Images: Daily Herald's Prep Sports Excellence Awards
Noreen Caporusso of Prospect High School walks to the stage to receive a Heart & Soul Award as part of the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. Caporusso returned from severe knee injury to lead the Prospect girls golf team to a state title.
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Keynote speaker Matt Mayberry offers his remarks during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
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Aurora Christian basketball player Johnathan Harrell hugs his mother after receiving an Overcoming Obstacle Award during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. Johnathan's mother encouraged him to play in a game last winter just a day after his brother was killed in a car accident.
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Caitlin Inamoto of Barrington High School, left, receives an Overcoming Obstacles Award during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. Inamoto, who was born with the full use of just one of her arms, excels in softball
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Girls volleyball coaches Jean Field, left, of IC Catholic Prep and Peg Kopec of St. Francis receive their Dazzling moment Awards during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. Both coaches led their teams to state titles last autumn.
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Elise Titiner of the Metea Valley softball team receives a Spirit of Sportsmanship Award on behalf of her teammates during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
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Stevenson basketball player Jalen Brunson receives a Dazzling Moment Award during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. Brunson scored 56 points in a state semifinal game.
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Members of the Westminster Christian football team receive a Spirit of Sportsmanship Award during the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon. team members rallied around the ill father of quarterback Max Tucker, right, to win the first game in program history last autumn.
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Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Images from the Daily Herald Prep Sports Excellence event at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Sunday afternoon.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
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