Prep Baseball
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Persistence paying off for Mundelein’s ParolaJan 30, 2014 9:41 pm - Four minutes. That’s about the amount of playing time per game that Derek Parola got during basketball season last year. “If we needed a quick 3-pointer at the end of a ...
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Schmid looking for change in hall of fame careerJan 29, 2014 6:09 pm - President. Principal. Dean. Chair. Director. Facilitator. Coach. Metea Valley principal Jim Schmid’s resume is peppered with titles of authority. It’s no wonder he play...
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Parpet brought toughness to Addison TrailJan 22, 2014 6:09 pm - Though Paul Parpet regrets never having served in the military like his father, Florian, and his brother, John, from sturdy physique to outdoor-voice confidence he proje...
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Noda plans to have a ball at CincinnatiJan 07, 2014 1:57 pm - Way back when, the University of Cincinnati boasted a lefty who could pitch a baseball and hit jump shots, too. Those are Koufax facts. No duh, fellow left-hander Ryan N...
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These athletes give freely — of themselvesDec 19, 2013 3:22 pm - Sometimes it’s not easy for the elderly residents of Winchester House in Libertyville to get out and about and do fun things in the community. So, members of the Liberty...
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Minner’s a winner in sportscastingDec 09, 2013 8:05 pm - Mark Minner wanted to go into sportscasting for a long time. The 2008 Barrington High School graduate would attend sporting events growing up with his father Don and won...
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Home-schooler petitions Dist. 207 to play sportsDec 03, 2013 4:45 pm - Fifteen-year-old Nick Peterson began practicing with the Maine West High School wrestling team last month, but four days into practice, school officials told him to hang...
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South Elgin’s Nutof headed to MichiganNov 12, 2013 10:42 am - Official visits to Ann Arbor in the fall have a way of swaying potential recruits, as was the case last weekend with South Elgin pitcher Ryan Nutof. The 6-foot-2, 180-po...
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Fedro, Trautwein happy to bond with BradleyNov 07, 2013 2:55 pm - Traveling paved the way to bonding for Wyatt Trautwein and Jordan Fedro. Their paths had crossed when Fedro pitched for Prospect against Trautwein’s Barrington team in a...
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Antioch’s DeJong honored at ISUNov 04, 2013 8:04 pm - Former Antioch baseball standout Paul DeJong recently received Illinois State’s Doug Collins Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. DeJong is working toward a bachelor’...