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  2011-2012 Fox Valley Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Meet the members of the 2011-2012 Fox Valley Academic Team. Here are 10 teenagers who know what they want out of life. Some of them settled on a life goal when they were preschoolers. Others took a little bit longer to decide. But they all know the possibilities are endless. "Putting my passion into diverse activities has opened the gateway for academic learning to be forged into life success," writes Connor Flexman of Elgin Academy.
  

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

   
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  Fox Valley could be showered in medals this weekend May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  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 Cary-Grove senior thrower Josh Freeman. Elgin seniors Terrell Campbell, Devante King, Derek Moorman and Dennis Moore will attempt to win the first state track title for their school since Tony Adams won back-to-back 440-yard dash titles in 1978 and 1979, according to IHSA records. The foursome set the school record in the 800-meter relay at the St. Charles North sectional (1:27.83).
  

   

• Burlington Central advances to regional final May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Burlington Central junior Michael Scott hasn't been used as a reliever since early on this season. But Wednesday he was forced to. He came in with the bases loaded and no outs in the fifth inning with the tying run on first base. The right-hander got out of the jam with allowing only run — that coming on an error — as the top-seeded Rockets beat No. 4 Marengo, 8-4, in the semifinals of the Class 3A Hampshire baseball regional.
  

   

• Prairie Ridge tops Burlington Central May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Defense was the name of the game as Prairie Ridge and Burlington Central battled in the semifinals of the Class 2A Belvidere girls soccer sectional Tuesday night. Both backlines and both goalkeepers put on an exhibition, but the Wolves were able to find the back of the net late in the first half and held on for a 1-0 victory at Funderburg Stadium.
  

   

• Burlington Central comes back to beat Hampshire May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Burlington Central softball coach Cray Allen did not want his Rockets to be "that team." "I did not want to be that story that got out to all the rest of the teams by 6:30," Allen said. "We didn't want to be that team." But until the bottom of the fifth inning on Rocket Hill Tuesday, it looked like Twitter and Facebook might be lighting up with some upset news. The No. 8 Rockets righted the ship in time, though, scoring 9 runs in their final two at-bats to beat Hampshire 13-4 in one semifinal of the Class 3A Burlington Central regional.
  

   

• ECC helps veterans at job fair May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Elgin Community College will reach out to military veterans Tuesday at the second annual Veterans' Summit Job and Resource Fair to give them the opportunity to meet with employers and service providers. "ECC really does a lot for the veterans in the community," said Toya Webb, a communications specialist with the college.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Burlington Central upsets Glenbard S. May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Burlington Central wins first regional May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Camille Dela Cruz knew she let her Burlington Central girls soccer teammates down with 14:32 remaining in regulation Saturday night. The junior failed to convert a penalty kick with the Rockets tied with Crystal Lake Central, 2-2. She made up for it in the third overtime. Dela Cruz ran onto a ball over the top of the Tigers' defense from Courtney Andrew and scored the game-winner with 7:14 left in the third overtime to give the Rockets a 3-2 victory and the Class 2A Burlington Central regional championship.
  

   

• Baseball/Scouting the Fox Valley’s Class 3/4A postseason May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Baseball/Scouting the Fox Valley's Class 3/4A postseason
  

   
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  Community colleges offer array of classes for young students May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Local community colleges offer an array of camps and classes to elementary aged students over the summer. Children can learn to cook, figure out how to work with Legos or explore NASA space science.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  District 301 names new principals May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Central District 301 has named new principals. Jeff King is moving from Gilberts Elementary School in Community Unit District 300 to become principal at Country Trails Elementary School in Elgin. Current Country Trails Principal Carie Walter is replacing Lloyd Stover at Central Middle School near Burlington.
  

   

• Kaneland, Burlington go 1-2 at sectional May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Kaneland threw Nathaniel Kucera into the 400-meter dash in the hopes of adding some team points to its total. He wound up running a state-qualifying time (50.65). Sophomore Nate Dyer was looking to advance to next weekend's IHSA state meet at Eastern Illinois University in the discus. He threw a 155-foot, 9-inch throw to finish third at the Class 2A Rochelle boy's track sectional.
  

   
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  Burlington Central, Cary-Grove have high state hopes May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two programs with longstanding traditions of bringing home medals from the IHSA girls track and field state finals hope to continue leaving Charleston with hardware this weekend when the state finals commence for three classes at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Field. And while Burlington Central's contingent in the Class 2A meet is smaller than in years past, Rockets' coach Vince Neil is confident that all four of his girls could qualify for Saturday's finals and possibly bring home a medal.
  

   

• Big Northern to add Johnsburg, Dixon May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Let the speculation begin — which school will become the newest member of the Fox Valley Conference? The Big Northern Conference announced Thursday that it has voted to expand to 16 schools, adding Johnsburg to the East Division and Dixon to the West beginning with the 2014-15 school year.
  

   

• Final Elgin Children’s Chorus concert of the season May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Elgin Childrens Chorus will close its 26th season with Festival of Song at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
  

   

• Burlington Central handles DeKalb May 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  No secrets were revealed on Rocket Hill Monday when the softball teams from Burlington Central and DeKalb met for Centrals Senior Day. With a potential regional championship matchup looming on the same field next week, neither BC coach Cray Allen nor DeKalb coach Jeff Davis sent their ace pitchers, Angie Morrow and Katie Kowalski respectively, to the circle for Mondays game. That mattered little to the host Rockets, whose seniors set the tone early in a 10-2 win, Centrals 25th victory of the season.