Des Plaines Sports
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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...
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2021 Chicago Golf Show canceled due to pandemicDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - The Chicago Golf Show Wednesday announced the 2021 event has been canceled because of ongoing issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day show, which typical...
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Hersey three-sport athlete Gudaitis will move on to Illinois StateNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Idle time seemed like such a great idea back then. Now ... not so much. Too much of a good thing, after all, isn't always such a good thing. On the days when Ryan Gudait...
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Cross country: Lake Zurich's Myers, Gilboy run strong at Loyola regionalOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - It was almost like a practice day. There were Lake Zurich seniors Jacob Myers and Jack Gilboy nipping at each other's heels as they have so often over the last four year...
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Girls cross country: Hersey's Harden, Prospect shine at MSL meetOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Hersey sophomore girls cross country standout Anna Harden knows what it's like to be the lone wolf on the course. Harden, 23rd in the state as a freshman last year, won ...