Diamond Lake Sports
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Spirit of Sportsmanship Award: Stevenson golf coach makes right callJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Incorrect score. Correct decision. To John Rueth, a middle school teacher and high school coach, it was as simple as simple gets. He made the only choice he could make. ...
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Top basketball players of the century: Boys No. 1, Jalen Brunson of StevensonJun 06, 2020 1:00 am - He barely spoke as a freshman. Not to teammates on the court. Never to the media, deferring to his older teammates. Jalen Brunson, expressionless and quiet, would change...
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Ex-Stevenson and WNBA star Tamika Catchings wants to use Indy tea shop to inspire changeJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Basketball was what Tamika Catchings did as a kid. And tea is what she drank. Yes, tea. As in not coffee, but tea. "I think that came from my mom," Tamika said of her mo...
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Younger athletes must make up for lost time after missing full spring seasonJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - Allie Goodwin has wrapped up her freshman year as a student at Barrington High School. Unfortunately she never got a chance to wrap up - or even start - her freshman yea...
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Carmel baseball player Meriel produces after allMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - A baseball player seeks a hit. Just one hit will no doubt suffice for Carmel Catholic's Ryne Meriel. There is no high school baseball season this spring due to the COVID...
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Boys volleyball: The season that would've been held plenty of promiseMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - The last time the Stevenson boys volleyball team was together on the practice court, coach Eric Goolish stepped aside to quietly observe the final 45 minutes by himself....
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Ward (Carmel), Brown (Vernon Hills) looking for new college homesMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - A pair of jaw-dropping, heart-crushing moments in two months could frazzle a pitcher worse than getting lit up before recording a single out. Dazed or not, Jay Ward, lik...
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Wagner took winding path to Super Bowl gloryMay 23, 2020 3:00 pm - No story summarizes the professional football career of Mike Wagner better than this one: A few years ago, Wagner was looking for a complete video of the 1974 AFC champi...
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Girls soccer: Barrington had high hopes as nation's top-ranked teamMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Not many teams can say they started the girls soccer season ranked No. 1 in the nation and finished No. 1. Unfortunately, Barrington did it this spring without playing a...
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What's in store for boys gymnastics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemicMay 16, 2020 1:00 am - This wasn't the way that Rob Defano imagined 34 years coming to an end. "It's very somber," Defano said. "But the crazy things that are happening in the world are changi...