Schools Stories from February 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Conant musical leads were 1st-grade classmatesFeb 27, 2013 12:09 pm - Retired first-grade teacher Mindy Jones couldn’t believe her eyes when she read the Daily Herald story Feb. 14 on the Conant High School production of “Legally Blonde, T...
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Stevenson scores second place at state chess tourneyFeb 27, 2013 11:41 am - Stevenson High School’s chess team placed second at the Illinois High School Association state chess finals. It’s the second consecutive runner-up finish for Stevenson a...
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District 21 restructures debtFeb 27, 2013 11:21 am - District 21 has restructured its current long-term debt, reducing the tax extensions for debt service by more than $8.5 million over the next five levies starting in 201...
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Aurora Central stuns Wheaton AcademyFeb 27, 2013 10:47 am - Nate Drye did not hesitate when deciding to roll the dice. “I didn’t want to play overtime,” the Aurora Central Catholic boys basketball coach said. “We had come too far...
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Red-hot Oswego blitzes Batavia with 91 pointsFeb 27, 2013 10:46 am - Batavia senior Zach Strittmatter said he knew No. 1 seed Oswego was going to be good. This good? A 14-0 lead, 91 points, 14 3-pointers, 11 players scoring, 7 of them hi...
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St. Charles North wins the one that countsFeb 27, 2013 10:46 am - St. Charles North’s basketball team will gladly take its season split with cross-town rival St. Charles East. After dropping 2 of 3 regular-season games to the Saints, t...
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Defense carries St. Francis past KanelandFeb 27, 2013 10:46 am - St. Francis boys basketball coach Bob Ward is realistic when it comes to the Spartans’ limitations. “We know we’re not a 70-plus (point) potential scoring team,” Ward sa...
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No. 2 Winnebago ousts Aurora Christian in sectionalsFeb 27, 2013 10:46 am - At the Class 2A Byron sectional semifinal boys basketball game on Wednesday, Aurora Christian met the buzzsaw that is Winnebago. The No. 2 ranked team in Class 2A, Winne...
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West Aurora adjusts, knocks out Downers Grove SouthFeb 27, 2013 10:46 am - A lesson learned previously was crucial to West Aurora prevailing 67-59 over Downers Grove South on Wednesday night in a Class 4A Wheaton Warrenville South regional semi...
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Waubonsie Valley answers Metea Valley in OTFeb 27, 2013 10:08 am - As the game was seemingly slipping away from Waubonsie Valley, the way Jared Brownridge began attacking the hoop he looked plumb mad. “I was just mad like, ‘Man, I want ...