Sports Stories from September 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Undefeated Bears don’t feign perfectionSep 24, 2013 1:04 pm - Bears management didn’t have to articulate the plan. Their actions said “rebuilding year,” stocking the roster with young players and an eye toward bigger goals than mak...
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Geneva surprises St. Charles NorthSep 24, 2013 12:25 pm - Whatever butterflies Geneva freshmen Grace Loberg and Ally Barrett have, they evidently get rid of them by hitting a volleyball ridiculously hard. A week after putting d...
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Clutch win at third doubles pushes St. Charles E. past BataviaSep 24, 2013 12:25 pm - Leave it to a veteran head coach for knowing when to provide helpful advice and when to withhold information. With Tuesday’s Upstate Eight Conference River Division girl...
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Geneva withstands Saints’ surgeSep 24, 2013 12:25 pm - In the last home match of his 30-year career at Geneva, Bill Koehn was staring at an unblemished run in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division. The Vikings have fin...
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Illini, DePaul in running for No. 2 hoops starSep 24, 2013 12:00 pm - The Fighting Illini and the DePaul Blue Demons basketball programs received some good news Tuesday. Cliff Alexander, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound power forward from Chicago's C...
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Watson: No need for Ryder Cup wild-card picksSep 24, 2013 12:00 pm - GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Tom Watson's first move as U.S. captain for the 2014 Ryder Cup was reducing the number of wild-card picks from four to three. If he had his own wa...
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Eight more cut from Blackhawks rosterSep 24, 2013 11:40 am - The Blackhawks’ roster picture for opening night became a bit clearer Tuesday when eight more cuts were made. Assigned to Rockford were forwards Drew LeBlanc, Terry Broa...
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Parola connects as Mundelein tops StevensonSep 24, 2013 11:40 am - First and foremost, Mundelein senior golfer Derek Parola is a baseball player. So it was up to him to find a comparison to an eagle, in baseball terms. “It’s a home run,...
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Rough season comes to end for Sox’ KeppingerSep 24, 2013 11:00 am - Not a good first season with the White Sox for Jeff Keppinger, to say the least. Signed to a three-year, $12 million free-agent contract on Dec. 10 and expected to give ...
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Maybe Johnson, Semien can save White Sox, tooSep 24, 2013 11:00 am - Erik Johnson and Marcus Semien know all about adversity, so the White Sox’ shockingly bad season is nothing new for the rookie duo. Johnson and Semien were collegiate te...