Mount Prospect Sports
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No March Madness or football playoffs, but at least high school athletes can playJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - There won't be madness in March. And masks will be required, even in competition. But at least high school basketball players in Illinois will have basketball again. The...
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Expansion of Mount Prospect Ice Arena a boost for youth hockey, officials sayJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - The Mount Prospect Ice Arena will continue to expand, and youth hockey stands to reap the benefits. The Mount Prospect village board on Tuesday approved plans to add a t...
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Illini turn to Elk Grove grad Miller to coach O-lineJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Bart Miller played high school football at Elk Grove under Bruce Bazsali before going on to his own college career as an offensive lineman and then a coach. Now he's bac...
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COVID-19 spikes in Illinois factor into ECC's decision to cancel basketball seasonDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - It is the holidays, so there are always a few Grinches in the crowd. But Kent Payne never pegged himself as one. Until Tuesday. "I feel like the Grinch who took Christma...
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Fund in Bob Frisk's name to help student journalists in three suburban districtsDec 11, 2020 4:30 am - Bob Frisk spent his life making high school sports a positive experience for athletes, doing it through his stories and columns and hundreds of relationships with athlet...
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Mount Prospect native Decker now an Emmy Award-winning producer, directorNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - A leap of faith and confidence in yourself can go a long way in life sometimes. Just ask Mount Prospect native Jackie Decker. Decker, a 2000 Prospect High School graduat...
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Wheeling's Terrell is determined to reach his goalsNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - The ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic likely will be far-reaching in all aspects of life. Jaden Terrell, and probably many high school athletes like him, has alrea...
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Former Prospect football star Mike Dawson diesNov 19, 2020 12:00 am - Dr. Mike Dawson, a 1963 graduate of Prospect High School and an all-state football player in 1962, died Monday in Adrian, Mich., of natural causes. Dawson's family moved...
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Hersey three-sport athlete Gudaitis will move on to Illinois StateNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Idle time seemed like such a great idea back then. Now ... not so much. Too much of a good thing, after all, isn't always such a good thing. On the days when Ryan Gudait...
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It's a Sparty Party for Rolling Meadows' ChristieNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - When Max Christie grew up in Rolling Meadows he pictured himself playing basketball at his local high school and one day in college. After three years as a starter for t...