Prep Sports
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Enough practice - time to make perfectFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - All those early morning and long afternoon practices are done now. The work that the best swimmers across the state have put in gets put on display Saturday in an attemp...
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Barrington, Yu claim Mid-Suburban League championshipFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - It would be a mistake to consider Barrington's victory in Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet lucky. But Broncos coach Jim Bart was keenly aware that things went just ab...
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How do you spell team? Try S-t-e-v-e-n-s-o-nFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - The sport of swimming is not always viewed as a team sport. Typically individual performances are lauded far more than a team's performance. But the team concept dynamic...
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Palatine's McNair reaches rare airFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - As Palatine's Ian McNair is happy to attest, in diving it's not necessarily how you start, but how you finish. The Pirates' senior had the best finish in a group of five...
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MSL boys swimming meet previewFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Diving: 6 p.m. Friday at Barrington Swimming: 11 a.m. Saturday at Barrington Background: For the first time, the regular-season dual meets between MSL foes have no beari...
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'Mini-state' meet during the season an interesting possibilityFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - The biggest boys swimming meets of the season are about to begin, bringing with them the excitement, the pressure and the drama that make for incredible performances and...
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Saints edge N. Stars at UECFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - In some senses, the meet-ending 400-yard freestyle relay was a microcosm to St. Charles East's entire day at the Upstate Eight Conference boys swimming and diving champi...
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It's no big deal, but Neuqua wins UECFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Conference swimming meets mark the final time a school's entire squad performs on deck together. By the time the IHSA sectional rolls around in two weeks, the size of th...
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Chamberlain positions Hersey for successFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Things are coming together nicely for Hersey diver Pat Chamberlain in his senior season. His 6-dive score of 225.90 that won Tuesday's meet against St. Viator is tops in...
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Lake Park's Honsa chases repeat 500 title - and historyFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Bryant Honsa could improve on his best time of 4:28.95 in the 500-yard freestyle at the boys swimming state meet while trying to defend his title in that race. He might...