John Leusch
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Drewann Pancratz gets early start at LeydenMay 09, 2012 1:41 pm - Her parents have been coaches nearly all their lives. Now Drewann Pancratz gets her chance. And she is getting an early start. At 22 years old, Pancratz will be one of t...
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Color them winners, in Lynch’s honorMay 09, 2012 12:59 am - Nine-year-old Ryan Weaver, the oldest of Dennis Lynch’s nine grandchildren, threw out the first pitch on Wednesday at Palatine. It was a perfect strike to Pirates catche...
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Lacrosse success is in the Handrahan bloodMay 09, 2012 12:26 am - One has brown hair and green eyes. The other, blond hair and blues eyes. The Handrahan sisters may not look alike. But they sure have their similar traits on the lacross...
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Sudden power surge helps Conant jolt FremdMay 08, 2012 9:03 pm - Allie Bauch wasn’t exactly thrilled with how she’d been swinging the bat recently for Conant’s softball team. On Tuesday at Fremd, she swung it as well as anyone. Bauch ...
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Matsumoto meets her match at Charleston SouthernMay 07, 2012 10:54 pm - For as long as she can remember, Mandi Matsumoto has watched Division I softball on television. One day, she may be playing on a TV game of the week. “I knew I wanted to...
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Pils commits to basketball at AugustanaMay 07, 2012 12:07 am - Libertyville senior Griffin Pils, who scored 40 points in an overtime win over Carmel last winter, hopes to be scoring more points in college. The multisport standout ha...
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Conant saves best for last in win at BarringtonMay 04, 2012 10:47 pm - Conant’s Allie Bauch summed it up well after her Cougars softball team kept its record perfect in the Mid-Suburban West on Friday at Barrington’s Fields of Dreams. “Bett...
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Kakareka in command again for SchaumburgMay 03, 2012 1:09 am - After 16 consecutive innings, someone finally scored a run off Schaumburg’s Rene Kakareka. But the senior right-hander and her teammates were hardly fazed. All they did ...
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Goranson, Elk Grove get it doneMay 02, 2012 12:34 am - Scoreless game. Bases loaded. Two outs. Bottom of the fifth inning. Elk Grove senior Dani Goranson was in the batter’s box. “No place I’d rather be with the bases loaded...
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Busy digits for Caringella, victorious WheelingMay 01, 2012 10:28 am - Mike Caringella’s hands were quite busy late Tuesday afternoon. The Wheeling softball coach was waving plenty of runners home from the third base coaching box, and he wa...