Prep Football
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Preview: Downers Grove SouthAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - For all the highs from last year, one big low dominated the off-season for Downers Grove South's football team. Despite an unbeaten regular season and the program's firs...
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Will Vikings fall victim to our cover curse?Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The Sports Illustrated cover jinx has nothing on us. You know the one. Year after year, athletes and teams who make the SI cover wind up underachieving, going into a slu...
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Rockets may be young but speedy talent is still thereAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Burlington Central will go as far in 2008 as its young offensive and defensive lines allow. The Rockets return some experienced players from the 2007 playoff squad that ...
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Preview: Glenbard WestAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Turning the corner a little late last year to secure its first playoff berth since 2004, coach Chad Hetlet said, Glenbard West was nonetheless a minute away from advanci...
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Looks like Maine West's getting strongerAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Maine West needed to play a weighting game after Chris Hare's first season in charge. Last year only one player could bench 250 pounds and no one could squat 350. This y...
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Roberts ready for record-breaking yearAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Jordan Roberts' history-making career is coming to a close this fall at Aurora Christian, but not before the senior quarterback takes aim at every major passing record i...
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Hampshire looks to avenge '07 with return to playoffsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Lousy playoff points. That's all that separated Hampshire's varsity football team from making the postseason as a 5-4 team last fall. The near miss, which snapped a stri...
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Palatine's quarterback taking chargeAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - There is no possibility of confusing Matt Rossi for one of Palatine's imposing offensive linemen. Rossi would love to have their anonymity. But satisfying that craving w...
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Blackhawks looking to take next stepAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Year three of Buck Drach's tenure at West Aurora is shaping up to be the best yet. Not only do the Blackhawks have plenty of experience coming back, they have three year...
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Wheaton Warrenville South wants to rise above it allAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Every year WW South football coach Ron Muhitch creates a slogan for his team. This year it's "Rise above it all." For a program seemingly on top of the world, the words ...