Articles filed under Oberhelman, Dave

• Top-notch soccer for a good cause Mar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  It worked so well the first time, they're doing it again. The girls soccer teams from Neuqua Valley, Naperville Central, Waubonsie Valley and Naperville North will play March 20 in a doubleheader that doubles as an event to raise awareness of breast cancer.
  

   

• This weekend’s D-III indoor finals features local flavor Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Just this past Wednesday night at the Bolingbrook sectional semifinal boys basketball game West Aurora won, this writer was saying his best story ideas are often someone else’s. Here’s an example.
  

   

• Water polo teams ready to pool their resources Mar 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Four of the state's top girls water polo teams will dive into action this weekend for Naperville North's annual Kickoff Tournament.
  

   
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  West Aurora takes seriously how it honors Black Hawk Mar 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  Using Native American images and names to denote a school mascot or athletic team is a highly sensitive issue. West Aurora, whose teams are known as the Blackhawks, is wisely doing its part to increase integrity in the use of its namesake. As part of a process begun in the fall of 2011 and implemented this school year, an accurate depiction of Black Hawk — not technically a chief but certainly a legendary leader of the Sauk and Fox people in Illinois and Wisconsin of the late 18th and early 19th centuries — has been installed as the symbol of West Aurora.
  

   
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  Goforth a good fit for ESCC Hall Feb 27, 2013 12:00 AM
  Benet athletic director Gary Goforth ran down a long list of Redwings athletes and coaches who, one day, will be inducted into the East Suburban Catholic Conference Hall of Fame.
  

   

• Strittmatter humbled by latest honor Feb 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  Zach Strittmatter said 45-minute naps are the key. How else could the Batavia senior have the time to do all he does, at such a high level?
  

   
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  Barrowclift gets his chance at state Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  As a freshman spectator at the boys state swimming meet years ago, St. Francis' Michael Barrowclift experienced the energy pouring from the stands. He laid out a future goal.
  

   
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  Conference go-around continues now with the SCC Feb 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  It’s been a twisty ride on the conference-go-round.
  

   

• A season full of highlights Feb 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Marty Miller first saw his Waubonsie Valley girls bowling team assembled to start the season, he was sure he had a winner. Check that: a bunch of winners.
  

   
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  St. Charles East’s Crocket makes cut to join Heuer at state Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Girls high school bowling can get tense. Even when the girls are not bowling.
  

   

• DuPage County keglers getting on a roll Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  It's crowded at the top as teams roll into this weekend's girls state bowling tournament.
  

   
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  20th annual Night of Hoops to honor Roberts Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
  It is an expression that has probably outlived contemporary usefulness but in the case of former Batavia boys basketball coach Jim Roberts, behind this good man stands a good woman.
  

   

• And what a nice home it will be ... Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  "Field of Dreams" was already taken. In St. Francis' case, a capital campaign titled "Bring it All Back Home" is more appropriate.
  

   

• Garza pleased to represent St. Charles East at state Jan 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  It would be nicer were his teammates bowling alongside him, but St. Charles East's Alex Garza is downstate.
  

   
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  Good times for the Guido family Jan 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  One football-mad family can't ask for much more.
  

   
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  Catching up with St. Charles East’s Brad Kearbey Jan 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Aurora Christian’s Ryan McQuade hasn’t taken one for the team. He’s taken 32 for the team.
  

   

• Plackett gains national honor, and other newsJan 16, 2013 12:00 AM
  Congratulations are due Jeff Plackett. The coach of the Naperville Central girls water polo team was recently named Illinois 2012 coach of the year by the National Federation of High Schools Coaches Association. He earned Illinois High School Association coach of the year honors last fall.
  

   

• New Father’s Club making a difference in St. Francis community Jan 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Schools strive to create a family environment. Over the holidays St. Francis’ family got a little larger. A pair of St. Francis dads, Frank Pecora and Brian Flood, started a “Spartans Father’s Club.” The group meets monthly for camaraderie, to build a tuition assistance fund and, as Pecora noted recently, “serve the needs of the St. Francis community and the community at large."
  

   

• Naperville teams ganging up on bullying Jan 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  We've experienced white-outs and black-outs and swimmers wearing pink bathing caps. The new year brings a Purple-Out.
  

   

• Local athletes continue to rack up the awards Dec 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  There were plenty more college achievers we couldn't report in last week's column ...