Prep Baseball
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Artfully, Engle's about to join some elite baseball companyJan 18, 2018 12:00 am - Dave Engle figured he was finished teaching high school pitchers how to paint corners when he came to Barrington in 1979. The former all-Big Ten pitcher at Illinois plan...
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One last time for Renner, Opportunity Through BaseballJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - A new year is here. Robin Renner hopes it's a hit. Retiring as Neuqua Valley physical education teacher and baseball coach at the end of this school year, after a seven-...
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Petricca puts the power of print into the art of hittingDec 04, 2017 12:00 am - He has taught hundreds the art of hitting in baseball and softball. Now Paul Petricca has put it into print. His book Hitting with Torque - For Baseball and Softball Hit...
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Wheeling adding three to athletic hall of fameNov 21, 2017 12:00 am -
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Baseball: Sanchez joins long list of D-I players from MundeleinNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - "The list" at Mundelein High School just got a little longer. And it's quite likely that nowhere in Lake County is there a list quite like it. At any school. In any spor...
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Thinking Baseball a teaching appOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - For youth baseball coaches at all levels who wish their players would spend as much time learning the game as they do playing with their smartphones and other devices, E...
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Solid Boomers season helps McDonnell's prospectsSep 21, 2017 1:00 am - Lighting up a radar gun is an excellent way for a pitcher to land on the proverbial radar screen of a Major League Baseball organization. It may be the way former Barrin...
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It was a baseball season to remember for St. Charles East alum BenjaminSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - It was a September to remember for Wes Benjamin. Actually, June, July and August were pretty good months, too. Benjamin, a 2011 graduate of St. Charles East High School,...
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Snappy summer for MartinSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - Michael Martin is spending this fall and winter in San Diego. "It's great," he said. "I love the weather here." Fans of the Beloit Snappers loved seeing Martin step to t...
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Mundelein's Schulewitz sidearms his way into pro baseballAug 07, 2017 1:00 am - The unorthodox delivery. The modest physical frame. The boyish looks. Still. Go ahead and underestimate Mitchell Schulewitz. Once nearly unwanted by college baseball pro...