Kimberly Pohl
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Ferrarin: St. Charles East grad NCAA Woman of the Year finalistOct 16, 2014 6:02 pm - Alexa Baltes' road from dribbling basketballs in the basement at age 2 to winning the NCAA Division III women's national championship two years ago was as much about har...
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Elite Conant student insists baton twirling is a sportSep 18, 2014 7:52 pm - Competitive baton twirler Chase Dorn knows full well that some people don't think of her sport as, well, a sport. She knows better. "It's a sport because it takes just a...
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Wheeling siblings have World Cup dreamsJun 19, 2014 8:45 pm - Fourteen-year-old Alondra Arreola sits on the couch, but her feet move in sync with the ball, following the action of the World Cup soccer match on the television screen...
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Pingree Grove immigrant learns to excel at ECCMay 15, 2014 9:13 am - Alejandro Molina Hoyos' goal in life is to promote education and give others a chance to have the positive experiences he's had so far. The 19-year-old just graduated wi...
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Bolingbrook teen finds patterns of success across fieldsMay 01, 2014 9:18 am - Timothy Zhou excels at music, math and chess. While that may seem like an unusual combination, the Bolingbrook teen is quick to explain the three disciplines are much mo...
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Mount Prospect teen wins Wolves scholarshipApr 25, 2014 8:39 am - Those who know Tim Gruensfelder agree on two things — he never lets anything stop him, and he never shows how much his battle with a rare cancer affects him on any given...
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Barrington chess champ among nation's best young playersApr 03, 2014 6:54 pm - Playing chess is all about being like a fox, 10-year-old Shreya Mangalam likes to say. "I always try to do tricks that people can't really see," said Shreya, a fifth-gra...
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Cannings donate $1 million to Harper CollegeMar 17, 2014 3:19 pm - Catherine Clarke was at a party several years ago with her ex-husband, who described her to a group as a “baby chick” — cute, but not very bright. “I had been conditione...
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Barrington teens help kids in GuatemalaFeb 20, 2014 12:24 pm - From inspiring fellow students to engage in service to giving new homes to poor families in Guatemala, two Barrington sisters have been spreading a lot of good around th...
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Suburban man gives a voice to the special needs communityFeb 06, 2014 11:34 am - Communication is Daniel Smrokowski's biggest passion, but it's also his biggest struggle. The 25-year-old Westmont man is the founder and executive director of Special C...
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