Sports Columns
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The signs are all there - it's time for fall postseasonOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - One rumble of the furnace is all it took. That and a look at the calendar. The fall postseason is upon us. Actually the postseason began this past week with golf regiona...
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Schaumburg's drive finally stops HoffmanOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Schaumburg's drive for five didn't quite have the start many would have figured Friday night against winless Hoffman Estates. The 3-3 Saxons saw their playoff hopes teet...
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A whole lot rests on one name: HuetOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - He's perceived as the Blackhawks' high-wire act. His name is Cristobal Huet. His occupation is goaltender. His mission this season is to provide more thrills than chills...
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O-line U-II? Lakes likes the sound of itOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - If Stevenson is known as the offensive lineman factory of Lake County, perhaps Lakes should be referred to as Stevenson North. Lakes, just five years into its existence ...
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The crystal ball has been dusted off and it says ...Oct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - And here we are, at the stretch run of yet another football season. For more years than I have fingers and toes for, I've tried right around Week 6 or 7 to pull out the ...
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It will be crowded at the top of the Class 7A fieldOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - As the news keeps circulating, the jaws keep dropping. East St. Louis, whose enrollment places it in Class 6A for the football playoffs, petitioned the IHSA to move up a...
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New turf muddies age-old football traditionOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Romanticism and realism collided with Mid-Suburban League football the last two rainy Friday nights. The West didn't have to worry their first two rounds of division gam...
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Time to pay tribute to woeful underachieversOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I was always an underachiever in school. B's. That was my goal. Just get B's. And not just any B, but the 80.000 percent, do-as-little-as-humanly-possible B. I mean, w...
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St. Charles booster Miller earns spot in Chicagoland Hall of FameOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Major League pitcher Bob Miller was born in Berwyn and attended Fenwick and Morton East high schools. His heart, however - and with it his checkbook - have poured...
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Bad year doesn't trash Hendry recordOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Even a broken clock is right twice a day, which would make me about half as effective as a busted timing device. Nevertheless, when I was certain in 2007 and 2008 that t...