Plainfield Schools
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IMSA, Neuqua Valley students win prizes at international science fairMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - A Geneva teen competed this week for a $75,000 prize in an international science fair. While he didn't win the big award, Emil Khabiboulline did take home an all-expens...
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Lake Park edges Neuqua ValleyMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - Tara Palandri knows she has the green light from her coach to go on the bases. She wasn’t about to stop Friday. Palandri scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, capping...
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Lake Park wins UEC ValleyMay 12, 2011 12:00 am - Lake Park boys track coach Jay Ivory has a beautiful smile. You should have seen it Thursday. At the Upstate Eight Conference Valley Division boys outdoor track meet the...
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Schalk, Wheaton North roll in DVCMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Wheaton North 12, Naperville North 3: Five runs in the second inning and five in the fourth powered the Falcons (18-7, 13-5) to the three-game sweep in the DuPage...
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Waubonsie takes ‘crazy’ victoryMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - There’s only one surefire comment to lean on after a baseball game like Thursday’s between Waubonsie Valley and Neuqua Valley. “Crazy things happen,” said Warriors senio...
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A season rich in third basemenMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Jerry Schilf remembers Julianne Rurka’s baptism into high school softball as fondly as if it were his own kid. First game, first at-bat: Benet’s freshman third baseman h...
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Dist. 204 schools get federal designationMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Because about half the students at Longwood and Georgetown elementary schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, both Indian Prairie Unit District 204 schools ha...
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Lake Park outlasts South ElginMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - Lake Park softball coach Tom Mazzie says he never worries when his team gets behind in a game. “I never feel like we’re down. We always have a chance to come back,” Mazz...
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Strength of schedule no factor in IHSA seedingMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - As baseball coaches prepared last week to submit their Class 3A and 4A sectional seeding ballots online, an interesting set of instructions from the IHSA awaited them. I...
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About those late Wednesdays in Dist. 204May 10, 2011 12:00 am - The word on the playground is that many parents don’t really get why their students in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 schools have a late start on Wednesdays. “There a...