Sports Stories from June 19, 2025 (Change date)
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Softball: DuPage County All-Area captain Medina finishes high school hitting blistering .578; next stop, NorthwesternJun 19, 2025 5:23 pm - What more can be said about recent Glenbard North graduate and softball standout Tru Medina? “She’s the best player I have ever seen,” said the father of one prominent Du...
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Softball: Cook County All-Area captain Cline powers Barrington to state for third time in her four yearsJun 19, 2025 5:19 pm - Since her freshman year on the Barrington varsity softball team, Mimi Cline listened to her coach Perry Peterson tell his players they had to get into the weight room if ...
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Softball: Lake County All-Area captain Jepson and teammates embrace Mudita — and monster numbers follow for senior first basemanJun 19, 2025 5:15 pm - The Stevenson softball team enjoyed a significant uptick in success this season, going from a 19-10 team in 2024 to one that went 28-4, won the North Suburban Conference ...
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Meet the Fox Valley softball All-Area teamJun 19, 2025 5:13 pm - Meet the 2025 Daily Herald Fox Valley softball All-Area team.
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Meet the DuPage County softball All-Area teamJun 19, 2025 5:10 pm - Meet the 2025 Daily Herald DuPage County softball All-Area team.
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Meet the Cook County softball All-Area teamJun 19, 2025 5:06 pm - Meet the 2025 Daily Herald Cook County softball All-Area team.
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Meet the Lake County softball All-Area teamJun 19, 2025 5:04 pm - Meet the 2025 Daily Herald Lake County softball All-Area team.
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NFL widows say new study minimizes struggle to care for ex-players with CTEJun 19, 2025 4:07 pm - Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other repeated head trauma common in contact sports like football.
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Transfers are common across college sports. Athletes see irony in being criticized as disloyalJun 19, 2025 3:48 pm - College sports was once rooted in tradition, school pride and loyalty, but those expectations are changing in a landscape where athletes have won the ability to transfer season to season, year to year. Some are painted as disloyal or selfish. Athletes like Hailey Van Lith and Ray Davis don't see it that way.
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The Herald Cup returns to honor the area’s top athletic programsJun 19, 2025 3:22 pm - Starting next week, the Daily Herald will reveal the top five small and large high schools in the 2024-25 Herald Cup standings.