Downers Grove Schools
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Two of state's best football programs finally going to meetNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - They've combined for 63 playoff football appearances, 13 championship games and eight state titles. And they've never played each other until now. Remarkably, Naperville...
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New era for Red Grange Award, same valuesNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Keith Burlingame never saw it coming. Forty-three years later he's glad it did. "Even today it still means something," said Burlingame, an international aluminum magnate...
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Slovakian folk musician making 3-stop Naperville tourNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Naperville's Sister Cities partnership with Nitra, Slovakia, is creating a musical exchange this week featuring an internationally known folk musician. The fujara, a Sl...
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Benet gets a kick out of triumphNov 04, 2017 1:00 am - Victor Karam felt less than confident as his 41-yard field-goal attempt bounced off the top of the crossbar and floated toward uncertainty. "I thought, 'I'm going to mi...
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Glen Ellyn District 41 could make the case for renovating Civic Center spaceNov 04, 2017 1:00 am - After College of DuPage officials made their case last month for opening a business incubator in the former Glen Ellyn police station, village officials gave Glen Ellyn ...
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Boys cross country: DuPage County teams dominate Class 3ANov 04, 2017 1:00 am - PEORIA - It was the ultimate role reversal for Downers Grove North. One year after watching the Neuqua Valley boys cross country team collectively hoist the Class 3A cha...
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Girls volleyball: St. Charles North rallies to clinch 1st state berthNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - St. Charles North finally lost a set in the postseason Friday night, which turned out to bring out the best volleyball yet from the North Stars. With their backs to the ...
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Playoffs Week 2: Scouting the East Suburban CatholicNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - Class 7A No. 1 Hononegah (10-0) at No. 17 Benet (7-3) Game time: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Benedictine University in Lisle. Last week: Hononegah 42, No. 32 Harlem 21; Benet ...
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Playoffs Week 2: Scouting the Chicago CatholicNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - No. 6 Sacred Heart-Griffin (8-2) at No. 14 Marmion Academy (6-4) Game time: 2 p.m. Saturday at Fichtel Field Last week: Sacred Heart-Griffin 56, Hubbard 13; Marmion 34, ...
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Girls volleyball: Montini backs off, falls in sectional finalNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - Therese Noonan and the Montini girls volleyball team played the first set of the Class 3A sectional title game with their foot firmly on the gas pedal. "We came into thi...