Darryl Mellema
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These soccer teams and players deserve to be rememberedMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - By the numbers, the IHSA girls soccer tournament is finally fully of-age - having reached 21 last year. And as the path toward this year's state finals begins next week...
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Waubonsie hands SCN its 1st lossMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - For all the talk about how hard it is to score goals in soccer matches, Waubonsie Valley made it look unbelievably easy in the first minute of play of Tuesday's game wit...
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Easy to shoot holes in this popular soccer theoryApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Of the things guaranteed to tumble out of a soccer coach's mouth at some point in a season is the fact that a 2-0 lead is "the most dangerous lead in the game." Usually ...
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Geneva strikes backApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Geneva may have been clad in blue on Wednesday night, but the Vikings saw red from the moment they entered Batavia's soccer field. Playing with last year's defeat by th...
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SCN plays well in tie vs. NeuquaApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - This was a soccer game that you ended up wishing had three periods instead of two. That way, you could discard the first period of play - in this case the mostly nondes...
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Quick start boosts St. Charles N.Apr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Like actors sure of their lines as they went onstage, St. Charles North's girls soccer team opened Saturday's contest with Bartlett in very confident fashion. The visit...
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The game keeps taking Poulin placesApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - By her own admission, Anne Poulin is a traveler, has a nomadic spirit and sees both of those manifesting themselves in her passion for soccer. But Poulin, a 2000 St. Cha...
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Naperville Central Redhawks score late to win invite over SchaumburgApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Defensively, Naperville Central has been a fortress this year. Scoring goals has been another matter for coach Ed Watson's team. So there was definitely a feeling of ha...
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Vikings double up Saints, take 2nd at SCE inviteApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - There was a period of 20 minutes in Saturday's Geneva-St. Charles East girls soccer match when every attack seemed to be about to end with a goal. And four of those att...
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Geneva wins, St. Charles East tiesApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In three matches, St. Charles East has tried three different formations, and the Saints are still trying to figure out things as their girls soccer season takes shape. ...