Park Ridge Sports
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Despite loss, Prospect happy to be back in actionFeb 04, 2021 12:00 am - When Prospect's boys basketball team left the court on March 10 of last year, the Knights couldn't wait to get back. Despite losing to Mundelein in the sectional semifin...
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Woody Hughes, former Maine West coach and witness to Iwo Jima flag-raising, dies at 95Feb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Elwood "Woody" Hughes, one of the state's last survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima and a witness to the iconic flag-raising by his fellow Marines, died Tuesday. After th...
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Mom smiling down on Maine South grad, Evans Scholar DunleavyJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - All six kids in the Dunleavy family from Park Ridge have grown up on a golf course. And yet, none of them are serious golfers. Caddying has been the family tradition. Ol...
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North Shore preps: Short sports year is long on successesDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - That March 13 boys basketball Class 4A Elk Grove sectional final between No. 1 seed Loyola and No. 3 Evanston certainly felt tenuous. Remember? People were wary even dur...
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District 207 gets $300,000 donation for new turf at Maine SouthDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - A pharmaceutical company with Chicago-area offices has donated $300,000 to help pay for new artificial turf at Maine South High in Park Ridge. The money will come from I...
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Rookie Skoronski fitting right in with Northwestern's veteran offensive lineNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - A little bit more mentoring would have been great. But Peter Skoronski sure isn't complaining about what he got instead. A starting spot at left tackle on a Big Ten foot...
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Top-end speed, pack mentality paces New Trier's boys sectional victoryNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - New Trier's boys cross country team used pack running this season to rise above its competition. So it's to the Trevians' credit that under a pandemic-regulated sectiona...
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Batavia's Schlenker pulls away to win sectional crownOct 31, 2020 1:00 am - For almost the first two miles of the Class 3A Lyons Township girls cross county sectional Saturday, Batavia's Katrina Schlenker and Wheaton Warrenville South's Samantha...
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Lots of local runners set to compete in high school cross country finaleOct 28, 2020 1:00 am - The final state series event in this altered fall season occurs Saturday. Glenbrook South High School will be fully represented. The Titans' boys and girls cross country...
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Well-rounded Maine South lacrosse player a deserving award winnerSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Chris Bridich is a young man of few words. Some of his most popular are “improving” and “hard work.” There's a direct correlation between that vocabulary and his winning...