John Leusch
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Mueller adds to Hersey's winning legacySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Hersey senior setter Shelly Mueller hardly hesitates when asked about her volleyball idol. "Oh, Megan Fesl," she says in an instant, referring to the former Hersey stand...
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Hozian has winning movesSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - To the people who told Conant senior Katherine Hozian she should try the sport of volleyball, they sure knew what they were talking about, Instead of dancing at school m...
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Tupuritis courts success at Maine W.Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Alise Tupuritis wanted to be a basketball player when she was at Chippewa Middle School in Des Plaines. "It's weird," said the 6-foot-1 Maine West senior. "My brother an...
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BG has right connection for Farrell's debutAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - After a 22-10 victory in the first game of his Buffalo Grove football coaching career, Jim Farrell said he felt the like the weight of the world had been lifted from his...
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French Connection films Million championAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The 2002 animated movie about the wild horse "Spirit" was the basis for French owners Bouzid and Kamel Chehboub naming their colt "Spirit One" back in 2004. In the film,...
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Festival lives up to international flavor among top performancesAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - While Ioritz Mendizabal rode back to the winner's circle after winning the Arlington Million, ESPN commentators were trying to congratulate the French rider with a wirel...
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Archipenko heads field of seven for 2008 MillionAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Archipenko has already won major races in England, Hong Kong and Dubai. The world traveler, bred in Kentucky, arrived to the northwest suburbs this week and hopes to mak...
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Kirby gets his chances in Festival at ArlingtonAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Not too many trainers can say they won titles at the same race track 30 years apart. But that's exactly what Frank Kirby did at Arlington Park in 1974 and 2004. Not too ...
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History lesson: Million has attracted the best in racingAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The past two years, Arlington Park's new polytrack surface has received all kinds of attention. But since 1981, when the first Arlington Million was run, it has been the...
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Well-traveled Archipenko draws rail for MillionAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - According to his South African trainer Michael F. de Kock, the morningline favorite for Saturday's 26th Arlington Million is a very intelligent horse. That horse, Archip...