Deerfield Sports
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Polly Hirt's athletic career follows familiar, successful arcMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - About the time she started realizing she wasn't going to soar any higher, and that she was scraping the ceiling of her gymnastics potential, Polly Hirt began to plummet....
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Looking back at the best of the 2007-08 basketball seasonMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As the high school boys' basketball season comes to an end this weekend in Peoria, I felt the time was right to put the 2007-08 campaign to bed by reliving some of the m...
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Blackhawks' projects with youth help keep name in spotlightMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Blackhawks have become a major player in the promotions department. Just look at the excitement generated Friday night by the return of legends Bobby Hull and Stan M...
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Tomorrow comes today for high school athletesMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - With all its euphoria and net-cutting and trophy-hoisting, March Madness is a magical time of year. If you've been to a fan-packed high school gym during the state baske...
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No shame in end of Saxons' playoff runMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Endings such as these are always painful. But there was nothing shameful about how Schaumburg arrived at this emotion-filled point Friday night at Barrington. The sevent...
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Join me in annual hair-razing cancer benefitMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Ashley Conley spent too much of her third year on Earth vomiting. Enduring blood transfusions that lasted for hours. Riding in the family van that wore two deep grooves...
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DeSimone: Buffalo Grove's proven leaderMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Four more years is a common theme in politics. High school athletes are restricted to four-year terms of competition. If they weren't, there is no doubt Buffalo Grove bo...
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Saxons show they're more than a two-man actMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Highland Park succeeded in not getting beat by Cully Payne and Brandon Bolger. Schaumburg's dangerous duo had a grand total of 2 points of their combined average of 32 a...
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BG seniors leave mark of successMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A 20-20-20-20 vision is tough to focus on for a freshman. "I never understood the meaning of a 20-win season," Paul Timko said of when he arrived at Buffalo Grove and wa...
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Foudy to make special appearance at youth soccer showMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Julie Foudy knows all about leadership. She has a sports leadership academy. She also is an expert on team building because of her valuable role for 17 years with Unite...