Des Plaines Sports
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Daily Herald All-Area football captains in the NFLDec 01, 2023 6:00 am - The Daily Herald's All-Area football captain award dates to 1969. Since then it has been awarded in five geographic areas: Northwest Cook County, Lake County, the northe...
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St. Viator stays composed, knocks off CarmelNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - A once-comfortable fourth-quarter lead was dwindling but St. Viator's composure and confidence was not in its East Suburban Catholic Conference boys basketball opener Tu...
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Fremd gets its revenge vs. HerseyNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - After winning 400 games as a head coach, Fremd's Dave Yates knows a thing or two about picking up the pace at halftime. His Vikings did just that, outscoring Hersey 16-...
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Hersey posts first victory under coach Hess, beats JacobsNov 24, 2023 12:00 am - One of the more interesting boys basketball stories this winter comes from Hersey, where former Huskies player and former assistant coach Dave Hess was tabbed last summe...
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Voice of NIU radio held many jobs, including one as WWF ring announcerNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - While Bill Baker has spent more than 50 years on the radio calling football and basketball games, he's also held down quite a few other jobs. Beer truck driver. Ad sales...
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Harper College Men's and Women's Cross Country teams sweep nationalsNov 15, 2023 10:00 pm - The Harper College Women's and Men's Cross Country teams each won national titles at the 2023 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. It's...
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Scouting men's local college basketballNov 07, 2023 12:00 am - Benedictine Coach: Jordan Townsend Last year's record: 12-14 Top players: F Drew Stokes (Montini), F Trevor Montiel (Lake Park) Outlook: Guards Bronson Bartuch (Elk Grov...
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Scouting local women's college basketball teamsNov 06, 2023 12:00 am - BenedictineCoach: Oliver Wiseman Last year's record: 9-16 Top players: G Jordan Carlquist (Hersey), F Megan Duzansky Outlook: In a preseason poll, the Eagles were pi...
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How the Mid-Suburban League became the premier conference in the Northwest suburbsNov 05, 2023 8:00 am - The crazy carousel of conference affiliation in high school and college sports seems to have spun out of control. Next year the once-Midwestern Big Ten will stretch from...
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Downers Grove North rallies from 11 down to stun unbeaten HerseyNov 04, 2023 1:00 am - The Hersey football team stifled Downers Grove North's run attack, and made several big plays on offense. The Trojans, however, managed to stay within striking distance ...