Articles filed under Wayne Township

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  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week May 21, 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 track, baseball, softball, volleyball, water polo and soccer.
  

   

• U-46 initiative strives for early literacy in kids May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  Leaders of the "Give Me Five!" school readiness initiative updated Elgin Area School District U-46 school board members Monday, one year into their effort, which has focused on informing parents, community members and staff members of their roles in making sure 98 percent of first graders are reading at grade level by 2015.
  

   

• Ex-U-46 teacher accuses district of forcing resignation May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  A former U-46 teacher has sued the district, arguing she was essentially fired in February 2012 after a hospitalization in fall 2010. Schaumburg resident Jeanette Boland, a former tenured teacher at Larsen and Kenyon Woods middle schools in Elgin and South Elgin, respectively, argues Elgin Area School District U-46 violated the Illinois Human Rights Act by saying she had a psychological problems, thus discriminating against her.
  

   

• Waubonsie Valley defeats South Elgin to win Valley May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  Waubonsie Valley's wait was worth it. Its game with South Elgin Friday suspended after one batter due to rain, the two teams came back on Monday with the No. 4 Warriors' 4-1 win clinching the outright Upstate Eight Valley championship.
  

   

• Baseball: Scouting the Fox Valley postseason May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Scouting the upcoming baseball postseason in the Fox Valley.
  

   

• Softball: Scouting the Fox Valley postseason May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Scouting the upcoming softball postseason in the Fox Valley.
  

   

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Aurora CC takes regional from St. Edward May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Aurora Central Catholic baseball team had already seized momentum and the lead with a 3-run fourth inning, but the phantom defensive play the Chargers pulled off in the top of the fifth became the defining moment of their 4-2 victory over St. Edward in the Class 2A Westminster Christian regional Aurora championship game Saturday. No. 2 St. Edward (16-9) trailed by 2 runs but had a runner at second base with one out when ACC ace Matt Miller faked a pickoff throw to second base, forcing the runner to dive back to the bag head first. However, the ball never left Miller's mitt.
  

   

• Westminster Christian nails down 1st regional title May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  It's been a big week for the Westminster Christian softball team. On Tuesday, the Warriors won a regional game for the first time in program history. On Saturday, they did themselves one better, claiming the program's first regional championship — and they did it at Jockey Field in East Dundee, Westminster's home field. Becca Fugiel had 3 hits including a double, triple and 3 RBI and her sister Rachel scattered 7 hits with 4 strikeouts and 4 walks as the Warriors defeated Christian Liberty 7-4 in a Class 1A regional title game.
  

   

• Wauconda nips South Elgin in 8 May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Withstanding pressure is one of the keys to making a deep postseason run, and both the South Elgin and Wauconda softball teams got a taste of pressure in the opening game of the Bandits Jamboree on Saturday at The Ballpark in Rosemont. A pitchers duel between Wauconda's Kayla Wedl and South Elgin's Paige Allen ended in a 2-1 Bulldogs win in 8 innings.
  

   

• Jacobs celebrates first sectional crown May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Whether you were a Jacobs tennis player graduating or not, Saturday was quite the celebration to say the least. The Golden Eagles, who qualified all 6 of their participants in the Elgin sectional to state, won the sectional with 29 points, the program's first sectional championship. South Elgin placed second with 24 and Hampshire was third with 21. The meet, which was originally scheduled for 9 a.m. was moved up to 2 hours to accommodate Jacobs' graduation at the Sears Centre.
  

   
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  South Elgin honors student dies in his sleep May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Rhett Lundy, a 14-year-old freshman at South Elgin High School, died in his sleep Wednesday. Autopsy results showed he had an enlarged heart. The school held an assembly Friday to honor his memory.
  

   

• Full circle for Bianchina, Geneva at Hoffman Estates May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Senior Mike Bianchina served as an alternate runner for Geneva when it won its last boys track and field sectional title in 2010.Three years later in the Hoffman Estates Class 3A sectional, Bianchina helped the Vikings to their second title in four years.Despite finishing tied for sixth out of 14 teams at the Upstate Conference tourney last week, Geneva rose to the occasion on Friday night and scored 103 points to top runner-up Schaumburg (88) and St. Charles North (80)."I always thought about it (going out with a sectional title after being part of one as a freshman)," Bianchina said. "This was a great night for the entire team."
  

   

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Burlington Central has productive night at Sterling May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Burlington Central boys track team accomplished its goals Friday night at the Class 2A Sterling sectional. The Rockets qualified three relay teams and two individuals for next weekend's state finals in Charleston.
  

   

• Conant wins 7th straight regional crown May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Jason Franco took over as the head coach of the Conant girls soccer team 9 years ago, he gave his team a goal: win a regional title. On Friday night on their home field in the Class 3A Conant regional finals, the No. 4 seed Cougars met that goal for the seventh consecutive time by defeating No. 11 seed South Elgin 2-0.
  

   
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  St. Edward savors Class 1A sectional title May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  You could sense the relief on the faces of St. Edward forward Allison Kruk and midfielder Corey Lepoudre when a Willows Academy player knocked a ball out of play late in the second half, a ball both looked at each other to get, but neither could. Kruk had been hit in the jaw by a ball earlier in the match and Lepoudre came off for her asthma at one point. And at the end of the Class 1A Westminster Christian sectional final, you could see the Green Wave were out of steam. Which is why there was good reason that Green Wave coach Tim Brieger asked his team in practice earlier this week to set the tone early against the Eagles. Gaining a measure of revenge over the team that beat them in the 2011 state third-place game, St. Edward beat Willows Academy 2-1 Friday to win the sectional title, the Green Wave's second sectional crown in the last three years.
  

   

• Efflandt returns in Cary-Grove win May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 16, 2013 12:00 AM