Dave Oberhelman
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Fear and Loving at EIUMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - As you read this I'll be reveling amid the mass celebration that is the 116th boys state track and field championships at Eastern Illinois University in downstate Charle...
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Metea Valley's Schweer finds himself in a familiar roleMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Build them, and he will come. Tom Schweer, athletic director at fledgling Metea Valley High School, has done this before. He was in the same role when St. Charles North ...
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Tri-Cities seniors look to shine one last timeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - They'll laugh, they'll cry. Hopefully they'll laugh more, but emotions will swirl around the Kaneland boys track team the next two weeks. The Knights aim to follow thei...
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Neuqua Valley accepts state expectationsMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Neuqua Valley will be easy to spot at this weekend's boys state track and field championships. The Wildcats will be the ones wearing the target. Returning nearly every i...
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West Aurora places 3rd at its own sectionalMay 22, 2010 11:00 pm - West Aurora senior Leon Spears laid on his back on the trainer's table, breathing hard, a bag of ice under each hamstring muscle. In the last 15 minutes at Saturday's Cl...
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Lagomarcino's pain, Neuqua's gainMay 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Jordan Lagomarcino's pain was worth the gain. A coach under each arm was about all keeping him upright after Lagomarcino spent all he had to qualify downstate in the 1,...
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Addison Trail's Halberthal punches ticketMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - It could have been the multicolored sign - H-a-l-b-i-e, it said - held by two female fans at the finish line. Or the fans themselves, classmates who shrieked whenever t...
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Momentum is on their sideMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The status quo just doesn't cut it in track's "championship season" - the monthlong stretch of county, conference, sectional and state meets. The successful ones at thos...
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Shoot, this player can coach the heck out of basketballMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Matt Miller is the first to admit he's not the greatest athlete. It may have seemed so when he was an All-Area point guard at Waubonsie Valley, or as an all-conference ...
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Ready for the important stuffMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Back in business. After an outdoor season of evaluation by their Hall of Fame coaches, of mixing and matching, grooming underclassmen and processing relay splits, Wheato...