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Jerry Fitzpatrick

Fox Valley Sports Writer
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  • Emailjfitzpatrick@dailyherald.com

Jerry Fitzpatrick joined the Daily Herald prep sports staff in 2002 after two years as a contributing correspondent. Since 2004, his beats in the northern Fox Valley have included football, girls volleyball, boys basketball, baseball and boys and girls track.

An avid fan of high school sports, he has reported from IHSA events at sites ranging from Elgin to Peoria, Champaign to the Quad Cities.

In 2006, he spearheaded a three-part staff report that examined the relationship between IHSA sports and the expanding club sports scene.

Fitzpatrick also has covered hundreds of Chicago professional sporting events, mainly Major League Baseball on both sides of town. Memorable experiences include contributing to coverage of the White Sox title run in 2005, Cubs playoff teams in 2007 and 2008, Bulls and Blackhawks playoff games, the 2009 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, and witnessing each of Devin Hester's touchdown returns at Soldier Field in 2007.

Prior to joining the Daily Herald, he spent three years criss-crossing the Midwest on long bus rides while employed as the radio play-by-play voice of the Springfield (Ill.) Jr. Blues hockey team, and he worked for two seasons as a contributing broadcaster for the Springfield Capitals minor-league baseball team. He began his journalism career as an editor for Suburban NiteLife Magazine, based in West Chicago.

Fitzpatrick grew up in Wheaton and is a graduate of St. Francis High School, where he lettered twice in football and baseball. He now lives in the northwest suburbs.

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South Elgin graduates into sectional

May 26 2012 | 8:36 pm - South Elgin senior Jake Buhman said he wasn't worried about missing his 2 p.m. high school graduation ceremony if it came to that, even when Saturday morning's Class 4A Larkin regional championship game against Elgin went to extra innings around...

Crystal Lake S. hangs on to beat Jacobs

May 26 2012 | 10:00 pm - Senior pitcher Jordan Van Dyck and No. 1 Crystal Lake South denied No. 2 Jacobs' bid for the first regional title in school history by holding on for a 3-2 victory in the Class 4A Huntley regional championship game Saturday afternoon.

Self, Jacobs get past Huntley

May 24 2012 | 10:47 pm - The Jacobs baseball team's 8-4 victory over Huntley Thursday was partly a matter of Self-help. No. 3 Huntley led 3-0 after half an inning, but No. 2 Jacobs showed no panic. The Golden Eagles chipped away with single runs in the first and second...

Fox Valley could be showered in medals this weekend

May 24 2012 | 7:19 pm - The medal stand at the boys state track and field meet at Eastern Illinois University could be littered with Fox Valley area athletes this weekend. Among the brightest hopes to win state titles in Class 3A are Elgin's 800-meter relay team and...

Parisi steps down at Dundee-Crown

May 24 2012 | 8:40 pm - Dundee-Crown baseball coach Tommy Parisi resigned from that position Wednesday after one season on the job, citing the need to spend more time on his continuing education. Parisi, who will remain a physical education teacher at the school, told his...

Stazy, South Elgin close out Larkin

May 23 2012 | 10:18 pm - Closing out a playoff game under pressure is a scenario kid pitchers have acted out in baseball pickup games for generations. South Elgin senior pitcher Eric Stazy experienced the real deal in his team's 7-5 victory over host Larkin in a Class 4A...

Lisle downs St. Edward, heads to state

May 22 2012 | 10:40 pm - It didn't matter that the Lisle girls soccer team managed but 3 shots against a stringent St. Edward defense. It only mattered that one of those 3 shots went in the net. Junior Skyler Tomko scored unassisted from the top of the 18-yard box with...

Bartlett hangs on to nip Streamwood

May 21 2012 | 10:31 pm - The Streamwood baseball team didn't go quietly, but host Bartlett ended the Sabres' season just the same Monday. No. 17 Streamwood rallied for 3 runs in the top of the seventh, courtesy of Illinois recruit Richie Gorski's 2-run triple and a...

Baseball/Scouting the Fox Valley's Class 3/4A postseason

May 19 2012 | 5:53 pm - Baseball/Scouting the Fox Valley's Class 3/4A postseason

Richmond's experience too much for St. Edward

May 19 2012 | 5:29 pm - The young St. Edward baseball team was overwhelmed by a group of playoff veterans in Richmond Saturday. Host and top seed Richmond-Burton, which advanced last season to a Class 3A sectional final, erupted for 7 runs on 5 hits in the second inning...

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