Darryl Mellema
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Girls swimming: Rosary seeking second-straight state titleNov 17, 2016 12:00 am - With thousands and thousands of training yards completed and the resting taper finished, there's really only one thing left for the state's best girls swimmers - swim as...
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Girls swimming: Bartlett-Streamwood excited about postseason possibilitiesNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Since this year's seniors joined the Bartlett-Streamwood girls swimming team as freshmen, this has been a season anticipated by all within the program, and the season ha...
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Girls swimming: St. Charles North, East ready for sectional competitionNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Taken to its simplest form, state sectional swim meets are very simple. There is a state qualifying standard for every race. Each swimmer gets one chance to better that ...
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Guyett, St. Charles North dominate UEC meetOct 29, 2016 1:00 am - As swim seasons turn to the postseason, the greatest excitement is always first reserved for the junior-varsity swimmers who come to an end at the conference meet. There...
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West Aurora falls to Maine South in shootoutOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Even before they got out of the handshake line, some of West Aurora's players were crying after Friday's heart-stopping and gut-wrenching 42-40 loss to Maine South. For ...
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Girls swimming: Rosary edges LoyolaOct 18, 2016 1:00 am - By any definition, Rosary and Loyola have been at the peak of Illinois high school girls swimming in recent years, and by Tuesday's evidence, the Beads and Ramblers figu...
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West Aurora stands on brink of perfectionOct 14, 2016 1:00 am - In this season when the words "first time since" have been used frequently in sentences referring to West Aurora football, a new sentence was inaugurated on Friday night...
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Neuqua, Waubonsie each place second at invitesOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - Once again Neuqua Valley found itself without all its top swimmers for a meet, but once again, the Wildcats proved they are solid even when a bit short-handed. Neuqua V...
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Girls swimming: St. Charles North wins own inviteOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - There is a point when swim teams begin turning their ships toward the end of the season, and for girls teams, that time is October, when a myriad of decisions that will ...
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Girls swimming: For Scout Foundation the big winner in St. Charles meetSep 29, 2016 1:00 am - In the old hymnal standard, "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds," there are the words: "The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above." There could be no more perfect...