Sports Stories from August 22, 2014 (Change date)
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Vernon Hills still youngAug 22, 2014 10:19 pm - On the day a national news story broke regarding academic fraud with the University of Notre Dame's football team, a TV helicopter hovered over Vernon Hills' Rust-Oleum ...
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St. Charles East excited about fresh startAug 22, 2014 3:12 pm - A change in head coaches brings excitement. That's the scene at St. Charles East, where former head sophomore coach Bryce Farquhar succeeds five-year varsity head man Mi...
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Batavia poised for more big thingsAug 27, 2014 11:45 am - Batavia's football program is in full reload mode. Coach Dennis Piron's Bulldogs come off the Class 6A state title, the school's first football title. Batavia has won th...
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Round Lake hopes faster means betterAug 22, 2014 10:13 pm - Football linemen stood on a track, ready to sprint. Race officials holding stopwatches put them down in favor of ... calendars. "A team would come here for track (in th...
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Aurora Christian making smooth transitionAug 22, 2014 2:54 pm - Challenges? Aurora Christian's up for them. Midseason injuries hammered the Eagles last season yet they reached the Class 3A semifinals. This year they play in a new con...
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Carmel focused on getting off on right footAug 25, 2014 11:13 pm - With a hard-plastic boot on his left foot, Andy Bitto traversed his Carmel Catholic football team's stadium turf alternating between a four-wheeled scooter and 4 x 2 tra...
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Cubs' Arrieta, Strop shut down their former teamAug 23, 2014 12:50 pm - The plot lines were there for easy pickings Friday. You can say that the Cubs played up to their competition during a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Wrigley ...
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Sky win first playoff game in nailbiting fashionAug 23, 2014 12:50 pm - ATLANTA — Courtney Vandersloot hit the game-winning jumper from the top of the key with 20 seconds left to lead the Sky to an 80-77 win over the Dream in the first game...
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White Sox waste Abreu's homer, lose to YankeesAug 23, 2014 12:50 pm - NEW YORK — White Sox manager Robin Ventura has seen it too many times this season. Jose Abreu gave Chicago the lead with a three-run homer in the first inning but the Ne...
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Jackie Robinson West playing in U.S. final todayAug 23, 2014 3:53 pm - SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Things have come easy at the Little League World Series for the team from Las Vegas. The West Region champions have steamrolled three opponent...