Des Plaines Sports
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Woody Hughes, former Maine West coach and witness to Iwo Jima flag-raising, dies at 95Feb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Elwood "Woody" Hughes, one of the state's last survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima and a witness to the iconic flag-raising by his fellow Marines, died Tuesday. After th...
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No March Madness or football playoffs, but at least high school athletes can playJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - There won't be madness in March. And masks will be required, even in competition. But at least high school basketball players in Illinois will have basketball again. The...
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Bandits season scratched, but there still will be softball in Rosemont in 2021Jan 18, 2021 12:00 am - The Chicago Bandits won't play for the second season in a row amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but there will be women's softball this summer at their stadium in Rosemont, vi...
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Expansion of Mount Prospect Ice Arena a boost for youth hockey, officials sayJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - The Mount Prospect Ice Arena will continue to expand, and youth hockey stands to reap the benefits. The Mount Prospect village board on Tuesday approved plans to add a t...
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Illini turn to Elk Grove grad Miller to coach O-lineJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Bart Miller played high school football at Elk Grove under Bruce Bazsali before going on to his own college career as an offensive lineman and then a coach. Now he's bac...
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North Shore preps: Short sports year is long on successesDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - That March 13 boys basketball Class 4A Elk Grove sectional final between No. 1 seed Loyola and No. 3 Evanston certainly felt tenuous. Remember? People were wary even dur...
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District 207 gets $300,000 donation for new turf at Maine SouthDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - A pharmaceutical company with Chicago-area offices has donated $300,000 to help pay for new artificial turf at Maine South High in Park Ridge. The money will come from I...
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COVID-19 spikes in Illinois factor into ECC's decision to cancel basketball seasonDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - It is the holidays, so there are always a few Grinches in the crowd. But Kent Payne never pegged himself as one. Until Tuesday. "I feel like the Grinch who took Christma...
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Legacy continues: More Hall of Fame honors for the Maine West girls basketball programDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - She made the "shot heard 'round Des Plaines" ... via Champaign. Moira Kennelly Pietrowski was a big part of the start of the Maine West girls basketball dynasty. A sharp...
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Fund in Bob Frisk's name to help student journalists in three suburban districtsDec 11, 2020 4:30 am - Bob Frisk spent his life making high school sports a positive experience for athletes, doing it through his stories and columns and hundreds of relationships with athlet...