Kane County Sports
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Aurora native, NCAA National Champion returns home to inspire next generationAug 09, 2023 11:00 pm - Aurora's biggest name in basketball returned home to inspire the next generation of student-athletes as they prepare to return to school. Maximizing his off-season time ...
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Summer Slam All-City Tennis Tournament winners announcedAug 09, 2023 11:00 pm - On Friday, July 21, Naperville Park District hosted the Summer Slam All-City Tennis Tournament at multiple locations. The youth matches were played in a round robin for...
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Star Taylor aims big at Geneva while St. Charles East eyes turnaroundAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Talyn Taylor's end game isn't close to being finished. The Geneva junior wideout, currently rated as Illinois' No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2025 by 247 Sports, has loft...
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Biles dazzles in her return from a 2-year layoff to dominate the US Classic in Hoffman EstatesAug 05, 2023 1:00 am - Simone Biles spent two years trying to distance herself from those strange days in Tokyo and all the outside noise that came along with it. She dove into therapy and slo...
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Simone Biles buzz in Hoffman Estates? Yes, but gymnastics star seems to be tuning it outAug 04, 2023 1:00 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES - Ignore the wedding band and it could have been 2019 for Simone Biles. Or 2016. Or 2014. Long before Tokyo. Long before the "twisties." Long before two ...
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2 years after the Tokyo 'twisties,' Simone Biles will compete in Hoffman EstatesAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - For years in gymnastics, the phrase "the twisties" was usually uttered in hushed tones, as if saying the slang term for an athlete's sudden loss of air awareness during ...
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2-time Olympian, Itasca native Zach Ziemek takes aim at world decathlon championshipAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - Itasca native Zach Ziemek won four state titles with Lake Park High School in 2010 and 2011, helping the Lancers win Class 3A track and field championships from 2010-13....
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Kaneland High School's track left in limbo as board focuses on parkingAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - The Kaneland Unit District 302 school board decided this week to focus money on Kaneland High School's parking and bus lots instead of resurfacing the school's track tha...
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'Those were special times': Now in their 50s, 'Wiffle ball kids' reunite in St. CharlesJul 31, 2023 1:00 am - It seems odd to call them the “Wiffle ball kids.” Yet, that's how I tend to refer to them. They're all successful grown adults in their 50s, but they will always be the ...
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What are pitchers like Stroman, Smyly, Giolito thinking on an 0-2 count?Jul 29, 2023 1:00 am - Throughout my short - and mostly unsuccessful - pitching career as a youth, I had coaches who drilled one thought into my head whenever the count went to no balls, two s...