season, which begins May 3 with R&B Grammy winner Lalah Hathaway and ...

Gerald Albright and Brian Simpson with Jessy J, June 28 Eric Benet and Althea Rene ... Lington with Ruben Studdard and Jazz Funk Soul featuring Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp, Paul Jackson Jr., Aug. 2 ...

Wright scored 15 points in Benet’s 55-54 win. (Vincent D. Johnson / Naperville Sun) Benet guard Jayden Wright can beat teams in a variety of ways. Some games, the 5-foot-11 junior does it by ...

Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Share CHAMPAIGN — Benet’s personnel was well-known entering the season. Seven-footer Colin Stack, 6-9 Southern Illinois recruit Daniel Pauliukonis and guards ...

One final game remains in the Illinois boys basketball season. Benet Academy (32-5) takes on Gurnee Warren (27-10) for the Illinois High School Association Class 4A championship Saturday night at ...

Benet made four 3s in the first quarter, Wright hitting two of them and scoring 8 points. Pauliukonis' 3-pointer in the final seconds gave the Redwings a 16-11 lead after a quarter.

Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Share CHAMPAIGN — Coaches love defense. Benet and Evanston are well-coached teams and have the defensive stuff figured out. Halfway through the third quarter ...

Evanston Township High School’s quest for an Illinois High School Association Class 4A boys basketball championship ended Friday night when the team lost to Benet Academy 56-47 in a semifinal game in ...

Evanston sophomore Vito Rocca goes up for a layup among a crowd of Benet defenders, including Colin Stack, right, and Daniel Pauliukonis during Friday night’s Class 4A state semifinal game at ...

Benet’s offense finally caught up with its defensive effort in the fourth quarter. The Redwings opened the last quarter with a 15-3 scoring run that helped build a lead that got as large as 22 ...