Sports Stories from November 6, 2019 (Change date)
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Girls volleyball: Timothy Christian uses defense to defeat IC CatholicNov 06, 2019 7:58 pm - If you can't beat them, join them. And then beat them. That was the philosophy of Timothy Christian girls volleyball when it squared off with defensive power and cross-...
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Special teams huge to Warren's successNov 07, 2019 5:43 pm - The film showed a vulnerability. So Warren's football coaches pounced. And by putting a lot of focus on special teams last week in practice, the Blue Devils were able to...
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Enough about the offense, Chicago Bears' defense has issues as wellNov 07, 2019 5:48 pm - For all of the analysis of quarterback Mitch Trubisky and head coach Matt Nagy in recent days — and hand-wringing over the anemic offense — one would think this is all t...
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Girls volleyball: St. Francis downs Carmel to win sectionalNov 06, 2019 9:25 pm - At least there were a few ties in the first set. The rest of the match consisted of blowouts. Top-seeded Carmel Catholic and No. 2 St. Francis met for a Class 3A girls v...
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Girls volleyball: Benet overcomes Waubonsie ValleyNov 07, 2019 5:43 pm - If you dissect the Class 4A Bolingbrook girls volleyball sectional, you can't help but be impressed by just how well Benet went about its business. Sure, the Redwings we...
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Girls volleyball: Huntley gets back at St. Charles East, wins sectionalNov 07, 2019 5:37 pm - It's not like Huntley needed any extra incentive playing for a sectional championship Wednesday night, but the Red Raiders got it from the team on the other side of the ...
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Hersey's Pardun has some close ties to Lake ZurichNov 07, 2019 5:50 pm - It really is a small world. As the Hersey football team prepares for its second-round Class 7A playoff game against host Lake Zurich at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Huskies head ...
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History says Downers Grove North is a tougher foe than it seemsNov 07, 2019 5:43 pm - There's something about a Downers Grove North football team that enters the playoffs with a 5-4 record. In 2008 the Trojans upset an eight-win Wheaton Warrenville South ...
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Catching up on big accomplishmentsNov 06, 2019 9:00 pm - Visiting Champaign last weekend for the University of Illinois' annual Father-Daughter Weekend, a student in the group came to a sudden realization that showed surprisin...
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Tougher test coming for Huntley in second roundNov 07, 2019 5:27 pm - The Huntley football team passed its first Class 8A playoff test. Now, the going gets much tougher. No. 7 Huntley (9-1) dispatched No. 26 Taft 48-6 last Saturday. The Re...