Prep Baseball
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Top seed Elk Grove takes nothing for grantedJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - Elk Grove was unbeatable in Cook County American Legion baseball this summer. But Red Sox coach Brian Mucha understands their 11-0 regular-season record is not necessari...
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Venchus, Willowbrook deliver under pressureJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - A pitcher in command of his breaking ball can go a long way. Senior right-hander Zac Venchus took Willowbrook to the Glenbard South regional semifinals of the Phil Lawle...
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Batavia ousts St. Charles EastJul 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Batavia baseball coach Matt Holm laughed that the Bulldogs practice the play all the time, that he has a team full of hockey fans. Batavia pitcher Steven Patterson calle...
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Charvat comes through for SchaumburgJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - Justin Charvat got a second chance to deliver another big hit for Schaumburg on Monday in the Lake Park regional of the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association...
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Barrington Legion travels tough road to successJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - Barrington has already found out how tough it is to get to Lena for the American Legion baseball Second Division tournament. Navigating the 100-mile trip to the small to...
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Mount Prospect likes progressJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - The record at this point is the same as last year for the Mount Prospect American Legion baseball team. The feeling this year for Prospect coach Tom Krumsee, however, is...
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CMC Crew initiates Indians’ tourney winJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Chris Hoffman. Mark Lynam. Chris Maranto. “They call themselves the ‘CMC Crew,’ ” Clay Kovac, coach of the Lake County-based Indians 17U travel baseball team, said of th...
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Harper women’s hoops coach resignsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Mark Smith helped put the Harper College women’s basketball program on the path to success in his three years as head coach. Now it will be up to someone else to continu...
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Elk Grove takes second in MolineJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - An early injury and a late-inning disaster was not a promising start for Elk Grove in last weekend’s Moline American Legion baseball tournament. But the Red Sox rebounde...
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Letto getting it done for IndiansJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Mundelein pitching coach Clay Kovac won’t need a scouting report on Warren catcher Alex Letto next spring. Kovac has seen lots of Letto this summer, up close, as the inc...