Villa Park Schools
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Baseball: Small ball key to Lake Park’s regional title over WillowbrookMay 25, 2024 8:42 pm - Especially in the postseason, a baseball team might not heat up the bats and it needs to take advantage of whatever opportunities come its way. Lake Park defeated Willowb...
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Barrington’s Loutos mastered the computer science of pitchingMay 23, 2024 3:32 pm - Barrington native Ryan Loutos went from designing a pitching app for the St. Louis Cardinals to being one of their pitchers.
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Boys tennis: Arnieri, York rise to the top at Willowbrook sectionalMay 18, 2024 7:58 pm - It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s doubles or singles for York senior Anthony Arnieri. Either way, he excels. Last year as a doubles player, he and teammate Brennen M...
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DuPage County, SCARCE award Sustainable Design Challenge top prizesMay 13, 2024 7:37 pm - The DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee presented awards to winning student groups chosen from this year’s 18th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. Awards we...
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Boys track and field: It’s pronounced as a Neuqua Valley victoryMay 03, 2024 11:28 pm - Due to his name being mispronounced in middle school, Neuqua Valley senior Madhan Manikandaswamy has forever since been known as “Muffin,” or “Muffin Man.” When the Muffi...
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‘A heart as big as the outdoors’: MacDougall to be inducted into COD Athletic Hall of FameApr 25, 2024 6:00 am - Matt Foster first met Bob MacDougall at a College of DuPage football camp when Foster was still a student at Wheaton Central High School.
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New superintendent starting earlier in Villa Park District 45Apr 19, 2024 4:13 pm - Brian Graber was supposed to take over in July 2025 Villa Park District 45 has moved up the start date of its new superintendent. Brian Graber was supposed to take o...
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Girls soccer: Rosales comes through, Morton bests Willowbrook 1-0 in OTApr 15, 2024 10:08 pm - Morton senior forward Carisma Rosales’ season has been stuck in neutral. The Marquette recruit became a state sensation after a productive junior season, registering 23 g...
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Good News Sunday: Suburban astronomy teacher completes ‘mind-blowing’ eclipse skydiveApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a teacher who skydived during the eclipse, a veteran getting a new roof in Island Lake, and DuPage County starting a project to build a crisis recovery center.
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A labor of love: Suburban baseball and softball coaches and their players take special care of their fieldsApr 07, 2024 6:00 am - Cutting the infield grass, raking the infield dirt and tamping down the pitcher’s mounds is all part of many baseball and softball teams’ postgame routines and a way they show pride in their program.