Prep Sports
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Local football players ink National Letters of IntentDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - Signing day The following local football players are signing a Division I National Letter of Intent during the three-day early signing period that began Wednesday and ru...
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Illinois struggles to recruit in-state kids. Could Jeff Monken's triple option fix that?Dec 16, 2020 12:00 am - On the first day of the football signing period Wednesday, the Daily Herald has a chart of suburban players headed to schools like Arizona, Penn State, Wisconsin, Northw...
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Voice of Elgin, Jeff Myers, honored by IBCADec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Jeff Myers made the move from Quincy to Elgin in 1989, and for the last 31 years has been entertaining and informing high school sports fans with his broadcasts on radio...
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Legacy continues: More Hall of Fame honors for the Maine West girls basketball programDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - She made the "shot heard 'round Des Plaines" ... via Champaign. Moira Kennelly Pietrowski was a big part of the start of the Maine West girls basketball dynasty. A sharp...
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High school sports remain on 'pause.' IHSA hopeful for restart early in 2021.Dec 14, 2020 12:00 am - The "pause" on winter high school sports continues, with one possible exception. The Illinois High School Association board of directors announced Monday a season change...
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Fund in Bob Frisk's name to help student journalists in three suburban districtsDec 11, 2020 4:30 am - Bob Frisk spent his life making high school sports a positive experience for athletes, doing it through his stories and columns and hundreds of relationships with athlet...
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Bartlett's Hare takes her sharp shooting to St. LouisDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Because of the pandemic, a number of players have committed to colleges the past eight months without being able to set foot on the campus of their future home. Not Bart...
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Long time coming: NIU guards Castro and Poisson are finally healthy and contributing in big waysDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - For obvious reasons, 2020 is a year none of us will forget. For Janae Poisson and Paulina Castro, this year might be worth remembering in a very positive way. This seems...
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Sad Sunday as ALS takes life of beloved prep sports writerDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - Happy Sunday. That's how Bill Pemstein started every text message to me at the start of a new week. An update on his boys was followed by some fun observations about the...
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Elgin native Johnson headed to IBCA Hall of FameDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - When he was in seventh grade, Scott Johnson's love of basketball was born as he watched Elgin High games at the "snake pit," the Maroons' home prior to Chesbrough Field ...