Articles filed under South Elgin

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  Graduates bid goodbye to U-46, hello to the rest of their livesMay 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  The lesson learned by many students of Elgin Area School District U-46's Class of 2012 was that you never know how you're going to react at your own graduation. Altogether, about 2,700 seniors graduated from U-46's five high schools in staggered ceremonies that took place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
  

   
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  Images: Elgin High School graduation May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Elgin High School's Class of 2012 includes 505 graduates taking part in the commencement ceremony Saturday, May 26 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
  

   

• South Elgin graduates into sectional May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  South Elgin senior Jake Buhman said he wasn't worried about missing his 2 p.m. high school graduation ceremony if it came to that, even when Saturday morning's Class 4A Larkin regional championship game against Elgin went to extra innings around noon. "I told my parents (Friday) night that everybody graduates, well, almost everybody," Buhman said, "but not everybody gets a chance to win a regional championship." Buhman's walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth made certain he and his senior teammates did both. With Ryan Ford at second base after a single and a sacrifice bunt by David Palmer, Buhman swatted an 0-2 curveball from reliever Alex Doty for an opposite-field single to left. Ford scored easily to clinch a 4-3 victory and the second regional title in three years for South Elgin (20-12).
  

   
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  Images: South Elgin High School graduation May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  South Elgin High School's Class of 2012 includes 617 graduates taking part in the commencement ceremony Saturday, May 26 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
  

   

• 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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  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
  

   

• U-46 school news for week of May 28May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Elgin Area School District U-46 has a list of activities for the current week. On Monday, May 28, all schools and offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.
  

   
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  Images: Westminster Christian High School graduation May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian High School's Class of 2012 took part in the commencement ceremony Friday, May 25 at the school in Elgin.
  

   
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  2011-2012 Northwest Suburban Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  They have different backgrounds and different passions, but the high school seniors named to the Northwest Suburban Daily Herald Academic Team share the conviction it is their duty to contribute to society. "I look forward to someday being able to help those in need through the wonders of human ingenuity and medical technology -- on a scale I had never before thought possible," writes Antonio Spina, of Bartlett High School.
  

   
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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.
  

   

• Barrington’s Coll-Parekh exit after standout season May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  After a cameo in the round of 16 at the state tennis tournament, the Barrington team of George Coll and Varun Parekh bid farewell to its doubles opponents in the championship bracket. One round later, the Broncos standout duo fell in three sets to Bloomington's Ricky Zamudio-Nathan Cavanaugh at Buffalo Grove late Friday afternoon, ending their tournament run. The straight-set loss finished a marvelous postseason which included a Mid-Suburban League title, a second-place finish at the Schaumburg sectional and a 3-2 state tournament record following a 6-1, 4-6, 4-6 defeat to the Bloomington tandem.
  

   
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  U-46 to demolish a dozen mobile classroomsMay 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Elgin Area School District U-46 board this week approved the demolition of more than a dozen mobile classrooms at schools across the district. We'll find out if the mobiles will be replaced or if they are simply not needed.
  

   
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  Elgin Academy’s Vogel bows out at state May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Charlie Vogel's terrific tennis career came to an end Thursday afternoon when the Elgin Academy star lost his second match of the day at the state tournament, but not without treating perhaps the largest, and most loyal fan group at the Hoffman Estates High School. With several members of his family and friends on hand, plus nearly a dozen special young guests courtside, Vogel would win his opener over Pranv Puri of Moline, before losing in straight-sets to 9-16 seed Scott Christian from Lake Forest.
  

   
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  South Elgin Lions jump into tree plantingMay 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  Lions Club International President Wing-Kun Tam recently visited the South Elgin Lions Club and helped plant a tree, part of a yearlong initiative to plant one million trees worldwide. Tam said when taking office, “many experts believe that we can reverse the strains we have placed on our planet. The challenge is getting enough people to understand they can make a difference even by doing simple things like planting a tree.”
  

   

• Winds fuel Elgin house fire May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  A fire that started on an Elgin family's deck Thursday afternoon was fueled by strong winds and caused extensive damage throughout the home.
  

   
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  Elgin’s big 7th does in Barrington May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  When Barrington's Macray Poidomani smashed a 3-run homer to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning into a strong wind to break a 1-1 tie, Elgin could have easily waved the white flag much like the winds did all afternoon. Elgin's Ryan Sitter accounted for the only Maroons' hit up to that point and with the lack of run support all season, Elgin could have started Memorial Day weekend early. But Elgin answered right back with 3 runs in the fifth to tie it and then came the unexpected, granddaddy seventh, where the Maroons rallied for 8 runs on 3 Bronco errors to take a 12-5 comeback win in a Class 4A Larkin regional semifinal.
  

   
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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).
  

   
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  Youth lacrosse program of South Elgin receives donation May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  On May 16, the Elgin Lodge 12 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows presented $1,100 to the South Elgin Patriots Lacrosse Youth Program.