Pingree Grove Sports
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Looking at the key moments in Kaneland's title runJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Congratulations to the Kaneland Knights, 2011 Class 3A state baseball champions. That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Here's one last look back at a team that caught...
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West gets best of East in Fehlman All-Star GameJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - With the Fox River in the background winding its way lazily downstream, the careers of 40 or so of the most talented softball players in the suburbs wound to a close at ...
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Kaneland wins Class 3A state titleJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - There's no I in Kaneland, but there is one in state champion. The Knights won the Class 3A state baseball championship 11-3 over Oak Forest on Saturday at Silver Cross F...
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Kaneland shuts down opponent’s starsJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - JOLIET — After Kaneland senior Bobby Thorson bashed another opposite field home run last week in sectional play during the Knights’ improbable run to the state title — h...
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St. Charles North barely misses out on titleJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - EAST PEORIA — It was the highest-scoring state championship game in Illinois softball history. St. Charles North will remember it for the run that wasn't. On a bases-loa...
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Ecstasy, heartbreak all in one dayJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - EAST PEORIA/JOLIET — Now that's a dateline that feels good to write on the final day of the high school sports season. Not something I would have ever predicted, but ce...
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St. Charles N. wins on Korth's walk-off HRJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - Annie Korth expected first-pitch strike, and the St. Charles North senior was ready to pounce. She didn't miss. Korth drilled the first pitch she saw from New Trier's Br...
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Kaneland rolls WaterlooJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - What a difference a month makes. On May 10 the Kaneland baseball team's record stood at 13-10 after a 7-4 loss to Morris — its 6th loss in 7 games — and a defeat that kn...
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Heinle’s bunt proves practice pays offJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - Coming to the plate in the Class 3A state semifinals in a 2-2 game and your coach flashes the suicide squeeze sign certainly could cause nerves in even the coolest of ba...
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Oak Forest offers Kaneland’s final testJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - Kaneland coach Brian Aversa has credited his assistant coach Jim Smedley with keeping his team loose this year, and Smedley was it at again as the Knights made their way...