Cook County Schools
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Girls volleyball: Fremd finishes fourth at Class 4A state tournamentNov 15, 2025 11:19 pm - NORMAL -- Lockport senior outside hitter Bridget Ferriter is a big math and science buff. A two-year starter, the 6-foot Ferriter said math and science appeal to her pers...
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Fremd battles back, wins quarterfinal thriller at Bolingbrook to reach semifinals for first timeNov 15, 2025 11:10 pm - Fremd erased an early 14-point deficit and survived a wild finish to beat Bolingbrook 34-33 in a Class 8A quarterfinal matchup Saturday, sending the Vikings to the state ...
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GPS American Education Week program to focus on school-parent partnershipsNov 15, 2025 10:21 pm - The School-Parent Partnership event by GPS Parent Series on Nov. 24 features award-winning principal Beth Houf, who will share strategies to enhance communication between schools and parents, especially when addressing tough topics like attendance, grades, and behavior.
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Lockport stymies Barrington’s explosive offenseNov 15, 2025 10:19 pm - There are three phases in football, and if your team can prevail in two of them, there is a strong likelihood it will win. But all three? Then you get what happened in Lo...
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Bison Grove Theatre Company presents Neil Simon’s classic comedy ‘Fools’Nov 15, 2025 9:54 pm - The Bison Grove Theatre Company’s upcoming production will be “Fools,” the comic tale by legendary American playwright Neil Simon. Performances will be Nov. 20-22.
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Culotta’s big plays help Batavia hold off surging Glenbard North in Class 7A quarterfinalNov 15, 2025 7:38 pm - It was a game all about momentum. And for a majority of the third quarter, Batavia didn’t have any. Once leading by as many as three scores, the Bulldogs had given up 14 ...
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Hersey lights up the scoreboard but can’t slow St. Rita in quarterfinal defeatNov 15, 2025 7:30 pm - No. 16-seeded host Hersey put up a good fight against No. 25 St. Rita Saturday afternoon in the IHSA Class 7A state football quarterfinals. But in the end, the Huskies ju...
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Maine South’s early lead slips away in quarterfinal loss to OswegoNov 15, 2025 6:58 pm - Mariano Velasco led Oswego back from the dead Saturday in Park Ridge. Velasco had a game to remember. He caught a pair of touchdown passes and also had a 41-yard intercep...
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Girls volleyball: Fremd falls in 4A state semifinalsNov 14, 2025 10:26 pm - For Fremd it was worth it. Sure, the result wasn't what the Vikings wanted, but they made the Final Four in girls volleyball. Making its third-ever Final Four appearance,...
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T. rex replica goes to head of class at ConantNov 14, 2025 6:55 pm - A replica of the head of a nearly 70-million-year-old fossil is fueling curiosity among James B. Conant High School students. The Tyrannosaurus rex Norm’s skull was brought to the school this week on loan from the Field Museum’s Harris Learning Collection.