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Palatine’s Hedstrom headed for North Dakota

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Palatine's Megan Hedstrom is signing up for a future in NCAA Division I softball at North Dakota.

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Quarterback Brett Basanez, here throwing a pass during his Northwestern days, is among the recent inductees to St. Viator's Athletics Hall of Fame.

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Not too many Mid-Suburban League softball players are also varsity gymnasts in the conference. But Megan Hedstrom is one of those exceptions. And she is also an exceptional softball player. Six months after leading Palatine as a junior with a .407 batting average, 41 RBI and 5 home runs, Hedstrom signed a letter of intent November of 2012 to play NCAA Division I softball for the University of North Dakota.