The Defenders (8-4), who were soundly beaten by 24 points by the Panthers on May 4, could do no wrong in the second quarter, scoring 31 points to take a 37-19 lead into the half.

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 million fine for the former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving ...