Sports Stories from November 29, 2013 (Change date)
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Catching up with a long list of college achieversNov 29, 2013 9:53 am - Let’s give thanks this week to a bunch of area graduates doing well in college ... Like Southern Illinois senior linebacker Juan Avila (Marmion). Though the former Junio...
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Where there’s a will, Hawks find a wayNov 29, 2013 9:52 am - It was only fitting that Ben Smith’s goal in the 11th round of the shootout won the game for the Blackhawks. On a night when the fourth line of Marcus Kruger, Smith and ...
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Trust a must for defense to succeedNov 29, 2013 9:17 am - Discipline and trust are two words often heard in discussions of the problems and growing pains faced by a Bears defense that has had to replace seven starters. Four sta...
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Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundupNov 29, 2013 8:31 am - Bartlett 65, Downers Grove North 48: Ryan DiCanio scored 21 points and Justin Busch added 10 as the Hawks (3-0) advanced to the championship game of the Wheaton Academy ...
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Win No. 300 for Bartlett’s SarnaNov 29, 2013 8:29 am - Bartlett’s girls basketball team did what young teams tend to do Friday afternoon and in the process they almost made their coach wait another day to reach a career mile...
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St. Edward nails down win over WestminsterNov 29, 2013 8:27 am - The game didn’t get within three possessions in the fourth quarter Friday night, but there were plenty of tense moments. St. Edward led by as many as 21 before seeing W...
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Grayslake Central hangs on to beat ElginNov 29, 2013 8:25 am - It may take some time before Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team gets the hang of closing out victories. Holding a 14-point lead with a little more than five minut...
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Marian C. beats Cary-Grove at buzzerNov 29, 2013 8:23 am - Ben Schnepf was in the right place at the right time. Schnepf’s tip-in as time expired gave Marian Central an exhilarating 57-55 win over Cary-Grove in third round actio...
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Balanced Larkin handles Round LakeNov 29, 2013 8:23 am - Quality depth. Check Balanced Scoring. Check Solid defense. Check. You get the picture. Larkin’s boys basketball team was clicking in all facets of the game in posting a...
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Hampshire picks up first winNov 29, 2013 8:21 am - A sequence by 6-foot-2 junior forward Matt Bridges epitomized the Hampshire boys basketball team’s relentless rebounding effort in Friday’s 61-40 victory over Sandwich a...