West Chicago Sports
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No time for Wheaton North to let upOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Wheaton North qualified for the football playoffs by the skin of its teeth. It doesn't get any easier this weekend. The Falcons, who needed last week's double-overtime v...
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Wheaton Academy learning all about playoff foe HillcrestOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Once the football playoff pairings were announced, Wheaton Academy coach Ben Wilson was asked about his first-round Class 5A foe, Hillcrest. At first he chuckled. "I wou...
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St. Francis gets one more look at SCC rival MontiniOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - What a coincidence. Out of 16 teams in the Class 5A lower bracket, No. 12 seed Montini and No. 5 St. Francis are poised for a first-round game. With enough to worry abo...
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Bartlett escapes Wheaton NorthOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - It was a postseason volleyball match in which records and seeds were utterly irrelevant. Wheaton North, the No. 13 seed of the Class 4A Geneva sectional, had Bartlett, t...
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All-area team profiles: DuPage CountyOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Britta Baarstad Downers Grove North Trojans coach Mark Wasik calls this senior outside his "Terminator." Baarstad said hasta la vista, baby, to the tune of 323 k...
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All-area team profiles: DuPage CountyOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Keegan Balle Neuqua Valley The senior central defender was named an all-stater, and he it was a well-deserved honor. "He's the guy who runs the back from the bac...
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She's earned what she got: Kelsey Robinson is DuPage County captainOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - To watch Kelsey Robinson is to witness athletic poetry in motion. No other volleyball player in the area has quite the gifts the 6-foot-2 St. Francis senior outside poss...
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It wouldn't be a Friday night if there were no rainOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Taking a cue from The Weather Channel's Gametime Weather Index for college and professional football games, we wish to provide a similar service to fans of select area h...
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Timothy's quick strike shocks WestminsterOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - It's tough to guess what made Timothy Christian feel better Tuesday night: when Corey Phillip scored against Westminster Christian just 34 seconds into the game, or when...
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Upstart Wheaton North advances againOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Ninth-seeded Wheaton North moved a step closer to the last weekend of the season in dramatic style when Jacques Ntahoturi hit the game-winner in the 83rd minute to stun ...