Articles filed under Streamwood

• District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
  

   

• Renovations begin Thursday at Hanover Park library May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  A groundbreaking will take place Thursday to mark the beginning of $1.1 million in renovations at the Poplar Creek Public Library District's Sonya Crawshaw Branch in Hanover Park. The branch, which opened in 2001, is in need of updates and additions, such as a new staff room and better accessibility for disabled patrons.
  

   

• District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
  

   
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  District 54 students have a blast launching rockets May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Students from Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 launched 450 rockets throughout the day Tuesday as the culmination of a yearlong learning project. The launches at Schaumburg's Olympic Park involved students from all 27 of the district's schools who began exploring aerospace engineering through the NASA Rockets curriculum in September.
  

   

• Geneva stays hot, blanks Bartlett May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Geneva girls soccer team kept its momentum going as the seventh-seeded Vikings took on No. 12 regional host Bartlett in the Class 3A semifinals on Tuesday night at Millennium Field. The Vikings scored 3 goals in the first 10 minutes and cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Hawks (8-15).
  

   

• Batavia handles Hoffman Estates in regional opener May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Batavia girls soccer team checked off the most important task on its to-do list Tuesday. It beat Hoffman Estates 4-0 in the first semifinal of the Class 3A Lake Park regional in Roselle and will play another day. The Bulldogs (12-4-3), seeded third in the Hoffman Estates sectional, got some momentum for Friday's 6 p.m. regional final against sixth-seeded Lake Park with a very strong showng on offense in the second half where it tagged the 15th-seeded Hawks (2-14-2) for three goals.
  

   

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Barrington tops Prospect in second-place MSL crossover May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  In a matchup of the runner-up teams from Mid-Suburban League divisional play, Barrington edged host Prospect on Tuesday. The Broncos won 26-24, 17-25, 25-22.
  

   

• Beutler’s blast lifts Fremd May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Fremd used a 3-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a victory that gave them a 4-2 victory over Rolling Meadows on Tuesday and wrapped up a second-place finish for the Vikings in the MSL West. Marcus Middlebrook tied it up with an RBI double in the final inning, and Sam Beutler finished the game by hitting a walk-off 2-run homer.
  

   

• St. Viator, Vernon Hills to meet for 2A regional title May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  St. Viator and Vernon Hills started out their girls soccer postseasons with victories in opening-round games of the Class 2A state tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Fourth-seeded St. Viator shut out No. 13 Amundsen 8-0 in the first semifinal, and No. 5 Vernon Hills picked up a forfeit win over No. 12 Mather in the other semifinal in Amundsen regional action at Chicago's Winnemac Stadium. St. Viator (10-7) next plays Vernon Hills (10-4-2) in the regional championship at 10 a.m. Saturday at Winnemac Stadium.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Waubonsie Valley repeats Bartlett defeat May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Beating Bartlett twice in a week seems like no easy chore. Shannon Hohman and Waubonsie Valley have it figured out. For the second straight year, needing two wins in the last week of a tight conference race, Waubonsie took back-to-back games with Bartlett. Three days after winning at Bartlett, the No. 12 Warriors are in the driver's seat in the Upstate Eight Valley after a 5-3 victory over the No. 14 Hawks on Tuesday in Aurora.
  

   

• O’Keefe, Celarek pace Conant victory May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Hat-trick heroes Sidney O'Keeffe and Leah Celarek helped No. 4 seed Conant roll to an 8-0 victory Tuesday afternoon against No. 14 Streamwood in a Class 3A regional opener hosted by the Cougars in Hoffman Estates.
  

   

• St. Edward stays true to form in sectional semi May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  What has become evident through three postseason games for the St. Edward girls soccer team is that at the very least, seven-goal wins are simply the norm. And Tuesday's win over Woodlands Academy was no exception. Just as they disposed of Elgin Academy (8-0) and Westminster Christian (7-0) similarly last week in regionals, the Green Wave yet again put on a show early in a 7-0 win over the Wildcats in a Class 1A Westminster Christian sectional semifinal in Elgin.
  

   
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  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from water polo, track, baseball, softball, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer.
  

   
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  Hampshire HS senior hopes to make a career out of film May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Danny Heck was in eighth grade, he and his friends made an Indiana Jones movie with a camcorder. He had such a good time it prompted some research into the film industry and how one could go about breaking into it. Heck, now a senior at Hampshire High School, has worked with Nicole Thompson, the high school librarian, and the District 300 Foundation over the last year on videos for school and district events. "That's when I really knew that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," Heck said.
  

   
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  District 211 students ready to show off houses they built May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  After two years of work, three homes built by Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students are ready for families to move in. An open house will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the homes, located at 72 W. Illinois Ave., 86 W. Illinois Ave. and 151 Boynton Ave. in Palatine. The public will have an opportunity to bid on the houses at the open house events.
  

   

• Buffalo Grove clinches in MSL East May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  For the first time this century, Buffalo Grove will play for the Mid-Suburban League softball championship. Under third-year coach Jamie Paul, the Bison clinched the MSL East on Monday with a 6-5 victory over visiting Hersey.
  

   

• Burlington Central downs DeKalb May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Another command performance by Elk Grove’s Camacho May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Elk Grove senior pitcher David Camacho completed a perfect run through his Mid-Suburban League opponents, tossing a complete-game 4-hitter with 8 strikeouts as the Grenadiers wrapped up regular-season league play with a 2-0 victory over visiting Conant on Monday. Camacho improved to 7-1 overall and finished 6-0 against MSL foes. He allowed 2 walks. Luc DiMaso did most of the damage offensively for Elk Grove (21-8, 12-4). He had 2 hits — a solo homer and a double — and scored both runs. Michael Anciulis also had 2 hits, including a double.