McHenry County Sports
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Softball: Reflecting on shortened season, Palatine's Huff, Barrington's Peterson look to the futureMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - Lights, camera and the action was about to begin. After opening its season with a tour of five different states, including both coasts, the Northwestern women's softball...
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How local athletes are staying in shape until, and if, spring sports resumeMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - This was the season Neuqua Valley senior thrower Matt Appel had been building toward. After placing third in discus and fourth in shot put at last year's Class 3A state ...
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The Fox All-Area Boys Basketball TeamMar 20, 2020 1:01 am - Kelvin Balfour, West Aurora This repeat all-area selection never took off so much as a practice drill, according to West Aurora coach Brian Johnson. The 6-foot-2 senior ...
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The Lake County All-Area TeamMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Matthew Ambrose StevensonThe cancellation of the rest of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the eve of the Patriots' sectional final, proved especially costly ...
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Countless hours of practice pays off for Cary-Grove's FrericksMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Beau Frericks would shoot basketballs all day if he could. The Cary-Grove senior describes himself as "basketball crazy." He regularly stayed 30 to 60 minutes after pre...
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The Northwest Suburbs All-Area Boys Basketball TeamMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Julian Campbell PalatineCampbell, who was all-area a year ago, showed huge improvement this season. He averaged 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game this season. He sh...
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Baseball: St. Viator's Mahoney hoping to finish career in styleMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - Going 12-for-12 was going to happen. Jack Mahoney was going to make sure of it. A broken leg wasn't going to stop him. He's hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic won't eithe...
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High school baseball, softball teams dealing with trip cancellationsMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - The idea of driving to the Tennessee town of Pigeon Forge held an instant appeal to Dundee-Crown softball coach Tracy Beatty. "You're playing softball in the Smokey Moun...
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Girls soccer: Scouting the Northwest suburbsMar 14, 2020 1:01 am - MID SUBURBAN LEAGUE EAST With all due respect to the rest of this division - it will be a two-team race to the top by Buffalo Grove and Hersey. Too much quality on ...
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Girls soccer: Stevenson, Wauconda could make long runs againMar 14, 2020 1:00 am - Expectations were high for the Stevenson and Wauconda girls soccer teams last season, and neither disappointed. Both teams made school history, in fact. This spring, eac...