McHenry County Sports
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Girls track and field: Glenbard West's Hart, others miss out on more successMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - It came to this - arguably Illinois' best female high school distance runner ever, running a time trial on a nearly empty track in a wide-open field with no spectators. ...
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Boys tennis: With spring season lost, summer also in jeopardyMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - The cancellation of the boys tennis season this spring denied Hinsdale Central a shot at a third straight state championship, and the future of key summer tournaments fo...
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Girls soccer: Juggling act for Carmel coach Kile during pandemicMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - An 11-month-old at home. Pregnant again - a girl this time. A head-coaching career on hold. An up-close view of how a novel virus is staggering our world. But then, firs...
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No swang song for these retiring spring coachesMay 02, 2020 1:00 am - After 33 years coaching baseball at Wauconda including the last 18 as varsity coach, Bill Sliker is rounding third and heading for home one last time. Set to retire this...
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Loss of team bonding concerns high school football coaches, playersApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - The last time Paul Parpet Sr. didn't coach summer football a historic event shook the nation. He was fresh out of college in 1974 when President Richard Nixon resigned. ...
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Top Ten QBs: Eric Mooney (Huntley, No. 10), Micah Coffey (Batavia, No. 9)Apr 30, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: The Daily Herald is counting down the Top 10 high school quarterbacks over the past 20 years, two at a time. We start today with Huntley's Eric Mooney and...
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Boys track and field: Area programs feel disappointment of lost seasonApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - York has won 17 state trophies in boys track and field and five state championships, most recently in 2014. Would it have earned an 18th trophy Memorial Day weekend in ...
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St. Viator's Hayes headed to Glenbrook NorthApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - After directing his alma mater for the past six years, St. Viator boys basketball coach Quin Hayes has accepted a new challenge both on the court and in the classroom. H...
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Many high school spring sports coaches still coaching, and getting paid for itApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Just as high school classes are continuing via e-learning, so too are spring sports - well, kind of. There are no spring state sports tournament series - the Illinois Hi...
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Halt of spring sports denies these potential record-breakersApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Fourteen wins. For a Benet soccer team that broke school records the past two seasons with 20 and then 24 victories, 14 was well within its reach. Those 14 wins would ha...