Itasca Sports
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South Elgin bounces back against Lake ParkMay 03, 2012 11:08 pm - South Elgin baseball coach Jim Kating wants his pitchers to throw a first pitch strike. He knew Lake Park pitcher Christian Taugner threw a first-pitch strike 76 percen...
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Benet’s doubles come through against CarmelMay 03, 2012 8:41 pm - Benet roared back from a 2-0 deficit to sweep all three flights of doubles and defeat visiting Carmel in boys tennis Thursday afternoon in Lisle. After the freshman duo ...
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Neuqua Valley wins UEC Valley crownMay 03, 2012 7:59 pm - Neuqua Valley girls track coach Gretchen Parejko only needed one word to sum up her team’s 153-point first-place finish in the Upstate Eight Conference Valley Divis...
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Schiller hasn’t stopped proving people wrongMay 03, 2012 3:13 pm - Geneva’s Pat Schiller remembers the digs. “People always told me I wasn’t big enough, wasn’t fast enough, played at the wrong high school,” said the former Vikings and N...
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Bartlett downs Lake Park, in control of UEC ValleyMay 02, 2012 9:07 pm - Most pitchers don’t like it when the wind is blowing straight out to center field. Tori Burke isn’t most pitchers. The Bartlett senior actually enjoys when the wind is...
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Benet makes it six straight in ESCCMay 02, 2012 3:37 pm - There are twice as many running events as field events at a track meet, but the importance of the latter can never be discounted. Wednesday night at Benedictine Universi...
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Wheaton Academy stuns St. Francis in final minuteMay 02, 2012 3:32 pm - From her forward position St. Francis senior Sydney Fox watched in horror as Wheaton Academy’s Crystal Thomas collected the soccer ball near midfield in the final minute...
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Wheaton Academy athletes going to great lengths to LeadMay 02, 2012 3:13 pm - Wheaton Academy’s baseball game May 7 against Aurora Christian is not your normal game. To be played at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva starting with the sophomores at 4:30 p...
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St. Francis removes all suspense in winMay 02, 2012 1:53 pm - Evidently, St. Francis was in no mood for a dramatic finish in its rematch with Montini. Two weeks after losing on a walk-off homer, the Spartans scored 7 runs in the fi...
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Loaded county meet a postseason previewMay 01, 2012 8:39 pm - For an idea of local strength in boys track, two-time defending Class 3A champion Lake Park didn’t win the DuPage County Boys Track & Field Championships in 2010 or 2011...