Lake County Schools
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Girls volleyball: Fremd sweeps Libertyville, earns third trip to stateNov 20, 2025 6:31 am - Fremd coach Pete Gavin called a timeout after Libertyville finished a 17-9 run to tie the second set of Monday’s Class 4A DeKalb supersectional at 19-all. The Vikings, w...
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Sidelines: After 25 years of Vernon Hills football, a hall of their ownNov 19, 2025 3:06 pm - At Vernon Hills High School, assistant football coach Tony Monken is gearing up for a Dec. 6 Cougars football hall of fame banquet. Meanwhile, Monken’s successor as head coach, Bill Bellecomo, just announced his resignation.
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Girls volleyball: Lake County All-Area captain Evans plays her best in biggest moments, leads Libertyville to sectional titleNov 18, 2025 8:06 am - Two years ago, if you had asked Libertyville girls volleyball coach Greg Loika what Claire Evans’ career might look like going forward, “I’m not sure how I’d have answere...
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Girls volleyball: Cook County All-Area captain Brookbank becomes elite outside hitter, carries on a family traditionNov 18, 2025 8:05 am - Last season as a sophomore, Kalyn Brookbank collected 82 kills on a Barrington team that posted a 28-10 record. Twelve months later, Brookbank enjoyed one of the finest ...
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Grayslake turkey trot draws record crowd to help athletesNov 16, 2025 6:13 pm - Grayslake Central High School teams are known as the Rams, but on Sunday it was a bunch of turkeys who hit the pavement to help the school’s athletes.
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College Achievers: Carmel graduate has landmark night in starting debut for Duke women’s basketballNov 16, 2025 5:50 pm - College Achievers: Carmel Catholic High School graduate Jordan Wood, a junior forward at Duke University, is figuring things out at the college level.
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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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Nazareth scores twice in final three minutes to stun Lake ZurichNov 15, 2025 7:15 pm - There was always a belief. Nazareth believed. Despite trailing for almost all of Saturday’s Class 6A quarterfinal against Lake Zurich, Nazareth never lost its belief. The...
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Born kicker: Late switch to football landed Vernon Hills’ Szmyt in NFLNov 15, 2025 3:58 pm - Vernon Hills native Andre Szmyt decided to switch from soccer to football in high school. Two years later, he was named the best kicker in college football and now has that role with the Cleveland Browns.