Prep Sports
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Softball: Potempa’s 1-hitter lifts Stevenson over Palatine and onto sectionalsMay 25, 2024 5:40 pm - In 2015, sophomore leadoff batter and centerfielder Vera Pflugardt helped Stevenson win its 10th softball regional championship. Nine years later, Pflugardt helped the Pa...
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Baseball: Clutch hitting sends York past St. Charles East in regional title gameMay 25, 2024 5:27 pm - York’s baseball team was at its best in two-out situations Saturday. The third-seeded Dukes (28-9) turned an early 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 first-inning lead on Josh Flemin...
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Girls soccer: Mortonson’s two goals provide early jolt, send Lyons past York to sectional title
May 25, 2024 5:16 pm - Lyons junior forward Caroline Mortonson was one of only two starters who did not attend her school’s prom Friday night. So she went to bed at 10 p.m. in order to get plen...
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Girls soccer: Vernon Hills falls in sectional final on CL Central’s late goal
May 25, 2024 5:11 pm - After Crystal Lake Central and Vernon Hills played an even first half with neither team able to produce many scoring opportunities, the Tigers put the pressure on the Cou...
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Baseball: Mannion, Prospect win tight duel over MundeleinMay 25, 2024 5:06 pm - Prospect senior Jack Mannion was literally and figuratively in the zone Saturday morning. The right-hander for the fifth-seeded Knights blocked out all the noise from the...
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Boys lacrosse: Wheaton Academy starts fast in sectional win over BenetMay 25, 2024 2:50 pm - Top-seeded Wheaton Academy set the tone with early goals Saturday in the Cary-Grove boys lacrosse sectional championship game, building a 6-1 lead over No. 2 seed Benet A...
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Baseball: Caccia, St. Charles North blank Glenbard East
May 25, 2024 2:07 pm - Todd Genke knows what his team is capable of. After a shaky victory in Wednesday’s regional semifinal, the longtime St. Charles North baseball coach went back to the basi...
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Jim O'Donnell: On a weekend all about valor, Danica, Caitlin and a prep runner boost the edgesMay 25, 2024 1:46 pm - THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS to sing a simple song about a trio of athletes who have never appeared together. They are Danica Patrick, Caitlin Clark and Lily Ginsberg. Pat...
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Boys track and field: Meet Wheaton Academy’s one-man vault programMay 24, 2024 11:36 pm - CHARLESTON — Wheaton Academy’s pole vault program consists of two athletes There’s senior Canyon Roberts, and his sister, Sophie. She competed last week in the girls sta...
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Boys lacrosse: Cesario, Glenbard West strike fast in sectional win over BarringtonMay 24, 2024 11:01 pm - Senior Ben Cesario turned a loose ball into a breakaway tying goal midway through the second quarter and Glenbard West’s offense finally broke loose in Friday night’s boy...