Des Plaines Sports
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Clark, St. Viator top Leyden for first home victoryDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - New coach. Players from four different classes. Limited preparation time in the summer to put in a new system and philosophy. Tough schedule to begin the season. “We ...
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Hersey's 3-point surge sinks Buffalo GroveDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - If advertising icon Captain Obvious had been in attendance at Ken Carter Gym for Friday's Buffalo Grove-Hersey game in Arlington Heights, he might have said that a succe...
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Barrington, Fremd on course for divisional testDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - Barrington and Fremd won their Mid-Suburban West boys swimming dual meets Friday to stay unbeaten in the division. It's almost a month until the next set of divisional m...
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A dandy victory for maturing ProspectDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - Prospect is a boys basketball team that analyst Dick Vitale would love, with its abundance of so-called Diaper Dandies. Knights coach John Camardella starts three underc...
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St. Viator wills its way past NazarethDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - There are many different ways to win and lose basketball games. For some teams, it's simply a matter of having the will to win. The St. Viator boys basketball team had p...
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Dreamy finish for Topalis, Buffalo Grove against HerseyDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - With the game tied at 52, Hersey coach Mary Fendley called a time out to set up a play with 14.6 seconds left in the final quarter. Meanwhile, Buffalo Grove junior Georg...
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Hopkins hits 1,000-point milestone in Fremd's victoryDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - Add another 1,000-point scorer in Mid-Suburban League girls basketball. Fremd senior Bryana Hopkins reached the milestone on Friday night in Palatine as she scored a gam...
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Wolves snap skid with 4-3 win over StarsDec 17, 2015 5:01 pm - Defenseman Jordan Schmaltz's slick backhand in the first round of the shootout lifted the Chicago Wolves to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Stars Thursday afternoon at Alls...
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Zurlo, Kamysz help Hersey to season-high scoreDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Hersey's girls gymnastics team took a big step forward at Thursday's Mid-Suburban League triangular. Senior Alysa Zurlo (36.6) and sophomore Mackenzie Kamysz (36.05) wer...
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Fishing travel could do without the excess baggageDec 16, 2015 9:04 am - The map on my office wall is perforated with pinholes from all the local and area fishing destinations and faraway places I have explored. And when I fly someplace, I of...