Cook County Sports
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Signaling your approach: Bicycle safety should rank top-of-mind for all ridersMay 28, 2024 6:08 am - With warmer weather and more cyclists hitting the roadways, safety should rank top-of-mind for anyone sharing traffic with vehicles of greater mass and speed.
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Boys track and field: Ihenacho goes long yet againMay 25, 2024 11:15 pm - CHARLESTON — Once Cary-Grove senior Reece Ihenacho topped the 200-foot mark in discus in March at the Texas Relays, he gained a reputation. “I sort of go to meets now an...
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Boys tennis: State champ Sheldon powers Hersey to second place finishMay 25, 2024 9:27 pm - The only thing more attractive than the postcard-pretty Saturday at the boys tennis state meet at Palatine was left-hander Mitch Sheldon’s inside-out forehand on the fina...
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Boys track and field: Migas soars, Grayslake Central scores in CharlestonMay 25, 2024 9:04 pm - CHARLESTON — Lakes pole vaulter Paul Migas shrugged off pressure of past performance to win a third straight state title on Saturday at the 129th boys track and field sta...
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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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Boys volleyball: Barrington battles but can’t take down top-seeded LoyolaMay 25, 2024 6:07 pm - After winning the Deerfield regional on Thursday, No. 5-seeded Barrington was looking to keep that momentum going against top-seeded Loyola Academy Saturday afternoon at ...
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Softball: Potempa’s 1-hitter lifts Stevenson over Palatine and onto sectionalsMay 25, 2024 5:40 pm - In 2015, sophomore leadoff batter and centerfielder Vera Pflugardt helped Stevenson win its 10th softball regional championship. Nine years later, Pflugardt helped the Pa...
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Baseball: Clutch hitting sends York past St. Charles East in regional title gameMay 25, 2024 5:27 pm - York’s baseball team was at its best in two-out situations Saturday. The third-seeded Dukes (28-9) turned an early 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 first-inning lead on Josh Flemin...
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Girls soccer: Mortonson’s two goals provide early jolt, send Lyons past York to sectional titleMay 25, 2024 5:16 pm - Lyons junior forward Caroline Mortonson was one of only two starters who did not attend her school’s prom Friday night. So she went to bed at 10 p.m. in order to get plen...
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Baseball: Mannion, Prospect win tight duel over MundeleinMay 25, 2024 5:06 pm - Prospect senior Jack Mannion was literally and figuratively in the zone Saturday morning. The right-hander for the fifth-seeded Knights blocked out all the noise from the...