Dave Oberhelman
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VanderBrug’s 29 points not enough for Timothy ChristianDec 18, 2012 5:15 pm - Two first-quarter fouls barely slowed Connor VanderBrug’s attack on Illiana Christian and the scoreboard. Timothy Christian’s 6-foot-6 junior forward scored a personal-h...
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St. Charles E. outlasts Batavia despite star’s foul woesDec 15, 2012 8:25 pm - St. Charles East senior forward Kendall Stephens rode the bench most of Saturday’s game at Batavia, saddled with foul trouble. That just meant other Saints came forth to...
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Loud crowd signals another Montini winDec 14, 2012 8:31 pm - Broncos fever. They’re catching it. Perhaps not since the Ryan Neill era has the Montini student section shown up as big and as loud as they did for Friday night’s boys ...
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Beebe’s new book a ‘remarkable story’Dec 13, 2012 10:35 am - It’s a safe bet few professional football careers were ever launched like this: “I was standing on a ladder one day ...” The rise of Don Beebe from swinging a hammer for...
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All-Americas, national champs abound among DuPage collegiansDec 12, 2012 2:12 pm - It’s the end of fall. Our mailbag of college achievers is bursting. Let’s get on with it ... Benedictine running back Johnny Borsellino, who elevated the bubble screen t...
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Undefeated Glenbard West ‘pleased’ with startDec 12, 2012 10:34 am - After graduating four starters from last season — three standing 6-foot-6 or taller — no one knew what to expect from Glenbard West. Now everyone knows. Sweeping all thr...
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St. Francis defeats Aurora ChristianDec 08, 2012 1:32 pm - The way St. Francis drove and kicked the basketball out to open shooters or penetrated and dished off inside, it seemed the Spartans offense was the key against Aurora C...
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Waubonsie Valley wins the Brownridge wayDec 07, 2012 11:39 am - The score was tied at 41 midway through the fourth quarter. The game could have gone either way, as Waubonsie Valley boys basketball coach Steve Weemer said. As often h...
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No end in sight for college achieversDec 06, 2012 11:07 am - Late fall, and the mailbag is bursting with college achievements... Michigan State junior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski of Geneva — Vikings football coach Rob Wicinski’...
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Naperville’s Brown still setting a good exampleDec 05, 2012 7:12 pm - Jim Brown wrote the book on bringing up better kids through football. In 2010 the determined Naperville resident saw his 15-year project, “More Than a Game: A Vehicle fo...