Des Plaines Sports
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Baseball: Glenbrook North ends Elk Grove’s Cinderella runMay 29, 2024 9:50 pm - Elk Grove had endured a pair of 8-game losing streaks en route to dropping 23 of their 29 regular season games and finishing dead last in the Mid-Suburban East. Then, all...
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Softball: Hautzinger, St. Charles East shut out Elk Grove, advances to sectional finalMay 29, 2024 8:11 pm - Not a cloud was present as the sun shined down on the Class 4A Conant sectional semifinal between St. Charles East and Elk Grove. That meant whoever won this game would ...
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Signaling your approach: Bicycle safety should rank top-of-mind for all ridersMay 28, 2024 6:08 am - With warmer weather and more cyclists hitting the roadways, safety should rank top-of-mind for anyone sharing traffic with vehicles of greater mass and speed.
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Boys tennis: State champ Sheldon powers Hersey to second place finishMay 25, 2024 9:27 pm - The only thing more attractive than the postcard-pretty Saturday at the boys tennis state meet at Palatine was left-hander Mitch Sheldon’s inside-out forehand on the fina...
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Boys track and field: Migas soars, Grayslake Central scores in CharlestonMay 25, 2024 9:04 pm - CHARLESTON — Lakes pole vaulter Paul Migas shrugged off pressure of past performance to win a third straight state title on Saturday at the 129th boys track and field sta...
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Softball: Goeringer slugs Elk Grove to upset win over No. 1 FremdMay 24, 2024 10:06 pm - Suffice it to say, Lexi Goeringer will never forget the first week of her senior postseason of a four-year varsity career at Elk Grove. The senior third baseman drove in ...
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Boys lacrosse: St. Viator pushes Lake Forest in sectional final but falls shortMay 24, 2024 8:41 pm - Tied 4-4 at halftime, No.2-seeded St. Viator was hoping to pull off the upset Friday afternoon to win the championship of the boys lacrosse sectional over top-seeded host...
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Girls lacrosse: Hersey’s early lead disappears in sectional loss to Crystal LakeMay 24, 2024 8:04 pm - Crystal Lake Central co-op took advantage of Hersey penalties to secure a 12-7 win over the Huskies in the girls lacrosse sectional final in Arlington Heights Friday. Cry...
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Weekly Roundup: High School Athletes Captured in Action by Daily Herald PhotographersMay 23, 2024 1:27 pm - Each week Daily Herald photographers capture high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the Week in sports photos through our lens as much as we enj...
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Girls soccer: Vernon Hills outlasts St. Viator on PKs, reaches sectional finalMay 22, 2024 10:24 pm - For both the St. Viator and Vernon Hills girls soccer teams, they would have to endure a nearly one-hour wait to play their Class 2A sectional semifinal at Deerfield Hig...