Dave Oberhelman
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Wheaton Academy wins neighborhood rivalry gameAug 25, 2016 11:00 pm - Friday was historic for Wheaton Academy and West Chicago football, significant for Kent Harmon, too. The Wheaton Academy junior had transferred from Marmion the second s...
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What football players, parents need to know about recruitingAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - Since this column's best ideas are often someone else's, Dave Trumpy's topic sounded great when we ran into him this summer. Dave and Beth Trumpy are the parents of 2009...
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Metro Suburban Conference continues to evolveAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - The Metro Suburban Conference gathers no moss. In 2006 it formed as a four-team league. It added a fifth team in 2011. In 2014 the MSC accepted seven teams from the Subu...
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Montini wears conference target proudlyAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - The top team in the Chicago Catholic League Green Division is obvious, going on three years now. “Everybody has got us as the favorite, so we're the ones with the target...
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Lisle thinking big in IEC SmallAug 22, 2016 1:00 am - Paul Parpet Sr. wasted no time answering the question. "We're going to try and win it," Lisle's football coach said with usual authority. Naturally the Lions will try to...
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Scouting the Fenton BisonAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - Fenton now plays in a Metro Suburban Conference of a different color. Since the 2015-16 athletic season the MSC renamed its divisions and switched a couple teams. The Bl...
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Scouting the Westmont SentinelsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - In football if you're small you'd better be fast. That seems to be Westmont's reality. "We're not big but we're really quick," said Sentinels coach Otto Zeman. "If we ge...
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Scouting the Glenbard East RamsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - Glenbard East's offense lit up scoreboards the last two years. After graduating those who ran, caught or threw the football for those teams, the emphasis shifts. "Our go...
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Scouting the Lisle LionsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - Returning several of its top football players, Lisle looks to continue its ascent. In 2014 Paul Parpet Sr. surprisingly became Lisle's coach after a hall of fame career ...
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Scouting the West Chicago WildcatsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - West Chicago is rebuilding. Literally. A portion of the school built in 1965 was targeted for restoration this summer. By the time school opens Sept. 6 the Wildcats will...