Softball
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Softball: Northwest season previewMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - MSL EAST Buffalo Grove Coach: Laura Stock (16th season) Last year: 20-16, 8-8 Graduated players: Sam Pandazides, Marie Ewald, Heather Wiest, Julie Baldassarra, Rachael P...
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Scouting the Fox Valley area's girls softball teamsMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Bartlett Hawks Coach: Jim Wolfsmith (5th season) 2007 record: 31-7 (Class AA Elite Eight) Top returning players: Seniors Lauren Wydra (P), Concetta Lampugnano (OF), Step...
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Scouting Tri-Cities area softball teamsMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Aurora Central Coach: Claude Ainsworth, first year. Last year: 7-17 overall, 3-11 in the Suburban Catholic Conference. Top returning players: Courtney Blake, sr., 2B/P...
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Happy Fling for FilliesMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Even home plate umpire Dan Krueger was impressed. The veteran local umpire, who worked the Class AA state softball finals just 10 months ago, must have felt like he neve...
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South Elgin spoils Geneva's openerMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time on dirt this season, the South Elgin softball team did pretty well in its first game of the season against Geneva. The Storm posted 12 hits and played...
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Looks like we're in for a fine seasonMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - For as long as I can remember, softball has produced some of the most competitive and successful teams of any sport around the Fox Valley. From the late 1980s through th...
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Shortstop looms large: Diminutive Varner coming up big for ProspectMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Amy Varner effortlessly runs down ground balls hit deep in the hole between shortstop and third base or over the bag at second. Then she comes up throwing the perfect b...
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Is it the year of the Hawk?Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - From the very moment they began walking off the Eastside Centre field in East Peoria last June after losing to Downers Grove South 3-2 in the state quarterfinals, the Ba...
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No hits, no problem as Wave wins openerMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No hits? No sweat. The St. Edward softball team struck out 17 times and was held hitless by Genoa-Kingston senior pitcher Lindsay Decker in Wednesday's season opener for...
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Prospect tops depleted Elk GroveMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Prospect probably isn't the team you want to be facing when your leading scorer from last season (Igor Karlicic) and top defender (Keith Pottker) are out with illnesses....