Prep Baseball
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Simnick's role is special; Cook kicks into national spotlightDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The importance of special teams in football, besides being involved in one-third of all plays, is that the outcome often dictates field position. That's why any award gi...
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Willert in soccer spotlight; Wheeling sets Hall of Fame dateDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Grand Valley State University has been on an NCAA Division II sports high. The Allendale, Mich., school reached the semifinals of the Division II football tournament, fi...
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Grant's Lucas to play in ItalyDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Nathan Lucas, a junior at Grant, has been selected by USA Athletes International to play 16 baseball games in Italy in Aug. 2008. Lucas is one of 16 high school juniors ...
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Gags and all, Gandolfi makes the HallDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The instant you catch on to Chuck Gandolfi's cell phone shenanigans, particularly if you've been caught by them before, you immediately feel like doing your best Homer S...
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'Bump in the road' for Kaneland's CrosbyDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - While the rest of us are layering up in winter jackets and trudging through snow, Casey Crosby is loving Florida's 80 degree and sunny weather right now. What Crosby, th...
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Shober thinking big with ValparaisoOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Shober figured there is nothing better than learning from guys who competed against the best. So, the Fremd senior shortstop made a verbal commitment Sunday to play...
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Palmer breaks new ground for WarriorsOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - It's one small step for Westminster Christian's burgeoning athletic program, one giant leap for senior pitcher Ben Palmer. A left-handed ace and a key figure in the Warr...
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Conant's Wright commits to ArkansasOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Conant senior pitcher Austin Wright has made a verbal commitment to play baseball at Arkansas. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-hander, who is the second-ranked senior prosp...
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Computer whiz links runs, hits, erasOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - For more than half a century at Naperville Central, the task of molding hundreds of baseball players into talented teams has fallen primarily to two head coaches, Hall o...
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Livingston bounces back strongOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - At 10 p.m. last Friday, Lake Park football coach Andy Livingston sat glumly on a wooden bench in the Lancers' locker room. His gray sweatshirt sweaty, hair matted after...