John Radtke
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Radtke: IHSA sends message of hope, but it's ill-advisedApr 21, 2020 1:00 am - Remember the game many of us played as kids called "Kick the Can?" What the Illinois High School Association did Tuesday was just that, and that can has a lot of worms c...
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'Hard to accept' for senior prep athletes who see careers end due to pandemicApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - Prep athletes, including a plethora of seniors throughout the suburbs had been holding out hope they would somehow be able to salvage at least part of the 2020 spring sp...
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'It's heartbreaking for our athletes': Prep sports community reacts to schools closingApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's announcement Friday that all schools will be closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic was met with sadness and fru...
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From school principal to NFL official, Nemmers loved it allApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - Second of 2 parts Former Elgin High School principal Larry Nemmers, a longtime Illinois High School Association football and basketball official, also was a Big Ten foot...
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Former Elgin High principal recalls his start as an NFL refereeApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Part 1 of 2. From humble beginnings in his native Waterloo, Iowa, former Elgin High School principal Larry Nemmers not only became an educator but a decorated footb...
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Pritzker should close schools until AugustApr 14, 2020 1:00 am - While Illinois not-so-patiently awaits the fate of the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, and the high school spring sports season, the number of other states around ...
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Move to Saint Xavier has been successful one for Larkin grad IrvinApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - Change can be good sometimes, and unsettling at others. Just ask Corry Irvin. Irvin, nee Carter, established herself as one of the top high school girls basketball coach...
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Tamika Catchings, former Stevenson star, earns Hall of Fame nodApr 04, 2020 1:00 am - Tamika Catchings, who led Stevenson's girls basketball team to the 1995 Class AA IHSA state championship, was one of nine honorees announced on Saturday as the Class of ...
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Looking back: Elgin's 1996 girls basketball state quarterfinal winMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - As we all continue to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic that has suspended, among myriad other things, the high school sports spring season, the Daily Herald's high school...
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Letter from the high school sports editorMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - To our readers: It's an unprecedented time in the world and in our high school sports communities. Not since 9/11 have we seen such sweeping changes in our landscape, th...