Lake County Sports
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Hampshire looks to avenge '07 with return to playoffsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Lousy playoff points. That's all that separated Hampshire's varsity football team from making the postseason as a 5-4 team last fall. The near miss, which snapped a stri...
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Fremd focuses on more of the sameAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Have no fear. That's how Fremd feels as it plugs in newcomers and gets ready to plug away toward a 14th straight playoff trip and sixth straight outright or shared Mid-S...
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Expect Grant to field a winnerAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't be fooled by the bulldozers, mounds of dirt and portable chain-link fences that greet you as you walk up to Paul G. Lewis Field. They're not rebuilding at Grant. W...
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Cary-Grove still team to beat in FVC ValleyAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The 2008 Cary-Grove football roster may lack experience overall but not ability. Heavy graduation losses from last year's fourth-straight undefeated Fox Valley Conferenc...
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Rams feel like they're readyAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Coming into his first season last year, Grayslake Central coach Nick Goshe didn't have much preparation time. He was hired in late July, just a few weeks before the offi...
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St. Viator uses youth movement to move forwardAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This could be a defining year for St. Viator. After three games last season the Lions appeared to be headed for a school-record fourth straight playoff appearance. But t...
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Schlueter expects Jacobs to improve every weekAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Jacobs football practices were characterized by a heightened sense of urgency this month as position battles raged for 16 vacant starting jobs. To what degree such a hig...
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Barrington planning October playoff runAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time in six years Barrington was turning in its gear in late October. It was a turn the Broncos don't want to take again after they finished 5-4 but missed...
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Buffalo Grove looking ahead to following FarrellAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Jim Farrell feels like the kid given the keys to a brand new car. And the first-year Buffalo Grove coach believes he has the horsepower to get rolling toward ending a fo...
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Dundee-Crown has high hopes with Kissack at controlsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, three-one-thousand. That's the average time it takes an NFL quarterback to drop back and throw a successful pass, according to a stu...