Lake County Schools
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Spring football recruiting feeling the effects of COVID-19Apr 02, 2020 1:00 am - Like so many other high-school students, Glenbard West junior Wes Hoeh looked forward to taking a spring trip. But the anticipation had nothing to do with faraway beache...
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Zoom, other social media sites becoming a way of life for local coaches, athletesApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Staying at home or social distancing, high school coaches and athletes hold out hope for spring sports. Far from twiddling their thumbs, they use a variety of communicat...
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Third place, Prose - 'True Friends'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Infinite stars stared clearly through the warm summer air, like holes punched out of a taut fabric. A wide expanse of desert stretched untouched, save for a single road....
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Second place, Poetry - 'Starlight'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - I found a poem in a moment you've forgotten, when your eyes met mine then shifted up to splattered silver brightness hanging still against the ink-smeared sky. Lines c...
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Second place, Prose - 'March Rain, Year 2 Scholars, New South Wales'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Miss Flossy spoke to her class. "Alright, children, we've a few minutes before noontide, let's clear your workplace and rearrange them into a square or rectangle, you de...
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Stevenson postpones prom; graduation, Spring Fling may followApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire is postponing its prom and may do the same with graduation and the annual Spring Fling event, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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District 214, Harper College making face shields for health care workersApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214, Harper College and other community partners are working together to produce much-needed personal protective equipment for ho...
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Former Libertyville star Peterson is leaving RiceApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Drew Peterson keeps building impressive stats. Last week, on the same day after news broke that the former Libertyville basketball star entered the NCAA transfer portal,...
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Third place, Poetry: 'Childhood Bedroom'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - I love the way you sit there on my bed, stuffed monkey, untouched by teenage perils and inevitable growing pains. I still hold you at night, dear Blankie, because I'm a...
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First place, Prose: 'A Puncher's Chance'Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Seated at a small Formica table in a sparse dining room, Ronny Felton stared at the phone resting before him. He licked his lips and reached for the phone, but his hand ...