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FRI, 10/30/2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Naperville Central’s Gabi Melby, right, was overjoyed with the IHSA’s decision Wednesday to go on with the basketball season as scheduled.

Girls' Basketball | IHSA says basketball season will go on as expected

Defying an order issued Tuesday by Gov J.B. Pritzker that the basketball season be put on hold due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois High School Association's board of directors Wednesday said the season will go on as scheduled.
Wheaton native Burke Nihill became the Tennessee Titans President and CEO in May.

Prep Football | Wheaton native Nihill enjoying challenges as Tennessee Titans president

Wheaton native Burke Nihill became Tennessee Titans President and CEO in May facing new challenges in the middle of a global pandemic.
Video attached to article Cary-Grove High School girls volleyball coach Patty Langanis, third from left, and former Trojan players Kelly Speer Hoffman of the Class of 1996, left, Karen Naymola of the Class of 1999 and current Huntley girls volleyball coach, and Katie Scully Krysh of the Class of 1997, meet in the Cary-Grove gymnasium, recalling the 1995 volleyball game that was played two nights after the Fox River Grove school bus/train crash that claimed the lives of seven Cary-Grove students.

Columns | Never forgetting: The healing continues 25 years after Fox River Grove crash

Four people affected by the Fox River Grove bus/train crash in 1995 sat down earlier this week to recall the night two days after the crash when they played a regional championship match at Crystal Lake South.

Prep Sports | Girls swimming and diving: Fremd edges Schaumburg for sectional crown

Despite only having two first-place finishes, the Fremd girls swimming team nosed out Schaumburg 177-175 Saturday to win the Elk Grove sectional championship.
Batavia’s Katrina Schlenker crosses the finish line during the Naperville North cross country twilight invitational earlier this month. She will compete at the Lyons sectional on Saturday.
Prep Sports | Girls cross country: Batavia's Schlenker hopes to finish strong
It's been all positive vibes for Batavia junior cross country standout Katrina Schlenker this year -- and that's no cliché.
Neuqua Valley’s Nicolas Dovalovsky crosses the finish line during the Class 3A Oswego East boys cross country regional last Saturday. He and the Wildcats compete at the Whitney Young sectional on Saturday in Chicago.
Prep Sports | Boys cross country: Saturday's sectionals promise to be competitive
It won't be Detweiller Park in Peoria, but when the boys cross country sectionals step off on Saturday, runners will still be seeking a sense of accomplishment.
A person associated with the girls volleyball team at Prospect High School in Mount Prospect has tested positive for COVID-19, leading to a 14-day quarantine for those who had close contact with the person, school officials said Monday.
News | COVID-19 hits Prospect High School girls volleyball team
Families of Prospect High School girls volleyball players learned Monday that someone associated with the program has tested positive for COVID-19, triggering a 14-day quarantine for team members and staff who had close contact with the person.
Prep Sports | Girls swimming and diving: Neuqua Valley ends season in style
McKenna Stone and her Neuqua Valley teammates collectively plunged underwater to pose for pictures, then took a few more pool side. It was a day to savor. A most unusual season won't end at state this year, what Stone and Neuqua are used to, but this was the next best thing.
West Aurora coach and IBCA board member Brian Johnson said he thinks the chances of the upcoming basketball season are “50-50.” A decision is coming soon, possibly next week.
Columns | Basketball coach association survey says play; decision could come next week
The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association recently held a survey designed to provide guidance on how contact days have been going and the possibiity of an upcoming basketball season. But a recent surge in COVID cases leaves the season in doubt.
Prep Sports | Cross country roundup: Warren's Wiley a regional champ
Warren's Luke Wiley ran a 15:26.34 to win the Class 3A Grant boys cross country regional on Saturday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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