Articles filed under Hoffman Estates

• The Soapbox May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Daily Herald editors write about Memorial Day, state cuts to municpalities and Google's big purchase in Libertyville. Find out what else is on their minds.
  

   
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  Images: Streamwood High School graduation May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Streamwood High School held its commencement ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. There were 500 graduating students.
  

   
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  Krzysko, Fillies survive Prospect in 8 May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Barrington's all-time home run leader Loren Krzysko was 0-for-3 as she led off the bottom of the eighth inning in Saturday's tense Class 4A Rolling Meadows regional softball championship game against Prospect. "I couldn't go 0-for-4," said the junior third baseman. "I knew I had to swing at anything good." Sure enough, Krzysko swung the game into the Fillies' favor when she doubled sharply down the left field line. Moments later, Krzysko advanced to third on catcher Savonnah's Osmanski's single to left and then scored on a wild pitch to Raegan Fingerman, giving the Fillies a 2-1 triumph over the No. 11 seeded Knights (11-26). The No. 4 Fillies (30-7) will now be swinging their bats in their own sectional next Wednesday, facing No. 1 Conant (32-3) in the 4:30 p.m. semifinal.
  

   

• Elk Grove meets Schaumburg’s challenge May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two bullets, a dominant pitching performance and a vacuum cleaner at second base helped Elk Grove capture a regional softball championship Saturday afternoon. The bullets were line-drive homers off the bat of Krista Soesbe in the first inning and Devan Parkison in the second. Soesbe's 3-run job erased a 2-run deficit and Parkison's padded the lead just enough for Dani Goranson to settle down and deliver the dominant pitching for which she has become known. As for the vacuum cleaner, that was second baseman Becca Maher. She handled four straight chances from the fifth inning into the sixth, including a diving stop that might have ignited a Schaumburg rally in the sixth and preserved a 6-2 Class 4A regional title win at Elk Grove. The Grenaders (28-8) will meet Fremd in a Barrington sectional semifinal Thursday.
  

   

• Fremd dominates South Elgin May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fremd senior Megan Hubbard may qualify for the understatement of the year. "I've been hitting pretty well lately," said Hubbard, with a straight face. Already the Vikings' career home run leader, Hubbard set the school's single-season mark Saturday with a 3-run bomb to center field in the third inning of Fremd's 14-0 five-inning with over South Elgin in the championship game of the Class 4A Fremd softball regional.
  

   
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  Northwest suburban water parks opening Memorial Day weekend May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  As the heat rises and summer fever kicks in, numerous suburban pools and water parks are beginning to open. While some water parks won't open until area schools get out, others are opening for the holiday weekend. Here's a look at what's happening at some of the major water parks in the Northwest suburbs.
  

   

• Hoffman Estates Police host camp May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Hoffman Estates Police Department is hosting its third Junior Police Academy June 18-22 at the police station at 411 W. Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates.
  

   

• Schaumburg rallies past St. Charles N. May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Schaumburg's baseball team has a 10 in front of its name that is pretty misleading.
  

   

• No early exit for Conant this year May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Last year Conant's softball team checked out of the postseason early, falling to Leyden in the regional championship game. This year, the Cougars are looking for an extended stay and they took a step forward on Saturday. Conant senior pitcher Briana Cavin held Hersey's bats in check while leading the Cougars to an 8-1 victory in the Hoffman Estates Class 4A regional title game. Top-seeded Conant (32-3) won its fourth overall regional title and first since 2005 in advancing to Wednesday's Barrington Class 4A sectional semifinal at 4:30 p.m. against No. 4 Barrington (30-7).
  

   
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  St. Viator students raise $10,000 for Mercy Home May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights raised $10,000 in this year's Lenten Campaign, and chose to give it to the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago. "Thank you. You change the lives of our children through your generosity," said the Rev. L. Scott Donohue, a 1972 graduate of St. Viator and current CEO of Mercy Home.
  

   

• Fecarotta letter misleading to residents May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: "Rather than ascertain the facts that went into the decision (to close Spectrum), he finds it easier to imply an impropriety against those who spent many hours of research and fact gathering before making a very difficult but informed decision," writes Scott Kegarise, in response to Robert Fecarotta April 16 letter.
  

   

• Says Spectrum layoffs were mishandled May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: A former employee of Spectrum in Schaumburg Township says the township greatly mishandled its decision to close the center. "For Mary (Wroblewski) to have not informed the members on the Committee for Youth and to have only provided two weeks' notice sent a clear message that she did not value our services," writes Angela Lacalamita.
  

   

• Dist. 220 to meet with school board alumni May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Barrington Unit District 220 school board will conduct a special meeting and summit with former board members to solicit input on current and pending issues at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the district's Early Learning Center, 40 E. Dundee Road in Barrington.
  

   
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  Introducing the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Today, we introduce you to some amazing teenagers. The members of the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team all have grades and test scores so stellar they could blind. But read past the test scores, and what you find are humble young people, dedicated to learning and intent on using education to further their goals.
  

   
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  Northwest Suburban honorable mentions May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  2011-2012 Northwest Suburban Academic Team honorable mentions
  

   
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  Fox Valley Academic Team honorable mentionsMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  2011-2012 Fox Valley Academic Team honorable mentions
  

   
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  St. Charles N. handles pressure, Schaumburg May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  No matter which of the five kicks in a penalty kick shootout a player is slated to take, there is bound to be pressure. Shootouts are pressure-packed situations by their very nature. But Lauren Koehl stepped up to take the fifth of St. Charles North's kicks on Friday night with a pressure unique to the shootout with Schaumburg: she could win the match for her team by converting her kick.
  

   
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  Barrington’s Scarbrough has reason to smile May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Barrington's AJ Scarbrough is usually smiling and he had a good reason for it during Friday's Class 3A state track prelims in Charleston. Scarbrough set a school-record in the triple jump and leads the field going into Saturday's finals. Hersey's Mark Balmes also advanced in the shot put and discus and Conant's Ben Bowers qualified in the high jump and 110 hurdles.
  

   
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  Barrington claims 4th straight sectional May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Aimee Pierce stood between freshmen Jenna Szczesny and Kelsey Muniez encouraging them in their postgame interviews. But this wasn't a typical situation for a sectional championship team. After all, Muniez had only played on the Barrington varsity team for a month and hadn't scored a goal. Szczesny has been on the Fillies' varsity squad, but it has been the playoffs where she has started to become a constant scoring threat. Each freshman scored goals in Barrington's 2-0 victory over Huntley in the Class 3A Rockford Boylan sectional, giving the Fillies a fourth-straight sectional crown.
  

   

• Flexibly, St. Viator advances May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  A bend-but-don't-break philosophy served the St. Viator girls soccer team well Friday night in the Class 2A Lakes sectional final. The top-seeded Lions' offense struck early against No. 2 Lake Forest, and the St. Viator defense held on in the end for an exciting 1-0 victory and a berth to the Barrington supersectional next Tuesday. St. Viator (14-8-4) will face Belvidere sectional champion Freeport at 5 p.m., while the Scouts closed out their season with a 16-5-2 record.