Cook County Sports
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Boys basketball: New-look Rolling Meadows tops Wheaton Warrenville SouthNov 26, 2025 8:00 pm - Last year, as juniors, Marty Lesner and Kenan Pekovic of Rolling Meadows were role players for a senior-led Mustangs team that finished the year with a 30-5 record. Now t...
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Boys basketball: Pagliocca, Williams help Stevenson hold off Lake Park’s comebackNov 26, 2025 7:16 pm - Stevenson got needed veteran leadership to avert disaster Wednesday at the Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic at Palatine. Stevenson built a 17-point lead late in the first ...
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Boys basketball: Grant’s offense clicks in season-opening win over ElginNov 26, 2025 5:37 pm - Unselfishness might be the best word to describe Grant's impressive 94-41 win over Elgin on Wednesday in a first round game of the Tom Mueller Thanksgiving Tournament hos...
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Boys basketball: Palatine surges past Lake Park in openerNov 26, 2025 10:46 am - With the new look MSL West heading their way, Palatine and head coach Eric Millstone knew that they would need to get off to a good start this season. The Pirates showed ...
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‘We had to take a bold step’: Elk Grove Village provides $27 million loan to ice rink developerNov 24, 2025 10:34 am - Elk Grove Village will provide a $27 million zero-interest loan to developer Nick Papanicholas Jr. to help fund the construction of an indoor ice rink on the west side of town.
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Harper’s Jim Macnider continues to add to his legacyNov 23, 2025 1:42 pm - On a snowy golf course in Iowa, Harper College cross country coach Jim Macnider earned his 10th NJCAA Division III men’s cross country title to go with five women’s titles, all since 2011.
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‘A rare breed’: At 90, this Arlington Heights runner is an ultramarathon manNov 23, 2025 8:58 am - Gene Bruckert, a 90-year-old Arlington Heights resident, has completed some 300 marathons and 300 ultramarathons since taking up long-distance running in retirement.
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Fremd stays close early before Mt. Carmel pulls away in 8A semifinalNov 22, 2025 9:10 pm - Fremd’s magical season came to end Saturday in Chicago. The Vikings put together a spirited effort, but came up short to Mt. Carmel 42-21 in the Class 8A semifinals. Top-...
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Girls basketball: Libertyville builds big lead, holds off HerseyNov 22, 2025 7:04 pm - Libertyville's Elle Pawelczyk is hoping to study business management at the University of Tennessee, which was the home of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt ...
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Girls basketball: Maine South’s strong finish overwhelms Grayslake CentralNov 20, 2025 9:21 pm - A lot of times in a season opener, it might take a team a while to get going. That seemed to be the case for Maine South's girls basketball team in its first game of the ...