Dave Oberhelman
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Kaneland leads all teams with 16 entries in finalsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLESTON - Pumped up after winning his heat of the 300 hurdles, his fourth qualifying event of the day, Kaneland's Dylan Nauert summarized his physical status. "I feel...
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Aurora Christian qualifies 8 events for finalsMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLESTON - Aurora Christian's girls track team set the bar high for the boys by winning the Class 1A girls state championship. Thursday the Eagles' boys team put itsel...
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So many college achievers, so little timeMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - We're nearing the end of our school year and many local graduates are done with theirs. Here are some of their athletic accomplishments ... George Fisher (Marmion), a re...
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York's Reddel ready for last shotMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Paulette Reddel teaches first grade at Grace Lutheran School in River Forest, but it sounds like she'd be a good reporter. Her questions are evocative. "My wife said a p...
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Kaneland poised to bring home trophyMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Placing sixth in last year's Class 2A boys state track meet and then bringing back nearly every athlete critical to that result, there was no doubting Kaneland's goal fo...
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College achievers with bragging rightsMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - We're near the end of our school year, and many local graduates are done with theirs. Here are some of their collegiate accomplishments... The last athlete to earn an al...
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Lake Park endures some pain for gainMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - Marcus Jegede, a key to Lake Park's shot at an unprecedented fifth straight boys state track championship, got maximum results from minimum effort. He had little choice....
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Dale's double duty a delightMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - Conant's Zach Dale finished the Class 3A Lake Park boys track sectional as he entered it - ranked first in both the 1,600-meter run and the 3,200. The junior, fourth las...
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First Barton Golf Outing will raise money for cancer researchMay 22, 2014 1:01 am - To hear Jerry Auchstetter tell it, John Barton was a champion of the underdog. Auchstetter, Geneva's retired hall of fame football coach, didn't detail too much of the ...
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Neuqua's Widmann comes back from 'bottom of the well'May 22, 2014 1:01 am - There's the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. And there's whatever Neuqua Valley junior Michael Widmann endured Thursday at the Class 3A Joliet West boys track ...