Darryl Mellema
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Bartlett comes up just short at East AuroraDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - For three focused quarters of basketball, Bartlett moved itself into position to claim a significant early-season victory in the heated atmosphere that always greets tea...
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Scouting Tri-Cities area boys swimming teamsDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Marmion Coach: Bill Schalz Key losses to graduation: Austin Cox, Tyler Capen, Will Butzke, Thomas Delves, Matt Lifka. Top returnees: Matt Pircon, sr., B...
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Power of positive thinking rules at St. Charles NorthDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - There are very few constants in sports, but one that never seems to change is the demand that a swim coach asks of his team. At St. Charles North, the man asking his tea...
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St. Edward's Venlos savors final state meetNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - As she stood on-deck one final time, Megan Venlos was able to finally reflect on her accomplishments in her final season as a high school swimmer. Venlos finished her c...
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The streak lives on -- Rosary claims 4th straight titleNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - On the back of the T-shirts Rosary wore for this year's state meet, the Beads had the words: "Vincero! Vincero! Vincero!" That Italian phrase, which means "I will win" c...
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Rosary puts itself in position for fourth straight titleNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - In a state swim meet, the most swims a team can have on Finals Day, the second day of the meet, is 19. Rosary enters Saturday's second day of competition in the girls s...
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St. Edward's Venlos will compete in consolation finalsNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - In her final trip to the IHSA girls state swim meet, Megan Venlos is going to come away with something that's eluded her previously - team points. She could score a few...
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Scott leads Rosary's charge for 4th straight titleNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Coming off her third straight incredibly successful state meet, Olivia Scott did an interesting thing. She started working harder. Not that Scott, a Rosary senior this y...
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Venlos, VanOost finishing careers on a high noteNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Swimming pools are expensive things to build, so not every school in the state has one. Devoted swimmers are another story. Sporting passion does not begin and end with ...
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More still to come for West ChicagoNov 14, 2009 10:00 pm - If West Chicago's results at Saturday's St. Charles East looked solid - and they most certainly were - the better news is that the Wildcats may have much more in store f...