Softball
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Elk Grove meets Conant’s challengeApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Becca Walz put it best. “When the pressure was one, we broke through,” said the Elk Grove junior first baseman. And Walz played a major role in the breakthrough. The hos...
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Softball / Northwest roundupApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Making her first varsity start, St. Viator freshman Sam Hogan earned the win in the Lions’ 13-4 nonconference victory at Highland Park on Tuesday. The rookie went 4 inni...
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Softball/Fox Valley roundupApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - After spotting Marengo 4 runs in the top of the first inning Tuesday, Burlington Central softball coach Cray Allen decided it was time to go to his ace. Enter Kelsey Joh...
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Lisle hits the target, defeats Coal CityApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - It took a few innings, but Lisle finally opened the floodgates Tuesday. The drought against Coal City is over, too. Hitless the first time through the lineup, the Lions ...
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Kaneland’s Dimmig-Potts on fireApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Watching Kaneland senior first baseman/catcher Andrea Dimmig-Potts crush the ball — as she has all spring and did again going 3-for-3 last Thursday against DeKalb — is n...
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Bolin, South Elgin hand Batavia 1st lossApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that if you’re going to win conference championships and go far in the postseason, you have to be able to perform under pressu...
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Geneva nips No. 11 Neuqua ValleyApr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Clare Stribling tripled in the go-ahead run, keying a 3-run Geneva seventh-inning rally, as the Vikings beat No. 11 Neuqua Valley 3-1 in Naperville. Neuqua (4-2, 2-2 Ups...
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Softball / Lake County roundupApr 11, 2011 12:00 am - Carmel 4, Vernon Hills 3: Down 3-1, Carmel scored 3 runs in the top of the fifth inning to pull out a victory. Sally Snarski drove in 2 runs in the fifth with a doub...
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Jacobs outlasts CL South in 8Apr 11, 2011 12:00 am - Jacobs left fielder Jackie Hengler says she likes to hit the first pitch when she can. She did on Monday. Hengler’s first-pitch single to right field with two outs in th...
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Hoffman Estates stops ProspectApr 11, 2011 12:00 am - The Hoffman Estates and Prospect softball teams are the only two in the Mid-Suburban League that sit in the first base dugouts for home games. So when the Hawks played i...