West Chicago Schools
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The SoapboxMay 25, 2013 5:00 am - What’s a chaparral? It’s the formal name for a roadrunner, silly. The bird, no doubt best known through its cartoon character, is not common to Illinois. It also has bee...
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St. Charles North sweeps Wheaton NorthMay 24, 2013 8:44 am - One more win and you’ll see the entire St. Charles North boys volleyball team sporting mohawks. That’s because the top-seeded North Stars made a deal to do just that if ...
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Preliminarily, a good dayMay 24, 2013 8:13 am - CHARLESTON — The pressure’s on, but Lake Park’s Antonio Shenault doesn’t feel it ... much. In the preliminaries of the 119th boys state track meet Friday at Eastern Illi...
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For several Class 1A athletes, one more race to goMay 23, 2013 3:05 pm - CHARLESTON — Jake Hooker mentioned one motivation shared by most every athlete who competed in Thursday’s Class 1A preliminaries of the boys state track finals. “Just th...
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Naperville North soocer player nets big honorMay 23, 2013 1:00 pm - Naperville North soccer player Zoe Swift was one of the athletes whose picture graced the cover of our spring sports preview. On Tuesday she became the recipient of a mu...
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Ventrella pitches Lisle into sectional finalMay 23, 2013 12:54 am - Lisle 4, Walther Lutheran 1: In a game played in Lockport, the Lions (19-10) advanced to the Class 2A Benedictine University sectional final behind Alex Ventrella...
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The kicker is, St. Francis gets winMay 22, 2013 8:49 pm - St. Francis sophomore Corky Hart cramped up during Wednesday’s Class 2A Riverside-Brookfield sectional semifinal against Hinsdale South. Hart’s dehydration and cramping...
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Turnquist retires as longest-serving male teacher in U-46May 22, 2013 5:00 pm - With 41 years in the classroom, Jerry Turnquist will retire as the longest-serving male teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 history. That’s confirmed by Elgin his...
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Hampshire gets past Wheaton AcademyMay 22, 2013 4:33 pm - Hampshire junior Michael Merchut and Whip-Purs’ baseball coach John Sarna each said Wednesday that the hardest playoff game is the first one. The Whip-Purs overcame a s...
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Glenbard students view mock DUI crashMay 22, 2013 3:41 pm - Members of the Carol Stream police and fire protection districts staged a mock DUI crash scene Wednesday at Glenbard North High School to raise student awareness of alco...