Des Plaines Sports
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Water polo: Cancellation of season that had begun a bitter pill to swallowMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Everybody out of the pool. That was the edict to water polo teams from the Illinois High School Association on March 12, when all spring sports were suspended due to the...
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Girls track and field: Glenbard West's Hart, others miss out on more successMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - It came to this - arguably Illinois' best female high school distance runner ever, running a time trial on a nearly empty track in a wide-open field with no spectators. ...
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Aloha for Ridge: Elk Grove football star Ian Ridge invited to Tiki BowlMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - A trip to Hawaii around the holidays sounds pretty good, and Ian Ridge got his official invitation for beachy, sunshine bliss on Wednesday. Now all he's got to do is hop...
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Golfers hope summer season isn't washed outMay 04, 2020 1:00 am - While Illinois golf courses reopened May 1, there's still a long way to go before top high school players return to competition. Many of the summer tournaments teenage g...
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Loss of team bonding concerns high school football coaches, playersApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - The last time Paul Parpet Sr. didn't coach summer football a historic event shook the nation. He was fresh out of college in 1974 when President Richard Nixon resigned. ...
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Boys track and field: Area programs feel disappointment of lost seasonApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - York has won 17 state trophies in boys track and field and five state championships, most recently in 2014. Would it have earned an 18th trophy Memorial Day weekend in ...
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St. Viator's Hayes headed to Glenbrook NorthApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - After directing his alma mater for the past six years, St. Viator boys basketball coach Quin Hayes has accepted a new challenge both on the court and in the classroom. H...
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Sporting goods industry sweats out pandemicApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - As society sweats out the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Sporting Goods Association works up a sweat, even as bats, balls and athletic gear sit in storage. While no gam...
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Halt of spring sports denies these potential record-breakersApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Fourteen wins. For a Benet soccer team that broke school records the past two seasons with 20 and then 24 victories, 14 was well within its reach. Those 14 wins would ha...
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Watch: Hometown neighborhood throws parade for latest Bears draft pick KmetApr 25, 2020 1:00 am - We're not sure who's more excited about the last 24 hours - Cole Kmet or the community. Residents threw the Bears draft pick a parade Saturday morning, driving by his A...