Sports Stories from April 11, 2013 (Change date)
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This spring, teams can’t buy a breakApr 11, 2013 4:14 pm - April showers bring May flowers, but they also bring headaches to high school athletic directors and coaches. The schedules of the sports teams that make their homes out...
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Suddenly everyone’s going deepApr 11, 2013 3:59 pm - Jerry Schilf must feel like the character from the movie “Back to the Future” who steps out of a time machine and doesn’t recognize his own hometown. The game of softbal...
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Uveges’ return lifts South Elgin over BartlettApr 11, 2013 3:36 pm - It’s perfectly normal for teenagers not to listen to their parents. A concerned Robbe Uveges would know, especially on Thursday night, when her daughter Savanah went ahe...
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Plainfield North upends Huntley in Pepsi quartersApr 11, 2013 3:34 pm - DeKALB — Huntley girls soccer coach Kris Grabner had a simple explanation for the Red Raiders’ 2-1 loss Thursday to Plainfield North in the quarterfinals of the Pepsi Sh...
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FVC Valley race promises to be a thrillerApr 11, 2013 2:40 pm - The seven teams of the Fox Valley Conference’s Valley Division own a 51-12 combined record this spring. Next week they begin facing each other in a title chase that prom...
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Cubs accept Soler’s 5-game suspensionApr 11, 2013 1:40 pm - Cubs president Theo Epstein made clear his position Thursday on outfield prospect Jorge Soler’s suspension for a bat-wielding incident. “We condemn the act, what took p...
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Plenty of support for Carmel’s SchaferApr 11, 2013 1:27 pm - It’s a cruel irony that Matt Schafer’s knee betrayed him this year. Of all years. Schafer worked harder over the fall and winter than he ever has during a baseball off-s...
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Bears set at running backApr 11, 2013 12:51 pm - With Matt Forte as their main man and Michael Bush as a more-than-competent backup and short-yardage option, the Bears are in great shape at running back. That position ...
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Wisconsin’s Ball could be first RB draftedApr 11, 2013 12:51 pm - As an integral part of the national championship team, Alabama’s Eddie Lacy got most of the early attention as the top running back in this year’s draft. But Wisconsin’s...
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Wiest finds spark to lift Naperville North past Glenbard E.Apr 11, 2013 12:32 pm - Brennan Wiest knew the Naperville North boys volleyball team needed a spark, and he took it upon himself to light that fire as a vocal leader and with his play on the co...