Dave Oberhelman
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Kaneland pushes but can't topple CahokiaMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLESTON - Ben Barnes saw the opening and took it. Cahokia's Jamari Ward, who had led Class 2A long jump since he went 22 feet, 10½ inches on his first attempt in Fri...
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Lake Park's title run ends at 4May 31, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLESTON - One streak was broken, one dynasty rekindled. At Saturday's boys track and field state finals at Eastern Illinois University, York unseated four-time defend...
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Lake Park gives itself a chance to make historyMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLESTON - For Lake Park to win a historic fifth straight boys track and field championship it must be a Saturday to remember. Friday's Class 3A preliminaries of the b...
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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....