Prep Sports
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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...
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Pircon excels at rare swimming/football comboFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It goes without saying that every top quality swimmer wants to beat everyone else when they get into the water. But sprinters have a different look to them as they get o...
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Wheaton seniors see DVC meet as stepping stone to state seriesFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheaton co-op seniors Sean Brown and Carl Sveen have high expectations going into Saturday's DuPage Valley Conference swimming meet. "We will go 1-2 in the 500 freestyl...