Mettawa Sports
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Tennis players ready to get back to matches and teamworkAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Already, the ideas are flowing for "silly dress-up day." That's what the players on the Cary-Grove girls tennis team typically do on Fridays during the season. And in wh...
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Holy Cross 'perfect' fit for Libertyville's HuberJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - A trip east could have gone south. Consider that Lauren Huber verbally committed to play basketball for the College of the Holy Cross a week before she planned to visit ...
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Former Libertyville coach Sanders recalls good memories in ChampaignJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - There may be no "I" in team. But years ago, high school basketball teams in Illinois used to get pretty jacked up when they would see the big "I" on the hardwood that we...
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Smith hopes his stock will soar at ArkansasJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - An above-the-rim player since his days at Stevenson, Justin Smith hopes his game can soar to another level in the next year. The University of Arkansas and head coach Er...
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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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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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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...