Dave Oberhelman
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Leading future leaders: Naperville native coaches ‘the best and the brightest our country has’Nov 05, 2025 7:35 pm - Brian Plotkin, a Naperville North graduate who won two national soccer championships at Indiana University as a player, is up to the challenge of coaching men’s soccer at West Point.
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Team Within the Team: No surprise here — Batavia linebackers live to hit peopleNov 04, 2025 8:07 pm - Team Within the Team: The linebacker position is a source of pride on the Batavia High School football team.
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College Achievers: Wheeling’s Torres moves up in Ohio Valley and Eastern Illinois recordsNov 02, 2025 2:57 pm - College Achievers: Eastern Illinois University junior Brenda Torres, a Wheeling High School graduate, took second at the Ohio Valley Conference women’s cross country championship.
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As more suburban schools switch to artificial turf, injury debate carries onNov 01, 2025 12:00 pm - As more and more synthetic turf fields are installed at suburban high school athletic fields, questions remain about whether they leave athletes more susceptible to injury.
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A championship connection resurfaces in a different fieldOct 29, 2025 5:20 pm - Former Wheaton Warrenville South football coach Ron Muhitch once coached Michael LaFido on the football field. Now the retired coach helps LaFido professionally with his real estate firm.
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Feeder programs: Instilling a community bond, and football success, at Maine SouthOct 28, 2025 7:13 pm - Maine South High School has a not-so-secret weapon fueling its football success -- its feeder program.
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College Achievers: Conant graduate Starkey has a striking college debut for NebraskaOct 26, 2025 6:03 pm - College Achievers: Abigail Starkey, a freshman bowler at the University of Nebraska and a graduate of Conant High School, was named MVP of her first college tournament.
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A favorite son of Aurora has a dayOct 22, 2025 7:24 pm - Kenny Battle -- former NBA player, member of the “Flyin’ Illini” and West Aurora’s third-place team in 1984 -- was honored by an Aurora proclamation.
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Are halftime adjustments a myth, or an actual benefit?Oct 22, 2025 7:31 am - Wauconda coach Chris Prostka and his players are here to say that halftime adjustments do have value.
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Everclear’s Art Alexakis has a thing for Chicago: ‘More direct, more honest’Oct 21, 2025 5:24 pm - Veteran rock band Everclear comes to one of its favorite spots, Chicago, for what promises to be a packed concert Oct. 31 at The Vixen in McHenry and a sold-out show Nov. 2 at Thalia Hall in the city.