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Grayslake North steps forward
May 11 2013 | 7:14 pm
- Grayslake North was growing up as a school while Grayslake Central was building one of the Chicago area's top baseball programs. A big weekend has the seven-year-old Knights' program in position to reach unprecedented heights. They moved into sole...
Football limits in Texas; spring sports snowed under in North Dakota
May 02 2013 | 10:37 pm
- A lot of the furor has subsided over a recent effort by members of the Illinois state legislature to place limits on the amount of constant contact in high school football practices. But don't start believing this is an issue which will quietly...
Dick embraces challenge as Fremd's next AD
Apr 25 2013 | 4:03 pm
- David Dick knows he will face all kinds of challenges when he officially takes over as Fremd High School's athletic director in July. One he'll face down the road is the potential for a house divided. Dick and his wife Jennifer have a daughter...
Skonieczny's 3 HRs, 8 RBI lead unbeaten Huntley
Apr 19 2013 | 10:14 pm
- Huntley junior catcher Mark Skonieczny had a forgettable start to an unforgettable game Friday at Prairie Ridge. Teammate Jake Wagner didn't let Skonieczny forget about it after the top-ranked Red Raiders weathered three hours in cold, windy and...
Team effort makes Huntley 10-0
Apr 13 2013 | 5:51 pm
- A no-hitter was nowhere to be found on the list of priorities for Huntley pitcher Eric Luecht and coach Andy Jakubowski. And the lack of concern for individual achievements helps explain why the Red Raiders have no losses in 10 games after they won...
Buffalo Grove's O'Connor makes room for a new dream
Apr 10 2013 | 8:47 pm
- Ryan O'Connor was living the dream he envisioned as a teenager. "If you had asked me when I was 18 years old, where I want to be in my 40s," O'Connor said Wednesday afternoon, "it was to teach at a great school and to be a head coach of a quality...
Grayslake North toughs one out against McHenry
Apr 06 2013 | 9:14 pm
- Adam Gomski had to battle through some early difficulties on the mound. Catcher Kyle McBrien had to battle through some tough at-bats. And their Grayslake North teammates followed right along as they battled back on the road Saturday morning for a...
Diligently, Deerfield outlasts Grant
Apr 05 2013 | 10:31 pm
- Every inning seemed to be a long one when Grant hosted Deerfield in a nonconference baseball game on a cold and windy Friday afternoon in Fox Lake. But the biggest inning in a game where neither team could cleanly retire the side in order turned a...
Two decades later, Fremd's memorable run still resonates
Mar 30 2013 | 4:58 pm
- There were Fremd boys basketball teams that compiled gaudier records. There were Vikings teams with players who received more acclaim. But no team in Fremd history can match what this one accomplished 20 years ago. And no one in the Mid-Suburban...
Sixth sense says Simeon will be tough to beat
Mar 14 2013 | 11:56 am
- The IHSA will be hoping this weekend's Class 3A and 4A boys basketball state tournaments are devoid of the controversy that has marred last Saturday's 2A title-game win by Harrisburg over Seton Academy. An opportunity for history to be made could...