Prep Sports
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St. Francis falters in semifinalNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - NORMAL — St. Francis spent four years trying to get back to the state volleyball tournament. Not many expected this to be the team to end that “drought,” but it did. T...
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Benet avenges 2008 defeat to St. Charles EastNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - NORMAL — Benet’s players mobbed each other at halfcourt, a scene fitting of a state championship, until Redwings coach Brad Baker twice told them to calm down. This was...
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Prep primer: Bump, set spikeNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - It’s girls volleyball state tournament weekend, and several area teams are still in the hunt for championships. Benet, Cary-Grove and St. Charles East play at Redbird Ar...
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Marian Central to play for 3A titleNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Marian Central Catholic of Woodstock will play for the Class 3A girls volleyball state championship tonight after the Hurricanes shook off a loss in the first set to com...
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St. Charles E. sure glad to have Barry backNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Of all the St. Charles East players excited about the school’s seventh state appearance this weekend, setter Erienne Barry has a couple extra reasons. It was just a year...
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Who will come home champs?Nov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Class 3A State Tournament Semifinals: St. Francis vs. Breese Mater Dei, Friday, 4:30 p.m.; Marian Central vs. Marian Catholic, 6 p.m.; Championship match: Saturday, 5:30...
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Memories of 2008 upset still driving BenetNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Jenna Jendryk's memories of three years ago have not faded. They greet her face-to-face every day in practice. Every time the Benet senior walks into the gym she sees t...
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St. Charles E. takes aim at BenetNov 08, 2011 11:00 pm - In so many ways, there couldn't be a more fitting team for St. Charles East to play in the Class 4A state semifinals Friday night than Benet. It's Benet who the Saints o...
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Fearless Cary-Grove has its sites set high againNov 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Some teams refuse to set high goals for fear of falling short. That’s not how the Cary-Grove girls volleyball program operates. A year after setting the highest goal a h...
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It’s a Saint thingNov 07, 2011 11:00 pm - In the delirious postgame celebration following St. Charles East’s 21-25, 25-8, 25-17 victory over Glenbrook South Saturday night at the Class 4A York supersectional, Sa...