Pingree Grove Sports
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Burlington coach Smith leaving for NIUJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - Stephanie Smith has never made it a secret that her dream is to become a women’s college basketball coach. Now she’ll have the opportunity to take the first step in achi...
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A potpourri of items to take into summerJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - It feels like only last August that we set out to document the people and events of the 2010-11 prep sports year. As the curtain draws on a most successful campaign — K...
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Looking back at best moments from 2010-2011 school yearJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Another school year has come and gone. Where did the time go? A few months ago, I probably wouldn’t have said that but now that we’ve turned the calendar page to June an...
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St. Charles North headed to East PeoriaJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - After four years of playing some of the best softball the Tri-Cities has ever seen, St. Charles North will end its run at a fitting place — East Peoria playing for the C...
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Kaneland headed to state for 1st timeJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - MOLINE — It may be premature to call a first-inning, highway-robbery catch the play of the baseball game, but it sure looked good from where Kaneland was sitting. Peoria...
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Peters provides Kaneland reliefJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - Kaneland is headed to the supersectional for the first time in history, even if it didn’t go exactly like most of Bobby Thorson’s starts. Who cares? Certainly nobody at ...
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Marmion feels snakebit againJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - There’s many worse things in the world than being compared to a baseball dynasty that won 14 straight National League East titles but only one World Series in that stret...
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Kaneland downs Marmion for sectional crownJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - Leading off from first base in a 3-3 game when Bobby Thorson launched a drive to deep right field, Joe Camiliere put his head down and took off at full speed knowing he ...
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Kaneland-Marmion sectional final should be memorableJun 03, 2011 12:00 am - There’s not much baseball coaches like less than giving the opponent bulletin board material. Walking leadoff hitters, booting ground balls, getting picked off base — OK...
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Tarter pitches Marmion into sectional finalJun 02, 2011 12:00 am - While Marmion didn’t get the 10-run win it was looking for in the Class 3A Rochelle sectional semifinals, the Cadets did just enough to get themselves back in a familiar...