Articles filed under Wayne Township

• 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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  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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  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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  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.
  

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

   

• 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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  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).
  

   

• All I do is think about the kids May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  A West Chicago letter to the editor: I would like to share some thoughts with the author of "Our View" printed on the May 16 editorial page. The pearls of wisdom from someone who doesn't have a clue has given us clearer insights to finally think about the kids. Thank you so much for this enlightened "Aha" moment!
  

   
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  Stazy, South Elgin close out Larkin May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Closing out a playoff game under pressure is a scenario kid pitchers have acted out in baseball pickup games for generations. South Elgin senior pitcher Eric Stazy experienced the real deal in his team's 7-5 victory over host Larkin in a Class 4A regional semifinal Wednesday.
  

   

• South Elgin springs upset on Lake Zurich at FremdMay 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  From the first inning, it was clear this was going to be a pretty wild softball game between No. 5 seed Lake Zurich and No. 11 South Elgin Wednesday afternoon in Class 4A regional semifinal play at Fremd. The Storm jumped ahead of Lake Zurich 2-0 in the top of the first before falling behind 4-3 after four innings in this slugfest. But persistence paid off in the end for South Elgin as the Storm scored 3 runs on 2 hits in the top of the fifth before adding an insurance run in the sixth en route to a 7-4 upset victory over the Bears. The Storm (14-19) will play No. 3 Fremd (29-7) for the regional championship at 10 a.m. Saturday. Lake Zurich closed out its season with a 24-10 record.
  

   
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  Images: St. Edward High School graduation May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Images from Tuesday's graduation ceremony for St. Edward Central Catholic High School at St. Patrick's Church in St. Charles on May 22, 2012.
  

   
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  Lisle downs St. Edward, heads to state May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  It didn't matter that the Lisle girls soccer team managed but 3 shots against a stringent St. Edward defense. It only mattered that one of those 3 shots went in the net. Junior Skyler Tomko scored unassisted from the top of the 18-yard box with 16:06 left in the second half, and junior goalkeeper Vanessa Roach stopped 11 shots as Lisle denied St. Edward a return trip to the Class 1A state finals with a 1-0 victory at the Hinckley-Big Rock supersectional Tuesday.
  

   
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  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week May 22, 2012 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, tennis and soccer.
  

   

• U-46 to offer breakfast carts in middle, high schools May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students in Elgin Area School District won't have any excuses for skipping breakfast next year. The district's food service program will be rolling out breakfast carts, which will have breakfast items for students to purchase early in the school day.
  

   

• Larkin ousts Elgin May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Elgin snags 1st sectional title since 1988 May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Elgin's Eric Chai and Sakda Kethdy were momentarily distracted during their third-place match on Saturday at the IHSA Elgin boys tennis sectional. The duo couldn't help but cheer as teammate Mikel Canovas won his first singles title by pulling off an upset of South Elgin's Andre Norasith in 3 sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-2). Chai and Kethdy quickly refocused and scored a 3-set victory over Jacobs' Kingsley Bernardo and Kristian Bernardo (7-5, 2-6, 7-5). The victories sent Elgin to its first sectional team title since 1988 on its own court with the Maroons (21 points) just edging out defending sectional champion South Elgin (20).
  

   

• Genoa-Kingston denies St. Edward regional crown May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Genoa-Kingston softball coach Mike Lauer wanted to make sure his team didn't pound groundballs in Kali Kossakowski's direction Saturday. The Cogs didn't. Instead G-K hit only one grounder to St. Edward's junior shortstop, who had a hand in 9 outs during St. Edward's Class 2A regional semifinal win over Regina Dominican Wednesday. The rest of the time, the Cogs were spraying the ball to all fields, delivering a 10-1 decision over the Green Wave for the regional championship.