Island Lake
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Undefeated Grant seeks respectOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Shortly after the pairings for the IHSA football playoffs were televised Saturday night, Kurt Rous got a phone call. It was his quarterback Pavel Zurkowski, and he wante...
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Scoring a smoky winOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Mike Lake drove 130 miles from downstate Shannon to compete in Lambs Farm's second annual Barn Burner BBQ, a spicy food festival held Saturday in Green Oaks. One of 36 ...
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Chapter 5: Non-class costs weigh heavy on schoolsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a common refrain among education critics: More money needs to stay in the classroom and less spent outside. And they have the numbers to point to. Over a decade, mo...
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Despite concerns, faith-based prison programs growOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Texas -- Killer-turned-artist Manny Hernandez on the prison where he's finishing an eight-year term: "It's a blessing to be here." Fellow murderer and inmate R...
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Reilly leads Libertyville to titleOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The road to the Class 3A girls state cross country meet began for area teams and individuals Saturday morning at the Lake Zurich regional. Libertyville was a dominant fo...
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Cats' Novak shows knack for dramaticsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It was only a conference crossover against a one-win team, which, granted, is in the same school district. But to soccer-lover Brad Novak, having to sit out Libertyville...
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'Awesome' local matchups possible in 7AOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - More than half of the football teams in the Tri-Cities area qualified for the playoffs Saturday, with four teams placed in the lower bracket in Class 7A. If all goes we...
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Quilt Barn project aims to preserve McHenry's barnsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Seeing quilts on the outside of barns might conjure up a few strange thoughts. Could this be a new approach to environmentally friendly heating? Or maybe, a prank by loc...
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What might have been … and could beOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It's tough to point to one game and classify it as a cornerstone in the future of a high school football program. A key game may define the season, but there's always a...
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Cinderella Jacobs does it againOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Midnight hasn't struck yet for Cinderella Jacobs. Mark Kyszka made sure of that. After scoring the winning goal in a 1-0 upset win over No. 2 seed St. Viator Wednesday n...