Darryl Mellema
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Best athletes always striving to get betterSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - On rainy days, and we've had more than a few of those lately, friends and I sometimes discuss some of those great questions for the ages. In times long past, these would...
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Three-peat in their graspSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Like animals into the ark, recent girls state swimming and diving champions have taken the championship trophy two-by-two. Since 2000, New Trier has a pair of titles, N...
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Girls swimming season previewSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Rosary Coach: Bill Schalz Last year: The Beads won their second consecutive IHSA state title. Key losses: Sara Coghlin. Key returnees: Kally Fayhee, sr.; Kara Savegn...
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Local swimming teams enjoy impact from Phelps' successSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Of the times I thought I might end up talking about swimming with a stranger, Friday's St. Charles North football game at McHenry would have been somewhere near the bott...
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St. Charles North overcomes its mistakesSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Charles North made some mistakes on Friday. There were three interceptions, a fumble and one very bad snap that netted over 20 negative yards. And the defense had so...
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Batavia sweeps Wheaton AcademySep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't take long for the full-throated excitement of the new high school season to hit Batavia and Wheaton Academy's volleyball teams. In fact, there was a charge in ...
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Warriors lose in spite of shuffling lineupSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't take long for the full-throated excitement of the new high school season to hit Batavia and Wheaton Academy's girls volleyball teams. In fact, there was a char...
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Geneva learns teamwork while volunteering in IowaSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Coaches love to tell their teams to pull together and get things done. Ryan Estabrook saw his Geneva soccer team do plenty of pulling this summer and there wasn't a ball...
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Rosary's state title one highlight of memorable prep yearJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - It's time to forward the mail, kennel the pets, and get everyone bundled into the car. It's time to head home again. As with last year, the end of the prep sports season...
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High school soccer offers unique benefitsMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - As we close the high school soccer season in this area, I want to reflect on just what happened roughly 20-25 times at each school this spring. On each of those occasio...